Morphine for elderly
Common Questions and Answers about Morphine for elderly
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I am desperate. My mother lives in Florida she takes Morphine as well as other pain meds. Her Morphine was stolen. She is on Medicaid and states away from me. She took 5 pills a day.
I've been tapering down my medications (and made some great progress.) So far got off the Fentanyl 75 mcg., oxycodone 40 to 60 mg. every four hours. I had some pretty moderate withdrawals going off the Fentanyl and oxycodone. Nothing like cold turkey, but difficult nonetheless.
I was switched over to morphine ER 30 mg. in the morning and 30 mg. at night. I already dropped to 15 mg. at night. I'm also supposed to take 15 mg.
The doctors was saying he had dementia. We took him home and it took about 3 days for the affects of the morphine to wear off. And for about two years he didn't hallucinate, he just had short term memory loss. Then four weeks ago he fell. He broke his shoulder blade and a rib at home. We took him to the hospital and they gave him morphine and the hallucinations were back. I swore that the morphine was making him hallucinate but the doctors said it was dementia.
Hi, I was put on fentanyl patch before they had generic ones. 2003 & Diluadid for break thru. I have liver disease non alch non reversible. So that combo of meds is best for me. My doctor did as appropriately moved me up to 50 mch then 75 & 100 strength patches as needed then back down so tolerance would work well. I was able to do some gardening & start working out at gym as year went by. Lost 118pds :-) We then moved to FL.
I need help I take morphine for chronic back pain I have been desperately trying to find a balance to counteract the constipation effect of the medication, I have tried everything from mineral and olive oils to all kinds of laxatives to fiber intake and I either not have a bowel movement or I struggle with having one or it causes me to have sporadic trips to the bathroom.
I have been prescribed opiates since 2002. For severe neuropathy, 9 back surgery and then in 08 hubby and I were in a horrific car accident back in 08... I crushed my ankle, punctured a lung and broke 11 ribs...... I was on 100 mcg fentanyl patches for over 4 years ... they were working Any more, then I was put on 200 mgs morphine sulfate daily... ( 100 mgs every 12 hours). I did that for about 6 months and then had to become sole caregiver to my elderly father who had Alzheimer's...
Long term use of opiates causes depression, so that wouldn't be a good solution anyway. Just saying. I did try imipramine. It helped prevent me from getting additional anxiety attacks, but didn't stop me from still being phobic to the things I already had become phobic about. But it stopped working, and I ended up on Paxil, which worked better, but also left me destroyed upon discontinuation. The side effects of imipramine are annoying, but it does show good results.
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Geriatric Use
The pharmacodynamic effects of neuraxial morphine in the elderly are more variable than in the younger population. Patients will vary widely in the effective initial dose, rate of development of tolerance and the frequency and magnitude of associated adverse effects as the dose is increased.
Hi. 5'10" Gent, and brand spankin newbie to this site. i just turned 56 in April. In my journal August. 12, 2013, I recorded wgt. 247.5 lb, BP 157/101, severe depression & anxiety with heaart palpitations and mid-nightime panic attacks. Also using CPAP setting of 14cm for severe sleep apnea, and suffered almost daily migraines. Plus my triglicerides were, as my dr put it, "through the roof!
s care but my dog is having bladder stones and he is very much unconfortable all night I have to take him downstairs to pee and all the vet has told me is to wait for the results of urine test to beggin treatment meanwhile he gave him Rimadyl for the Hip pain and also some Phenobarbitol for anxiety, but he still cries all the time, I am desperate !
hi you all,.ibkleen, i was just a bit frustrated about some of the things you said about my last post.i just didn't (&don't) feel you know enough about me,my history&goals to say what you said.NOW, the point of the matter is that ihooked up with some methadone to ween off oc's & morphine. i am now taking 10-20mg. of m-done and want to also detox from the m-done.i went a little over 36hrs.
He said I tested positive for morphine and negative for xanax. I take 1-2 ,25mg xanax a day-prescribed by him for anxiety. He referred me to pain management and that Dr prescribed me 15 mg Amrix and 50 mg Nucynta ER a day. He said the morphine is not from the Nucynta and that I must not be taking the Xanax or Nucynta that neither one of them showed up. I am not taking Morphine of any kind. I took a Xanax and a Nucynta 3 hours before this appointment.
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