I am a retired hospital pharmacist. Opioids are very good for for short term pain and evil for long term pain In the case of a terminal patient with cancer the addiction is irrelevant. They are dying and thus must be kept pain free. The addiction is of no importance as they are dying and we must at this point keep them pain free.
I well remember a patient on C-West at the Temple VA Hospital, our cancer ward. He was terminal and knew it. He was on incredible doses of morphine for pain control. The doses would have killed most people but he was sane and logical due to months of therapy for pain conrol I mixed them myself down in the pharmacy. He was afraid of the night as he thought that was when he would die. When I had completed my normal duties on night shift, I would walk the halls and sit with him and talk with him. I did him well as a human being of morality. I will miss this man.
Your post brought tears. I just knew there are still good souls out there. Well done, Sir.
You are a rare breed. Thank You for being a compassionate person and caring enough to do what You for that Person.šš