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Hydrocodone can be taken at doses less powerful than morphine but still help w/ air hunger and coughing, as it did Larry. There is no reason not to stock a bottle, Neil & all, for if/when you need a spoonful. Yes, it's Schedule II [everywhere in the US, not just Texas] so someone needs to take a paper rx to the pharmacy, but I doubt you're that far from one.
IMHO no one except in the final hours should suffer from air hunger, and those final hours can be truncated as discussed.
I do want to parse Diane's comment about "active administration" of morphine or another opiate. It is not illegal to actively titrate up the drugs when someone is suffering and near death, as I, Tillie and countless others have done. Larry was unquestionably BiPAP-dependent, but when I removed his mask, after said titration, he suffered no distress whatsoever. He was conscious and talking up to the last couple of hrs, living till he died, then as always.
With preparation, your or your PALS' passing does not have to be painful or prolonged. Stock/take what you need and live till you can't.
IMHO no one except in the final hours should suffer from air hunger, and those final hours can be truncated as discussed.
I do want to parse Diane's comment about "active administration" of morphine or another opiate. It is not illegal to actively titrate up the drugs when someone is suffering and near death, as I, Tillie and countless others have done. Larry was unquestionably BiPAP-dependent, but when I removed his mask, after said titration, he suffered no distress whatsoever. He was conscious and talking up to the last couple of hrs, living till he died, then as always.
With preparation, your or your PALS' passing does not have to be painful or prolonged. Stock/take what you need and live till you can't.