Although the anaconda is a thicker, heavier snake, some pythons are the world's longest snakes. The reticulated python of Southeast Asia has an average length of up to 4 to 6 meters (13 to 21 feet), the largest measuring 9.7 meters (nearly 32 feet).
One of the most common drugs used in the labour ward is pethidine, a synthetic, addictive, narcotic drug that is similar to morphine. In Britain it is also known as meperidine, and in America it is known as Demerol.
Hospice strongly advocates good pain control for terminally ill patients, even to the point of using narcotic drugs (we call them opiates) such as morphine as they are needed. With all the concern about drug abuse, patients and their families and friends sometimes question this use of narcotics. Are we pushing âdopeâ? Or are we practicing good medicine? Letâs explore some of the myths about the use of narcotics for pain control. Myth #1: Morphine is offered to patients only when death is imminent. It is not the stage of a terminal illness, but the degree of pain that dictates which medicine to use. We start with the mildest medicine and if it works, stop there.