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Patient tumor right lower lung, Furman tube to drain the secretions from the cancer She like her own bed and props self on pillows. The doctors who are caring for her are lung specialists and didn't feel a nebulizer would help at all. The doubled her oxycontin to 20 mg bid with roxanol 10 mg q 1-2 hr prn and ativan 0.5 mg q 4 hr prn. The docs want to try this first. Also I am suppose to remove the Furman tube since we are not getting much secretions out at all anymore.

I have a lady right now who is on O2, taking MSIR prn and oxycontin q 12 hr. She feels each night she is suffocating. I asked the doctor for an inhaler because she complains she feels feels so doped up on the meds now. She ha a Furman tube to drain her lung-not much out-only 20-60 cc 3 x wk. Any ohter ideas would be helpful. Also she says she has no pain so I hate to keep increasing the pain meds.