Morphine dosage hospice

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Avatar n tn As far as pain, don't think Morphine is 'it'....there are many options. Home or inpatient hospice services and doctors can prescribe different types and options. One thing that worked for my mom (even during treatment stages) was a portable PCA pump with Dilaudid. This went intravenously three or four times an hour with the option to give a 'breakthrough' or 'relief' dosage when the pain broke through.
Avatar f tn as a fistula and that her death was not as imminent as we were told by the previous Hospice. Regardless, they continued my mother on morphine - 30 mg q 3 hours via G tube. Other than the fistula, my mother's condition has not changed. Yes she is depressed, confused, distracted... which is damage done by the stroke. But her vitals are stable and the only pain she refers to is that of her right side limbs, which she has been complaining of since her stroke 18 months ago.
Avatar f tn He is in hospice. On 10 milligrams of morphine every six hrs. Worried he will get addicted to the morphine. He is very jaundiced. Itches. Barely eats. Does have strong heart. Any help?
Avatar f tn Relative has terminal skin cancer of the face/head. Under hospice care. Yesterday we could not get a blood pressure reading on left arm or wrist using 2 different monitors. Hospice nurse felt very weak pulse in foot as well. Any suggestions as to what this might be? Blood clot, stroke, no circulation to left side? Also, left arm is tingling and cannot use arm to lift herself from chair.
Avatar f tn as she has a hard time breathing when she sits up or lays downs... expecially when she lays down....Her dosage is 0.5 mg but I think she is taking more as she seems to run out... and kinda has that Thousand Mile Stare in her eyes....She is on Hospice care and they are prescribed to her but I just worry about her taking too much.... She only weighs in at a whopping 85 pounds....I know that the Comfort Care is a huge thing with Hospice... I just don't want my Mom overdosing herself...
1751415 tn?1315069443 Recently the hospice staff put him on morphine. His appetite has picked up just a bit. When I asked about it the nurse said morphine is known to increase a person's appetite. Is this true???
Avatar f tn s symptoms must be well controlled by opiates or morphine and hospice sees no benefit continuing dobutaminw
Avatar n tn my dad is in the final stage of copd he is in great pain he is in the hospital with oral morphine they want to send him to my home with the morphine but he needs it on demand.
Avatar f tn t say enough good things about hospice. Doctors rarely speculate about how long a person has left but the hospice team will do everything they can to keep you informed and will know when the end is near Please take care of yourself as well during this very difficult time. It sounds like your brother has already put the people he loves through many heartbreaks and challenges.
Avatar f tn 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....
Avatar n tn too much morphine can result in death. I would advise you to call your pharmacist for information - they would be able to give you pharmaceutical information that would clarify this situation. I am sorry for you loss and the experience around it.
570405 tn?1216957944 I am so sorry. Isn't there anything more they can give your wife for the pain? I can't believe she is just supposed to suffer this way? I don't know if she's in a hospital or at home, but can you call hospice? The hospice people are very good at controlling pain.
Avatar f tn My husband died last week after 12 hours of horrible suffering. Vitas Hospice of Orange County would give him only methodone and I was told by a nurse AFTER his death that he should have had morphene . Now I am nearly suicidal with regret. How can I live with the guilt and is it warrented?
Avatar f tn hot stomach, loss of muscle tone, lack of appetite, and lack of energy. She is at home on hospice care, stage IV. She was diagnosed on June 12, 2009. Her home nurse is nice and sweet and tells her she is doing well. Hospice sends morphine and constipation medication. Both of which she does not need and does not use.
Avatar m tn My mom is dying from anapalastic thyroid cancer. She has been on a morphine pump for a little over a week. She stopped food and water intake a couple of days ago. Her kidneys and liver have started to fail. (this we know from information from our wonderful hospice nurse) I was wondering how long on average a person will survive once their food and water intake stops?
Avatar n tn I am caring for my Father in law that has this disease. Hospice says he is atypical with his disease.He was diagnosed with ALS in 2002. I have taken care of him (Primary) as well as my husband and now my son for the last 3 years and Hospice a year and a half. He has no use of his legs or hands since the first 6months. He was in a Nursing home but we brought him home In the last few months I have watched his urine change color to amber then bloody looking to normal yellow. He coughs at times.
Avatar n tn In my case my Dad had congestive heart failure, was put on hospice care, stabilized and came off hospice after 6 months. The next year they found cancer throughout his body, was put back on hospice care. He so wanted to die at home and we did all we could to care for him. It reached a point that the stress from my Mom's behavior and the extreme fatigue of caring for him wore us out. He agreed to go to a hospice facility for just a few days to give us all a break.
Avatar f tn My father died from this at a early age hospice was giving him morphine,,,i dont see her going thri much with the changein my dads case his mind went with his body in perfect health it took forever for his body to give out but when it did i was at the point i was happy for him,,,in my mind this is the worst way to go,,,if i was reliving this and i was put in this position if the.
Avatar m tn I was wondering if Fentynal patches contain even the slightest amount of morphine in them. A friend of mine is dealing with a terminal illness along with terrible pain. They gave him Fentynal patches(heavey guns) and he claims that someone said that they contain just a small amout of Morphine. He has had some eally bad experiences with Morphine and he is scared to use the patch. I told him I would try to ask my new friends on MedHelp first. Does anyone out there have a clue if this is true?
Avatar f tn My mother has been diagnosed with liver cancer from hepatitis C. Hospice has come in and she is now sleeping a lot and a cathereter put in. Her appetite has detirioated and her urine is still normal color. She is not jaundice as of yet but does slur her words occasionally and gets confused. How long do I have? I know there is no real answer but are we talking months, weeks or days?
1674921 tn?1304177675 I am only allowed to take 4 Tylenol daily - no aspirin or Advil. I can have morphine should I want it, but no aspirin.
Avatar f tn In '96 my Dad passed away. Hospice situation. I rang hospice to let them know and while on the phone they told me to immediately flush all meds (morphine) down toilet. I did so. Years later I read about a private company testing the water in most of our major cities, they found antidepressants, narcotics, anxiety meds in our drinking water. I was shocked to read this. Now I'm here and see that that is the advice as well.
Avatar n tn I was on the Fentanly patch (50mcg) for almost a year. I used it as prescribed (changing the patch every 3 days) but started having side effects with my pancreas and all the pain medications I was taking. I talked to my doctor and he asked if I could add a day (changing the patch every 4 days). I agreed, cut down on my other pain medications and tried it. The morphine will build up in your system over time.
Avatar f tn She does have our help because she is un steady and weak. Hospice has placed her on morphine at a low dose. She was in pain with hydrocodine.. Her belly is about 2-3 times in size. She still is eating & drinking even though it is very little. Sometimes she does go the bathroom & other times she doesn't when she insists on going the bathroom. Any other signs for me too look for? Her breaths are about 1 to my 3. She is not in a coma at this time. How much longer do I have?
1686743 tn?1306005451 For the last year I have been taking15 mg Morphine2 times a day, and 5mg Oxycodone HCI For pain in back and hips, and knee. At this dosage I have been getting some relief.Could one say that I'm chemically dependent. I'm 6 ft tall and 172 lbs. What is the suggested dosage for 61 yr old? I just had surgery in my chest and the pain level is 10 by times 10. they increased the oxy to 10 mg every 4 hrs and the Morphine 3 times a day 30 mg a day. with little effect.
Avatar n tn She panicked called her local GP,called in Hospice and substituted haldol,morphine and vallium for her heart medictions in one day.My mother was not in pain.This was 5/31/2007 one day before my return.On 5/3 before she knew I was coming the cardiologist said she was fine and continued her medications and to come back in four months.I took her to the hospital and my sisterbehind my back refused to allow her to be medicated same thing on discharge.