12-20-2024, 11:51 AM
(12-20-2024, 10:34 AM)quintessentone Wrote: Well my mother is properly looked after and there is nothing wrong with her liver and that's after a decade of being given the right dosage of acetaminophen and before that she was popping them at will. Believe me, she keeps asking for larger doses of it and they won't give it to her, hence the introduction of morphine (but very little, and she wants more of that too).
That's wonderful and comforting to hear!
The acetaminophen issue is, like any other medical concern, subject to each individual and their own physical needs.
My mother suffered a broken neck upon a fall, and the pain was often treated with the liver-destroying drug... because "that's policy."
It wasn't until we removed her, and retained her own doctor, who verified her liver had been compromised over the years that treatments took a different form... which required 'skilled' care to dispense. That was the kind of care that her 'home' was unwilling to offer.
I recognize my bitterness about this is my own...
I am very happy that your mother and you have not had a similar experience... but then some communities are simply better at caring for the elderly... in mine it was largely a 'matter of commerce.'
