Previous Tips
May Tip:
Did you know ...
- Codeine is a WEAK opioid
- Codeine is converted by enzyme to a weak form of morphine
- 10% of the population does not produce the enzyme to convert codeine into morphine for their body to use to control pain
Consider: What does that mean for your clients who are on Tylenol with codeine?
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________
April Tip:
Did you know...
The consequences of unrelieved pain are:
- Respiratory and cardiac complications
- Decreased gastric and bowl motility
- Depressed immune response
- Increased blood glucose and insulin resistance
- Blunted cognitive function
- Affected mood, activities of daily living and quality of life
Consider: What does that mean for your clients whose pain is not well managed.
- Designed By