Morphine for the dying

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Avatar n tn is it poss to request the morphine be increased. with dying patients there is no ceiling on the limit of morphine one can have-however sometimes the MD doesnt agree. ask for a benzo( lorazepam , alprolazam). if agitation contines ask for haloperidol.
Avatar f tn The last thing they want to see is for anyone to be in distress and for us Morphine was given along with anxiety meds. How long does your brother have? They would be the ones to ask and help you prepare for what's to occur. Again, my sincere condolences for such a troubling time. It's obvious your brother means the world to you, and would not want to cause your further pain. Please let's us know if we can help or assist you in any way.
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.
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Avatar f tn she had a seizure and in the hospital for 10 days. Now she is in a rehab center and lost down to 82 pounds. She is having involuntary muscle movement of the head, neck and shoulders. I think the movement is indicative of brain deterioration. The center is focusing on feedings and pain control. She is on morphine, fentanyl path and klonipan as well as Dilantin. She still twitches. I am thinking about calling Hospice. does she have a chance of recovering???
Avatar m tn The long term effects of Morphine sulfate on the overall health of the human body. Including heart health, gastro-intestinally, and other organs. I know someone who has been taking it for at least at least 10+years. I am getting worried about this person. A few years ago he had a very bad stomach problem, and they could never figure it out. I pretty much thought it had something to do with the morphine. Any advice? He needs it for his back.
Avatar f tn I weaned off of morphine for 9 months with the help of a doc. Used colonodine (howev u spell it) to help me out. It was smooth to be honest... It really messed with my personality after being on it for 3 years. I did an accidental withdrawl changing to a cheaper rx. messed up my doses and cut it in half.... thought I was dying. After 4 days did I realize what I had done. So that error put it in check that my bod was dependant and it freaked me out, so came the tappering off process.
Avatar f tn 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.
Avatar n tn after being on morphine 30mg 3X a day for 6 years prescribed by a Pain manaagment Specilist my new DR. refused to fill the script becacuse he was referring me to PMS Its been2-3 weeks 5 ER visits and I Will see MD June 15th for "injections" feel like I'm dying and today would like to die.Suggestions?
Avatar f tn 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. I wish peace for all of you at this horrible time.
Avatar f tn 10 days without any oxys or anythig to substitute for the oxy ? 1 relapse dosent mean its all over. u now know what your up against now and that u can make it 10 days. If you cant cold turkey quit why not try to slowly ween yourself down to where u are taking 1/2 or 1/4 of your normal dose. Take just enough to keep u from being sick. IMO if u can go 10 days with out using , there should be no reason to take a full 80mg or 2 80's a day to deal with your pain/withdrawl.
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 m tn My wife has for years suffered from post-polio syndrome (nerves in legs dying). She has been on 100mg MS x3 and Oxycodone 5mg x 8 for breakthrough pain. She has recently had a neurostimulator implanted which seems to have been quite successful and now wants to begin reducing the opiates and get rid of their side effects. She is 80 years old and has high blood pressure. What protocol would be good to reduce the drugs? Is there a standard model to follow?
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Avatar f tn ve already had an ultrasound which came back normal, so now she has ordered another test, which I believe is the HIDA. I assume I will have to have it with the CCK since the gallbladder is the main focus. I do want to find out what's wrong with me, but at the same time, I am freaking out over this test, mostly due to what I've seen some people writing about it on the internet.
1929972 tn?1328548262 First off Let me just say I feel for you and our stories are eerily similar. I too found out 8 months ago my mom was dying of cancer and it caused a MAJOR relapse in me. I was taking about 160mg a day myself. Im so so sorry for what your going through! Dont beat yourself up over this though.
1718998 tn?1309129406 but check out the thomas recipe...maybe consider flushing all the drugs and getting the flu for a couple of days...if that's safe/doable.
Avatar m tn For me, morphine withdrawals lasted about 5 days with the physical symptoms and about 2 weeks until mentally I was feeling pretty much back to normal. I'm just over 3 weeks clean now and still have some subtle lingering affects. How long and how much morphine were you on?
Avatar f tn I have been taking a 50 mcg patch every 3 days for about a year...unfortunately, we got new insurance...I was paying $15 before, but the past few months its been like $350 each time, which we obviously can't afford. 3 days ago I took my last patch and I'm scared to death...I have to work the next few days! My dr. gave me some morphine to help with the transition...will that help? I'm worried about my pain levels, obviously, but even more worried about the withdrawal symptoms...
Avatar m tn 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 !
Avatar n tn no when he is sober he is not messed up. he does smoke but the going back to bed and I asked where did you put those sock to him and his response was " JJ will open it for you" after that it was just mumbles and I know no JJ. He had been in the bed for like maybe a minute tops not long enough to have fallen to sleep. and the moaning was while he was lying in the bed. And we were meeting like 10 people downstairs. I know it is hard to help when this is all I've got.
1052851 tn?1307741160 Im not sure now if I have gotten the wrong prescription from my doctor? What is the difference between the two? The Morphine does nothing for me, and I take (when necessary), 5mg 2-3 tabs twice daily. Maybe I should be taking more? Any input you can provide would be greatly appreciated.
Avatar f tn I am not on the side with the insurance dr. The only thing that I agreed with the insurance dr. about was that the methadone would lower your blood pressure as all opioids lower blood pressure to some extent. What I don't agree with the insurance dr. about is his desire to push you to methadone because of the risk of QT interval prolongation that I discussed earlier and you confirmed that was indeed the concern that your regular dr.
647120 tn?1256601651 When I started seeing a pain manager for chronic leg pain last fall, she said it was nerve pain without doing any diagnostics. She put me on morphine, and I've had ups and downs with it. Now I am considering going back to square one by weening off of morphine and seeing what my pain level is. It is almost a year since I had L4-5 spinal fusion, and I hate the side effects, costs, and stigma that go with taking this class of drugs. Has anyone tried this? What was your experience?
Avatar f tn MS Contin is Morphine Sulphate. The "ER" is Extended Release while the "IR" is Immediate Release. The word "contin" is simply short for "continuous" which may be the reason you got confused since it is also used with Oxycodone which comes in the form of Oxycontin hence the "contin" also meaning "continuous" for the Oxycodone. Hope this helped you. Godspeed my friend.
19414074 tn?1477273491 My pain clinic does a urine drug screen monthly and mails it off. For the last 2 months my Morphine has not showed up at all. Why would this be happening? I have to find out something before my next visit in 3 weeks or my doctor is going to drop me!
Avatar m tn 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.