Morphine for lung cancer patients

Common Questions and Answers about Morphine for lung cancer patients

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Avatar f tn Might his pain be from the lymph node cancer? Lung cancer has only enlarged slightly. They have him on Vicaden (sp?) and have prescribed Morphine patches.
Avatar f tn Condition of your daughter I know ,I first expressed my sympathy for her unfortunate, your daughter's condition is advanced lung cancer, currently no good way is to treat her cancer , I agree with your adviced the doctor, cortisol treatment advanced cancer is very limited.
Avatar f tn I HAVE A VERY CLOSE FRIEND THAT IS DYING OF LUNG CANCER. HE IS 75 YRS.OLD. I HAVE LEARNED TONIGHT THAT HE IS BACK IN THE HOSPITAL WITH PNEUMONIA. THEY HAVE HAD TO PUT HIM IN DIAPERS AS HE CAN NOT CONTROL HIS BOWELS. AS OF TODAY HE HAS QUIT EATING,DRINKING. HE HAS BEEN HEARING HIS LATE WIFE'S VOICE AND SHE HAS BEEN DEAD FOR 2 YRS..WHAT I WANT TO KNOW IS ABOUT HOW MUCH LONGER CAN HE SURVIVE LIKE THIS?
Avatar n tn Signs include slurred speech and difficulty in balance. Is this common for cancer patients or something more. She is taking morphine for the pain, but they seem to think it isn't that. She didn't take any the last couple of days, yet the symptoms are still there. I know that every person is different when it comes to cancer, but what should we expect in the comming weeks as the chemo has stopped. Could she feasibly live for another few months in the amount of pain she's in?
426937 tn?1203591927 -needle-lung-biopsy is sceduled for next thursday-had Prostate cancer 9 years ago-Radiation Seeds - Radiation and hormone treatments,.- PSA was 0,7 after 6 months,.- can this spot on my right lung be Lung-cancer ? Am nervous about the needle-biopsy,.- does it hurt ?
Avatar n tn You can begin by searching pub med for the association of silica exposure and lung cancer. There are numerous components to "coal dust." Many of the scientific/medical journals will not have "free" access to the full text of the articles. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/ I hope this is a start for you. ~•~ Dr. Parks This answer is not intended as and does not substitute for medical advice. The information presented in this posting is for patients’ education only.
Avatar f tn As i understand it the morphine is the less destructive on the liver than the other drugs for pain.Anyway it has helped me a great deal.Just a suggestion.
Avatar f tn Could this be thyroid cancer that metastisized to lung or lung cancer that met to the thyroid or just 2 primary cancers. Dr.s are a little stumped. I was seen at Uof Penn They said lung surgery first then deal with thyroid.
612551 tn?1450022175 At the time of this post, Medicare covers lung cancer screening with low-dose CT chest for asymptomatic patients age 55-77, who are either currently smoking or quit within last 15 years, who have smoked at least 1 pack per day for 30 years. Before your first lung cancer screening, you will need to schedule a lung cancer screening counseling and shared decision-making visit with your doctor to discuss the benefits and risks of lung cancer screening.
Avatar n tn Hi, Small cell lung cancer(SCLC)is a more aggressive form of lung cancer although it constitutes for only 20-25%of the lung cancers.It tends to grow and spread quickly. Because of this, surgery is considered less often in patients with SCLC. It is of two types: • Limited disease • Extensive disease. In people with limited disease, the cancer is present within the lung on only one side of the chest and/or in the central lymph nodes.
Avatar n tn However, if the patient remains symptomatic after 4 weeks, therapy with itraconazole, 200 mg daily for 6 to 12 weeks, can be given. Patients who have severe outbreak-associated histoplasmosis and all immunosuppressed patients should be treated. Initial therapy with amphotericin B, 0.7 to 1 mg/kg daily, can be followed by oral itraconazole after a favorable response is noted. Antifungal therapy should be given to all patients with chronic pulmonary histoplasmosis.
Avatar m tn thanks for reply. i find few questions their.
Avatar m tn 163] The latest report in 2005 by Tashkin et all does indeed confirm the lack of an association of smoking marijuana and lung cancer. However, there is substantial evidence that this substance causes lung damage and lung disease. The following is a 2008 statement of the World Health Organization (WHO) on the adverse effects of marijuana.
Avatar f tn According to data provided by the National Cancer Institute, the median age of death for cases of lung cancer in the United States is 70 years, and the median age is 71 years Hope this helps. God Bless you and Your Dad.
Avatar n tn Another thing that greatly helps being considered for a lung transplant, is having a very good doctor, that helps push for the possible transplant. Mother had an excellent pulmonary specialist, that helped my Mother, get her foot in the door, of being seen by the transplant team. I wish with all my heart, that my answers were what you wanted and needed to hear. Once again, you are a wonderful person, to want to do this for your Aunt.
Avatar f tn Drugs should not be used, sometimes morphine is used in cancer patients with severe pain to relieve the pain, which is given on the basis of a prescription. Drug dependence, tolerance and gross nervous system side effects are the common reasons why drugs are not used. Take care!
Avatar f tn //www.thoracic.org/patients/patient-resources/resources/lung-cancer-treatment.
Avatar f tn My mom has stage 4 non small cell lung cancer, she has tried multiple chemos and non of them are working so she has decided to stop treatment. But she is having severe pain in her hip from the cancer spreading. She cant walk without support. The doctor has gave her morphine pills and hydrocdine and non help with the pain. Has anyone had the same pain and if so what help your pain. Trying to find something to ease the pain for her.
Avatar f tn Death is not often a pleasant experience, especially death from lung cancer. There is nothing to blame yourself for. Your husband's death was inevitable, and chances are that no medication could have reduced his suffering at the end. Please forget your guilt and move on into your grieving. Again, I am sorry for your loss, but from what you report, there is nothing else you could have done. Be in peace.
Avatar m tn my wife just turned 57. in october, she was dx'd with stage iv lung ca, with mets to the brain & bone. she had radiation on her brain, & began her chemo the first week of january. she started taking morphine 60 mgs 2x daily & ddlaudid 4mgs 2x daily. i have been told so many different things, for a while now, she has been dropping things & hasn't been able t use her finger for anything. i button her shirts & help her with socks. she puts on her pants & shoes.
Avatar f tn However, adrenal involvement is commonplace for lung cancer and some centers would not evaluate further. If the size of the lung involvement is amenable to surgery then this would raise some doubt that the disease may not yet be metastatic. An imaging study like an MRI could raise further doubts and a biopsy of the adrenal could be done to make sure it is not really stage 4.
Avatar n tn Radiation is usually advised for patients who are not fit to undergo an operation. The key words here are selected (selected patients) and individualized (individualized approach). This highlights the fact that there is an advantage, but the intervention is not for everybody. The decision is not simply, let’s do it, there is an evaluation about how much lung to be removed and whether or not it can be tolerated.
Avatar m tn For patients without history of cancer, follow-up is based on Fleischner Society guidelines, which takes into account nodule size and appearance, as well as if patient is low risk or high risk for lung cancer (e.g., smoking history). For patients with history of cancer, as in your case, Fleischner Society guidelines do not apply. Instead, follow-up is based on the specific clinical situation and at the discretion of ordering provider.
Avatar n tn 11% for males and 14% for females. Survival for squamous cell carcinoma is better than that for large cell carcinoma and small cell lung cancer, though slightly worse than for adenocarcinoma. Hope this helps.
Avatar m tn The ten-year trial led by researchers at the MD Anderson Cancer Center took patients (mostly smokers) who had been operated on for early stage lung cancer and gave them either 200 micrograms of selenium, a typical dose in many supplements, or a placebo. After five years 72% of patients taking selenium were alive and cancer free, compared to a greater 78% of those who got a placebo.
Avatar m tn Hello I am taking 2 morphine long lasting 60mg of morphine for neuropathic pain. But I was chewing it to get a better result and some days I took 3. I am not proud of this but this is my life so far. Now I have been given another drug divoprolex and it helps with the pain a great deal. I wanted to ask anyone if you have ever heard of leg pain associated with tablets of morphine, I woke up at night and my legs felt like they were on fire.