Hi all my wife is 53 and is getting palliative care for colon and other inoperable cancer, my question is she is on 360ml morphine in her driver + other pain meds ,even time I ask is this alot of morphine and does it mean anything to be on such an amount ,I only get " everyone is different " but is it not good ,any advice will be great
Hi Taffy2210. I don’t know how they decide on the dosage for pain relief. Perhaps you could post this on the Ask a Nurse page?
https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer_experiences/ask_the_expert/ask_a_nurse
Take care
Karen x
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