- Thoracic Pain--What to do? 25th June 2006
... harm then good. Again just my opinion.
As to a morphine pump. It has not been suggested yet. Again I think...
- After years of back pain--surgery--is it too late?? 25th June 2006
... they can adjust accordingly. they swithed me from morphine to dilaudid and then had to up that because of tolerence...
- Post Op - Doing well 22nd June 2006
... next day from surgery thinking it might have been the morphine pump so I discontinued that and went to 2 percocits...
- Is this nerve pain?? 22nd June 2006
... of the population that has this delima. Even the Morphine in the hospital. They kept saying hit the button...
- lower back pain numnbess 19th June 2006
... I have this problem on a regular basis due to the morphine that I take. It tends to wax and wane, I'll go for...
- Help for contesting workman's comp./IME findings. 16th June 2006
... shelf. I've been through the ringer and now have a morphine pump implanted and will have it for the rest of my...
- discogram Pain? 15th June 2006
... his leaking, I hit the ceiling. LOL He had an IV w/ morphine in it and as soon as he got my reaction, he hit the ... morphine to me.
For me, I'd do the test again in a heartbeat...
- To all those waiting for fusions 7th June 2006
... right leg or foot. I was very sick though from the morphine , so they took me off that and gave me percocet, which...
- Fusion Surgery #2 here I come - ugggghhh 6th June 2006
... just couldn'[t be controlled, I got the intrathecal morphine pump which has worked well to keep me somewhat comfortable...
- Went for pre op yesterday 6th June 2006
... Was on the pain patches before surgery and had the morphine drip the first 2 days in the hospital and they sent...
- Bad or Really Bad? 28th May 2006
... later with 3 very badly damaged discs and an implanted morphine pump that delivers a constant flow of morphine into...
- Lost 22nd May 2006
... spectrum of pills; one 10mg/650 Percocet, one 15mg Morphine Sulfate, one Xanax and four Ultraset. For the first...
- morphin enjection in back 22nd May 2006
... Mike, I had many injections in the back but never a morphine injection. Do you have a disc problem?
Joe...
- SSD and Medicare?? 20th May 2006
... too bad of shape. Dr. wouldn't touch me. Ended up w/ morphine pump and can't work. Sucks, but this is my life...
- need advice 19th May 2006
... Anyway, the treatment they've got me on is 75mg Morphine sulfate contin twice a day, with 25mg of percocete ... concentrating, but then only at four hour intervals (as the Morphine contine kicks in). I'm now a believer in Pool Therapy ... alternative is being addicted to severe pain...I choose the Morphine over the pain, every time....
... the PM doc I went and my only option was to have a morphine pump implanted that delivers a constant flow of the ... see if it would be possible to see another one. The morphine pump has a great success record with most people and ... to Medtronic.com they are the makers of one of the morphine pumps (these can be filled with things other than ... morphine as well) and if you contact them they can mail you...
- Fusion surgery coming 13th May 2006
... The nurse came in and gave him a lethal shot of morphine in the middle of the night and so now my family is...
- Degenerative Disc problem L3/4 - Help !! 11th May 2006
... was now a matter of life long pain control. Had a morphine pump implanted and it delivers a constant flow of ... the pain and am permanant and totally disabled. The morphine pump is usually much more helpful than it is in my...
- Diagnosed in 2000 with herniated discs 11th May 2006
... and heavier medications from methadose to Methadone Morphine to Oxycontin and back to vicodine. In 2003 I had a...
- Adjusting to New Med: Ultram 10th May 2006
... narcotics such as darvocet, percocet, vicodin, codeine, morphine , etc. I experience more or less itching with any...
- Drug Testing 10th May 2006
... to the chase, the two big dogs I'm on are oxy and morphine , would anybody in their right mind hire someone who...
- Meds Question 10th May 2006
... pain meds go. I have stopped all my pain meds, The morphine , oxycontin, methadose and vicodine. I got tired of...
... bottom of my feet. I was on Methadone, Methadose, Morphine , Oxycontin and Vicodine during the past 11 years and...
... the eyes are concerned. Being on strong meds like
morphine and such for long term can cause "Dry Eye"
...
- Im going to make it!!! 8th May 2006
... tear. For the first time in 12-18 months I was taking morphine again something I thought was behind me and that I...
- Suggestions Welcome, PLEASE! 5th May 2006
... a long night, indeed, with shots of 40-80 cc.'s of morphine every four hours to keep my back and chest pain under...
- Definite broken screw following fusion - 3 months later 3rd May 2006
... considerably down from my post-surgical regime of morphine , percocet, and oxycontin.) Unfortunately, my spouse...
- Fusion at L5-S1 - getting pregnant? 2nd May 2006
... unable to move much for a few days, but I got a lot of morphine so its sort of a distant memory. I was in the hospital...
- lumbar fusion 5/4/06 30th April 2006
... 06. I read about the pain meds I already told him morphine doesn't work for me any suggestions?...
...
Best of luck to you. I also do not tolerate morphine very well. Though my surgeon was reluctant, I was...
- Back Injury & Workers Comp 27th April 2006
... a sedentary level". It was shortly after I had my morphine pump implanted and my dr. was still adjusting the...
- please give advice or experience 27th April 2006
... Tuesday afternoon. I was really sore, but I had a morphine pump in the hospital and I was given Percoset to take...
- Home from Surgery -- 5 days post-fusion 23rd April 2006
... longer than they would have otherwise.
I was on PCA ( morphine ) for about 24 hours after surgery before they pulled ... too out of it keep hitting the thing to get enough morphine . The pain is still pretty bad, mostly a horrid burning...
- When awaking from surgery 23rd April 2006
... incision pain if I moved around. They had me on a morphine pump for two days, but I never used it.
Then ... abdominal incision.
I came woke up from surgery on a morphine pump but I had enormous pain, if I did anything but ... Finally, later the next day, my surgeon figured out that morphine doesn't work on me and they changed me to a Dilaudid ... but I have made sure everyone in my family knows morphine doesn't work on me and it is written in my purse. ... unable to talk but in pain, and they are giving me morphine , which is the number one pain med they give in the...
... really controlled after her surgery. Between the morphine pump and lortab she was comfortable. The only problem ... was the morphine caused severe itching and lortab caused nausea. She...
- DRX9000 therapy 19th April 2006
... has become so severe that my doctor has prescribed morphine patches in order to give me relief. This does, in ... fact, help a lot, but morphine is very addictive, and I certainly can't function...
- Surgery Friday 17th April 2006
... one of those pca pumps but they would be giving me morphine in my iv by bolos (sp)? What does that mean? Also...
... I am glad you have a scheduled date. As for the morphine bollas (sp?) it just means that instead of having...
- Neat Pain Scale 12th April 2006
... effective. Strongest painkillers relieve pain (Oxycontin, Morphine )
8 Physical activity severely limited. You can...
... about being strong and stoic but more about how many morphine like substances (endorphins) that your brain happens...
- Finally! 11th April 2006
... Neurontin, muscle relaxers, and I was also give a shot of Morphine when I had my discetomy. During my fusion I was given ... either injection or pill. I have read where other had morphine pumps. They were VERY GOOD about getting my pain...
- surgery for DDD 10th April 2006
... but if it was one of
them, I know they'd have a Morphine drip going in a heartbeat! lol.......
- New Rx-methadone I've never used this before. 30th March 2006
... and codeine is a natural opiate and breaks down into morphine in the body.
Your Dilaudid you said you could take...
- Medication question 30th March 2006
... damage and was on Methadone, methadose, oxycontin and morphine not at the same time but over the years. I still have...
- Countdown to TLIF ... Lots of Questions 25th March 2006
... used it for the first few weeks.
2. She had the morphine pump for the first few days. She was able to squeeze ... see when she could push again. A side effect of the morphine can be intense itching, which she had. She had the...
... next day, and my catheter was removed then also. The morphine pump was o.k. but I never really was 100% pain free...
... nurse was talking to me, and I was in pain, I had a morphine pump, the nurses helped me log roll on my sides, and ... first time. I would have been out bed sooner, but the morphine made me really sick, and very dizzy. once I was off...
- Long term effects of Pain killers 25th March 2006
... day. But I was on vicodin for a little over a year, morphine for a few months, Percocet for 3 months and now I...
... such as yours. My Neuro had me up to 180mg/ day on morphine for several months. I got tired of being out of it...
- Thees problems embarress me......But i need to know 19th March 2006
... Baclofen. It was MUCH more severe when I was taking MORPHINE and Zanaflex. Unfortunately only tweaking your med...
- A wasted year!! 16th March 2006
... All long from mid 90's to 2003 I was on methadose, morphine , oxycontin, The only one that worked for me was the...
- New to the Board... An Intro. 9th March 2006
... finished PT was out of work for a year and was also on morphine for a long time due to the fact that the 2nd operation ... pressure on my spine was very painful. I was taking 20mg morphine 2x per day for over a year after surgery. It was very...
- An interesting thought re. failed fusions 7th March 2006
... the beginning of the interview, I told her that the morphine caused me to have continuous projectile vommiting...
- don't know for sure what to do!! 6th March 2006
... I had that changed to methadose and from there to morphine . I have had 2 Micro D's on my L4 L5 and now have a ... had spoken to my Dr I didn't want to be back on the morphine because it was difficult to get off that med after...
- Darvocet. ANyone taking this?? 3rd March 2006
... allergies, when I went to the E.R., but that when I had Morphine (of all things!) before I didn't have a reaction,...
- methadone or spinal cord stimulator 3rd March 2006
... of bed "Pinched nerve" and they wanted to put me on morphine again and I told them no. So the doc put me on vicodine...
... of bed "Pinched nerve" and they wanted to put me on morphine again and I told them no. So the doc put me on vicodine...
... of bed "Pinched nerve" and they wanted to put me on morphine again and I told them no. So the doc put me on vicodine...
... of bed "Pinched nerve" and they wanted to put me on morphine again and I told them no. So the doc put me on vicodine...
... problems with them than satisfied customers. I have the morphine pump and have had it for 3 years without any problems...
- Spinal Fusion Surgery - two weird questions! : ) 3rd March 2006
... anything because I was nauseous and vomiting from the Morphine . So once I was walking to the bathroom they took it...
- Pinched Nerve - Disc 2nd March 2006
... a year to heal and getting of of those pain meds ( morphine ) I developed a hunger for sweets .. chocolate . I...
- need help in decisions.... 1st March 2006
... pain at first, after the CT scan they brought in the morphine .....guess they didn't believe me when I said I was...
- Step down of pain meds after surgery 28th February 2006
... narcotics. I have been taking some sort of codeine or morphine since October 2005. Not that long but still substantial...
- When do you take your pain meds? 27th February 2006
... was on oxycontin, changed to methadose and then to morphine . When I went to have PT I felt better and asked the...
- Addiction V"S Pain????? 26th February 2006
... when i went to the pain specialist and he took me off morphine and put me on oxy contin he did say to me that my...
... reherniated it abd back in for a redo. I was put on morphine and continued to take it for another year or so. Was ... and I took Ibprofen and this did just as well as the morphine did. I felt beter, had more energy and after a while...
- Morphine pump implant 25th February 2006
... Hi. I have the morphine pump and have had it for about 2 years. I have nothing...
... My Husband has the Morphine pump. He's had it for 3 yrs now.
He was in a car...
... the skin) and attaches to a port in your spine. The morphine is then delivered constantly. I go approx. every ... 60 days and they remove the morphine that is left in the pump (a couple of cc's, there ... of course is an issue. The good thing is that the morphine is delivered to your spine, so it doesn't have to...
- back, leg and sciatic nerve pain "AGAIN" 25th February 2006
... Valium and Ketorolac. I didn't want to go back on the morphine or oxycontin. Sorry to hear of your fall and hope...
- I want my career back. 21st February 2006
... because the discs are so bad and I now have an implanted morphine pump. It sucks! I want my life back, I want my career...
... use in the health field, just as medical Cocaine and Morphine are used for surgeries. But I have a hard time listening...
- Easy questions... It'll only take a few minutes of your time. Please answer!!! 14th February 2006
... sp?), the nurse (In training!!!) gave me a shot of morphine because of all the pain I was in (I had the surgery...
- Settlement-(to put a price on a back injury) 14th February 2006
... that it made matters worse. I ended up having a morphine pump implanted shortly after. I saw a well respected...
- HELP PLEASE!!! ***AN EMERGENCY*** I'm going into the hospital in 2 hours!!! 13th February 2006
... They gave me an IV and some Percocet (after I refused Morphine )... It seemed to work okay while I was laying down ... feeling a little dizzy). What I'm nervous about is that morphine will be too strong and "jumping the gun" so to speak ... legitimate and severe if they went from Motrin to Morphine . :) I also don't know if I'm allergic to the Percocet ... m allergic to many medications). Now, I've taken morphine before and I didn't have a reaction, but I was COMPLETELY...
... Melissa, Suze again here. I am on 200mg of morphine every day, but I am on slow release morphine - it...
... I had a bad reaction to the Morphine in the hospital so they stopped it and started me...
... Morphine is pretty strong, there are many other meds you can...
- attention all...... 3rd February 2006
... hospital after his microdisectomy years ago they gave him morphine after surgery. Well, one night he asked me to get...
- Pain management clinic?? 2nd February 2006
... killers didn't work for me, and I went all the way to morphine , heat worked. But, there has to be answers and a permanant...
- Back Pain 30th January 2006
... Vocational Evals that say I can't work, doctor's reports, a morphine pump, etc. but because of my age (36) it makes it...
- INSOMNIA (Yes, I know I'm on the Back board!) 28th January 2006
... me awake. If I hurt at all, I take 1/2 of a 30mg Morphine tab. My back pain is actually significantly better...
- Degenerative disk -- surgeon can't help me 27th January 2006
... failed) and am now 36 yrs. old and have an implanted morphine pump. I saw a spine specialist that refused to do ... down to my left buttock and down my left leg. The morphine pump has allowed me to get off the oxycontin I was...
... even end up in worse shape!
I'm curious about your morphine pump. How does that work, what's involved in it and...
... able to give you the answers you need...
About the morphine pump - it's an implanted device. The resevour is in ... directly into my spine. It delivers a constant flow of morphine into my spine and my body doesn't have to filter and ... have it refilled. There are no preservatives in the morphine , so the have to remove whatever is left over (a couple...
- ques: cathera 26th January 2006
... they removed it while I was in lala land with the morphine drip. I didn't feel anything at either time. I know...
- Will the right mattress make a difference? 25th January 2006
... meds...they keep me awake. I can only take 1/2 a Morphine tab at bedtime, any more than that & I'm on the ceiling...
- Help! I had a Fusion level 4 - now I have stinging at the site 20th January 2006
... get my pain order, and they do the loading bolus of morphine , well they forgot to take the loading dose off, and...
- question about meds 20th January 2006
... and opiates after my surgery too, I think Avinza ( morphine sulfate) was my favorite. Initially I was prescribed...
- Need Help!!! 19th January 2006
... I'm routinely on Lidoderm patches w/ Morphine ER 30 mg for BT. It wasn't working, so I called my...
... search on the web about combining the Oxy and the Morphine ER. There doesn't seem to be adverse reactions, but...
- Questions about Morphine 19th January 2006
... time for the doc to intervene.
I've been on M/S ( Morphine ) for quite a while & have not found it to be emotionally...
... help with the pain, this way he could stop using the morphine . I know he would love to not have to be dependant...
... he might be able to get away from having to be on Morphine at all, and I know he wishes this also. He suffers...
- Ultram Warning 17th January 2006
... for me...the fact that she saw it.
I'm now on Morphine ER 30 mg tid & usually only take 1/2 tab at bedtime...
... edge off of my pain for a full four hours. Not even morphine does that for me. Maybe it is because I am so speeded...
- Lower back pain questions 17th January 2006
... therapy on the 24th...but with the new and inhanced morphine , I can now stand up fairly straight and manage to...
... for that. For the "basic" back pain, I'm now on Morphine ER (expended release) & Lidoderm patches. I'm disappointed...
- Some help or advice please: 15th January 2006
... requires large doses of meds, why has he not offered the morphine pump or the spinal cord stimulator? The answer is ... pain, then that dr. should be replaced.
I have the morphine pump for my spinal stenosis, arthritis, osteophytes...
... every aspect of your life.
Has his doctor mentioned a morphine pump or a spinal cord stimulator? I've had my pump...
- Need Advice on pain relief for degenerative spinal disease. 9th January 2006
... for that!!
As for pain control, I'm currently on Morphine orally, Lidoderm patches, and Keppra (for nerve pain...
- Re:eclose 9th January 2006
... Adrenalin Went Down? Do You Think That Was From The Morphine Pump? I Wanted To Go Home The Next Day In The Morning...
- ques: fusion 9th January 2006
... They kept her pain pretty much in control with the morphine on day two. Day three they moved her to lortab. Her...
