Patient develops kidney failure

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Patient develops kidney failure while taking morphine for cancer pain. Please select all of the appropriate responses below.

"I know that morphine should not be used in people with kidney failure, but it is the only thing available. I would rather monitor for side effects of morphine toxicity (i.e. muscle tremors [myoclonus]) than take patient off the medicine and he have a pain crisis." "Morphine should not be used in patients with kidney failure. I recommend he switches to a safer alternative, like Dilaudid, fentanyl, or oxycodone." "The breakdown products of morphine also provide pain relief. So why should this medication be stopped? The patient is still in pain!" "Morphine is fine in patients with kidney failure. This patient does not need to change anything."

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