My mom has had a thrombosis in her leg she is ninty nine she has been in a lot of pain I got the doctor to give mom co codamol but my sister has told the doctor that she doesn't want mom to have co codomol and the doctor has said he will give mom morphine patches, will this affect her in any way?
Just make sure you are giving her stool softeners is you decide to give a narcotic pain med.
In a 99 yo woman, for the love of heaven, treat her pain!!! To not do so is cruel.
You can get codeine without Tylenol, if that is a concern. Her dr should know all this. People are just too darn worried about addiction--there are worse things that having an elderly loved one with a dependency on pain meds.
Neither of my parents could tolerate morphine- it only took a couple of days before they became quite delusional. For whatever reason they both responded better to Oxycodone - although my mother did develop a nasty little abuse habit for a number of years which brought on problems of its own.
Still - pain needs to be addressed and treated. Hopefully, you're in a position to keep an eye out for adverse reactions and will be able to work with your mothers doctor. You may find she'll need to try a few different types of pain medication before the right fit is achieved.