Why drug someone who does'nt want to be drugged?

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Specializes in ER/SICU/Med-Surg/Ortho/Trauma/Flight.

Ok here goes, anyways as most of you have known in the past I am a frequent stone former have'nt had one for about two years now, until today, I was working sicu and almost fell over, so they send me to er. Anyways the new doc we have was an @ss, no ct or xray, just ua, then I begged him to shoot me up with ketorolac, well he proceded to behave in a not so nice way, then proceded to have the nurse shoot me up with 10 mg ms, which I specifically asked him not to do b/c I hate narcs all they seem to do for me is make me want to projectile vomit on anything that moves, and dope me up it did'nt help the pain at all, finally I got home and called my pcp who did give me some toradol, zofran, and percocet, which is ok, and he's getting a scan in the morning, my question is though why would you ever treat a pt. like this, let alone a coworker?Currently intermittent between relaxing and the kidney stone dance. Lol

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Specializes in ER/SICU/Med-Surg/Ortho/Trauma/Flight.

Not to mention 10mgs is a hell of a push to give someone like me who is drug naive and doe'nt take narcs or is not use to them, and he did'nt even give me fluids so I am trying to drink alot, not to mention she pushed that through my int so fast it made my head spin, I felt like I was a piece of cattle going on a cattle drive, sorry all I just needed to vent, I mean he could have given me the toradol which always has helped me, he acted like I was drug seeking toradol geezzzz!

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Specializes in Emergency.

you realize that as a patient you have the right to refuse right? why didnt you refuse the ms?

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Specializes in ICU, LTACH, Internal Medicine.

Next time, you can just tell that you're allergic on opioids, all of them. There are people who have Kwinke edema every time they take anything chemically related to morphine. They should be pretty rare, but there were anecdotal reports about such cases.

(yes, a patient can refuse any treatment, but sometimes nobody bothers to ask:mad:)

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Specializes in Emergency & Trauma/Adult ICU.

... As nurse is walking toward patient with ordered meds ...

Pt: "What am I getting for pain?"

Nurse: "The doctor ordered morphine."

Pt: "I'd rather not have that."

Done.

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giving a treatment to someone who has declined it is battery, which is illegal. as someone who has tried to schedule/manage dental care while dealing with the exploding tooth sensation which necessitated a root canal, i don't think it's fair to say to the op "just tell them not to." that was already done. when you're in excruciating pain, your reflexes are not at their best!

it's disgusting that medical professionals like that exist, but unfortunately this isn't the first time i've heard a story like that. i can only suggest avoiding that particular doctor (and the nurse who didn't advocate for you!) in the future.

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Specializes in Emergency.

May have given you Morphine because if that ED was like mine they may have not had any IV Toradol to give. We have be without for the last couple months. When we do have it pharmacy has be limiting it to 15mg and then only one time dosages and admitted NPO patients.

As far as skipping the CT, its not unusual as it sounds for persons with known history. No use dosing with radiation if there are no signs of obstruction. Though renal labs general help back up this decision.

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