Does the morphine from the pump cause short term memory loss? y husband has had the pump for 5 yrs
and is on 8 mg/day. He has started experiencing symptoms of alzheimers disease but one doctor thinks it is cause by the morphine pump. Do not want to got back to oral meds as this was 'hell' for him. Pump is the only thing that has kept him going. He is due for a pump replacement soon. Anyone experience serious memory loss with the pump??
A tough situation. Yes memory loss is one (of many) possible side effects of morphine use. Prescription drug use is often a tradeoff between two less than optimal situations - the original problem and the side effects from attempting to fix the problem. Ultimately you may have to decide which is the better alternative; increased problems with pain or memory loss.
I have read that while morphine is usually the drug of choice for pain pumps that other drugs can be used. Have you inquired about them?
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I am a user of the pump and take just a little less than 6 mg a day. I have not experienced any memory loss, however I believe that Cort is right in that he has these two options. Memory loss or increased pain. I do not believe that they use anything else in these pumps except for morphine and a drug called baclafin (spelled wrong i am sure) There was a time that the doctors were trying lots of things in them until they realized that they were getting complications from a mass that would form at the tip of the catheter and could be very dangerous. They are now staying with the drugs that were approved for the device, and staying with relatively weak morphine. My doctor will not use anything over 30, as most of the masses have occured in devices that had something other than what was FDA approved and had morphine that was very concentrated......over 30.
God bless you as it sounds like you are someones guardian angle!
Pattyh
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I am a user of the pump and take just a little less than 6 mg a day. I have not experienced any memory loss, however I believe that Cort is right in that he has these two options. Memory loss or increased pain. I do not believe that they use anything else in these pumps except for morphine and a drug called baclafin (spelled wrong i am sure) There was a time that the doctors were trying lots of things in them until they realized that they were getting complications from a mass that would form at the tip of the catheter and could be very dangerous. They are now staying with the drugs that were approved for the device, and staying with relatively weak morphine. My doctor will not use anything over 30, as most of the masses have occured in devices that had something other than what was FDA approved and had morphine that was very concentrated......over 30.
God bless you as it sounds like you are someones guardian angle!
Pattyh
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I am a user of the pump and take just a little less than 6 mg a day. I have not experienced any memory loss, however I believe that Cort is right in that he has these two options. Memory loss or increased pain. I do not believe that they use anything else in these pumps except for morphine and a drug called baclafin (spelled wrong i am sure) There was a time that the doctors were trying lots of things in them until they realized that they were getting complications from a mass that would form at the tip of the catheter and could be very dangerous. They are now staying with the drugs that were approved for the device, and staying with relatively weak morphine. My doctor will not use anything over 30, as most of the masses have occured in devices that had something other than what was FDA approved and had morphine that was very concentrated......over 30.
God bless you as it sounds like you are someones guardian angle!
Pattyh
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I am a user of the pump and take just a little less than 6 mg a day. I have not experienced any memory loss, however I believe that Cort is right in that he has these two options. Memory loss or increased pain. I do not believe that they use anything else in these pumps except for morphine and a drug called baclafin (spelled wrong i am sure) There was a time that the doctors were trying lots of things in them until they realized that they were getting complications from a mass that would form at the tip of the catheter and could be very dangerous. They are now staying with the drugs that were approved for the device, and staying with relatively weak morphine. My doctor will not use anything over 30, as most of the masses have occured in devices that had something other than what was FDA approved and had morphine that was very concentrated......over 30.
God bless you as it sounds like you are someones guardian angle!
Pattyh
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