A nurse will be prepared to administer naloxone (Narcan) to a patient who has had an overdose of morphine. Repeated doses of Narcan will be necessary because Narcan
A) has less strength in each dose than do individual doses of morphine.
B) has a shorter half-life than morphine.
C) combined with morphine, increases the physiologic action of the morphine.
D) causes the respiratory rate to decrease.
B
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