Opioids for shortness of breath in advanced Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
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Nova Scotia Health Authority. The INSPIRED COPD Outreach Program™.
Halifax, NS:
Nova Scotia Health Authority
, 2019.
- Pamphlet Number
- 1892
- Available Online
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Shortness of breath is the most common symptom for patients with advanced Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD). Over time, shortness of breath can get harder to control. Sometimes standard COPD treatments do not help with shortness of breath enough to give you relief. This can make life harder for you and your family. Opioids (for example, morphine or similar medications) may help. This pamphlet provides information about causes of shortness of breath, how opioids help, kinds of opioids…
- Available Online
- View Pamphlet
- Corporate Author
- Nova Scotia Health Authority. The INSPIRED COPD Outreach Program™
- Place of Publication
- Halifax, NS
- Publisher
- Nova Scotia Health Authority
- Date of Publication
- 2019
- Format
- Pamphlet
- Language
- English
- Physical Description
- 1 electronic document (5 p.) : digital, PDF file
- Subjects (LCSH)
- Lungs--Diseases, Obstructive
- Opioids
- Dyspnea
- Abstract
- Shortness of breath is the most common symptom for patients with advanced Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD). Over time, shortness of breath can get harder to control. Sometimes standard COPD treatments do not help with shortness of breath enough to give you relief. This can make life harder for you and your family. Opioids (for example, morphine or similar medications) may help. This pamphlet provides information about causes of shortness of breath, how opioids help, kinds of opioids used, safety concerns about opioid use, possible side effects, and concerns regarding anxiety and depression.
- Responsibility
- Prepared by: The INSPIRED COPD Outreach Program™
- Pamphlet Number
- 1892
