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Is There A Sleeping Aid I Can Take While On Morphine To Help Me Sleep?

I am a 67 year old male. I have stage 4 cancer. I went to the dr 2 weeks ago when I had a loud and painful pop in my shoulder. Xrays were negative and I go to see about an MRI on wed. I am currently taking Morphine for the pain in my shoulder but it is not working well. I also cant sleep at all due to the pain. Is there a sleeping aid I can take while on morphine to help me sleep
Wed, 16 Sep 2015
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Greetings. It seems your pain is not well controlled and it is the cause of you not getting sleep. The dose of morphine can be increased as per your requirement. If it does not work then other narcotic drugs like buprenorphine or fentanyl in the form of patch can be applied. There are multiple option for pain control and you can discuss these options with your pain physician. i will advise you to increase the dose of morphine or try these patch formulations rather than adding a sleep inducer drug as it will be of little help.
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Is There A Sleeping Aid I Can Take While On Morphine To Help Me Sleep?

Greetings. It seems your pain is not well controlled and it is the cause of you not getting sleep. The dose of morphine can be increased as per your requirement. If it does not work then other narcotic drugs like buprenorphine or fentanyl in the form of patch can be applied. There are multiple option for pain control and you can discuss these options with your pain physician. i will advise you to increase the dose of morphine or try these patch formulations rather than adding a sleep inducer drug as it will be of little help. regards