# Could you induce a coma for patients with severe pain, terminal diseases or other conditions?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [June 22, 2015, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-induce-a-coma-for-patients-with-severe-pain-terminal-diseases-or-other-conditions/723116 "2015-06-22T03:04:46Z")\
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**Post date:** [June 26, 2015, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-induce-a-coma-for-patients-with-severe-pain-terminal-diseases-or-other-conditions/723116/21 "2015-06-26T14:24:32Z")

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> [@aruvqan](#):
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> Hm, makes me wonder what would happen if instead of leaving them ‘as is’ if you gave them an ‘environment’ of a pleasing smell, their favorite music, positive audiobooks instead of hospital stench, beepy noises, random announcements and everything I can remember offhand from various times stuck in ICU or even regular rooms. …

What a good idea!

I’ve never been in a coma (medical or otherwise) but I still remember the night I was in labor with my son. Poor sleep the night before, awake all night, no pain relief, and that hellish noise coming from the fetal monitor - it got pretty nightmarish at one point. The bitch nurse wouldn’t even let us play music.

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