Hi, 

My dad was diagnosed with stage 4 small cell lung cancer in October 2022. He has had chemo and radiotherapy, but in January this year we were told there was nothing more they could do. 

He has been struggling with pain for the past month or so, he came into the hospice 10 days ago. Initially they used a driver with morphine and morphine injections, but they were not getting on top of the pain so they switched him to methadone a week ago. 

It is definitely helping with his pain, but he is now really sleepy, he cannot keep his eyes open and he seems a bit confused. I'm looking for people's experiences with methadone - is this side effects of the drug or is this because we're getting closer to the end?

I'm just trying to prepare myself. 

Thanks