A 48-year-old member asked:
what do you advise if i'm on tapentadol 300mg and oral morph sulphate 90mg for some reason i sometimes feel like i for get to breath when i'm nodding off can this be fatal?
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Dr. David Rosenfeld answered
27 years experience Pain Management
Talk to MD: Sounds like your dose of one or both medications is to high.
Answered on May 26, 2017
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