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Codeine is a 'pro drug'. by this I mean it is converted into another drug (morphine) and it is the morphine that kills the pain. There is a ceiling effect with this. most people can't convert more than 400mg of codeine in one go, any more is just a waste of money and more stress on your body. Codeine is addictive, constipating and does not mix well with tranquilizers, sleep aids, anti anxiety meds, so be very carefull if you are taking codeine with any other meds. drugs.com is a good place to check for drug interactions. I hope this helps.

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The only significant difference between them is that the acetyl molecule allows heroin to cross the blood-brain barrier more quickly than ordinary morphine. The result is that, in terms of dosage, heroin is about three times stronger. That is, one grain of heroin equals about three grains of morphine. Otherwise, they are identical and there is no significant difference that would justify heroin being completely illegal (Schedule I) while morphine is used routinely in medicine. (Schedule II) They can be used interchangeably as long as medical personnel follow standard practices of medical care.

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Codeine is a low grade narcotic, Morphine is a lower leven of heroin, heroin is heromorphone - duiladid. in legal form, non legal is heroin.

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is theres a different in certain metabolite testing for heroin or morphine?

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What is the difference between Fentanyl and heroin?

heroin is illegal This is an addition to the above-mentioned answer. Fentanyl is a synthetic opioid. Meanwhile, heroine is semi-synthetic opioid which is made by adding two acetyl groups to morphine.


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What prescription drugs show up as heroin in drug test?

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Morphine and heroin are?

heroin is a bad drug and so is morphine


Heroin is a derivative of what?

Morphine


What is the metabolytes of heroin?

morphine


Is heroin stronger than morphine?

Yes, Heroin - 5 times to death Morphine - 10 times to death


How do you test for heroin?

You test positive for morphine after you use heroin


How do you separate the active ingredients in morphine?

The two aren't normally combined if you are performing a chemical reaction of morphine to get heroin then you would either have morphine or heroin if your actually taking morphine and mixing it with heroin then stop doing that if you don't want them mixed together.


Does heroin turn into morpine after it's injected into the body?

Heroin is metabolized into morphine inside the body. Heroin is the 3,6-diacetyl ester of morphine, and these ester groups are cleaved in vivo to produce morphine.


What is heroin's classification?

opiates (heroin, opium, codeine, morphine)