Morphine for end of life care

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Avatar f tn i wish you lots of hope and harmony and peace . dont look at it as if its the end of your life look at it to be stronger for yourself !!!
Avatar n tn I've been on suboxone for 3 years. 16 mg grams or so every day for 3 years. I had taken off from my clinic for my 1 year old surgery then we went to Gatlinburg. Needless to say I couldn't believe it They kicked me out. I've been an addict since I was 17 and I'm almost 31. Ayways about the.
Avatar f tn Morphine is one of the worst narcotics for nausea and vomiting. However, given time it will go away. Try taking about half the prescribed dose to see if the nausea recedes, and gradually add back to the prescribed dose. You may end up doing better with a synthetic opioid like oxycontin rather than morphine. However, morphine is much cheaper than any of the synthetics, so if you can gradually increase to an effective dose with the morphine, so much the better.
Avatar f tn Hiya I have COPD and also had opposition from others re the end stages of my dads care this year. I am 45 and have lost both my mum and dad. I have instructed my hubby and kids to give me as many drugs as possible to accelerate the end stage and make me comfortable when the inevitable happens. Do what your mom would want you to do. Have faith in your convictions. And WHY does it matter if she is addicted to morphine at this stage in her life?
Avatar f tn I am under the care of a pain management doctor for a major back injury and surgery in 2012 that left me with multiple ruptured discs, moderate to severe neuropathy in both legs, arachnoiditis and general severe back pain. I have been on methadone for 3 years with no change in dose (30 mgr 2x per day). I have no history of drug abuse. Last Monday without any warning, my insurance rejected my monthly methadone prescription.
Avatar n tn No, that is NOT how hospice usually works. My Dad was on home hospice care - twice. Once when the doctors determined he was in end stage heart failure; the second time when he had cancer throughout his body. The first time the hospice workers would come by the house a couple times a week to monitor his general health and adjust his meds as needed and answer any questions/give support to him and my Mom.
Avatar m tn s you will face, cause it seems like everyone has a little bit different stuff going on but, i am on a high dose of morphine and recently ran out of my pills and i am not kidding you when i say that you will feel like ****. i actually thought i was gonna die and that was just day 2. thank god i got my grubby's on some from my doc but, i didn't know what i was gonna do. please take care and maybe talk to your doctor about it before you do it.
Avatar f tn Watching him suffer like this is devastating. Has anyone ever had someone go into end of life care? What can they do for him? Thank you for any insight anyone may have.
Avatar f tn theres no half life after 5 days
2122255 tn?1374465180 Im confused end of day 6 omg grrrrr lol
Avatar m tn For over 50 years, oral methadone was considered to be 3/2 the strength of morphine.That means that 20mg of methadone is equivalent to 30mg of morphine. (All opioid strengths are based on the so-called "gold standard" of analgesia, morphine sulfate.) This means methadone is 150% the strength of morphine. Recently, they've changed that ratio to a much more conservative number. At low doses of morphine equivalent, the ratio is 8/1 or 800%.
Avatar f tn Second - is this a short acting (SA) or is it a long acting (LA) Morphine? 60mgs of Morphine is one heck of a one time dose. I would not take it. There could be serious complications, especially if you your system is opiate naive. Don't take it.
Avatar f tn Even though I know they mean well even those kind words upset me because what I want to scream out is that there is NO way I am a good soul because of ALL the horrible thoughts I sometimes have and my silent prayers to God to make this all just end. I do not care for him for praise. I do not care for him because I am in love with him. I care for him because he is a good human being and he is sick. And although he chose to drink I do not believe he chose to be an alcoholic.
Avatar m tn I just recently started a butrans patch to help get me off opioids not because of addiction but because of the failure rate in people using them and my doctor told me sooner or later they would fail for me in one way or another. I have a couple of withdrawal symptoms right now one of them being my back and certain areas of my body are extremely warm and uncomfortable. the other is i am getting really bad anxiety and I hate drugs like xanax.
Avatar f tn She was able to have some quality of life for a while. She had end stage lymohoma. On the other hand, when my mom had ovca we had to keep her sedated. She had no quality of life without the morphine. When the morphine was reduced she became very restless and was in obvious distress. Because of that we used the morphine as palliative sedation to give her peace. You can try to reduce the medication and always go back to it if it does not give her added quality time.
Avatar m tn Hello, Suffer. I want so badly to just give you a big, strong hug right now! I was there in the nursing home when my Nana passed. She, too, had willed a 'do not resuscitate' order. So, all the nurses did was keep her as comfortable as possible without any medical help, other than ativan to keep her calm. She wasn't bedridden for very long (maybe a month). Then the day came when they 'called all family in' - Nana was beginning to fade.
Avatar f tn I was so out of it that I did not understand that the nurses were trying to show me my baby being bathed after delivery!! Beginning of labor= good. End of labor= bad. Definitely ask for the smallest dose and go up as needed. Good luck!
Avatar f tn At this point in time whenever a migraine comes on I have to go to the Emergency Room, and I am well known there, I get a shot of Zofran for nausea and a shot of either Demerol or Morphine, but it happens so often that I am unclear on the aftereffects and I am breastfeeding so what harm is it doing to my new baby?? I guess I just don't know what to do anymore!!
Avatar m tn You may want to give your Mom morphine a bit of morphine during the night rather she asks for it or not. It will help maintain her comfort level. Of course I recommend you consult with Hospice regarding it as I do not know her medication schedule. As I ate my Thanksgiving Turkey Dinner with my healthy family all gathered at my table; I thought of you, your Mom and so many others at MedHelp that I know are suffering with pain. I counted my blessings and felt almost guilty to have so many.
Avatar f tn I am in my 8th week of treatment and my doc says that the Morphine is fine to take. I think one of the things to watch for is that alot of pain meds have alot of acetaminophen in them and that in high doses will affect the liver. If you need to be on pain meds try to get something that is more of the straight meds and have less of the additives that will affect the liver. Make sure that you have a doctor that you trust and knows which meds work well with the treatment.
Avatar n tn Morphine mg to mg, (administered orally) has about 1/2 the analgesic effectiveness of oxycodone. So 30mg of morphine would be euqal to around 15mg of oxy. Did you tell the doc that the oxy 5mg. wasnt taking care of the pain? Other than that,I cant imagine why he would "up your meds" just out of the blue.
Avatar n tn THEN AGAIN I AM THINKING LOGICALLY HE WAS ALREADY DYING, AND AS MUCH AS I DONT WANT THIS, I DIDNT WANT TO SEE HIM STRUGGLE ANY LONGER, BUT EITHER WAY I DIDNT KNOW IF HE WAS DYING NATURALLY BUT I TRUELY BELIEVE THAT GOD SAW WHAT WAS GOING ON AND EVEN THOUGH HE WAS READY TO TAKE HIM, THE MORPHINE JUST ACCELLERATED THE EASING OUT OF THIS LIFE FOR HIM ACCORDING TO THE DOCTORS.