Posted by Hattree on November 2, 2001, at 14:10:04
In reply to Re: Percocet stuff, posted by Gracie2 on November 2, 2001, at 13:04:54
Thats the rap--if you use it "legitimately" you don't get high. After major surgery, while still under the miserable influence of anesthesia, I definitely did not feel high on morphine (didn't feel so painess either). However, by the next day percocet was killing the pain AND making me pretty cheerful. I think they just say that so people who need narcotics won't be afraid to treat their pain.
Sorry to hear about your experience with your aunt.
Cancer seems to have its own set of issues.
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> I have a good freind, an experienced RN, who says that serious narcotics like morphine after a surgery or a terrible injury do not make the patient "high". I guess in that case the drugs are busy doing what they're supposed to do - kill pain- instead of inducing pleasure.
> I read in a book once - written by a doctor - that he told a cancer patient, "We have drugs that can reach any pain." I don't know if this is true from my own experience of having to watch my aunt die at home (as she chose to do), she seemed to be in a good deal of pain a lot of the time and it was terrible. The problem was that, after her colon resection, she could not keep down any food or water, and she would often throw up her morphine pills. She also had morphine patches, but the doctor said that they probably weren't working well because by that time, she was so emaciated, she had no fat on her body and I think this is necessary for transferance of the pain medication. I felt strongly that she should be in a hospital on an IV with a morphine button,
> but since I was just her neice and her family disagreed with me, there was nothing I could do.
> I'll tell you what, if I get cancer, there's no way I'd die at home. No way.
> -Gracie
> P.S. Gee, how cheerful was THAT post?
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