Morphine in Hospice

Let's chat about Morphine! It gets such a bad rap, but Morphine has been clinically proven that it's use in Hospice does NOT hasten death.

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[scarlettsunz]

It also works well on pneumonia. When I was 30, I went to the DR for what I thought was a nasty cold, after a chest x-ray a nurse comes in with a big syringe of morphine, announcing I had pleurisy and double pneumonia. It helped a lot, even though I had a 7 day hospital stay. Fast forward to 2021, I get pneumonia again. I ask the nurse for some morphine...Big mistake. Instantly labeled a drug seeker even though I had pneumonia in both lungs, plus pleurisy again. I got ONE vicoden. One. For the entire day. I argued with the Dr that actually morphine is a standard treatment for my condition, it wasn't like I was asking for a big bottle to take home. They admitted me, but refused to treat my pain. So I checked out AMA. It makes me sick when doctors try and fight the opiate war on legit sick patients. Jesus just give me a PCA. Pleurisy is painful. My SAT's were in the mid 80's. How sick do you have to be before you can get properly medicated?

[jd]

That's exactly right! People need to "HEAR" this. You want your loved one to have peace during Hospice care and taking away pain and making breathing easier is always a better option. Think about when you go to the dentist, most likely you have some anxiety about it and the nitros oxide helps you to have peace during your visit. Even when you have a headache and you take a Tylenol or Ibuprofen, your taking it to make the pain more tolerable it is no different than that.

[tinamccall]

My mom passed away at 58 in 2005 from ALS. She had decided ahead of time, and never changed her mind, that she did not want anything more than oxygen for breathing. The day she died I could tell she had air hunger. I called our hospice team and they immediately sent one of their amazing nurses. She upped my moms morphine just for the last few hours, and my mom was so peaceful and relaxed. I’m so thankful that there is something like morphine to make dying easier. I just have to add that the hospice care she received was amazing, tender and loving. I have always remembered these ladies and could not have been there when she was in distress if they had not been there with me ❤❤❤❤❤❤

[michelleduncan]

This is correct. I'm an RN & I did my late Dad's hospice care in our home. The morphine was outstanding for him.

[oakhurstselfstorageinc.]

Thank you for being a calm voice of reason in such a a trying time! Bless you 🙏💕

[janeric]

God love Hospice! It's all about comfort for their patients going through the dying process. Thank you Julie... you are just the best!!

[sunisbest]

If a person is dying, whatever makes them comfortable! Let them have a pain free, peaceful end of life. ❤

[digzat]

Me too Julie! Morphine is the gold standard in my book. Too many folks think it’s what sent their loved ones into death. I sure wish people would educate themselves about it. Roxanol was key in my Mother’s comfort.

[JenniH]

Thank you so much for this. My mom died in 2018 as a result of complications of Type 1 diabetes (she battled it for 56 of her 70 years; I am also T1D (44 yrs at 52), and my mom was my role model. She was tough, and always positive!), and was given morphine and an anti-nausea med in her last days. I knew it helped her, but didn’t understand why.
In fact, the information you have shared in MANY of these videos has helped me process this loss— I often say, “Yeah— I GET that!” for everything from the process of dying to the knowledge that she stepped over into beyond HERE. Thank you, so VERY much, for the work you do and for your willingness to share what you know. ❤

[chrismann]

Thank you so much for all the information you share. My husband was on Hospice at home. I was the caregiver and would put the morphine under his tongue. I was shown how to fill and administer the correct amount. He passed quietly in his sleep. I am so grateful for everyone at Seasons Palliative/Hospice Care out of Delaware where we were living. Thank you again for talking about the many different changes when a person is actively dying. You are all amazing❤❤

[freedom-x]

It seems like when you give morphine to a patient that’s dying, it does quicken the death process. Just saying this as an observation in the hospital setting. I’ve seen nurses not give it when it’s close to shift change, because they don’t want the pt to die until their shift is over. They will also try to space out dosing if they are waiting for a family member to arrive who wants to be there before the person passes. Would love to hear what you think about that?

[cruiz]

It helped my husband dying of COPD stage 4

[joesimons]

You are right on that. we gave small amounts of morphine sublingual to my mother when she was dying of pancreatic cancer. it helped her pain and breathing on her way to passing on.

[elizabethman]

Ive been a doctor for 30yrs, and im so happy that you've been sharing all this information so effectively

[nwatson]

If I'm dying and in pain, gimme morphine and weed

[jafra]

My husband just passed away and was in horrible pain, but the only medicine that relieved it was Dilaudid. The hospital took him off Dilaudid when he found a room and he was in horrible horrific pain because the doctor believe morphine was better. The doctors need to listen to the patients and look at their records closely to know that for some people morphine is not the best choice.

[pcrosby]

I had that very concern but it was wonderful for my father in law because he had liver cancer and it was painful.

[npcforyou]

Thanks. If I’m ever in hospice and I’m in pain, yes give me morphine. Frankly I don’t care if it quickens my death or not. I have it written in my legal papers for end life care to Take away the pain! If any of my kids object I’ll run -m-off 😅🕵🏼

[AnthonyPinkerton-dp]

Hello again Julie, three years ago my Aunt died; she had suffered a stroke to her frontal lobe. Death was almost instantaneous; however, she was still breathing and still had a heart beat. My cousins asked that she be put on hospice services. They took her home, dressed her for bed, and then they waited for the Hospice nurse to arrive; first nurse arrived at 3:30 p.m. and administered 1, 000 CC's of Morphine, then she checked with the family and stated another nurse would arrive at 5:30 p.m. That nurse also administered another 1, 000 CC's of Morphine; My cousin who was studying to become a nurse questioned the second nurse and was told quite matter-of-factly. That in Hospice Service, the use of Morphine wasn't given to make the patient addicted, but to allow the patient to relax and eventually drift away peacefully. The nurse stated that if my Aunt survived the night, they would come back the next night.
The day of the stroke was December 22nd, she passed peacefully in her sleep at 3:30 a.m. December 23rd.
Honestly, the Morphine; I believe helped her pass peacefully!

[marilynherold]

The hospice nurses gave us liquid morphine when my mom was dying. I know that it relaxed her and gave her a a chance to rest. I really like your channel.