- Patsy and Tarceava...All Okay? 11th February 2007
... her pain. Has Stan tried either of these? They tried morphine with Patsy first, but she had bad reactions to it...
- Lung Surgery 27th January 2007
... hospital was so understaffed so when the spinal tap morphine machine ran out I was without painkillers for several...
- How is Patsy? 15th January 2007
... anything stronger than vicadin even though he has morphine . Thanks for letting me know how Patsy felt with her...
- Dreadful Start to the New Year 2nd January 2007
... a bad experience when the doctor insisted he take morphine for the pain.
What type of lung cancer? What a...
... weeks and was taken into hospital on Friday. She is on Morphine for the pain and awaiting radiation treatment on the...
- Hello, its me again. Jenny / akmom6 2nd January 2007
... care for him, they said they are just keeping him on morphine and had to shower him on a gerney to clean him up...
... to the main hospital for comfort care and with his morphine and radiation that day he is real weak. I sleep with...
... in pain all the time, they have to keep him on the morphine and adavan and he can't eat or hardly breath because...
... people why he was still in so much pain despite the morphine and the Ativan which he was getting every half-hour...
- Can you help me? We need some kind of idea of what might happen. 28th December 2006
... radiation and he is in so much pain so they keep him on morphine every day. I think the doctors are telling us he is...
- Don't know how to deal 3rd December 2006
... until the final months when she had some pain and the morphine did away with it.
My mom did develope pneumonia...
- Just Frustrated and Confused 30th November 2006
... to level 4.5 and give him the antropine (spelling) morphine under his tongue to help with his labored breathing...
- Hospice 29th November 2006
... right out to the house and explained how to use the morphine and ativan to keep her comfortable.
Working in...
- Mom's Last Thanksgiving 26th November 2006
... she had died.
It was peaceful as some ativan and morphine took care of the shortness of breath look she had...
- How long to recover from surgery? 24th November 2006
... them. My recovery went well other than that. I was on morphine for about 2 weeks after that. To to the lobectomy...
- Insurance mess - Where is mom to go ? 22nd November 2006
... pain was getting worse. THey told me to give her more morphine each time I called (every 2 hours). By 4am we told...
- Hello I am new here 22nd November 2006
... back/shoulders just like you. It's cancer pain. I use morphine (slow-release) capsules and supplementary doses of ... liquid morphine . I have about a dozen or more other daily medications...
- Chemo....a second opinion. 15th November 2006
... which is now being treated. I'm not on a high dose of morphine , just 60mg Zormorph every 12 hours so he thinks my...
- A difficult day 13th November 2006
... afternoon as he felt he could do it under a local and some morphine and said most other vets would want to put him under...
- The good, the bad the ugly 8th November 2006
... her shoulder. I got permission to start her on some morphine and after two doses she had no more pain and slept ... Today she is confused when she is awake and unless the morphine is very slow leaving her system because of Kidney...
... you got the pain under control, but have heard the morphine can make you a little out of it. (makes you wonder...
... his might to hold on. His body became immune to the morphine , dilaudid, as well as oxycodone. He now takes methadone...
... couple of months ago Patsy was on an extended release morphine which caused her to hallucinate ( she had trouble ... scratch on your neck:)" ...so once we stopped the morphine , things went back to normal....
... I am so sorry to hear your mom is not doing well. Morphine can do strange things to your head...my father was...
... week the hospice doctor increased my extended release morphine dose by 50% and I'd hoped this wouldn't cause me to ... sat in bed thinking I'd dreamt something...and that morphine hallucination came with sound effects!
I fell...
... think the pain was from a muscle in her back and the morphine allowed her to relax and that muscle got to rest( ... ?) She has had no more morphine but sort of comes and goes in her mentation.
...
... mention that your loved-ones coped better mentally when morphine was stopped. May I ask you which pain-relief drugs ... were offered in place of the morphine , and their comparative effectiveness ?
Renea, ... thought people didn't, over time, develop tolerance to morphine .
Like a lot of others, I was initially resistant ... to having morphine because I feared gaining tolerance too early, wanting...
... mention that your loved-ones coped better mentally when morphine was stopped. May I ask you which pain-relief drugs ... were offered in place of the morphine , and their comparative effectiveness ? .
Ellen-
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... well.
I think I'm on a fairly low level, with the morphine , compared to many others.
So far I've been on 40mg...
- Mom is gone 23rd October 2006
... had Power of Attorney... and during these days, her morphine which was at 2cc's per hr eventually went to 24cc ... The Dr's were telling us that they turned up the morphine due to her breathing patterns... But I know it had ... the OK to basically poison her Liver with so much morphine that her body finally gave up..... She died from too ... much morphine , not the cancer.
Another side to me says she is ... peacefully. But, the fact that she died from too much morphine is hard for me to take. I was just talking to her...
... mom and don't know much about the dosage levels of morphine that your mom was getting, but have heard it sorta...
... just hung on although she was bedridden. Even on the morphine when hospice would come to turn her she would scream ... .I wish she had had a little extra boost from the morphine . If I get this disease I will want to store a little...
- Bud 11th October 2006
... liters. His Oxy to 60mg every 8 hrs, with liquid morphine incrased to 1-2ml every 4 hours for break-though pain...
- it will be a while until we post again... 25th September 2006
... his back, so I feel for Bud! Stan refuses to take Morphine so takes Vicadin every 4 hours. The doctor has lectured ... him to take Morphine but after getting sick from it he just refuses to...
- Questions re: Lobectomy 17th September 2006
... constantly jabbing into her. She is allergic to codeine, morphine and some anti-inflammatories, so apart from paracetamol...
... intense most painkillers had little effect on it. The morphine helped but he took me off it in less than 2 weeks ... they don't want you getting addicted to it. Also the morphine worked to weel because I broke a big toe and never ... turning black. (It hurt really good after I was off the morphine ). For me the pain was worse if I was laying down or...
- need some advice on nsclc 10th September 2006
... respond to the radiation.
They started her on a morphine drip and an anti anxiety pill..she has had some really ... home for one day she had a pump with dilaudid , plus morphine pills , apparently the dose wasnt regulated well enough...
... made her so loopy. They also had her on valium and morphine . Once the doctor said nothing more he could do, hospice...
- Stage 4 Lung Cancer metastsized to brain-inablility to walk 30th August 2006
... mother had spinal metastses in the end .She was on morphine but then they put her on the pain patch and oxycodone...
... lower back and pelvic area. Nothing touches it... morphine ...maybe and barely. I know that time is drawing near ... pharmacy thinking he might have a reaction to the liquid morphine ...but two pharmacists seem to think that his prob...
... lower back and pelvic area. Nothing touches it... morphine ...maybe and barely. I know that time is drawing near ... pharmacy thinking he might have a reaction to the liquid morphine ...but two pharmacists seem to think that his prob...
- panic attacks from my dad 28th August 2006
... they were saying which is a blessing. he is now on morphine into his stomach with other drugs and it seems to...
... great deal of the time I think mostly because of the morphine . However the night before he died he tried to get ... Don't you see the two men?" Now it was either the morphine , angels, or his brain shutting down (I pick angels...
- Back to the Hospital for Another Surgery 27th August 2006
... is his pain. He is now taking 180mg of slow release morphine every eight hours and 30mg of fast release morphine...
- my dad has sclc and is terrified 24th August 2006
... with the next lot of chemo last week. He is taking morphine every now and again for the pain in his arm which...
- Question on Chest Pain 23rd August 2006
... terrible pain. He only takes vicadin...he won't take morphine since he had a bad experience the 2nd time he took...
... cancer can be so painful. I do hear people having morphine patches, but until you live with someone and watch ... thru the roof and one night he had to take so much morphine he got very ill and has never taken morphine again...
- Is there Always Pain? 18th August 2006
... In the end he was on oxygen and toward the very end morphine not for pain but to slow respirations and sedate him...
- Husband Home From Hospital No More Treatments Yet? 4th August 2006
... My husband is currently taking 90mg of slow release morphine every 8 hours and 15mg of fast release morphine every ... 500mg for the infection, protoxin for integestine, morphine 90mg and 15mg for pain, Dilaudid 2mg for pain, stool...
- Praying for everyone 31st July 2006
... just refilled his Vicadin today...he refuses to take morphine and just lives with pain. Stan seems to me to be...
- Emergency Operation Today for Husband NSCLC!! 21st July 2006
... lady is great. She completely understood that all the morphine that he was taking was only affecting the outer layer...
- Husband is in the Intensive Care Unit NSCLC 17th July 2006
... excruciating and unbearable. He was given at least 30cc of morphine and dilaudid in combination. Nothing is working. The...
- Sad Sad News Today NSCLC CT Results 11th July 2006
... larazapiem at 4:00am this morning. He also loaded up on morphine and hydromorphone. If he doesn't drain he feels a...
- Sad Sad News Today NSCLC CT Results 11th July 2006
... pain meds. He had a bad experience twice with some morphine a couple of months ago. I will keep you in my thoughts...
- Pain, Pain Lots of Pain NSCLC Stage IVB 28th June 2006
... the tumor is also on the right side. He is taking morphine , hydromophone, Advil, Tylenol, and Motrin, larazapen ... worst pain he is at a 4.5 pain level. The current morphine dosage is at 30 mg. He is supposed to take one in...
... cannot touch cancer. We are talking Lortabs, Liquid Morphine , Diludad, etc etc....the rest just might irritate...
... but Stan endures so much pain and refuses to take morphine . (he did a couple of times but got very sick and ... moaning with tears but after his bad experience with morphine won't take it for fear he will dry heave for 24 hours...
... onc today and they said that we could increase the morphine dosage to 60 mg twice a day. I will also ask to reschedule...
- Post surgery vertigo 7th June 2006
... symptoms may be from pain meds she is taking? I know morphine can cause the nausea in some people. Fortunately I...
... sounds like a blood pressure problem. When I was on the morphine the first 12 days my bp was unusually low as my bp...
- Dad Can No Longer Leave Home 12th May 2006
... kindness and support. Today Dad was put on sub lingual morphine to ease his breathing, it seems to be making a tremendous...
... thank you so much. Dad had a real bad reaction to the morphine they started him on yesterday. During the night he...
- This is unbelievable!! 28th April 2006
... so much pain he was crying.. and he had plenty of morphine in him. A nurse was sent out in the middle of the ... night and she administered the emergency morphine kit to him. He has lost alot of weight, and he can...
- New here, FIL just got hospice - just want to understand things better 7th April 2006
... take the pain anymore. Thankfully they gave him a morphine pump soon after.
Hospice called soon after that...
- Problems with White and Red Shots? 27th March 2006
... combination of Motrin/Advil and even a mild does of morphine . We still have not found the right combination of...
... like Bengay) cream and he take Loratabs and liquid Morphine ...but nothing helps. Then, he has to take Decadron...
... when the pain hits but wants him on capsule form of morphine every 12 hours. Of course, Stan acted like he would ... stubborn man set in his ways and I think if he takes the morphine every 12 hours he thinks he is giving into the disease...
- Update on Bud 19th March 2006
... effusion......geez! Thursday they prescribed liquid morphine so he would not need to swallow pills ...which he ... was eating Loritabs like candy with no effect. The morphine worked. Then, they prescribed a thing called "Mary...
- NSCLC Husband had 5th Round of ChemoToday 1st March 2006
... have all types of prescriptions. Larazapien, Ambien, morphine , hydromorphone, marinol etc. He has completely stop...
- Worried about lung mass 28th February 2006
... been released from the hospital and I am still on morphine .
I went in for surgery last Thurs (3/23) and the ... working so they removed it and put me on a stansard morphine pump. For the next 2 days I got no relief either as ... the IV had not been done correctly and much of the morphine just dripped onto the floor. Basicly the whole time ... the future. I am now home alone during the day on morphine tablets 3 times a day and they seem to work better...
... some time yet. The doc started weaning me off the morphine and I have an followup appointment with the surgeon ... back together yet. I will be glad when I am off the morphine so I can drive again and be out of this drug induced...
- Turn for the worse - don't no what to think 24th February 2006
... severe pain.
We as admitted to hospital and givin morphine and an x-ray. He phoned this morning to say his consultant...
- Husband 43 First Test Result for NSCLC 31st January 2006
... Our oncologist has now prescribed a low dosage of morphine (15mg) to neutralize my husband's pain. Most of his ... for the discomfort and constant pain. Hopefully the morphine he has to take twice a day will help stablize his...
- Mom passed away 16th December 2005
... took her off the feeding tube, and they put her in a morphine coma.
Now she is gone. My best friend.
Hope...
- Lost my dad to lung cancer 8th December 2005
... watch. But I knew he was in so much pain. He had a morphine pump for about 3 weeks. He had lived with a feeding...
... thought she was getting better and even decreased her morphine . She died the day after in the hospital. My friend...
- Time is near for my sister 24th July 2005
... her today and I will go tomorrow. She is finally on morphine b/c of the pain but she does not realize she is taking...
- mom with extensive small cell lung cancer 22nd July 2005
... stay,was told 3-4 days stay,stayed 10 days,too much morphine to remember much !
Yea,I was sick a lot,always had...
- Dad has sclc with mets to liver. 15th June 2005
... days, she was somewhat delirious as she had been on morphine for pain - she had also lost her desire to eat and...
- Mom passed May 8 18th May 2005
... care....it seems like their answer to everything is morphine but then again i could just be grasping for straws...
- Mom has Lung Cancer 11th May 2005
... 3/05.
Is currently on alot of pain meds,including morphine as needed.
She has lost 39 lbs since Easter.
Treatment...
- Father-in-Law has Stage 4 LC and it's spreading 6th April 2005
... go to the nurses station to have them give him more morphine ....apparantly the dr increased it just that day to...
... what we can see now thanks to the increased dosage of morphine . he won't be with us for the six months predicted...
- A loved one gives up 28th March 2005
... he refuses to take any treatment, and he thinks the morphine will be enough to relieve his pain. It's very hard...
- want to talk to someone who lost mom to sclc, mets to brain 3rd March 2005
... well as fractures in her back and was on 30 mgs of morphine up until 3 weeks before she passed. Then she was...
- Face & hands swelling - Is this a sign of the end 17th February 2005
... comfort medicine in his viens. He has been taking morphine only at night to help him breathe.
Dan...
- Hope 26th November 2004
... about a week, she didn't need them. She was first on morphine (not for pain, she never had any pain - it helped...
- Mom has lung cancer, having problems with morphine 25th November 2004
... My husband was given Morphine at the hospital, during his final stages. It was horrible ... there recognized it right away and took him off of the morphine . Scott was given medication for anxiety, and he was...
... member with lung cancer or any cancer who has taken morphine for the pain. My mom is in the final stages of lung ... in to help (just twice a week). She is now taking morphine for the pain. For the first couple of weeks, we thought ... what to do or why this is happening. I know that morphine can cause some of this and I also know that it is ... wondering, and yes, hoping, that most of this is from the morphine . It is our hope to keep mom at hope as long as possible ... appreciated.
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I can address the morphine side effects. Morphine ( and derivatives ) can definitely...
... hours.
While it could be a side-effect from the morphine , it could also mean that something else is going on...
... Scott, within 24 hours after being taken off of the morphine , the halucinations went away....
... alternatives there are. We were under the impression that morphine and methadone were the same, while at my parents home...
- After 6 months a answear maybe 5th November 2004
... talking, singing.. holding her...crying...they gave her morphine to keep her comfortable.. it was Easter Sunday......
- Lingering questions re: stage iiib nonsmall cell 21st October 2004
... comforatble. Thsi is why they would have given him so much morphine . before Scott dies, he did not eat or drink for a...
... maybe if I would have demanded they stop the hourly morphine she would have talked to me, or in some way would...
- Update on my dad's condition 12th October 2004
... coming from his chest. They have him on constant morphine now. They also have him on steroids to ease the pressure...
- husband has lung cancer just found out! 2nd October 2004
... to keep bugging them that no one had refilled his morphine pump.
And Please do ask, question and watch what...
- Sudden relapse and death. Any answers, support? 16th September 2004
... very ill very quickly, and was soon on huge doses of morphine . He declined very quickly over the last month. Suddenly ... hospitalized. He still refused IV. Just asked for morphine to make him more comfortable. He managed to cling...
- Details 13th September 2004
... mom of course with her advanced cancer she was on Morphine , awful side effects, holusionations (sp) she costanly...
... not have the horrible side affects that he had with Morphine and Diladid.
I wish you the best.
Renee...
- not sure what to do...please help 5th August 2004
... could tell she was much more relaxed, and that the morphine was doing what it should (although she was not in ... pain, they said the morphine would help her relax and breathe better). I spoke...
- Information required, please help 17th July 2004
... elsewhere. The only treatment she is receiving is morphine tablets, for pain relief.
London_bob...
- How long can we expect- vomiting black 22nd March 2004
... tired but still speaking normally. She is on liquid morphine . Does anyone have any idea how long we can expect...
... tired but still speaking normally. She is on liquid morphine . Does anyone have any idea how long we can expect...
... tired but still speaking normally. She is on liquid morphine . Does anyone have any idea how long we can expect...
... tired but still speaking normally. She is on liquid morphine . Does anyone have any idea how long we can expect...
- Non-Small Cell Cancer Stage IIIB 9th March 2004
... on his back. He is on misted oxygen and is getting morphine pills and shots - not on the pump yet. We are hoping...
- Step Dad finally let go... 5th March 2004
... immediately began a Demerol infusion (step dad allergic to morphine and dilaudid) started at 10ml per hour. Yesterday...
... immediately began a Demerol infusion (step dad allergic to morphine and dilaudid) started at 10ml per hour. Yesterday...
- Update on Step-Dad Diagnosed in late Aug 24th February 2004
... him comfortable and out of pain and that's what the morphine did. During his last 48 hours they were giving him...
- Lung Cancer FINAL stage- Please HELP 21st February 2004
... this has been being treated with lasixk for swelling morphine for pain and aitivan for anxiety this has been very...
- swelling up 3rd February 2004
... She was put on 40 mg of oxycotton a day and liquid morphine for quick pain release. She was still walking and ... oyecotton to 80 mg a day for pain and she can have morphine when needed for additional assistance. WE had noticed...
... She was put on 40 mg of oxycotton a day and liquid morphine for quick pain release. She was still walking and ... oyecotton to 80 mg a day for pain and she can have morphine when needed for additional assistance. WE had noticed...
... at a time. She is on oxycotten, steroids and liquid morphine ! She is in alot of pain and then they up the meds...
... at a time. She is on oxycotten, steroids and liquid morphine ! She is in alot of pain and then they up the meds...
- My dear friend 3rd January 2004
... They are letting her die. No IV, no monitors, just morphine . Yes, I know either the stroke or cancer will eventually...
... They are letting her die. No IV, no monitors, just morphine . Yes, I know either the stroke or cancer will eventually...
... They are letting her die. No IV, no monitors, just morphine . ...why can't they at least feed her with the IV? ... would prolong your friend's death not her life. The morphine is to give comfort and relief of pain....
- what should I expect in the final stage? 20th December 2003
... spread to her brain. She was in so much pain, the morphine they were giving her kept being increased by the doc ... last stage (3 weeks after she found it out) and her morphine keeps going up and up....
... pain was getting worse at home, he was on 100mg. of morphine 3x a day at home (pill form). When he arrived at ... the inn they increased the morphine (an injection into his leg-10mg. every hour). Within...
... pain was getting worse at home, he was on 100mg. of morphine 3x a day at home (pill form). When he arrived at ... the inn they increased the morphine (an injection into his leg-10mg. every hour). Within...
- bone mets 9th December 2003
... excrushitating for him, he was on some very high dose morphine . It would work for a few days then the pain would...
- my dad 6th November 2003
... He can't talk anymore (I dont think) and he is on morphine . I dont see him on a regular basis and am not as...
... He can't talk anymore (I dont think) and he is on morphine . I dont see him on a regular basis and am not as...
... He can't talk anymore (I dont think) and he is on morphine . I dont see him on a regular basis and am not as...
