240 to zero is a big drop. Wasn't suggesting you do it. Dr. is correct in weaning you slowly to avoid withdrawal, but withdrawal from opiates won't kill you, although it's very unpleasant. 240 Mg. of morphine is a massive dosage, if it's pure morphine. That's a lethal dose several times over for a person with no tolerance. That's 60 times the dosage I've taken for pain, which blew me away for 24 hours.
I have a patient that uses kaiser and they have forced her to quit using cannabis stating that it could cause her to overdose (its only 10/325 norco btw 4 times a day ) or they threatened not to prescribe her meds.... she like 75 years old ... FUCK Kaiser... they are all about making money and finding ways to refuse service is a great way to cut costs.
hippocrates would be ashamed
She just didn't want me to use both. There both pain meds. It wasn't a big deal. She know I use cannabis. I also like kaiser..It was the Chemical addiction DR he was an assholes. You have to see a addiction counselor to determine what category you fall in. My primary Dr agreed tapering was the best treatment in my case. The counselor also agreed tapering was the best treatment. When I went in to see the Dr he was an asshole. Didn't even check with everyone what treatment we all agreed was best for me. Looked at me and said where doing cold turkey. I was like WTF are you talking about. Anyway I told him after his speech to not worry about my case My primary Dr will treatment me I got up and left.
The only bad thing is with SSI the copay's are very expensive 180$ copay for a MRI