My dad has COPD, cancer, tons of stuff going wrong at once. Long story but he’s home, we set up hospice… the end is near.
They gave him Tylenol 4 with 60mg codeine, although one of the hospice people said they have morphine.
He is so weak that taking a #2 bathroom is nearly impossible. Just to take a dump he’s gotta be in severe pain.
He did well without pain meds (just lot of THC) for so long but it’s getting bad. I’m wondering.. out of the stronger pain opiate options do any of them produce less constipation? Does codeine cause more of it even while being a “weak” pain reliever?
Also curious if anyone has tried the newer guy opiate antagonist meds, supposedly blocks opiates in the gut but not the CNS where it can still give euphoria and pain relief. Hospice sometimes pays for everything so if any of them actually work I’d like to bring it up to them.
There’s no reason people should suffer with constiption if these gut antagonists have existed. Also wondering if oxycodone ve hydrocodone… does oxy have more pain relief per “unit” of constipation effect?
They gave him Tylenol 4 with 60mg codeine, although one of the hospice people said they have morphine.
He is so weak that taking a #2 bathroom is nearly impossible. Just to take a dump he’s gotta be in severe pain.
He did well without pain meds (just lot of THC) for so long but it’s getting bad. I’m wondering.. out of the stronger pain opiate options do any of them produce less constipation? Does codeine cause more of it even while being a “weak” pain reliever?
Also curious if anyone has tried the newer guy opiate antagonist meds, supposedly blocks opiates in the gut but not the CNS where it can still give euphoria and pain relief. Hospice sometimes pays for everything so if any of them actually work I’d like to bring it up to them.
There’s no reason people should suffer with constiption if these gut antagonists have existed. Also wondering if oxycodone ve hydrocodone… does oxy have more pain relief per “unit” of constipation effect?