How long after starting on a morphine syringe driver do you think one has to live?

If the patient is suffering from terminal cancer the time left can be anything from days to to a week. There have been some rare occasions when patients have survived for a couple of weeks or more.

The main point to remember is that the administering of morphine is for pain relief and the objective of the nursing staff will be to keep the patient comfortable and pain free.

Morphine syringe drivers are usually used because it is difficult to administer pain relief in other ways such as orally. The driver will give regular and equal amounts of morphine shots which should ensure that the patient feels no pain.