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Originally Posted by feetofclay  My husband told me last night the he believes his body has become dependent upon the morphine. Even though he is still in pain, he is taking reduced doses to eventually stop. However, he says his body is requiring more than the reduced amount.
Has anyone had prolems with someone becoming addicted to the morphine or any other pain medication?  |
Hello feetoclay, my mom was on morphine when she had sclc 4, she was at the stage where I said at one of our Emergency visits if there isn't anything you can do, when does the part of keeping the patient comfortable kick in. That night we were sent home with 6 and a script to be filled and she was to take 1 or 2 for pain 4 times a day.
I don't know where your husband is at in his illness. if he is in a lot of pain there is no point in cutting back to prevent addiction because his body needs the relief.
With my mom there was nothing more medically they could do, in fact she was never able to have chemo, just radiation treatments to shrink the tumors in her brain and one treatment on her chest. Becoming dependant to morphine did not even enter into it. At that stage she needed it and eventually more until she was put on a morphine drip, . My mom was on morphine for pain, lorazepam for anxiety, steroids for her brain mets, Tylenol Codiene, anti-nausea medication, sleep medicine-you name it she was taking it.
Like I said I don't know where your husband is at with this awful disease, just telling you what I know about morphine and yes your body does become dependant and you will need more or maybe a stronger dose. My father also became dependant on it when he was terminal with eosophagus cancer it's not like he was going to become a drug addict at that stage.
I don't know if this helps.
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