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Patient with severe copd, 290mg of sustained released morphine daily plus 5mg oxycodone for breakthrough 3 times daily. patient has been on morphine for 35 plus years would fentanyl patch be a better option?
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Going up on narcotic: is generally not a good idea. That is already getting to be a large dose. People with lung disease need as much breathing as possible and narcoticcs lowers the drive to breath (bad).
Answered 8/24/2017
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