Patients on morphine suffer from severe side effects Slow titration in elderly patients and those susceptible to side-effects.
Equivalent morphine dose 150 mg x 2 = 300 mg morphine per day. Practitioners Elderly people are more susceptible to the side effects of confusion
side effects and whenever morphine therapy is being initiated Morphine should be administered with caution and in reduced dosages to elderly
by MJ Hur Cited by 5Further studies are required into the effective intrathecal morphine without side effects in elderly patients for TKA. Keywords :analgesia;morphine;patient-
The dose of morphine should be reduced in elderly patients and titrated to provide optimal pain relief with minimal side effects. Morphine clearance decreases
Despite careful titration of morphine, some individuals will have intolerable side effects or poor analgesic morphine in frail/elderly
by MJ Hur Cited by 5Further studies are required into the effective intrathecal morphine without side effects in elderly patients for TKA. Keywords :analgesia;morphine;patient-
than morphine but is similar to morphine in other. PAIN MANAGEMENT IN ELDERLY elderly because the risks of adverse effects outweigh the analgesic
by DL Chau 2024 Cited by 410Keywords: opiates, pain, elderly, side effects. Introduction. The prevalence of the most common side effect of morphine in hospice patients with a
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