My 83 old father is in a care home with dementia.....he has complained of back and leg pain (I'm sure he has lewy body dementia as he has quite a curved upper back and leans to one side) so his Dr. has prescribed hydromorphone is small doses. He has been getting this for about a month and barely gets out of bed now. He is sleepy all the time and does not eat. I don't know what's worse, seeing him in pain or seeing him slowly starve himself to death as he doesn't want to eat much at all. They are giving him a high calorie boost. He says his eyes feel like they are shaking and he is seeing things now. I know that when he's been on medication before he was seeing things on the walls. I'm wondering if there is anything else that can be prescribed.
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