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Some patients who receive an appropriate level of Morphine live a little longer

A report written by an OHSU physician with more than a half century of medical experience contradicts both public and professional bias against the use of Morphine in the final stage of life for patients with breathing difficulties.

Because large amounts of Morphine slows breathing, doctors have avoided prescribing the drug to dying patients with breathing difficulties for fear it would shorten life.
However, the author of this new case series suggests that some patients who receive an appropriate level of Morphine live a little longer because their fear and struggle for breath are reduced.

The research is published in the Journal of Palliative Care.

" Much has changed in health care since the initial concerns about Morphine and breathing difficulties were documented in the 1950's," said Miles Edwards M.D., Professor of Medicine Emeritus in the OHSU School of Medicine and a clinical consultant the Center for Ethics in Health Care at OHSU.