tommyk
10-05-2006, 12:47 PM
Hy 2420 Recent Drug of Choice Concept
55-year-old woman named Sung Hee Li has terminal cervical cancer :( with extensive pelvic invasion, and requires strong opiate analgesia to STOP THE PAIN! Her “nausea and bad vomiting” stops her fr.taking drugs P.O. She was on fentanyl patches but she developed allergic skin reactions and now requests to be switched to parenteral medication (What are you thinking?) Because of prior chemotherapy treatments she has no available venous access, but she is willing to have her sister Jennifer ***** (she is a half-sister) administer intramuscular injections. Assuming proper analgesic dosages, which of the following is the best drug of choice?
1-Heroin
2-Crack Cocaine Rocks
3-Marijuana
4-Street corner PCP
5-Hydromorphone
6-Methadone
7-Morphine Sulfate
8-Meperidine
a) Pick #6 Methadone. This is good considering the choices given. It is the LONGEST ACTING pain killer w/ a life of about 12 hours.
55-year-old woman named Sung Hee Li has terminal cervical cancer :( with extensive pelvic invasion, and requires strong opiate analgesia to STOP THE PAIN! Her “nausea and bad vomiting” stops her fr.taking drugs P.O. She was on fentanyl patches but she developed allergic skin reactions and now requests to be switched to parenteral medication (What are you thinking?) Because of prior chemotherapy treatments she has no available venous access, but she is willing to have her sister Jennifer ***** (she is a half-sister) administer intramuscular injections. Assuming proper analgesic dosages, which of the following is the best drug of choice?
1-Heroin
2-Crack Cocaine Rocks
3-Marijuana
4-Street corner PCP
5-Hydromorphone
6-Methadone
7-Morphine Sulfate
8-Meperidine
a) Pick #6 Methadone. This is good considering the choices given. It is the LONGEST ACTING pain killer w/ a life of about 12 hours.