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Penny Smith

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1113 total appearances

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Matt Beall Limitless
Hospice Unfiltered: Death, TikTok & the Truth | #47 Penny Smith

We don't condone feeding a person to death, like is what happens in nursing homes with dementia patients. They get fed a more pureed and pureed diet until they're on liquids and you're giving them teaspoons of Ensure to keep them alive, we allow their body to dictate what they need.

Matt Beall Limitless
Hospice Unfiltered: Death, TikTok & the Truth | #47 Penny Smith

But because we're educating about don't force them to eat, we don't tube feed people, we allow their body to die a natural death, they think that we starve people to death.

Matt Beall Limitless
Hospice Unfiltered: Death, TikTok & the Truth | #47 Penny Smith

But because we're educating about don't force them to eat, we don't tube feed people, we allow their body to die a natural death, they think that we starve people to death.

Matt Beall Limitless
Hospice Unfiltered: Death, TikTok & the Truth | #47 Penny Smith

But because we're educating about don't force them to eat, we don't tube feed people, we allow their body to die a natural death, they think that we starve people to death.

Matt Beall Limitless
Hospice Unfiltered: Death, TikTok & the Truth | #47 Penny Smith

Sure. But there's an amount of Tylenol that's lethal.

Matt Beall Limitless
Hospice Unfiltered: Death, TikTok & the Truth | #47 Penny Smith

Sure. But there's an amount of Tylenol that's lethal.

Matt Beall Limitless
Hospice Unfiltered: Death, TikTok & the Truth | #47 Penny Smith

Sure. But there's an amount of Tylenol that's lethal.

Matt Beall Limitless
Hospice Unfiltered: Death, TikTok & the Truth | #47 Penny Smith

So it depends on the person. There's no ceiling dose for morphine, meaning that a person can tolerate as much as they can tolerate. So we can go as high as they need without ending their life as long as they're tolerating it. We start people off on low doses of morphine. People who haven't been on a lot of opioids usually start at about five milligrams of morphine.

Matt Beall Limitless
Hospice Unfiltered: Death, TikTok & the Truth | #47 Penny Smith

So it depends on the person. There's no ceiling dose for morphine, meaning that a person can tolerate as much as they can tolerate. So we can go as high as they need without ending their life as long as they're tolerating it. We start people off on low doses of morphine. People who haven't been on a lot of opioids usually start at about five milligrams of morphine.

Matt Beall Limitless
Hospice Unfiltered: Death, TikTok & the Truth | #47 Penny Smith

So it depends on the person. There's no ceiling dose for morphine, meaning that a person can tolerate as much as they can tolerate. So we can go as high as they need without ending their life as long as they're tolerating it. We start people off on low doses of morphine. People who haven't been on a lot of opioids usually start at about five milligrams of morphine.

Matt Beall Limitless
Hospice Unfiltered: Death, TikTok & the Truth | #47 Penny Smith

That is less potent than a Percocet. People don't have a problem with Percocet, but they, for some reason, have this huge fear around morphine. Now, if somebody has cancer, they've probably already been on morphine or oxycodone, Oxycontin, Dilaudid. And so we're going to be giving them more medication as their pain increases. They are more opioid tolerant.

Matt Beall Limitless
Hospice Unfiltered: Death, TikTok & the Truth | #47 Penny Smith

That is less potent than a Percocet. People don't have a problem with Percocet, but they, for some reason, have this huge fear around morphine. Now, if somebody has cancer, they've probably already been on morphine or oxycodone, Oxycontin, Dilaudid. And so we're going to be giving them more medication as their pain increases. They are more opioid tolerant.

Matt Beall Limitless
Hospice Unfiltered: Death, TikTok & the Truth | #47 Penny Smith

That is less potent than a Percocet. People don't have a problem with Percocet, but they, for some reason, have this huge fear around morphine. Now, if somebody has cancer, they've probably already been on morphine or oxycodone, Oxycontin, Dilaudid. And so we're going to be giving them more medication as their pain increases. They are more opioid tolerant.

Matt Beall Limitless
Hospice Unfiltered: Death, TikTok & the Truth | #47 Penny Smith

But somebody who hasn't really been on a lot of opioids, we start them at a very, very small dose. And then we will increase incrementally as they need it. We don't just blast people with an overdose of morphine. You can cause someone's death if you are going to give them 20 milligrams of morphine or 30 milligrams of morphine when they've never had any. That can cause their death.

Matt Beall Limitless
Hospice Unfiltered: Death, TikTok & the Truth | #47 Penny Smith

But somebody who hasn't really been on a lot of opioids, we start them at a very, very small dose. And then we will increase incrementally as they need it. We don't just blast people with an overdose of morphine. You can cause someone's death if you are going to give them 20 milligrams of morphine or 30 milligrams of morphine when they've never had any. That can cause their death.

Matt Beall Limitless
Hospice Unfiltered: Death, TikTok & the Truth | #47 Penny Smith

But somebody who hasn't really been on a lot of opioids, we start them at a very, very small dose. And then we will increase incrementally as they need it. We don't just blast people with an overdose of morphine. You can cause someone's death if you are going to give them 20 milligrams of morphine or 30 milligrams of morphine when they've never had any. That can cause their death.

Matt Beall Limitless
Hospice Unfiltered: Death, TikTok & the Truth | #47 Penny Smith

But as you are ramping up the morphine, as their body adjusts to it, like I said, there's no ceiling dose. We can give as much as they need to have morphine. over time as they are getting more accustomed to the doses of morphine.

Matt Beall Limitless
Hospice Unfiltered: Death, TikTok & the Truth | #47 Penny Smith

But as you are ramping up the morphine, as their body adjusts to it, like I said, there's no ceiling dose. We can give as much as they need to have morphine. over time as they are getting more accustomed to the doses of morphine.

Matt Beall Limitless
Hospice Unfiltered: Death, TikTok & the Truth | #47 Penny Smith

But as you are ramping up the morphine, as their body adjusts to it, like I said, there's no ceiling dose. We can give as much as they need to have morphine. over time as they are getting more accustomed to the doses of morphine.

Matt Beall Limitless
Hospice Unfiltered: Death, TikTok & the Truth | #47 Penny Smith

So people, they'll either respond to it by having their symptoms relieved or they won't. And then we'll need to give them more. And we're usually keeping track of that too. So we will usually start with an as needed. So it might be five milligrams of morphine every four hours as needed. And then if that's not working, it might be every two hours. And then it might be every one hour.