AM Live! topic of the morning is on Pain. Many misconceptions about painkillers. A/P Cynthia Goh cite patients saying "Oh, his uncle or aunt died just after taking morphine. So associating the death with morphine." Nothing is further from the truth. The patient succumb to cancer and not morphine.
Morphine is a cost effective painkiller. A documentary on Palliative Care estimates 600 millions endure untreated pain because of lack of access to opiates.
Morphine is a misunderstood opiates. It is a controlled drug and abused by drug addicts.
World Cancer Day is this Saturday, 4 February 2012. Watch vignettes at www.lifebeforedeath.com
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