Morphine and copd
Common Questions and Answers about Morphine and copd
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My husband died 3 months ago from COPD. He had been prescribed hydrocodone and we noticed increased breathing problems while taking it. When he went in the hospital with what we were told was pneumonia, he was continued on hydrocodone even though I told the doctors he could not breath well with it. So, now I know that probably the doctors hastened his death.
My Mom is in end stage COPD and CHF and it has been a battle of "wills" and "won'ts" between my sisters and my mothers care....My Mom is on Hospice care and I believe in there "mission" for "comfort care" but my sisters think that my Mom is/will become a "drug addict" (my Mom can be given Morphine and Ativan if her respirations
get too high... (and my Mom has been having respirations up into the 40's - normal is between 18 to 20....
I was paranoid and taking 8 mg every 3 hours and 3 mg of ativan daily. I wanted to die and spent my days sobbing and rocvking on the couch,. I went to my local ER and they did not know how to taper me off the dilaudid. I went to Lahey clini where an ER doc gave me the name of a doc who speicialized in this and within 3 days at a hospital was detoxed. This was Mid October. Now I am suffering from severe abdominal and sever back pain. I went to a pain clinic.
Morphine is then further metabolized to morphine-3-glucuronide and morphine-6-glucuronide before excretion (primarily via the kidneys). However, prior to its metabolism to morphine and subsequent glucuronidation, heroin is rapidly metabolized to 6-MAM. Because 6-MAM is the first product of heroin metabolism, no other compound produces this metabolite, and its presence is unequivocal confirmation of heroin usage.
Have been clean of morphine and hydocodone for 12 days. I am 82 and these were given me for scoliosis and COPD. I decided to cold turkey after a couple of years of this and am having bad headaches. Other wd symptoms seem to have started to let up fairly well. I took restlegs prep last night, twice. first time for me, could that cause stomach upset along with more headaches?
I am trying to get off Morphine and Vicodin prescribed for COPD and back pain. It's the 6th day now and I have had a heck of a time at night. Any suggestions? I have benzos, 5mg and took about 5 last night over several hours, feel like heck this AM. I need help. Hospice prescribed these meds and I can't abide them any more, they put me nodding all day.
I do several breathing treatments a day (seems like more and more often, even waking at night gasping) use rescue inhaler 4 to 6 times, and sometimes just breathe through it. They have given me the morphine and anti-anxiety meds to help with breathing...not sure, how they are supposed to help...but...another discussion. I have always believed I can get through anything if I know it will end, so when bad spell starts I do what I can then start breathing through it and counting.
Sinusitis, chronic bronchitis then COPD. All because doctors refused to treat the sinusitis. Because of this I can't afford the meds that are the staple of COPD treatment. But it did lead me into an alternative that works better and with less side effects. Benadryl works on the same principle as does ipratropium but I have never been told to use it. I can't tolerate Advair (causes angina) nor Albuterol (causes worse congestion and coughing).
the dr. that said i failed his drug test threw papers at me and cursed me ,he started me on opanaer40mgs.in sept08, he did not start me out on a lower dose first.i am worried about withdrawls i have copd and hep.c in remission, should i have ever taken this drug?should he have given me something more than hydrocodone10/500 to come off of this med. i know that i am not susposed to have that much acedimine, what do u suggest i do about this? this hydro.
Take your symptoms seriously and be your best advocate when doctors try to brush you off. Morphine is good pain control and dilates pulmonary vessels to decrease shortness of breath. Blood clots in the lungs cut circulation and cause death of lung tissue. This is no doubt painful. The loss of lung tissue can cause parts of the lung to collapse. Pain should always be treated as described by the patient, not what the doctors think it is. Hope this helps. Well wishes to you!
Please quit smoking - when I got diagnosed with COPD a month ago I put down the cigarettes totally. Has your doctor ordered at CT scan of your lungs? You would get better information on the progression of your COPD with a CT scan.
I got a copy of my CT scan - moderate emphasema with scattered ground-glass opticities (still not sure what the ground glass means).
, I know COPD is a herditary problem that is running in my family. My advice is take care of yourself and enjoy life. We can live many years with COPD. Promise.
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hi im 30 years old and I have smoked a pack a day for at least 15 years. and since about September of last year I have been coughing up phlegm of all colors everyday and its been hard to breath . I had a chest X-ray twice now and they said it was all normal. I had a pft test a breathing test and it suggested I had mild copd. but the doctor said that he thinks I'm just out of shape and a smoker and he thinks if I quit and started exercising and eating better that my test would be different.
s not annoying in the typical sense, more just there all the time and seeing what goes on and commenting in a nice way about things. My lifestyle is very different than hers at my age. Her life revolves around by 2 kids, 5 and 7. My husband and I are getting a divorce (not her fault by any stretch). I don't know what to do about the living situation. He doesn't want to move out, so I'm thinking I may have to move my mom and I out and I'll have the kids at least 1/2 time.
Hi, I am almost 58 and have never smoked a day in my life and was diagnosed about 1 half yrs ago with COPD, go on www.webmd.com and type in COPD stages. it will tell you the 4 stages and what to expect with each one.
MOST IMPORTANT...Mom needs to stop smoking. those around her could get COPD as I did. and it is not just from smoke but also chemicals and other things you breath in. I hope this helps you and gives you the answers you want.
The ironic part to this is when I first started my pain management they tried Morphine and had a terrible allergic reaction to it so they took me off it fast but apparently forgot to note that in my file, but I do have an appeal on the case but that is not going to help me tomorrow.
I am almost 52 years old, I have been fighting Lung Cancer for two years, I have Osteoarthritis and Degenerative Arthritis. I also suffer from COPD.
Call your GP to get more pain medication and see if further work up is needed. if the pain is under your right ribcage could be gall bladder. But at any rate.
I have COPD and CHF and had a stent put in two year's ago and found out it is now 60% blocked. I am concerned because I had been told because of COPD, not a candidate for surgery. So, my question is can they put another stent in or what or the possibilities now?
I am 64 years old, female and have COPD and Sleep Apnea. I am currently on a Cpap machine. My question is, can the Cpap be make my COPD worse? In the time that I am on the machine I feel like my lungs are getting filled with more air. During the day my COPD seems worse. Since I have a problem getting the air out of my lungs anyway, can the machine be making my COPD worse? Thanks for any help you can give me. I am to the point that I don't know what to do.
I was diagnosed with asthma and copd~ but a breathing test proved otherwise and ultimately all my other doctor visits simply dismissed me as having anxiety/panic attacks and probably a hypocondriac. I was none of the above, my vitamin b12 was low as well as my vitamin d. These 2 vitamins quickly resolved my issue~hope it's something as simple as that for you. good luck and I suggest you do some research on symptoms of vitamin deficiencies.
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