- narcotics and anesthesia 22nd September 2004
... back surgery while still on major narcotics, such as morphine pills, take them the day of (or the night before)...
... amounts of water b/c of my NPO status. I wasn't taking Morphine , I was taking Vicodin. But, usually I have heard it...
- Almost 2 weeks post fusion update 19th September 2004
... day i was pretty much knocked out from all of the morphine that I was on but on day 2 the pain completely kicked...
- Artificial Disc Replacement Clinical Trial 18th September 2004
... male with total disc failure at five levels. He had a Morphine pump implanted for pain management. The pump was shut...
- I think I just need some support (and patience!!) 18th September 2004
... car.
At the eroom, they gave me an IV cocktail of Morphine , Ativan, and some kind of anti-inflamitory, with my...
- Hey guys, I'm back, L5-S1 Laminectomy Post-Op 15th September 2004
... internal dissolvable stich.
I was hooked up to morphine , so I can just push a button for my injections. I...
- Persistent back problems 6th September 2004
... believe it was dispensing fentanyl topical and/or morphine ) but that had to be removed due to complications....
- Weak urine stream and ejaculation 1st September 2004
... Are you by chance on morphine , oxy or any other similar strong narcotic that you...
- A little bit afraid of what I did this afternoon. 31st August 2004
... to the emergency room where they pumped me full of morphine and pushed me out the door with a referral to the...
- No pain med for herniated discs? 31st August 2004
... but i would ask that she be put on a low dose of morphine or oxycodone until her appointments can help her in...
- What are us back problem people taking for meds? 26th August 2004
... Fentynal patch, but then turned it down as even straight morphine didn't touch the pain.
It is my understanding that...
... who put me on Avinza, which is a timed release real morphine drug. I don't want to become adapted to Morphine. ... those were all side effects of the Avinza. I've had morphine injections when my leg gets bad and it already take...
... know I wouldn't if it wasn't working.
Anyhow. I take morphine and vicodin for BT as well as flexeril. I've had CP...
... quality versus quanity of life. If you have to take Morphine in order to have quality, then that is what it is...
... long term.starting new meds especielly a swith th morphine can tak a couple of weeks to get accamodated to the...
... there is a difference between someone who is taking morphine for pain and one who does it to get high besides the...
... She did put me on Avinza, which is a timed release Morphine Sulfate, but it made me sick to my stomach and didn...
... me in the lurch, and later today I am to bring the Morphine to her, and we'll swap to a prescription of Oxy. She...
... killer from a sea snail, that is more potent then morphine and no mental effects. It would be great if they succeed...
... Opioids (narcotics) are medications that work like morphine . There are many drugs in this class. Examples of some...
... VE TAKEN THE SAME MEDICATION FOR TWO YEARS (120 mg morphine + 1800 mg MORONTIN + ORAMORPH) AND I HAVE LEARN'T...
... high described with percocets/vicodin or the norco or morphine so many talk about.I also have never taken more then...
- What do people take for drug regimine? 23rd August 2004
... they usually never do but you might get lucky. It is Morphine sulfate just one that releases slowly over time in...
... They basically the same in terms of what they do but morphine definately makes you much more tired. I've been having...
... anyone here with me when I take it, but I have had morphine before with no untoward affects. I will try to take...
- Tailbone pain and increased back pain 22nd August 2004
... Would the lumbar cause that pain?
I am taking morphine and vicodin for pain, it's not touching it. Flexeril...
- Please help-meds 22nd August 2004
... have had three in-patient surgeries. Meds varied from Morphine , to percocet, and vicodin. The only times I usually...
... whether you have a bowel problem or not. Especially in morphine and Percocet. Percocet you can work through after ... a few weeks of high fiber diet. 20 - 30mg a day, morphine you can not you just go with it (sorry for the pun ... it from the medications. Some medications such as morphine cause urine delays which is a real pain. You think ... and Microscopic Colitis and prior to going on the Morphine I was regular every day sometimes more if I had a ... reading the different side effects have you considered morphine ? It is not supposed to cause vomiting, in fact they ... over a longer period of time than I did with the the morphine . I was sick constantly but not vomiting. With the ... morphine I got sick the first two days after that all was well ... doses, oxycodone has most of the disadvantages of morphine including respiratory depression
Here is morphine ... of the following serious side effects, stop taking morphine and seek emergency medical attention:
· an ... effects may be more likely to occur. Continue to take morphine and talk to your doctor if you experience
... urination; or
· decreased sex drive.
• Morphine is habit forming. Do not stop taking it suddenly....
... There is also a new timed release Morphine called Avinza which while giving you quick acting...
- lower back laminectomy 22nd August 2004
... blow up so bad that I have to go to the hospital for morphine injections.
Maybe one of them would help determine...
- Dr Problems 21st August 2004
... full time. It doesn't matter that I need to be on morphine for pain.
Good luck today. I hope it all goes well...
- What do you think? 20th August 2004
... drug called Avinza? It's a one a day, timed release morphine pill. My Primary care just put me on it (They had...
... Hi Stormygail!
MS Cotin is a form of morphine . He is upping my dose slowly. He says he needs to...
- Driving my family insane. 17th August 2004
... go through another surgery.We are going to put the morphine pump in.They say it helps alot,so I am going to see...
- Tempur-pedic mattress? 15th August 2004
... purchase one asap!
Carol, can you tell me how the morphine pump works, and does it take care of all of your pain...
... Colleen, the morphine pump works very well on a lot of my pain. I had mine...
- Carl are you out there? 14th August 2004
... yesterday marks my two week anniversary for being morphine free…woo-hoo! :) I stopped taking my Avinza, this...
- We need some success stories 13th August 2004
... in agony around the clock, and even high doses of morphine and then oxycodone didn't touch it. BUT i didn't ... the neurosurgeon did an updated MRI, put me on a morphine pump for 3 days till the surgery could be scheduled...
- Am I crazy??? 12th August 2004
... different in how they react.
When I first started on morphine it too was "kicking my butt" but now some 6 weeks...
- Pain Management 4th August 2004
... The medications they use are very strong such as morphine or oxycontin. They do start you out on lesser medications...
... The medications they use are very strong such as morphine or oxycontin.
Not at my PM clinic. The first thing...
- Post-op fusion pain med question 3rd August 2004
... He switched me over to Avinza, a 24-hour release Morphine . It was a difficult transition as it made me feel...
... book and relax in bed.
In the hospital I had a morphine PCA for three days and dilaudid IM 4mg every 6 hours...
- Please!! Four Level Lumbar Fusion,Whats it like? 1st August 2004
... ways to control your pain....such as the intrethecal morphine pump. You could try a pain management clinic and see...
- lumbar fusion gone bad 1st August 2004
... FBSS (I knew it long before that) and now I have the morphine pump.
No doctor likes the diagnosis, it makes them...
... diofrequency denervation. If this fails then I am left with morphine pump or spinal cord stimulator. If I could do it all...
- To all the supporters, my surgery is now booked for August 30th 2004 at 8am 30th July 2004
... still be recovering quite a bit. He will prescribe morphine for me.
But you guys are probably wondering, what...
... around your school books? If he's going to have you on morphine , you're not going to remember most of your lectures...
- Hip and leg pain?? 29th July 2004
... matter what drugs they gave me, including high doses of morphine and oxycodone, never mind the milder stuff. all...
- pain patch???? 25th July 2004
... are "opiod tolerant" to an equivalency of 45mg of morphine per day. This is really serious stuff and possibly...
- Neurontin use after discectomy of L5-S1 22nd July 2004
... off the Narcotics…good choice huh, from Oxycontin to Morphine ) but I like it better than the Oxy, I feel a lot more...
- how long does the pain last! 21st July 2004
... and i cant sleep.....couldnt sleep even when full of morphine in hospital!
the pain is that bad that i have been...
- Glad to have found this board! 21st July 2004
... host of pains, including Advinza which is a form of morphine , and it keeps the pain at a tolerable level, so people...
- Another Operation only 60% chance? 12th July 2004
... to get pain in my lower back to the left, I am on morphine and loads more meds. My life style has changed alot...
- Thoracic Spine Herniated Disc 9th July 2004
... any better, in spite of epidural injections, P.T., morphine , etc. About 6 months after the cervical fusion I...
- I am desperate! Pain Meds - Is it just me??? 6th July 2004
...
But after the surgery... he first had me on the morphine drip. After a couple of days, that didn't work for...
- Need 2 Level Fusion (tlif) Severe Back Pain 5th July 2004
... on Nuerontin 3600 mg, T'3s, Vioox, and then went to Morphine . I am now only on 300 mg of Nuerontin, for the restless...
- Is leg pain normal after fusion? 5th July 2004
... took some fat from under my skin and put a ball of morphine in it and put it around those nerves. I had no leg ... has now made itself known. He says that it is the morphine wearing off and that's where the pain is but that...
- Micro-Discetomy L4-5, L5-S1 5th July 2004
... truth...ouch...and she would give me more pain meds ( morphine ). And when that didn't provide the relief that I ... undercontrol the nurse instructed me on how to use the morphine pump and the timing on it.
When my family was...
- HELP!! What are the symptoms of a failed lumbar fusion?? 4th July 2004
... Fentynal patch ( about 1.5 years) and use Roxanol ( morphine sulfate) for "breakthrough pain" as this is the only ... breakthrough pain, but due to our laws I must take morphine . He recertifies me yearly per California law, however...
... Fentynal patch ( about 1.5 years) and use Roxanol ( morphine sulfate) for "breakthrough pain" as this is the only ... breakthrough pain, but due to our laws I must take morphine . He recertifies me yearly per California law, however...
- Spinal Stenosis, relationships, what to expect and quality of life 28th June 2004
... strides in spinal problems and treatments. I have the morphine pump, without which I would be so drugged up I wouldn...
- point tenderness/burning in back 28th June 2004
... nuts, I know...but I have nerve pain and have the morphine pump, but when the burning breaks through, plain ASPIRIN...
- Does anyone get better? 20th June 2004
... Hi carol,
You said you had morphine pomp, how do you take that? That sounds to me that...
- Looking for (Tomorow) 17th June 2004
... that you have the FBS, too..The Advinza I am on is morphine that is time released in your body over a 24 hour...
- Spinal Stimulator (Question) 17th June 2004
... things....they are a last resort thing, short of a morphine pump too. That doctor is a total *** and I'd tell...
- Counting Down! One week until my fusion... 15th June 2004
... without feeling the nausea. :) I also told them that morphine caused me to be sick, so I got something else for...
- Will I be drugged up through the stay at hospital after my Fusion? 11th June 2004
... thing...!
I was given a pump. I don't tolerate morphine well at all, (I had a morphine pump after my microdiscectom...
... and prayers.
I had a similar experience with the morphine pump. I made them take the pump completely away the...
... 3 the epidural was taken out and i was put on the morphine pump. This began making me sick i wouldnt eat, my ... managed to not let that happen. They then took the morphine away and replaced it with tramadol every 6 hours and ... for a day or two after the morphine was taken away I was still sick, it's winter here ... sheet on because i was sweating profusely from the morphine playing havoc with my internal systems. Pethadeine ... is the equivalent of morphine without the side effects but it can cause convulsions ... heart surgery 3 years ago and refused any meds as morphine makes him violently ill. So..it can be done.
You...
... next day.The first day though, they hit me hard with morphine every three to four hours,but the first thing the ... get any relief from my pain by dropping down from morphine to a med that barely eases the pain of a hangnail ... god, he wasn't kidding.i was on a dilaudid PCA with morphine inj every hour on the hour and still didn't have any ... works for everyone.my husband does not respond to morphine .He had a fusion surgery about seven years ago,and ... they were pumping him up with morphine and it was not working for him even a little bit.after...
... surgery anesthesia still present, I guess) but was on morphine shots every 4 hours. I DO remember watching the clock ... the nurse that it was almost time. :) Day #2 was morphine @ 4 hours. I tolerated the morphine ok, except once ... was great; that med agreed with me much more than morphine .
Really, it's only a bad couple of days. It's...
... I was on a Morphine drip for the 1st 2 days after L-4/L-5 Fusion.(you...
- weigt gain problems 4th June 2004
... back pain.
Has anyone had problems like this I am on morphine 3 times a day and amitriptyline for nerve pain. I...
... That was just 1 year ago.
I still take 135 mg of morphine sulphate each day.
SS is still deliberating on my ... regained much of my mobility and life, the effects of the Morphine outway the side effects.
The bottom line is, Yes...
- Pre-Fusion Questions 3rd June 2004
... uncomfortable the whole time. I also had a reaction to morphine (as a lot of people do) and so i came off that pretty...
- Hasn't ANYBODY had a fusion for stenosis? 2nd June 2004
... why they recommended and I agreed, to an intrathecal morphine pump to contol the pain.
Carol...
- To Lori J. HELP ! 30th May 2004
... think the only thing that would have would have been morphine (maybe)!!!
Break thru pain my butt! I supposed it...
- Spinal Fusion 26th May 2004
... of being free of pain. Instead, I ended up with a morphine pump to control the agony I was in. And I had one...
- Isthmis Spondylolytic Spondylolysis L5/S1 26th May 2004
... t an option by one doctor. He wanted to give me a morphine pump, but I don't tolerate pain killers too well ... S1, But he also said I'd more than likely need a morphine pump. I'll probably end up having the surgery and...
- success story 20th May 2004
... same junk you all did with the epidurals, oxycontin, morphine , steroids, celebrex, prednisone and who knows what ... surgery I had no pain so I made them take me off the morphine drip and refused any pain meds because I was tired...
- Leg pain - Anyone else begging for a good night's sleep? 17th May 2004
... stenosis and am on waiting list for fusion. I am on morphine tablets, they do help the back, but don't do much...
- Scoliosis 1969, Spondylolisthesis 2004 17th May 2004
... mersyndol as well to get some sleep. I only started the morphine 2 weeks ago and today I was amazed..... I raked a...
- Co-Workers dont understand back pain 12th May 2004
... at least some of it. Now, 2 fusions later, with a morphine pump and limp, they are embarassed when they see me...
- All herniated disc sufferers...how's your pain? 6th May 2004
... i hit what i call an 8 without meds, i started on morphine . no help. more morphine. no help. started oxycodone...
... was around 8 and about 5 with medication right up to morphine deriviatives.
Microdisectomy 9 weeks ago, pain...
- discogram....how long does the pain last 30th April 2004
... after the procedure, but they Do have fentanyl, or morphine or demerol on hand for post-disco. Do Not be afraid...
- thorasic back pain 29th April 2004
...
I ended up at A&E one night and had to have Morphine shots , Diazepam and Voltaren, I was in such pain...
- Lidocaine patch 28th April 2004
... sufferers and that they all swear by oxycontins or morphine sulfate contin. These are strong meds but I'll tell...
- Nerve Damage question. Looking at another surgery! 26th April 2004
... him trouble during the last few days. Hopefully a morphine pump will help with that but we have to wait for the...
- 2 days post hemilaminectomy/discectomy 23rd April 2004
... severe muscle spasms everytime I moved. They gave me morphine and valium around the clock to calm my nerves. A...
- Decisons Decisions!! 22nd April 2004
... surgery was not an option for me and he suggested a morphine pump. Another doc said he could fuse L5-S1 and do...
- does this plan sound good? 20th April 2004
... another DR came and offered me a script for a couple Morphine pills. I refused the pills and that is when they...
- Survey on pain meds Shoreline - please comment! 17th April 2004
... exhaust all conservative treatments before we try a morphine pump OR surgery. I would like to know what else is...
... then it's time to change meds. he may do great on morphine where I think Oxy has inherent tolerance problems...
- Doing well post fusion but EXHAUSTED 17th April 2004
... no real issues, pain well controlled even without a morphine pump.
Second day: Horrific due to unrelenting back...
- More surgery update 15th April 2004
... you. Intubation isn't that bad.
So they gave me morphine and motrin and toradol in an IV, two doses, then did...
- Siatic Pain is killn me. Can you Help? 14th April 2004
... themselves. After trying Oxycontin, Celebrex, flexeral, morphine sulphate etc. I had the epidural injections. They...
- Questions about upcoming Mylogram..? 13th April 2004
... needle it put me into tears but then they gave me some morphine through the I.V. so the pain went away. After it was...
- Just received diagnosis-please help 13th April 2004
... more scar tissue to deal with. I had the intrathecal morphine pump put in to control my pain.
Good luck...
Carol...
- I'm new and Have some questions 12th April 2004
... a day - really not helping. He has also given me morphine patches :) which I'm afraid to use. (I don't like ...
Any suggestions on pain management instead of Morphine ?
Thanks...
... a day - really not helping. He has also given me morphine patches :) which I'm afraid to use. (I don't like ...
Any suggestions on pain management instead of Morphine ?
Thanks
I would check on Neurontin as it is...
- failed disc replacement, need info on BMP fusion 9th April 2004
... version and I would more than likely have to have a morphine pump. It's scary thinking about the newer proceedures...
... didn't recommend any further surgery and suggested a morphine pump. The other doctor said he could replace the older ... L5-S1 and refuse L4-T11. He also said I'd need a morphine pump and could not do the type of work I've always...
- info on "drop foot" 8th April 2004
... it requires immediate attention. Well, time for muh morphine . Thanks again.
Kevin...
- Oh the agony 7th April 2004
... i care to remember including celebrex, oxycontin, morphine , prednisone, flexeral and others. So, have you any...
- lumbar fusion coming up in a few weeks and i seek support & answers to some questions 6th April 2004
... labor, I just would breath through the pain until my morphine shot took,. and thats how I spent the first two days...
- Desco Booked This Thur Not Lookin Forward To It 6th April 2004
... Yes, it was...but afterwards my doc gave me some morphine so that I wouldnt' still be hurting. The test doesn...
