Can I drink alcohol while taking morphine?

Stacy Wiegman, PharmD

Pharmacy

No. Don't drink alcohol while taking morphine. This drug depresses, or slows down, activity in the central nervous system (that is, your brain and nerves). Alcohol can add to that effect. Combining morphine and alcohol could cause serious breathing difficulty, very deep sleep, coma and even death. Be aware that combining morphine and certain other drugs can have the same effect.

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