Posted by notfred on October 22, 2006, at 15:11:16
In reply to Re: Difference between morphine and oxycontin, posted by ed_uk on October 22, 2006, at 14:44:50
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> >morphine effects breathing more than many
> opioids
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> Morphine, oxycodone, hydromorphone and the other potent mu agonist injectable opioids all appear to affect breathing to essentially the same extent when given at equianalgesic doses.
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I took care of my father for the last few months of his life due to lung cancer. Morphine has a property for improving some efficencies in breathing that other opioids do not have. It is an effective treatment for bronchialspasm/dyspnea, thought it does slow breathing. The hospice doc, oncologist, and pain meds doc all indicated Morphine was the drug of choice for treating bronchialspasm/dyspnea in end stage cancer.I had to keep close watch on dads resperations per min, as he was at about 5 breaths per min. Morphine had a greater effect on depressing resperations than oxycodone or fentanyl, at least in my experience. None of them helped with bronchialspasm/dyspnea
Needless to say one will do almost anything to stop bronchialspasm/dyspnea in a loved one who is only getting 5 breaths a min.
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