There are numerous methods used to administer morphine: oral sublingual via inhalation injection into a muscle, injection under the skin, or injection into the spinal cord area transdermal or via rectal suppository. It is mainly used as an analgesic (pain medication). Morphine is a strong opiate that is found naturally in opium, a dark brown resin produced by drying the latex of opium poppies ( Papaver somniferum).
