Reviewer: angrywife, 45-54 Female on Treatment for less than 1 month (Caregiver)

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After surgery this medication mad was given to me for pain. I had told the doctor before that a mophine pump made me hallucinate and was assured that I would not be given this. My wife stayed with me in the hospital and asked the nurse what she had just injected into my IV and it was Morphine. My wife went to the nurses station with her power or attorney and told them not to give it to me again ... Show Full Comment

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After surgery this medication mad was given to me for pain. I had told the doctor before that a mophine pump made me hallucinate and was assured that I would not be given this. My wife stayed with me in the hospital and asked the nurse what she had just injected into my IV and it was Morphine. My wife went to the nurses station with her power or attorney and told them not to give it to me again. She went into the restroom for less than 3 minutes and said she walked out and the nurse was injecting it into my IV. Again she went to the nurse and a supervisor and told them she would have me transferred to another hospital or I would leave AMA if they did not remove the IV and use Oral Loratab (which had worked from a previous surgery). My wife took the power of attorney again to the nurse and a supervisor attorney and made them the IV immediately. As soon as the medication wore off (a horrible time) I was put of oral loratab and everything was fine. This medication (as my wife later told me, made me mean and irrational). I left the hospital the next day and I was scheduled to stay 3 days. At home I took the liquid loratab and I was fine.
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Reviewer: kitty, 19-24 Female on Treatment for less than 1 month (Patient)

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i had a op to have my gallblader removed but when i came round i was in so much pain they tryed 3 different things though iv for my pain but it never touched it so i had morphine iv infusion so i could press the button every 5 mins if the pain got bad but i ended up pressing it everytime it lighted up but then after 3 days it didnt work that well but i was so out of it i dont remember what day it ... Show Full Comment

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i had a op to have my gallblader removed but when i came round i was in so much pain they tryed 3 different things though iv for my pain but it never touched it so i had morphine iv infusion so i could press the button every 5 mins if the pain got bad but i ended up pressing it everytime it lighted up but then after 3 days it didnt work that well but i was so out of it i dont remember what day it was who i was or where i was and i was told that i wasnt myself and my breathing was really low i was breathing fast and hard and i had oxygen on for 5 days to get it back to normal i was itching everywhere and iv got scraches everywhere now i hated being on it im 20 and it scared me it does work but it isnt very nice to be on and if you are going to be put on it i would try other stuff and leave it till last and dont have an infusion you just abuse it because you think its working and its not really its makeing you forget about it for 5 mins
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Reviewer: afoxyladyx200, 55-64 Female on Treatment for 1 to less than 2 years (Patient)

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I was getting my morphine injection IM thourhg hone care. After one year they wanted em to learn to give them to myslef. I did not and I mean did not want to do that but had to for they were taking me off the program. I did just great until the last few days and then i hit a vein twice. Once when i did not know until i pulled out. I thought i was going to die for sure. I did not do anything but pr ... Show Full Comment

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I was getting my morphine injection IM thourhg hone care. After one year they wanted em to learn to give them to myslef. I did not and I mean did not want to do that but had to for they were taking me off the program. I did just great until the last few days and then i hit a vein twice. Once when i did not know until i pulled out. I thought i was going to die for sure. I did not do anything but pray.
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Reviewer: 19-24 Male on Treatment for 6 months to less than 1 year (Patient)

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Overall morphine helped my pain quite a bit. And although you may hear it is unlikly to develope an addiction to this, in reality it is very easy. If you are about to be put on injecting morphine be very very careful, and do not increase your dose or use it more frequently without consulting your doctor. If you feel your starting to get more and more dependant, have someone regulate it for you. As ... Show Full Comment

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Overall morphine helped my pain quite a bit. And although you may hear it is unlikly to develope an addiction to this, in reality it is very easy. If you are about to be put on injecting morphine be very very careful, and do not increase your dose or use it more frequently without consulting your doctor. If you feel your starting to get more and more dependant, have someone regulate it for you. As far as relieving pain for the first hour or so it works great, but after 2 hours it begins to wear off very quickly, therefore could result in wanting more for your pain. Just work with your doctor until you get the right doseage down.
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