The Morphine ER (extended release) pill comes in 15, 30, 60, 100, and 200 milligrams. The 30 milligram pill is round and purple. The pill is imprinted with a capital letter "M" inside of a square on one side and the number 30 on the other side. The generic name for this drug is Morphine Sulfate. It is available by perscription only. It is perscribed for patients that need continuous or long
Read more.... term pain relief. This pill should be swallowed whole. Make sure not to crush, disolve, or break the pill. Taking a broken pill could result in the rapid release of a potentially fatal dose of morphine. Patients should carefully consider the risk of taking this potentially dangerous drug. While this drug's primary function is to reduce pain, it also causes sleepiness, slowed respiratory rate, constipation, decreased rate of digestion, lowering of the blood pressure, and in some cases coma. Morphine belongs to a class of drugs called controlled subtances that are easily abused, misused and thus one should be extremely careful with the dispensing of this medication.