- Diverculitis? Surgery? 29th April 2004
... was probably due to internal hemmoroids.
He had a morphine pump which worked nicely..was at 1 mg then increased...
- Post-Colon Resection - What to expect? 17th April 2004
...
It took me all day to figure out how to use the morphine (they should give a pre-op class on the use of PCA ... morphine !). If you are in the situation, for me it was a bump ... wouldn't wake up cold turkey. The downside of the morphine is that it slows down your gut so you don't pass gas ... and broth of the gods!!!
Today I've only had the morphine twice and have been switched to Toridal (phonetic...
... only complaint would be that they won't bump your morphine and no one explained the use of the pump to me - or...
... out 2 days later when the nurse came to change the morphine cassette in my pump...when she opened the door fluid ... leaked all over the floor. I assummed it was the morphine when the surgeon came in shortly afterward telling...
... you to build up a tolerance or a dependence upon the morphine . So, they keep you in just a little pain.
You...
- Colon reconnection after colostemy 30th March 2004
... for the first 4 to 5 days, i had an iv and also a morphine drip but it didnt help much so i got shots of touradal...
... bad and I deliberately attempted to use as little morphine as possible after a couple of day because it does...
- narcotics for UC ??? 18th March 2004
... they took him to the hospital ER, where they gave him morphine ... This is the first I have EVER heard anyone receiving ... they could stop the runs... but, I was unaware that morphine or anything like that was wise, or that it even could...
- Colostomy Tips please?!?! 3rd January 2004
... for a few days following surgery but I was given a morphine pump which helped tremendously. I think on the 3rd ... about another week and a half after I stopped the morphine . I didn't have time to get scared about the surgery...
- Hope for Hemorrhoidectomy/Sphincterotomy 26th November 2003
... much pain after that I ended up in the er getting morphine . The recovery period was long and now I have a fissure...
... I went home but was back at the er that night for morphine because of the pain. The first week was horrible,...
- Post op problems?? Haemorrhoidectomy. Please help!! 25th October 2003
... general anaesthetic. That combined with the shot of morphine I also received as soon as I woke up from surgery ... dramatically and was given a combination of Tramadol and morphine .
On Friday, although I still had moderate pain,...
... discomfort - that's why there's painkillers. I was on morphine most of the time, and as a result, I didnt have much...
- colon resection 25th September 2003
... trips to emergency room and one stay for 4 days on Morphine , it was determined I had severe diverticulitis-even...
- my hemorrhoidectomy experience 25th August 2003
... next half an hour the pain worsened and they injected morphine , i felt great, got up, urinated and was driven home...
- Hemorrhoidectomy 6th August 2003
... the pain would have killed me. And this was even on morphine and percocet at the same time!
And you want to talk...
... get my pain under control for SEVERAL hours. That morphine drip was pumping at full speed, and still I was writhing...
... done in the hospital and had to stay 2 days with a morphine drip Iv and they had to pack un pack my rectum couple...
... through enough hell with this stuff already!
Sherry... morphine drip? Wow....sounds like something I could have used...
... was not a pleasant experience but luckly I had the morphine IV at the time but it still hurt. They had to cut...
... either. Now, I had the "advantage" of being on a morphine drip for 3 days straight in the hospital on the second...
... Runningal...I've always wondered what those Morphine drips felt like. I could have really used one of...
... Suzy, I had morphine when I was in the hospital my second time. It helped...
... pain of this surgery brought me to my knees. Even Morphine didn't work for me in the first hours after surgery...
... killed me within the first 12 hours, even though I had morphine and percocet together. So, I can personally attest...
... the first few hours required hospitilization, with morphine . I went home the next morning. You are right: it...
... so much pain they had to give my the max amount of Morphine to try and subdue my discomfort then sent me home ... LARGE stools through my sore rectum,they had me on morphine and valium every 2 hours but it did not touch the...
... experience as you. It still amazes me how ineffective the morphine was at controlling pain.
I do hope you have a good...
... that night after the surgery I returned to the er for morphine . It has been 4 months now and I am not fully healed...
... a joke! Finally after ending up in the er getting morphine for pain from getting surgery to fix up the first...
... would have this surgery. My god, I was still in a morphine induced stupor at day 4. Also, don't forget that...
... LIKE THAT IN MY LIFE! :) I went back to the er for morphine that night. My bowel movements were a nightmare for...
... I didn't feel that the medication (percocet and morphine drip) was doing a darn thing, and was very nauseous...
... constructing areas. I spent 2 nights in the hospital with a morphine drip (made me sick as I got kind of happy with the...
- colonic inertia 23rd July 2003
... medication for this as well as fr the GP. Opiates such as morphine and tramadol can make it worse as they slow the gut...
- Annoyingly constipated... 21st February 2003
... surgeries in less than a year.
I woke up from one with a Morphine drip.
Now that's the kind of stuff that you need to...
- Fecal Incontinence Meds 16th January 2003
... she suggested the T of O seeing that it's also a morphine based product and has worked well over many years...
- Harry & Sarah, I'me Scared. 6th October 2002
... or is it just all he has been through??? He was on morphine for pain after both operations but was hallucinating...
... Great stuff.
In answer to your question about the Morphine . This is a very strong opioid analgesic and yes, ... low, your resistance to some substances is lowered. Morphine , as well as helping pain can cause respiratory depression ... is about 5 to 10mg max. They could try him on Dia morphine to see if that suits him better. This is slightly ... in make up, but I think they sometimes tend to give Morphine as it is a little stronger and purer than Diamorph...
... conversation because of strong opinions on two items: morphine sensitivity and TPN.
Morphine sensitivity - this ... to run in families. Our child reacted very badly to morphine , experiencing hallucinations and night terrors. Absolutely ... refused to continue PCA [ morphine pump] while in the midst of the worst part of BMT ... also had similar albeit less extreme reactions to morphine .
Don't fall for the line that your body will get ... used to it - it doesn't. Either you can tolerate morphine or you can't. There are morphine substitutes. Morphine ... penicillin if he were allergic to it; why should he accept morphine . The most common argument/ justification is that penicillin ... objective'] side-effects [e.g. swollen airways], whereas morphine - in morphine-sensitive individuals - causes difficult...
... don't think that I mentioned him getting used to the Morphine . That is why I think I suggested that she should...
... sounded as though I was knocking your advice about morphine . Just wanted to add another voice on this issue. Morphine ... sometimes the patient is browbeaten into taking it. Morphine is an excellent med, but not for everyone.
...
... start to feel better emotionally. Is he still on Morphine ? If so, maybe he could not be switched to oral analgesia ... or something different, as the Morphine could well be causing some of these problems. Also...
- Should I Get Hemmorhoid Surgery? 15th June 2001
... in December of
2006.i was in the hospital with morphine after for three days .i will tell you
hemroid surgery...
- post lumbar puncture, NEED HELP!!! 5th May 2008
... Fealt fine that day, then spent the next 4 days on morphine in the hospital and the morphine didn't touch the...
- pituitary tumor info please! 21st October 2007
... ER. After a CT (clear) and spinal tap (clear) and morphine , they sent me home saying that I had had an a-typical...
- Permanent upper peripheral vision loss, severe headaches, etc? HELP!! 18th October 2007
... ER. After a CT (clear) and spinal tap (clear) and morphine , they sent me home saying that I had had an a-typical...
- Surgery for aneurysm 7th October 2007
... you respond to the pain management.they usually use morphine in recovery and will most likely switch you to probably...
- chrnic pain in th right side of my head 22nd September 2007
... LIVING ANY KIND OF A NORMAL LIFE. i STOPPED TAKING MORPHINE A YEAR AGO AND NOW TAKE OVER THE CONTER MEDS. pLEASE...
- 22 year old daughter diagnosed with cerebral venous thrombosis 23rd June 2007
... normal" Filled up with tons of different medications ( morphine , compazine,phenergan,toradol,zofran, percocet, Ibuprofen...
... like Ozzie Osborne... She had massive vomiting on Morphine so they were reluctant to give her oral pain meds...
- One week to live... 1st June 2007
... tonight, my other sister might stay. They are giving him morphine every 6 hours or when he wants it - still at a low...
- Strange sensation in my head 17th May 2007
... this. The reason i went to the hospital was from a morphine and xanax overdose. However i was not terribly deprived...
- +for GAD antibody, CNS disorder, no diabetes 21st December 2006
... he could do. Go see a pain specialist and get on a morphine patch. I went to the pain specialist and he said he...
- Trigeminal Nueralgia and Denture 9th September 2006
... those meds will not help TN at all. You need either a morphine pill (from the hospital) or an antisezure drug from...
... those meds will not help TN at all. You need either a morphine pill (from the hospital) or an antisezure drug from...
- BE ALERT to short sharp stabbing pains in head!! 11th March 2005
... them do the catscan, oh and the fact that 45mg of morphine was not shifting the pain in his head at all!! He...
- Chiari Anyone???? 26th February 2005
... tolerance and take my pills (MS Contin - slow release Morphine and a few others) and I keep on going. But I don...
... The slow-release medications such as MS Contin ( morphine ), OxyContin (oxycodone), and Codeine Contin keep a...
- Chiari and headaches? 12th February 2005
... well, such as Oxy Contin (percocet) and MS Contin ( morphine ). Many doctors are not comfortable with dealing with...
- Abnormal MRI 11th February 2005
... describe the pain.
At the ER they gave me Benedryll, morphine , and steriods. I seemed to feel a little better,...
- Unruptured 3mm cerebral aneurysm 1st June 2004
... a day then going home to rest) and easing off the morphine and dilantin which does make me feel better. Are...
... Baz,
That is what I had done. I had morphine to take home with me though the pain wasn't too bad...
- Diastematomyelia 17th November 2003
... codeine, arthrotec, robaxacet, oxycodone, buprenorphine, morphine , even antidepressants like nortriptyline, with little ... every waking moment I'm plagued by pain, despite the morphine patches I wear.
*sigh*
I ought to shush now.
Thanks...
- Transverse myelitis MS dilemma in detail 14th November 2003
... everyday i was in the hospital, so bad i had to have morphine each day i
was there. (which was terribly hard to...
- Pineal cyst 20th December 2002
... much of a good thing (drugs) can be bad...percocet & morphine make you constipated, not a good feeling). Friday...
- arachnoiditis 10th October 2001
... spinal cord stimulator implanted, and take slow release morphine as well. I just wanted to say hi.
Glenda...
- End stage liver cancer 5th July 2008
... will last. He is on 15mg morning and 30mg evening morphine and we now have to supplement this with liquid morphine...
- URGENT plz help.... 17th June 2008
...
Weve been lucky that he doesnt have any pain.The morphine (a small 5 mg dose every 8 hours as needed) is mostly ... hospital but hasnt since he's come home.We didnt need the morphine last nite so I think he's doing better.
K,how did...
- End stage liver cancer 9th March 2008
... stuff for the fluid build up some other stuff and oral morphine drops for the pain.It is hard to see a loved one suffer...
- Liver Cancer 7th March 2008
... be able to sustain for another six months. I am on morphine which helps the pain. Any opinions or other people...
- Brain cancer 15th May 2007
... longer suffering. He was very anxious even with the morphine so they increased it by one mg and gave him ativan...
- side pain 10th April 2007
... check you for a peptic ulcer. Pain killers even the morphine based ones will cause stomach ulcers but the painkiller...
- The worst has happened... 7th April 2007
... was increasing and on her last day they put in the morphine drip. She also thought other people were in the room...
- Help with the effects of Chemo 4th November 2006
... release (since I am allergic to codiene) I have to use morphine based pain medicine.I took them until I felt better...
... had a feeding tube in his stomach and was on liquid Morphine for a long time, we at first thought about eventual...
- dnt know how to deal with mums cancer 24th October 2006
... be fine,mum is so stubborn though she has taken the morphine patches off and the neck brace which made us all laugh...
... nothing more they can do for my mum apart from the morphine .
mum came home last night,i just cant believe its ... else it can go i hope,my mum is in no pain with the morphine ,the nurse is comin round to mums to give her some...
... talk properly,i dont know if that is because of that morphine going through her body all the time,her eyes dont...
- Bone Cancer 9th August 2006
... started in the rib area she was placd on hi doses of morphine and most of the time it barely helped the pain this...
- Do Not be scared to share with me please 21st June 2006
... the symptons will be the same.....
My mum is on a morphine syringe driver 24 hrs a day and takes oral morphine...
- Possible Bone Cancer? 23rd May 2006
...
BB-I also have severe TMJ, so I take MS Contin ( morphine ) for the pain. I've also taken Vicoden. Neither of ... wish people (especially doctors) would realize that morphine does NOT help with all types of pain. I can't believe...
- Please Help: PANCREATIC and LIVER CANCER 21st May 2006
... sufferer comfortable and pain free without marajuana and morphine , to be clear of conscience and what to expect....just...
- looking for information on bladder cancer 7th March 2006
... when we found out it was meningitis. They gave her morphine and admitted her for the night. She is much better...
- Glioblastoma Stage 4 brain cancer/ astrocytoma 2nd February 2006
... okay, I could feel his body relax, even though the Morphine sometimes made him agitated. So I guess my only advice...
- Cancer in the bladder, my mother, needing help and support!!! 21st October 2005
... can't see those Dr's writing out a prescription for morphine , my restless leg syndrome, hormones, and giving me...
- Primary throat cancer - Secondary tumours found-NEED INFO PLEASE!! 3rd October 2005
... on the table! Her strength is amazing. She is on a morphine syringe driver and only eats ice-cream because the...
- and so it ended this week 14th July 2005
... and brain and he screamed for a week even with the morphine .
May God give you and your family comfort at this...
- Pancreatic Cancer 19th June 2005
... that had spread to several other organs. She had a Morphine patch and also took oral medications for sleep, indigestion...
- Please help me know what's coming for us..small cell that metastasized 17th June 2005
... thankfully (the pain she was in was unbearable even with morphine ) passed away on April 28 - much to the surprise of...
... unimaginable to be in. Thank God when they installed the morphine pump into her stomach. THanks for all the advice...
... service. While I do believe that perhaps the dose of Morphine they gave her was too high and even progressed her...
- very fast type brain cancer...need support 2nd June 2005
... pain. The doctor did prescribe a very low dosage of morphine for him. I think he did it basically for me because ... be in pain. Looking back I can see where that the morphine (and I'm talking a baby dose really) did make him...
... the end, but hospice was good about getting her the morphine , they just swabbed her mouth with it, no needles,...
- Just wanted to introduce myself 26th May 2005
... take but Codiene makes me so sick to my stomach. Morphine makes me hallucinate. I am in for it I think.
...
... colon with mets to the bone and brain and he was on 20 morphine a day and still was in agony. I so hope Bob goes peacefully...
- Terminal Liver cancer- what are the signs it's nearly over? 1st March 2005
... had 12 mths.
She is currently hospitalised, on morphine for pain is is extremely bloated with fluid which...
... eventually stopping. Do you know what dosage of morphine she is on? Sometimes that slows a person down with...
... to know if the fluid and the fact they have her on morphine are signs her liver is starting to shut down. They ... are increasing her morphine to see what amount she needs to relieve her pain....
... out towards her lungs. She started taking liquid morphine (diamorph?) along with analgesic pain relief about ... 2 months before her death. The morphine was a "break through" pain relief. As her illness ... keep them down and at this stage he put her onto a morphine pump thing which was regulated by a timer (not a self ... minutes each day but she was very comfortable. The morphine helped relax her body and her breathing although this...
... THankyou for your responses.
My friend is on 1 ml/hr of morphine , along with something else thats name I can't remember...
... for him. They made the transition much easier. The morphine will help. Ultimatly Jaundice typically sets in at...
... indeed her liver. THAT SWOLLEN. She has started taking morphine . 20Ml every 24 hours with Vicadin in between, which ... have removed her from the Vicadin and increased the Morphine to 30Ml every 12 hours. She refuses to go to the hospital...
... to make sure she is comfortable and she is on oral morphine . But she is now unable to take so hopefully they will ... set her up on a morphine pump. She is very restless and jaundice and her stomach...
... could hardly sit up. She gave me liquid meds (Ativan, Morphine and Haldol) to give to him. She gave him about a...
... thought my mom was in pain and she would give her more morphine . I remember right before she passed she opened her ... of gasped. I panicked and thought she needed more morphine , but when I called the nurse she said that my mom...
- Thyroid cancer 24th February 2005
... MISTAKE he should have been in a hospital with an iv of morphine for several days, very painful surgery. if your friend...
- newly diagnosed pancreatic cancer 21st February 2005
... pain for at least 3 weeks now and we finally got some morphine patches that help but don't completely take the pain...
... sleep, which was wonderful and he also was on liquid morphine . That all combined seemed to help with the pain. Do...
- Please help, Dad dying, Liver Cancer 29th November 2004
... deteriorating. He is now on loads of medication including morphine . He sleeps for about two hours in the morning and...
... he taking treatments this go around, hopefully the Morphine will help him stay out of to mush pain, at the end...
- for anyone who has seen a person pass away 24th November 2004
... very laboured. She was taken off all her meds except morphine by IV, and we gave her sips of water or milk through...
- my mom has cancer 27th October 2004
... my mom is about 63 i believe and she is allergic to morphine , demeral, and many other drugs,
im not really sure...
- looking for information on bladder cancer 2nd September 2004
... getting no coffee in the morning. They gave her some morphine prior to surgery and it took care of the migrane. ... talked to her she was still alittle loopy from the morphine . ;) The doctor said it either was a small piece of...
- Spasms in bladder from cancer 24th June 2004
... painful, and lasted from 15 to 30 minutes. She is given morphine and a supposit to calm the pain down but during this...
... painful, and lasted from 15 to 30 minutes. She is given morphine and a supposit to calm the pain down but during this...
- Please God don't take my son! 14th April 2004
... prepare jims resting place he is maxed out on his morphine and he says he is ready to go home his pain is so...
... far, and it could get worse they tell me. He is on morphine for pain and that makes him even more nausious (sp...
... his lower torso and lots of trips to the bathroom. Morphine has not had a constipating effect on him unfortunatly...
- Bone Cancer TREMINAL Any Help 10th April 2004
... keeping him comfortable. He has a surgically implanted morphine pump and then he takes pain pills when it is hurting ... so bad and the morphine has not helped it. Right now he is pretty much in...
- need help with signs of Cancer 20th March 2004
... most likely problem. You say that he's been on a morphine pump for the pain associated with back problems. ...
- A little bit of Understanding (Blame?) 19th November 2003
... back didn't get better. Two months ago he started morphine patches and pills. He was not referred to any sort...
... back didn't get better. Two months ago he started morphine patches and pills. He was not referred to any sort...
- my daddy is sick! 12th October 2003
... with a tumor on his pancreas and hes on continuoes morphine ....all together he has now tumors on the brain on...
- I have cancer I am scared I'm dying 4th October 2003
... you enjoy reading my goofy ranting you'll love me on morphine .
BJ thanks so much I look forward to hearing more...
- ascites and fluid around the heart-failing health?? 2nd October 2003
... and around the heart. He is in extreme pain and on morphine . They are leaning toward a malignancy somewhere....
- Six Months or Less 23rd August 2003
... it better or get him on PCA, so far he is rejecting morphine , he wants to be lucid, but most of the time he's in...
... perhaps the time is approaching for him to be on a morphine pump? From what little I know of the pumps (and it ... can't communicate. When all else fails for pain, morphine WILL usually do the trick.
One of the women in ... my cancer support group was using a morphine pump, and was able to go to work a few days a week ... doesn't sedate you as much as when you're on an IV morphine drip.
My heart goes out to you, Dana, and as always...
- PLEASE READ PLEASE HELP 16th April 2003
... gone. Eventually she was on MST (a sustained release morphine ) and then Dormicum, which kept her sedated. She died...
... her sleep. Since she was so heavily sedated on the morphine , it was really like she just slept away, peacefully...
... called the Hospice nurses in. They stuck a couple of morphine patches on her body (to keep the pain at bay because ... Marlene, except she did not have any fits. She had morphine intravenously, was in hospital and quite drowsy. She...
... is the pain of course but she has pain patches, not morphine i forgot the name. Also she is taking pills when the...
... is the pain of course but she has pain patches, not morphine i forgot the name. Also she is taking pills when the...
