As I've said - it is only assisted suicide, if it is suicide. If I wanted a drug for suicide, I would want it to kill me within minutes. If I want a drug for pain relief, and taking it means I die in 10 days and not 15 days, that isn't 'suicide'.
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Replying to @billdossett @mancunianmedic and
Well, 24-48 hours compared to 48 - 96 hours: exactly the same argument, about 'patient accepts the risk to gain the relief'.
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Replying to @billdossett @mancunianmedic and
It doesn't matter whether we are talking weeks, days or hours: if the shortening of life is a side-effect of the treatments objective, and there is uncertainty about how much shortening will actually take place, then that isn't 'assisted suicide'.
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Replying to @billdossett @mancunianmedic and
I had a friend whose final week of life was spent 'delirious and screaming out in pain'. My feeling is that there were not enough 'drugs used'.
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Replying to @billdossett @MikeStone2_EoL and
Are they not just saying that Midazolam wasn't up to the task of providing the pain relief necessary to offset the effects of the other drugs though? Or are you saying there are further drugs in common too?
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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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