So, Gopilila is on a new painkiller - morphine. She was on 15mg(one pill) twice a day. But, by the time she took her second pill the first one was wearing out and she was in pain. So, the doctors have doubled her dose and asked her to take it every 8 hours (2 pills three times a day). This has helped significantly with the pain. Otherwise, it was so uncomfortable for her when the meds were wearing out. However, one of the side effects of the meds is constipation. So, more meds equals more...
We had house visits by the nurse a couple of times. The first one who came in was concerned that the pain levels were not under control and spoke to the doc who then revised the dosage. Even though the docs have suggested that she take two pills three times a day, Gopilila takes only one three times . She does not really like being drugged out. Once she remarked that if anyone asked her how she was she should just say that she's high.
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