cancer patients and strong analgesics

[Guest guest]

Dear friends, colleagues and teachers,

 

I want to compare notes with those of you who have treated cancer patients.

Last week, I treated a lung cancer patient (a non-smoker, BTW) , who had been

given up on and sent home to die by her Western physician--except that he

insisted that she receive a high dose of IV morphine to " help her cope with

pain. " She and her family will very cooperative, and excitedly called me each

evening to report on how much better they felt she was doing. The level of her

pain was down significantly Friday, after my second treatment with her (I also

brought her a decoction of herbs which her family faithfully gave to her), but

nonetheless, her Western physician said that since her signs and Xrays were so

discouraging, he felt it would be beneficial to increase the IV morphine. After

that it was all downhill, and she passed away this morning. I strongly suspect

that the Morphine may have just too strong for someone in her fragile state, and

did her in. My question is, have any of

you had similar experiences with strong pain killers such as Methadone,

Morphine or Vicodin? This is my 3rd " coincidence " when a patient who was

showing significant improvement, passed away after receiving the analgesic

Western intervention.

 

Sincerely,

 

Yehuda

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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