Morphine in chf
Common Questions and Answers about Morphine in chf
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How long should a patient stay on dobutamine? My husband 62 years old with chf and an effort of 10-15%. When last in hospital February 2017 where they put him on dobutamine and we decided on hospice care. Hospice is now hinting that they want to stop. I need to know if it is a money thing for them or it just isn't working.
As a CHF patient, I of course weight daily. Was just recently put on Lasix in past week because of problems with fluid in lungs, and have been taking it religiously every day. My weight is the same, but I can't take as deep of a breath as yesterday, I'm slightly wheezing, and I can feel fluid come out of my throat with every little cough. This feels exactly how it felt when I was first diagnosed with CHF a month ago.
He has gained quite a bit of weight just in a few months, which is very abnormal for him. He is in pain and has difficulty doing even the easiest task. He is huffing and puffing all the time. He went to Veterans Hosp yesterday. They say nothing is wrong. The scheduled a colonoscopy for June 3rd ... 3 months from now !!! I know he needs to go to the hospital. I told him that doing nothing is not going to help his situation. It will not get better by itself.
t believe it would say right then and there a patient is in CHF. A patient with CHF has the symptoms of the disease and tests such as a BNP would diagnose that. People aren't in CHF 24/7 ; they have periods where they go into CHF; there are times when a patient who has been diagnosed with CHF may be doing well.
She still coughs up crud a few times a day. Even before the chf she was having brief spasms in her shoulders and front legs about once a week. Over 4 years that progressed to now having spasms of her entire trunk about a hundred times day and losing control of her legs and dropping to the floor at least a dozen times a day. Lowering her head down to take a drink brings on both symptoms. Trying to fall asleep increases the body spasms.
Have faith in your convictions. And WHY does it matter if she is addicted to morphine at this stage in her life?
my daughter is 23 and has been in CHF for almost 4 years her lowest ef had been 32 and now it is 45 a very good indicator of CHF is a blood test called BNP, brain natriuretic peptide. This test is a very good indicator for CHF... check with your cardiologist what those levels were at the beginning and what they are now...
An x-ray of the chest will also let us know if the heart is enlarged in size as it usually does in the case of CHF. Also a clinical examination by a cardiologist may help. I will also suggest a pulmonary function test as a disease of the lung like COPD can also present with the symptoms similar to CHF.
I hope that helps. Please do keep me posted.
Kind Regards.
am a 59 yo male with known heart problems IE: 8 heart attacks, 1 stent in RCA,, ICD placement CHF COPD lately i been really tired,, no energy ,, light headness,, for getfull at times,,, will sleep 12 -16 hours daily,, do not sleep well at night time toss and turn alot,, can any of this be related to Hyprothroidisum or just my thyroid ? This Friday i will be admitted to the hospital to have my ICD re-programmed ( NIP procedure). a outpatient procedure.
Simply put, CHF, by itself, is not a death sentence. However, uncontrolled symptoms can be. CHF basically means your heart isn't able to pump enough blood to remove the fluids from your body.
I have had CHF for about 3 1/2 years, and the most dangerous symptom of all seems to be fluid retention. Mainly because the disease is notorious for filling the lungs with fluid, making it hard to breathe.
no, hydrocodone is vicodin. Morphine sulfate is the active ingredient in morphine. If you are worried about a possible reaction to the medication, I would speak to your local pharmacists. I'm not sure if hydrocodone and morphine are in the same family of drugs. I know vicodin and percocet are in a similar family (due to codine), but morphine is much different. refer to this website.
http://www.rxlist.com/duramorph-drug.
The other method is by reducing the after load which is done by medications which cause dilation of the arteries and thus the heart has to work against less narrowed vessels (which is common in CHF) and thus improving the efficiency of the heart. In this, the ace-inhibitors play an important role. There’s a third class of drugs which help by improving the contractility of the heart and that is digoxin.
I am a 54-year old, overweight woman, with the following symptoms: severe edema in feet/ankles/calves (sudden onset three weeks ago), constant (and loud!), breathlessness from even mild exertion, ear ringing, blurry vision, dizziness, wheezing (high-pitched, whistling sounds) and headache. I've also been told I am pre-diabetic The edema becomes so bad it's hard to walk. Should I worry about the possibility of CHF?
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