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What Is The Prognosis For One With Cancer And On Morphine Sulphate?

my 92/93 year old gran has double cancer and is now on morphine sulfate and is in 5ml 4 times a day with 10ml of liquid paracetamol topups she is dying but how long her nursing home carers who my daughter is one of them different unit say maybe a couple of weeks tops are they right as she drfied the doctors who gave her to last christmas
Mon, 15 Jun 2015
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Thanks for writing in.

Morphine is opioid which is a strong pain reliever. This will control her pain and keep her comfortable. You have not detailed about the double cancer and her findings. It is important to know if she is having stage 4 cancer. In that case the survival of a patient is around two years.

However the grade of cancer and spread will also influence the survival. Some cancers are aggressive and few are slowly progressive. You have written about your grandma being in hospital and usually if doctors have told her to stay in hospital then the survival is limited. It cannot be exactly predicted how long she will live but as long she is responding, the treatment should continue. Please do not worry.
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What Is The Prognosis For One With Cancer And On Morphine Sulphate?

Hi, Thanks for writing in. Morphine is opioid which is a strong pain reliever. This will control her pain and keep her comfortable. You have not detailed about the double cancer and her findings. It is important to know if she is having stage 4 cancer. In that case the survival of a patient is around two years. However the grade of cancer and spread will also influence the survival. Some cancers are aggressive and few are slowly progressive. You have written about your grandma being in hospital and usually if doctors have told her to stay in hospital then the survival is limited. It cannot be exactly predicted how long she will live but as long she is responding, the treatment should continue. Please do not worry.