mamamo

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1. Trouble with Narcan

   mamamo replied to mellomom's topic in General Nursing

   Well thank you all for your input, I know narcan has it's place but am still upset about it's use or maybe the EMS, I didn't like how they just shrugged when telling me it was standard procedure. This is my mother they're talking about they k...

2. Trouble with Narcan

   mamamo replied to mellomom's topic in General Nursing

   Just for clarification, your earlier post said she was prescribed 4mg Dilaudid q 6 hours, but a later post says twice per day. Just curious which it is ... MLOS She was allowed 4 mg of dilaudid every 4 to 6 hours. We only allow her 4 mg twice a day ...

3. Trouble with Narcan

   mamamo replied to mellomom's topic in General Nursing

   what history of overdose? 4mg at 4am and 4 mg at 1 am? 9 hours apart? hardly an overdose. I would like to know what she could take for pain when dilaudid did is the only one she can tolerate. any ideas?

4. Trouble with Narcan

   mamamo replied to mellomom's topic in General Nursing

   Yes she has a primary doctor he was the one who wrote the script for dilaudid on the botlle it stakes to be taken every 4-6 hours. she had them twice a day which would be 8 mg not 12 like you mentioned. She has a high pain tolorance so when she s...

5. Trouble with Narcan

   mamamo replied to mellomom's topic in General Nursing

   Hi everyone I 'm new here and just want to to tell you the lasted horror story that happened in my family last month using Narcan. My 84 year old mother has been suffering from shingles since Jan. '06 that appeared the day after she had back surgery...