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Are There Limits to How Much Medication Can Be Given?

A relative or a friend can give up to three medicine doses per symptom in 24 hours. If they need more than that, they need to call for help from the doctors and nurses. Some people do have pump that will just continuously dose them as well - won't they? That's right. Especially if somebody needs quite frequent doses, they will be this process to think, should we put some of that medicine continuously by a pump? Of course, then the as needed medicines can be given to top things up.

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