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The family of a 68-year-old lady with metastatic breast cancer say she has been confused, sleepy and having visual hallucinations. You suspect that her analgesia is the cause of her symptoms. On examination she doesn’t have any signs of respiratory depression. She is currently on 60 mg of sustained release morphine sulphate.
Change sustained release morphine sulphate to immediate release morphine sulphate Keep her on the current dose of the sustained release morphine sulphate Reduce sustained release morphine sulphate to 30 mg Reduce the sustained release morphine sulphate to 40 mg Stop sustained release morphine sulphate
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