 Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 3,552 | Neither Codeine or Oxycodone are adequate -they are medium strength pain relievers. Oxycontin, Duragesic, Demerol or Dilaudid would be a better choice, with morphine for breakthrough pain.
I have a person I am helping locally who is on a morphine patch -anyone else out there on this patch?
I was on Duragesic myself with Morphine for breakthrough.
Why the nausea if she hasn't started chemo yet? Codeine can be kind of rough until you get used to it.
Gary Allsebrook
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Dx 11/22/02, SCC, 6 x 3 cm Polypoid tumor, rt tonsil, Stage III/IVA, T3N0M0 G1/2
Tx 1/28/03 - 3/19/03, Cisplatin ct x2, IMRT, bilateral, with boost, x35(69.96Gy)
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