-A hospice patient has been taking 20mg of oral morphine every

Question Answered step-by-step -A hospice patient has been taking 20mg of oral morphine everyfour hours. Oral/sublingual administration is no longer an option and he will be receiving his morphine intravenously. You would expect his dose to  (increase, decrease) because the bioavailability of the intravenous morphine is  (greater, lesser) than the oral formulation. This is due to the  (first pass hepatic metabolism, the solubility of the drug, the chemical instability of the drug or the nature of the formulation) of the oral formulation. Health Science Science Nursing NURS MISC Share QuestionEmailCopy link Comments (0)