Can Taking Dilaudid With Morphine Kill You. (Page 2)

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Two weeks ago my boyfriend passed away while in hospital for his Diverticulitis. He was given Morphine at 5pm and then 1 mg of Dilaudid at 8:20pm another 1mg at 9:20 then two more mg's at 11:30pm. Is that to close? Is that to much. His heart rate was at 128 bpm, he was ice cold to the touch. Heavy rasping breathing. Urine was almost black in color. Can you tell did the pain killer make things worse. Also, another question How do you know when dye that is used from testing leaves your system? If it does not how long to they have to remove it before it becomes deadly as it obviously killed him.

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These issues should be addressed by consulting your pharmacist as well as your regular doctor. I am truly sorry for the loss of a family member, but random answers given by someone on the internet is insane. I am a nurse and I would never give advice like I have read on here. Even if you do consult with your doc and pharmacist, there are so many things that could go wrong because the patient or family member forgot to mention something. I learned a very smart thing to do years ago when I was in nursing school. Keep a copy of your meds with you at all times. Make sure anything over the counter is also on the list. NOT a list you have written, but a copy of one from the pharmacy and/or your doc. If you have more than one doctor; any specialists as well as a dentist or oral surgeon, etc., your primary care physician should be the ONLY doc that is writing all your scripts. The specialist should consult with your PCP so ONE doctor has an up to date list. If you are going to more than one doctor and you are seeking pain meds from both docs, ya might stop that NOW. What most people do not know is that certain classes of drugs, opiates, benzo's, I could type for days to get this across, but PATIENT BE AWARE. There are state and federal databases that will "flag" your name if you seek extra drugs from different docs. You can be cut off at anytime. I have seen patients go through detox because they failed to tell one doc that you are also getting drugs from another. Detox is not pretty and you can die from the detox, especially if you have health problems that you are unaware of. Like heart disease. If the stop your pain meds because of not being honest, they can and will cut your meds at some point. Be honest and you will be fine. Otherwise, you may find yourself completely cut off. I cannot emphasize enough how bad detox is. Especially if you are cut off without warning. AND, if you are in the hospital, if you are able or have someone staying with you in the hospital, immediately ask for a copy of the doctors orders and take a notebook and log anything they do to you. If the meds do not look like what you were previously on, ask what it is, make sure you know the name of the nurse giving you anything, the time, date, color of the pill and if you can see any letters, numbers, markings, color and shape the med is, capsule vs. pill and anything else that jumps out at ya. You have the RIGHT to refuse anything they want to give you, do to you, etc. Just beware if you want a second opinion. Most insurance companies will cover second opinions, but some do not. Good luck, God speed.

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Not true
the pain killers likely caused death because they stop your breathing
this happened to my grandma and she got worse being on it

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Hi I just wanted to say sorry for your loss and hope you find the answers you are seeking. However I'm not a Dr but having been thru alot due to many health problems I have been given both pain meds at da same time....but spaced out an I do know that they go by your weight for da dose amount...an I'm not sure if its different dyes used for different tests or not but every test that I had with dye they didn't have to removed utterly cones out when you urine or have a bowel movement. I hope this helped some an again I'm not sorry for your loss...I know its not easy losing a love one. Good luck an God Bless.

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What did they tell you for their negleglegence?

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Your bf died of sepsis r/t to perforated diverticuli. He was in septic shock, hence the 120s heart rate, he ice cold is a classic sign of shock. I bet you his BP is in the 80s. He probably was not on antibiotic. He need massive fluid bolus, stat wide spectrum antibiotic, and stat surgery....the day before. probably died of a heart attack when the heart couldn't take it anymore.

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OH YES THOSE DRUGS CAN ROT YOUR TEETH BADLY... I TOOK BOTH BUT NOW I ONLY TAKE MORPHINE AND BELIEVE ME THEY ARE DOING A NIMBER ON MY TEETH. DUE TO THE DRUG ALWAYS DRYING OUT OUR MOUTHS WILL ALSO ROT OUR TEETH. BY THE WAY SLOW DOWN ON YOUR BRUSHING DUE TO THE FACT THAT YOU WILL BRUSH OFF THE ENAMEL WHICH WILL MAKE THEM HAVE NO PROTECTION AT ALL. BUT YES MORPHINE SULFATE WILL ROT OUR TEETH!!

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His heartbeat was 128 beats per minute he probably was not overly medicated that actually would indicate being in pain

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I've had severe tooth decay in the past year since I've been on Dilaudid but I've had an addiction to hydrocodone and other painkillers for years I don't know if Dilaudid something that causes rapid tooth decay?

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No it does not. Do u have diabetes? Do you floss teeth daily? Listerine?

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How much dilaudid was given.. kidney failure patient needs to recieve a lower dose than usual...since he is chronic painer, they probably used a larger dose...if he has renal failure and was on chronic pain meds, he probably has multi organs damage already. It was his time...

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Flagyl, used to treat diverticulitis will cause your urine to become dark,

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My mother was 81 years old and she complain of chest pain they gave her morphine 4 mg twice and then they gave Dilaudid 0.5 mg and she stop breathing and all of this was done in 1 hour my sister and I work on her to get her to breath and then they realized they over dose her and gave her Narcan 0.4 mg and with in seconds she came back but she didn't live much after that . Some times they give to much and don't even watch the side effects her Kidneys stop functioning afterwards but the RN said that they made a mistake because of her age but really age doesn't count if you are given to much morphine and mixed with Dilaudid it can cause you to stop breathing or go into cardac arrest and it can destroy the Kidneys . She lasted 9 days

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What I've seen over the last past years there has been so many mistakes by doctors and . Wesly was in the hospital and they almost made the same mistake with the Idone and lucky they caught it or his kidneys would shut down again . Then they made mistakes with his labs and lucky our doctor caught it , it was some one else's lab work . when I was there I saw them giving dose's of morphine like crazy . There should be more of a protcol when giving morphine because it can cause death to those with heat problems and lowers their heart rate specially the eldery . I recently this past week to visit my mothers grave it's been one year since she past . The cause of her death was due to mixing morphine and Diduldia I understand about pain but this was a eldery lady who came in for chest pain not a serverd heart attack but she did after they gave her the morphine and the Didludia , then they put in her record code 9 this was to cover up the mistake of the overdose but lucky I still have the orginal record of it . Theses doctors need to becareful when aurthorizing a nurse to admidister orpids .

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Re: Dan (# 5) Expand Referenced Message

I've been in the dental field for over 15 years, and yes, unfortunately, the medications can cause dry mouth that then causes the issues with the teeth. I am NOT a doctor, but I have never heard of any testing that can be done to prove dry mouth other than the medical opinion of a dentist. A dentist is a doctor of exactly that, the oral cavity. That in itself should be enough! Maybe contact the board of Denistry, seek their professional opinion on the situation. It sounds to me they are no different than insurance companies. They will run you in circles, hoping to wear you out and discourage you to the point of dropping it so they won't have to pay. I would defitnetly do a little more digging! However, if it is clearly a side effect stated on the medication, you will not win the argument. It would be like suing for lung cancer that resulted from smoking cigarettes! Good luck!

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I take 100 mg of morphine 3 x's a day and 8mg of diloded every 4 hrs and no issues after a year.

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