A patient with severe pain is given 2 mililiters (mL) of morphine. What dosage is give in decimal grains (gr)?

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A patient with severe pain is given 2 mililiters (mL) of morphine. What dosage is give in decimal grains (gr)?
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Morphine is an opioid analgesics used in the treatment of moderate to severe pain. Morphine acts in the brain in order to change feeling and response of the body to the pain. 

The amount of drugs that is consumed at one time is referred to as dose. The administration of number of tablets, amount of medications, and frequency of doses over a particular period of time is referred to as dosage. 

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