BREAKING NEWS: Care homes in the UK caught using death penalty drugs, was this to artificially bump the COVID numbers up?
(thedailybeagle.substack.com)
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Absolutely not true. People in home hospice use morphine for extended periods of time depending on their condition. Nursing visits them in their homes at least 2-3 times per week and monitors the patient, family, and controlled substance use. When used properly, it provides comfort during the last stages of life, when the body is shutting down but the patient is still aware of pain and shortness of breath. When the body shuts down, the patient feels like they are suffocating and they get anxious and panicked. Morphine helps to slow the respiratory rate, suppress cough reflex, and ease pain and discomfort.
Absolutely true. No one was trying to prolong the lives of my parents so the family could have more time with them. Also, some of these hospice people are absolutely ghoulish. You run in to all kinds.