My son is in the hospital right now and he was being weened using ativan and methadone. His course of ativan is done and he recently had another dose of methadone and I think he is due for another in the morning.
They are/were being administered via NJ tube. He hasn't slept much in two days and we're trying to feed him orally so that we can take him home. But, he keeps throwing up when we try to give him small amounts of food.
We're being assured that his issues probably aren't related to the methadone but I really can't see the symptoms being related to much else except for maybe the presence of the NJ tube which I doubt and he isn't on any other meds.
I haven't seen a doctor since this morning's rounds and it seems to be a pain to get them to send one that isn't a med student who has to go ask someone. Is the nursing staff correct in assuming the methadone administered via NJ tube won't cause nausea? or should I be requesting the discontinuing of the methadone?
I just worry about the methadone giving him nausea and keeping him awake. Any suggestions?
They are/were being administered via NJ tube. He hasn't slept much in two days and we're trying to feed him orally so that we can take him home. But, he keeps throwing up when we try to give him small amounts of food.
We're being assured that his issues probably aren't related to the methadone but I really can't see the symptoms being related to much else except for maybe the presence of the NJ tube which I doubt and he isn't on any other meds.
I haven't seen a doctor since this morning's rounds and it seems to be a pain to get them to send one that isn't a med student who has to go ask someone. Is the nursing staff correct in assuming the methadone administered via NJ tube won't cause nausea? or should I be requesting the discontinuing of the methadone?
I just worry about the methadone giving him nausea and keeping him awake. Any suggestions?