[MrRobertPlant2009]

What if the allowed dose does not reduce the pain?

I don’t understand why it matter if someone dies ten hours early in no pain versus ten hours later in tremendous pain.

I’ve now seen enough friends and relatives die that I see no beauty or grace in the suffering that comes at the end.

[topher]

Basically, the medical protocol is to use non-opioids first, then escalate to non-opioids with combination drugs that help the pain relief.

Finally, a patient is put opioids [such as morphine].

However, patients can build up a tolerance to such drugs.

It basically gets down to: the medication is not working, and you would have to kill the person outright. This is none as murder.