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Can Percocet Be Given Along With Oxygen To Reduce Heart Workload?

if you think a person is having a MI (signs of chest pain), vitals within normal limits. You do not have morp. aspirin or nitrogen avail. but you have percocet and oxygen should you give the percocet along with oxygen to reduce pain and reduce heart workload?
Thu, 6 Aug 2015
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I really appreciate your concern, yes symptoms can be managed with this treatment but this is not the whole treatment but this is just temporary and will reduce the pain but right treatment of infarction is must, instead of Percocet and Oxygen, hope this information helps, take care and have a nice day.
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Can Percocet Be Given Along With Oxygen To Reduce Heart Workload?

HI Well come to HCM I really appreciate your concern, yes symptoms can be managed with this treatment but this is not the whole treatment but this is just temporary and will reduce the pain but right treatment of infarction is must, instead of Percocet and Oxygen, hope this information helps, take care and have a nice day.