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1 progressively increasing it to stronger and stronger Page 1871 2 medications. 3 The reason for starting him on a weaker drug 4 at the beginning was that any time that you give an 5 analgesic, really any medication, you encumber 6 yourself with certain types of toxicities and in his 7 case we did develop some toxicities. From the 8 morphine as subsequently proved. 9 Q What does that mean? 10 A Well, he became more lethargic and sleepier 11 as a consequence of the morphine medication that he 12 was discharged from and he also developed problems 13 with constipation. 14 Q Now, when he was discharged from the 15 hospital on March 23rd of 1990, how was he feeling at 16 that time? 17 A He was feeling better than he felt when he 18 went into the hospital. He wasn't feeling well. 19 Q What was the next time that you had an 20 occasion to see Mr. Wood? 21 A I saw him five days later on March 28th.