1/n Not if you were informed of the risks, and you consented. If the drug promptly killed you, and it was known before administration that it would, that would amount to assisted suicide. If the situation is 'if we do it, you might die sooner' and you say 'fine - do it' then that
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You'll have to forgive me - I'm asking because I'm not as close to this as you are. Does EOLC involve any of those drugs you mention outside of Midazolam?
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Thanks Wayne. I'm going to have to do some more homework on this. It's a case of when, not if I'm going to need to know this.
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1/2 Clearly drugs should be 'titrated against pain'. So you start with a low dose. The issue, for known end-of-life, hinges on whether you stop titrating against pain because the increased dose necessary to remove the pain might also shorten life: in my view the increased dose
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2/2 necessary to remove the patient's pain, is still legally okay PROVIDED the patient has requested the administration of the drug and has given informed consent.
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depends on the condition, but with the right care...only 7% cannot be helped by modern pain management. The issue with the LCP is people deliberately put to death when they could have lived pain-free lives but cost the state a pension. c
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Have you got anything to show me on the 3.5mg / 2 doses figures too please? You seem to be quoting from something there.
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This is part of our PHSO report, yes it was written up incorrectly by a very well respected Consultant at Basildon Hospital. The staff nurse was very diligent, I’m questioning the dose - 10mg ?
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I'm not a clinician, so I can't comment on 'the dose' - beyond, pointing out that sometimes doses can legitimately be higher for terminal-and-close-to-death patients, than would normally be considered acceptable for patients expected to recover to health.
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I've got to go offline now, until tomorrow - not sure we are going to agree on this one! I HATED 'LCP as a recipe which patients were 'fitted into''. I'm not convinced that lots of HCPs were 'deliberately murdering people' - but I do think lots of HCPs were very poor 'at EoL'.
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My mom was placed on the LCP with NO terminal illnes. This was on the basis that she supposedly had a huge inoperable tumour described in great detail. Turns out the tumour was non existent. She survived 5 days of the LCP yet was still refused treatment afterwards. Murder.
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