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Are there any divers in here with a Medtronics Morphine Pump installed under the skin? What effects has this had on your ability to go diving, and what limitations has it caused for you?
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I am not a doctor but I would think that diving while on Morphine would be a real bad idea. I would think that Morphine is a much more powerful drug than Budweiser and they say don't dive when drinking. I would also think that no dive boat in their right mind would let you dive from their boat while on this drug and it is also very unfair to put your buddy in this position.
The pump runs at a ridiculously low dose, ....2mg of morphine....
Before I got a pump, it took 150 ugrams of fetenal....
You don't get high off a morphine pump. They exist (sic) for the sole purpose of keeping the patient lucid.....
Thank you for your answer. I have no ill side effects from the morphine. And I fully understand the benefits of the pump, which has been very effective for me. The individual I was responding to made it out as if I was being irresponsible, which is hardly the case. My concern is for the pump itself. Your answer mirrors others that I've heard. Medtronics also has an implantable electronic nerve stimulator that's also beneficial for patients with serious back injuries such as myself. Both the pump and the electrohic stimulator are listed as having same depth rating which brings the question as to why. Being that the pump has a resevare, I get their point on that, but why the same for the implanted nerve stimulator?.