Old Morphine

[Shamanic Steve]

i have a a few sealed toothpaste like tubes with sealed syringes with no damage labeled MORPHINE HYDROCHLORIDE 1/2 gram made by some london pharmacutical company from 1940+. Will this still work? kept in a tin in dark at cool temp for many years. not for shooting for eating.

[Guitar]

only one way to find out

[pedaltopedal]

That's neat. I'd be tempted to keep it since it's so old and still sealed... unfortunately, I'd probably be more tempted to eat the morphine inside :D

Sorry I don't have an answer to your question, not quite sure how stable morphine hcl is...

[jo_k_er_man]

it was found that in one brand of plastic syringes, morphine has a shelf-life of the order of 20 and 33 weeks, in the absence and presence of preservative and antioxidant, respectively. In the other brand of plastic syringe, the drug has a shelf-life of greater than 1 year.

keep it as a souvenir.. it wont do shit..

[lilbear]

Keep it,it might be worth some money.If its from 1940.