- Hello all, had first follow up post surg today 13th March 2007
... .Shoot me !
I was taking percocets / Morphine but had to get off that junk and now I'm paying for ... it...All I take now is Lyrica and 15 mg Morphine 1 every 12 hours and my pain HURTS !
Hope...
- i amhome buddys four days post op fsusion 12th March 2007
... than an half an hour at a time. They had me on the morphine self serve, which didn't seem to give out enough lol ... as cymbalta and colace and then when took me off of morphine put me on oxyctonin. I liked the idea of the oxytcontin...
- Day 6 post-op, horrible hospital!!! 12th March 2007
... day and nurses helped us out a lot. They gave her a morphine pump and it helped her pain a lot. Her only problem ... was the nausea and the itching from the morphine . I'm sorry to hear you had such a terrible stay....
... stretcher. Just being wheeled down was rough. Then my morphine pump ran out of meds in X-ray. The only thing that ... got me through the beginnining was that morphine pump. I've learned that you should always try to...
- 2 Days to go... 12th March 2007
... and I said my surgeon to have steady hands.
On my morphine high, I kept dreaming I was still pre-op kinda funny...
- Was it What you Expected? 9th March 2007
... for quite some time afterwards and a reaction to the morphine . Those were about the only things her dr hadn't really...
- Opana- a new pain medication 9th March 2007
... Hey Lynn I have heard this is a morphine oxycodone mix pill , it's opiates either way you look...
... that he remembers it hurts his stomach the same way morphine hurt his stomach. BUT I asked him if the Opana took...
- Bad pain in legs 7th March 2007
... week my dh had to take me to the er for a shot of morphine because it was so bad that I was starting to hyper...
- Advice About Gabapentin 4th March 2007
... these and my pain is horrible now that I'm only taking Morphine and Gabapentin....
... I was taking
15mg oxycodone twice a day and 3omg morphine twice a day, But I kind of hit rock bottom so I'm...
- Change of Medication for back pain 2nd March 2007
... doctor sent me to a Pain Management doctor. He put on morphine and Gabapentine right away and also wants to give...
- 25 y/o girl a few days post discogram (drama rama) 2nd March 2007
... finish up. At that point they (finally) broke out the morphine and I mellowed out. As the xray shot off many times ... moved around I got the shakes and sobbing again so morphine round 2 began. I dozed off slightly... and the dr...
- Shawley 1st March 2007
... lowered my med dosage to a 15mg instead of a 30 Mg Morphine ..thats 1 less pill than I'd be taking ..Bad new's...
... posts were a jumbled mess.
I only got a shot of morphine before the surgery. No cocktail. They wheeled me...
- Newbie/Ultram 28th February 2007
... does something for me the others dont. Including Morphine . After my fusion.. I had the morphine pump, and I...
- clover 1st day post op 27th February 2007
... night. They changed my pain meds this morning from morphine to daulatin (sp) and what a world of difference. ...
... really far!!!
Watch the dilautin. I am allergic to morphine and they put me on dilautin which is in the same family ... as morphine. So if you have problems with morphine you might have a problem with dilautin.
Take care...
... is now over and done with. Now on to healing! The morphine did nothing for me, but Diluadid.. makes me hurl!...
... sleep at all the first night. They were giving me morphine which only helped for about 20 minutes at a time....
... were real defensive. I was of course in pain as the morphine was not working the way it should and I was not happy...
- next step 27th February 2007
... arthritis and back problems. She can't go up stairs, is on morphine for her pain, has limited mobility.
Ugh, just...
- Yep! Some More SpinalCord Stim Question's 27th February 2007
... had troubles with my meds ,thinking I could quit my morphine and take an extra oxy in it's place didn't work well...
- Pain Much Worse...HELP...Don't know what to do. 24th February 2007
... trip to the ER is called for. How do you do with Morphine ?
I don't think it's any small thing to want to...
- young mom seeks discogram experiences! 23rd February 2007
... hospital. And they only gave me a very small dose of morphine and percocet and I started to threw up constantly...
- Shawley.......stim implant 21st February 2007
... bloodpressure dropped so bad , I didn't care I had so much Morphine being pumped into my body I knew nothing , but I spent...
- 2 Year Post Surgical Dr. Visit 21st February 2007
... most days and tolerate it well with the slow release morphine and percs. My level is quite a bit lower when the...
... kicking...and I'm glad he did. I have slow release morphine x2 a day. #10 PErcosets, Percosets IRs, Lyrica for...
- fusion 3-6 need advice...???? 19th February 2007
... left to ween me off my 15mg percs and 30 mg MsContin ( morphine ) and he's doing a poor job at it ! He will only...
- Medical pump 18th February 2007
... such problems. A medical pump? I assume you mean a morphine pump? What is being done with your bowels?...
... such problems. A medical pump? I assume you mean a morphine pump? What is being done with your bowels?...
... are having such a bad time. Is the medical pump a morphine pump? What are they doing about the bowels?
Good...
... Hi all: I thought with the morphine pump, there were no side effects, like you get with ... oral morphine , because it's going into your spine, then brain. ...
... QUOTE=DesertBloom;2808653]Hi all: I thought with the morphine pump, there were no side effects, like you get with ... oral morphine , because it's going into your spine, then brain. ... called Prialt has anyone tried this?
I can not use morphine and after four surgery’s, the fusion have failed...
... or Norco a day with no pain relief. Then I got the Morphine Pain Pump on Dec. 4 2006.
Now, I am in HEAVEN!!...
- Porter 18th February 2007
... that. I was relating my daughters experience with morphine to the person in the other post and the similarities ... surgery she of course was in some horrific pain and morphine was administered. She did not have a good reaction ... to morphine . She hallucinated that she was being attacked by tigers...
- How are you Shawley? 17th February 2007
... doctor didn't ignore me when I said I wanted off the morphine . I went down hill fast because the meds wasn't working...
... longer helped. It should have been risen , and the Morphine should have been gone when I ask for it to be replaced...
- Had emergency surgery Sunday! 17th February 2007
... Sounds like what happened to my mother in law with morphine . She always thought she had spiders in her bed. ...
... Thanks everyone! The horrible med was either Morphine or Demerol. I have had Demerol in the past with no ... such reaction, so they are thinking it was that nasty Morphine . I was not feeling the pain relief from it, so they...
... feeling better. My daughter had the same effect on morphine that you described as far as hallucinations, the truly ... hard time keeping her calm until the effects of the morphine wore off, these hallucinations appear to be very real ... that she was having hallucinations was impossible. Morphine effects people differently and this is one side effect ... Doctors fear the most in small children. I have taken morphine , but have never experianced any ill effects. I am...
- new and scared..please help... 17th February 2007
... my husband rushed me to the er where they gave me a morphine injection. I am taking percocet, skelaxin, phenergen...
- Newbie 16th February 2007
... tablet and an immediate release tablet. I have taken morphine before and it really didn't do much for me, but since ... it's synthetic it seems to be stronger than morphine with not many side effects. The drug is a synthetic ... morphine, so people who normally could not take morphine have an easier time with Opana. My wife takes the ... immediate release and could not take the morphine tablets and the Opana works for her also.
I'm...
- Having a bad time! 16th February 2007
... the whole situation.
Doc is willing to put me on Morphine or Gabapentin but really dont want to be put on any...
- surgery just got rescheduled 14th February 2007
... summmer. The hospital overdosed her with fentalyn and morphine and she almost died. I told her I needed to stay optimistic...
- Lyrica, oh dear-i-ca! 14th February 2007
... pain from you." WOW!
When I told him that the LA Morphine wasn't giving me twelve hours of relief, he said OK ... the Lyrica adjustment. After that, I will change the morphine to x3 a day to see if that will help, if you can hold...
- extreme lower back pain!!!! 10th February 2007
... hubby works nights and went to the ER. I was given morphine and a MRI. I blew out a disc and the anulus was under...
- What a week I had! 10th February 2007
... me, instead he told the nurse to give me a shot of Morphine and Toradol and send me home and have me go to the ... immediately taken to a room and given another shot of morphine and toradol (this time a much higher dose) and I was ... few days in the hospital hooked to an IV and given Morphine . I now have the Fentanyl patch (75MG) with percocet...
... really bad, went to hospital, they pumped him full of morphine and sent him home. 2 weeks later his dr. finally...
- Has Anyone gone to ER for extreme pain? 8th February 2007
... move an was in screaming pain (they had to give me morphine enroute so I could handle the ride!).
Trust me...
- Facet Joint Injections & Do you like your doc? 6th February 2007
... gave me relief so I'm taking
Percocet 15mg and 30mg Morphine , I don't want them anymore but need them for pain...
- Shawley.... 6th February 2007
... problem anymore. I also want off these percocets and Morphine , I'm getting very dependent on them. I'm just scared...
... low. I didn't seem to know , I was under to much morphine and whatever else they pumped into me. But I here...
- dr pepper here five days out l5/s1 5th February 2007
... 24 hour period. We knew that I had problems with morphine but now it appears that dillaudin is a problem as...
... the hospital overdosed my mom with a combination of morphine and a fentalyn patch, although the patch could have...
... thats the strongest they have... even stronger then morphine ......
- In Pain And Desperate>>>> 4th February 2007
... against it.I was sent to the pain clinic and prescribed morphine and valium,they helped at first but now three years ... on i am taking 120mg morphine a day and 15mg valium,i cant sleep as i am so used ... to morphine so they prescribed Zopiclone which does not work either...
... else end up in bed for this long?and if you are on morphine would you share your experiences with me...it just...
- Still feeling better but pain creeping back 3rd February 2007
... most horrible pain in my leg from the sciatica - only morphine helped me at that time. What kind of surgery are...
- Your expert opinion needed 2nd February 2007
... provide any prognosis. He did however give me a shot of morphine and a script to last me until I can see my gp next ... week. The morphine did not really have much affect on the pain but did ... still extreme but I am handling it better with the morphine . To answer your questions, my surgeon is a Otho, not...
... and keep us posted.
I am glad that you got the morphine and a little relief.
Sandy...
... Well I had a so so night. I think that the morphine is helping me relax a bit, but the pain is still quite ... the ER said that I can come back for another shot of morphine today if the pain became unbearable again, I guess...
... flat out said no and they admitted me put me on a morphine pump and did surgery the next morning. This was the...
- spinal cord stimulator/morphine pump 30th January 2007
... candidate for either a spinal cord stimulator or a morphine pump. My pain is in my buttocks and legs, about 50...
... candidate for either a spinal cord stimulator or a morphine pump. My pain is in my buttocks and legs, about 50 ... here on healthboard that talks about the SCS and the Morphine pump. I am trying to find out where I accidentally...
... I have the morphine pump and have gotten a great deal of relief for problems...
- Medrol Pack - Has Anyone Taken This with Success? 29th January 2007
... that helped somewhat was the trips to the E.R for Morphine and heavy doses of Percocet.
My daughter called...
- Feeling Frustrated with Spouse 26th January 2007
... have to live with it.....and he changed my meds to Morphine and Cymbalta, not for dperession but for nerve damage...
- How Long Does It Really Take To Fuse ? 26th January 2007
... 1 every 12 hours ? Grrrr.. Anyway I had to take my morphine for pain and it makes me sick. Come 8:00am this nurse...
...
It just makes no sense that you had to take morphine over the weekend for your pain when a percocet could...
- Lyrica 23rd January 2007
... LYRICA 75 MG.X 2 PER DAY AFTER THE SECOND DOSE THE MORPHINE PATCH CAME OFF I STOPPED TAKING THE VICODENES AND...
- I'm being put on Soma! 22nd January 2007
... ambein to help me get a good night sleep , on top of my morphine and perc's I sleep atleast 7 hours..:) [/SIZE]...
- Double Up 21st January 2007
... I then I got the hot water bottle out and 2 30mg Morphine and 2 Percocets 15mg I was out of it. I didn't sleep...
... Shawley,
I hope today has brought you less pain, double morphine ! you would think that would help. Our bodies get so...
- Pain Med Update 19th January 2007
... Oxycontin 20mg CR since I had the surgery. (alliegic to morphine , so no pain pump for me in hospital) I am supposed...
- left foot burning, hurts to touch it! 18th January 2007
... for over a year now . I take 15 mg percocets and morphine
and it only helps me cope with the pain. Granted...
- Does a Tens Unit mean no pain meds? 17th January 2007
... long as I want. Plus I still take my percocet and morphine ( yuk) It may help you , everyones different ,
...
- what really works?? 15th January 2007
... relieves it. My doc has talked to me about implanting a morphine pump, but I'm scared to do that too. I guess eventually...
... I hope it's just a passing feeling. I have had the morphine pump brought up to me as well, I guess my new PM doc...
... oral meds, I could go home. He sent me home with morphine to take twice a day and dilaudid to take every 3 hours ... do office work) After 2 weeks, I was taking only 1 morphine a day and I was back at work. By 3 weeks, I was off...
- Injection gone bad ! 15th January 2007
... handle it, so now I take 1 pecocet every 8 hours and 1 morphine every 12 hours. I hope it helps me , I feel like...
... handle it, so now I take 1 pecocet every 8 hours and 1 morphine every 12 hours. I hope it helps me , I feel like...
- having lots of pain, really scared, please help 12th January 2007
... you are, and now I have quite a bit of help with a Morphine Pump Implant, after surgery failed. Please try.
...
- Vacuum disc phenomenon??? Herniated and Torn Discs Will IDET help me? 11th January 2007
... and the pain is much worse than it was before. But Morphine , methadone, none of it took the pain away without...
- Skelaxin 9th January 2007
... everyone has different results. Now I take percocets and morphine so my skelaxin days are gone.
...
- Microdiscectomy L4 L5 Nov 22 06 7th January 2007
... Epidurals. The pain was so intense I would go the ER for morphine drips as the Percocet didnt help. I also lost about...
- Increasing Pain! 4th January 2007
... now..I need maybe 2 every 12 hours..I can't take my Morphine because it makes me sick..I ask my Dr. If I could...
- Results from Dr. visit wednesday 29th December 2006
... any relief is help. I get some from my perc's and Morphine ..Besides I'm not sure yet whats going on with me....
- Lumbar fusion...right leg nerve damage....need some encouraging words! 26th December 2006
... it hurt..My Dr. put me on 15mg percocets and 30 mg morphine , it makes me sleepy and kind of goofy , but it helps...
- frustration about surgeon's recommendation 25th December 2006
... me now there's nothing left to do except consider a morphine pump or spinal cord stimulator. I felt like saying...
... and enjoy that life? If it takes something like a morphine pump or spinal cord stimulator to do so, then maybe...
... improves my quality of life. It seems to me that a morphine pump or spinal cord stimulator would have an even...
... simple things in life. I would consider the SCS or morphine pump as a last resort BUT what I've read about these ... adapt to the effect of the electric stimulation or morphine and eventually, sometimes as soon as 6 months or so...
... another implanted device in there be it an SCS or morphine pump.
I'm a believer that our bodies can heal themselves ... will be in this much pain for the rest of my life. Morphine pumps and spinal cord stimulators are just not appealing ... to me right now-- I'd rather keep taking morphine in pill form as I'm doing now.
Incidentally, has...
- Medicine Question 24th December 2006
... I take 15 mg percocet and 30 mg morphine for pain . I take them as prescribed , yes I'm dependant...
- I have a post op question 23rd December 2006
... As far as I know the only pain meds in my iv was morphine from the pca thing, but i did have to types of antibiotics...
- Severe Pain Through Whole Body T 4,5, And 7 Herniated Disks Drs Appt 12/22 Scared 21st December 2006
... THEY WERE NO GOOD BY THEN TO TEST.....WHICH HMM THE MORPHINE AND VALIUM PER IV LASTED TILL 12AM THEN I ENDED UP...
- Frustrated with this whole back pain 21st December 2006
... dependant on these pill's. I take 15mg percocets and 30mg Morphine and without them I go nuts so becareful. If you need...
- Is this spinal stenosis? 19th December 2006
... but nothing seems to be helping. I currently take Morphine 60 mgs 2 times a day, with 15 mg msir every 4 hours...
... but nothing seems to be helping. I currently take Morphine 60 mgs 2 times a day, with 15 mg msir every 4 hours...
- Desperately need help, disc problem 17th December 2006
... I have been on MS Contin, which is a long lasting morphine . This has caused many other health problems. I have...
- 2 weeks post op 15th December 2006
... were very painfully and I was extra happy to get the morphine pca. My surgery took about an hour and a half and...
- OUCH! Sciatica in Right Leg, BAD!!! L5/S1 disc pushing nerve to right. What to do??? 13th December 2006
... incision will be very painful. They will give you morphine for that in the hospital. Sex before isnt a problem...
- Where to go from here??? 13th December 2006
... Where do I go from here???
Pain doctor suggested a morphine pump, but I want to treat the CAUSE of the pain-- ... - I see morphine as just covering up or "masking" the pain; eventually ... the pain. Is this naive?? Should I just go with the morphine pump?? I want to get some other opinions first BEFORE...
... Having said all that, I will tell you that I have the morphine pain pump due to failed back surgery syndrome. Since...
... something you should tread with great caution. Generally morphine pumps are a last resort, not a first or even middle ... management is not 100% relief.
If you haven't been on morphine for any sustained amount of time or any other schedule ... individuals, but not all, are on at least 500 mg of morphine a day before even having a pump installed. That's ... a vast amount of morphine . Individuals who have problems with severe side effects...
- Scar Tissue ??? 6th December 2006
... be in pain all the time. I also take percocets and morphine for my pain , now that the pain is less I have to...
- how much pain meds do you take 5th December 2006
... started with a PM dr. and I am now on slow release #10 Morphine twice a day. I continue with the Percoset #10, but ... I have noticed a "leveling off" of the pain. The morphine keeps it at a steady level so I can handle it with...
... and a collapsed L-5/S-1. I have been taking 60 mg morphine twice daily with 15 mg msir for breakthrough. I occasional...
- What should I do now??? 3rd December 2006
... I may have to consider a spinal cord stimulator or morphine pump. I didn't say anything but neither one of these...
- Years of pain??? 2nd December 2006
... Percocet 4 times a day. My Dr. is now prescribing me 60mg Morphine twice a day. It helps, but still have pain most of...
- Positive effects Of Lyrica 28th November 2006
... LYRICA 75 MG.X 2 PER DAY AFTER THE SECOND DOSE THE MORPHINE PATCH CAME OFF I STOPPED TAKING THE VICODENES AND...
- 25 yr. old Daughter to have a 3 level fusion 27th November 2006
... the patch is.
Also, has she tried slow release morphine with percoset to help? There are alot of meds out...
- Does Morphine work for everyone? 27th November 2006
... chronic pain. But just recently my Doc prescribed Morphine 30mg 2 times daily. It does not seem to be doing the...
... today (via his nurse) and he said to take 2 of the morphine twice a day (instead of one) and that he would "up...
... Porter.ms Contin Which Is The Morphine You Are On Should Work Well Once The Dosage Is Correct ... WILL WORK OUT WELL FOR YOU.TO ANSWER THE QUESTION,NO MORPHINE DOES NOT WORK FOR EVERYONE.YOU MAY AS WELL BE GIVING ... SOME PEOPLE AN ASPIRIN AS TO GIVE THEM MORPHINE .DIFFERENT METABOLISMS NEED DIFFERENT MEDS.IT DEPENDS...
... I do believe it worked! I took 2 morphine at about 6:00PM last night, and although I was awake...
- Does Morphine make you sleepy?:yawn: 23rd November 2006
... the night....have not figured that one out yet.
Morphine ?? Umm, is it extended release?? what does it say on...
... Morphine is the gold standard but is far from the most powerful ... Fentanyl in my Duragesic oatch is 80 times as strong as morphine .
In fact, I started on morphine and switched to ... oxycodone which is 1.5 times as strong as morphine .
The most powerful med used by pain management ... Oxycodone) which I use for b/t pain.
So, don't consider morphine as the strongest med-far from it.
Alan...
... Hi Porter,
The morphine did make me drowsy. When I used Oxycodone (generic...
... in all not too terrible of day.
OK, as far as the Morphine , it really has not made me sleepy, so I took 1 10mg ... football.
To answer the question about whether my morphine was time released, I don't know for sure, the bottle ... says " Morphine sulf 30 mg tab SA" so maybe one of you know?. I stayed...
... everything from vicodan, percocet, oxycodone (40mg), morphine sulphate and the feyntanl patches. Of them all I prefer ... the morphine sulfate. It takes the edge off the pain and helps...
