What does the *C-*R,MEAN on a prescription bottle right after the type of medication?

i take morphine,30mg's and on the bottle its reads morphine*C-*R.what does this mean?
Answer:
Generally, CR means "controlled release" or "continued release"; in the case of morphine, it means that the morphine is released over a longer period of time, giving you pain relief over 12 hours rather than 4 or so.Hope that helps,
Julie

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Controlled Release

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CR= Continuous Release
XR= Extended Release

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it means controlled release, which means that after you take the medicine it is absorbed slowly into your bloodstream and not all at once. This way the medicine works longer.

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C.R. = controlled release. There is sometimes confusion with generics as a number of abbreviations can mean the same or different things!
M.R.= modified release
S.R. = slow release
X.L. is also a release system.the worry is are the preparations 12 or 24 hour release?C.R. is usually 12 hour.

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