Use of ketamine will be discussed in a later article. It is illogical to use morphine just because a patient's condition is terminal. As described above it is not a good sedative. There needs to be a strong indication to use such a powerful drug and the dose always needs to be carefully titrated in the elderly frail patient. Morphine has some very valuable roles in some acute situations in nursing homes but is rarely needed long term.
More research is needed to more clearly define the rational use of morphine in nursing homes.
2480 Discussion Morphine and its use in non-malignet severe chronic pain in 2001. If their are any legal cases where a doctor prescribed Morphine to a patient who was alergic to it and died. I question how much politics plays in the Doctors fear of prescribing morphine for their patients. If their are any legal cases where a doctor prescribed Morphine to a patient who was alergic to it and died. MScontin twice a day she has lost about 50 pounds and now weighs 86lbs.