Hi nurses,
Please give me your thoughts and advices on this. An 80 yrs old female is admitted to hospice program with the diagnosis of end stage COPD. She was also prescribed hypertension medication, fosamax, kaxalate, colace, etc.. She is allergic to Tylenol. Initially, the patient was prescribed 30mg of Cymbalta for depression ( I believe). After a month I'm been with her, the doctor changed to 60mg Cymbalta by mouth once daily with the rationale of " she is responding well to the medication." The patient is physically ok, walks with walker, regular diet, no complain of pain. She talks and smiles everytime I visited her. Patient watches animated movies in free time.
Personally, I think she doesn't need 60mg of Cymbalta. I have a feeling that the doctor just wants to experiment medication treatment on her. What should I do? Please correct me if I understand the situation wrongly.
Thank you all.