- Controlling pain AND anxiety 15th December 2007
... really good medication, although I have never tried morphine before. Percocet worked for me for a while, but then...
... and in retrospect, I think I should have requested Morphine . It did nothing but make me itchy, make it very hard...
... Imitrex Injection’s for that pain.
:)
Morphine Don’t work la la land
Oxycontin Va won’...
- i am allergic to codeine what pain medication can i take 14th December 2007
... it. I am on Percocet, was on OxiCodone, Oxicotone, Morphine , and some otethers.
YOu talk to your PM Dr and I...
- Need new pain meds, what? 13th December 2007
... may need something long acting such as one of the morphine based (MS Contin, Kadian), Dilaudid, Oxycodone, Fentanyl...
- how long does methadone stay in your system? 13th December 2007
... planning to switch to?
I switched from methadone to morphine continuous release (MS Contin) and no detox was required...
- Too Much?? 13th December 2007
... such as the fentanyl patch, methadone, or one of the morphine based such as MSContin. This way it kind of resets...
- Got a Pain Doc Recommendation? 12th December 2007
... of worry; last time I had surgery they kept me on Morphine pump for 5 days. At HSS they don't want you graggy...
- 19 year old with chronic back pain, advice greatly appreciated 12th December 2007
... fentynal pain patch, Different and varying forms of Morphine , and of course oxycontin which we have already mentioned...
... the problem with medications. I get no relief from morphine , and I suffered horribly after surgeries because that ... give you in the hospital after surgery? If it was morphine or fentanyl, and it worked well and you tolerated...
... opiods work differently for these types of pain. ie: morphine may dull skeletal pain but have little affect on nerve ... off these things is nasty. im currently weaning off morphine ,percs and lyrica which helped but i felt like a zombie...
... Opana ER, and then the several different forms of Morphine (MS Contin, Kadian, Avinza). I am hesitant to try ... any of the Morphine based medications because the Dilaudid is so ineffective...
... i can tell you my experience with morphine although i have some screwy chemistry(allergic to ... experience may be different. when i was first scripted morphine i was exstatic and thought wow finally ill get relief ... . not so morphine in pill form is very different then morphine iv(like ... ailability is awful which means only a small % of swallowed morphine makes it to where it needs to go. if your in serious ... very high dose to get some relief. other problem with morphine for me was a didnt want to do a damn thing will just...
... he has put me on Kadian which is a time released morphine sulfate. He was shocked no one has suggested a long ... vicodin for break through pain. I havn't taken the morphine yet, I wanted to wait until the evening in case I ... out or vomit.
I don't remember if you've tried morphine zach, or if it will even help me. .but so far I REALLY...
... just not sure how the rules work.
I haven't tried morphine yet. I actually rally would've liked to try Kadian...
... he went through the five or six of them (Oxycontin, Morphine - Avinvza, Kadian, Methadone, and Duragesic(sp?),...
- Finding New PM Doc 10th December 2007
... between 120 mgs of meth and 600 mgs of long acting morphine a day, which is now replaced by 6 mgs of IT dilaudid ... made for trying long acting versions of oxycodone, morphine , fentanyl patches or oxymorphone before going to a...
- Question about refills? 10th December 2007
... i have been able to fill my percocet and morphine and my amphetamine perscriptions 3 days early with...
- Problems with oxycontin 9th December 2007
... low, then work you up to the right dose. There is LA Morphine , Methadone, Fentanyl, Opana, and some I think I am...
... formulary offers, which is oxy, short and long acting, and morphine , short and the contin. Ultram is also there but for...
- Fentanyl affect any neurotransmitters 7th December 2007
... killed you once. If you were replacing 60-90 mgs of BT morphine a day with an increase in fent, it would make sense...
- oxycodone vs ms cotin 7th December 2007
... oxycodone a day[6 a day]
Now your taking 30mg of morphine a day[2 aday] I know for me,morphine doesn't do a ... same opiod in percocet]ms. contin is time-released morphine . In my opinion,if your pain level was up when taking...
... mentioned, you have been switched from oxycodone to morphine - I'm not sure what the equal dosages would be when ... conversion....you may find that you get more relief with morphine than you did with the oxy. Everybody is different ... need to be weaned off the oxy while incresing the morphine . There is no reason that you should have to suffer...
- bullied by 3 Pain management doctors 6th December 2007
... addict due to the swedish pain doc who was saying I was morphine in tolerantetc. and I hated him so I went elsewhere ... paralysed, get an infection, and go hunting for meds eg morphine ...... i am devestated dave I really am. They have...
... Hey Debs, Home injectables could be morphine , dilaudid, demerol or fentanyl although fent has such ... sirynges. My friend in Cananda uses preloaded sirynges of morphine to simply cut the ER out of the picture, He gives...
- Need Advice On Pain Med Change 6th December 2007
... chose to go with the oxycontin because for some reson morphine based medications just dont work for me. The patches...
- Pain Meds Not Helping 6th December 2007
... shock and have a near death experience when given morphine or any similar drug for pain. Those are the truly...
- New side effect, constipation 5th December 2007
... I have tried: 2 Implants, both stimulation and a morphine pump, both of which had to come out because they eventually ... stopped working. The morphine pump caused an infection, which hospitalized me. ...
- Oxycodone ER 5th December 2007
... severe back problems. I am allergic to dillaudid and morphine so I am very limited with pain medication. Can anyone...
- The lab test shows " Hydromorphone ( Dilaudid ) " 1st December 2007
... not as efective. AS far as drugs in the same class, Morphine , Heroin and codeine are both in the same class of...
- Whats the next step up for OxyContin? 1st December 2007
... mgs , to equate to a 100 patch or 2 100 patches with morphine , oxy, dilaudid, oxymorphone or methadone. LA morphine ... fact the 25 patch is equal to less than 80 mgs of morphine . If you need 150 mgs of meth you simply take 15 10 ... differently to different meds. I found relief with oral morphine or methadone. I titrated from a 50 mic patch up to ... and never got close to the relief I get from either morphine or methadone.
I guess if you get to the point of ... needing thousands of mgs of oxy or morphine , the patch may be the way to go, but you need room...
- Pain management -- levels of narcotics 30th November 2007
... prescribed oxycodone 20 mg 4 times a day and also msir ( morphine ) 30 mg 6 times a day. Yesterday when I went to pain...
- what is fentynal 30th November 2007
... s a potent narcotic almost 100 times stronger than morphine . It was first used as an intravenous anesthetic. ...
- 1 30 mg ofavinza doesnt seem to work for me any clues? 30th November 2007
... Morphine does not work for me at all. It just doesn't. It does ... This sounds like it may be the case for you. I had morphine long before chronic pain and tolerance after a surgery ... then! The nurses figured it out and told me to list morphine as an allergy, as it's useless treating pain in me...
- Doc switched me to Avinza-advice? 29th November 2007
... very nervous to try a new type of med, particularly morphine based. It just feels, I don't know, sort of creepy...
... throughout the day. BTW, Avinza is a time released morphine capsule, designed to keep a constant level of morphine...
... Hi Lisa, Morphine is just the gold standard to which other opiates are ... compared in strength. Oxycodone is actually stronger than morphine . Most conversion will have oxycodone 50% to twice ... a 30 mgs of oxy a day you would need 45-60 mgs of morphine to obtain the same relief. Morphine is more sedating ... than oxy but that usually gets better. But because morphine is an opioid and oxy and hydro are synthetcis opiates ... s truly testing to see if you might be allergic to morphine or opioids.
PM, CP and opiate use has caused many ... to be misinformed about every medication you take. Morphine is no more addicting or causes no more dependence ... equianelgesic tables on the net that will show him that morphine is not the strongest med there is. In fact, when it ... comes to class 11 pain meds, morphine is the weakest when you compare pain meds mg to mg...
- From Oxy to Opana 29th November 2007
... side effects. Oxymorrphne is 10 times stronger than morphine when used IV but only 3 times stronger when taken...
... side effects. Oxymorrphne is 10 times stronger than morphine when used IV but only 3 times stronger when taken...
- very nervous about changing meds--need advice 27th November 2007
... will prevent withdrawal. I bounced between meth and morphine for years based on insurance coverage. No taper just ... opiate. The fact is , had an addict been switched to morphine , it would prevent withdrawal just as well and discontinuing ... decade later.
If they were to give heroin addicts morphine daily instead of heroin, the right dose of morphine...
... to repond. If hey took 100 people taking 400 mgs of morphine a day you would likely end up with a hundred diferent ... bucks a piece. The real question is why is long acting morphine so expensive. Their using the same technlogy long ... years. There is no explanation for the price of LA morphine other than supply and demand. They don't even need ... opium to make morphine anymore. It was synthasized in '79 and there is no ... longer a need to import opium to even create morphine or codeine. If they still had to import the stuff...
... rediclous. I bopped back and forth bewteen meth and morphine based on prescription insurance for years. I did cold...
... emotionally at all. I was much more alert while on morphine , but I fall in that space where you aren't elegable ... meth cold again and started at a dose of 2 mgs of morphine . After 6 months and 16 adjustments I was up to about ... not the right med for me.
After titrating the morphine in the pump, they switched to dilaudid which took ... 37 bucks, a far cry from 1200 a month for oral LA morphine when I was taking 600 mgs of Kadian a day. Even generic ... LA morphine would have cost about 800 a month so it's cheaper...
- Emergency room FIASCO 27th November 2007
... Rx's will cover an injury or illness that requires morphine or Dilaudid? Simply because there is a signed contract...
- help re first step to pump and clock meds for all opiates dave you spoke to me last y 26th November 2007
... beviorist psych.
the clinical director favours putting a morphine pump in.
this would be the first in the country for...
... That should be covering your pain very well, plus the morphine your on should be helping you. Perhaps you need a...
... am just trying to get it down in a nut shell.
The morphine pump is the last resort I have already had nerves ... and ketamine was average didnt like side effects, morphine , fentanyl patches were good but are too expensive...
... As far as the pump, although your doc thinks your morphine resistant, which is a crock, Oxycodone is in the same...
- Confused 26th November 2007
... Endocet 5 mg-325 1 to 2 tab every 4 hours for pain
Morphine 1 tablet every 12 hours
Doesn't this seem like...
... percocet. I dont know what the milligrams are on the morphine he prescribed or what name brand he wrote you since...
... The morphine is 15 mg. I need to clarify with him why he would...
... of Endocet (which did nothing for me to help) and Morphine pump for 5 days in a hospital and patch at home for ... another 5 days. By law they not allowed to give you Morphine more than 5 days (depends on a dose of course). I ... could not take for longer.
They usualy give you Morphine for a short period of time after the surgery. Seems...
... of acetaminophen, according to your listing. The morphine , of course, will probably provide a little more relief...
- Tolerance to current med Cant take the pain anymore!!!!! 26th November 2007
... but if you don't want to try that, there are several Morphine choices, or the Duragesic patches.
Good luck and...
- epidural question 25th November 2007
... looking into more/differant drugs. They started with morphine and then methadone on top of my other stuff. Now I...
- Need advice on fentanyl withdrawal--HELP! 23rd November 2007
... ancreatitis wgich is excruciating when they took me off the morphine i couldnt eat cos of pain and i lost 30 kilos ......
... the patch and the last week of her life they added morphine for breakthrough. I think you should keep searching...
- has anyone had a morphine pump internal placement? 22nd November 2007
... this. Could it be that he's not reacting well to the morphine ? I know when I was in the begining process and having...
- morphine pump placement advice 21st November 2007
... having this problem. It sounds like maybe you and the morphine aren't getting along and he may have to switch you ... have any problem like this at all. I started out on morphine and now have dilaudid in my pump....never have encountered...
- Help! Need a little med advice Please 16th November 2007
... worse with methadone than it can be with oxycodone or morphine . Withdrawal symptoms are withdrawal symptoms and...
... worse with methadone than it can be with oxycodone or morphine . Withdrawal symptoms are withdrawal symptoms and...
- Does the weather affect your pain 16th November 2007
... just put me on oxycontin after trying injections and morphine and many others. I still hurt but, so far, it's better...
- dilaudid does not work for me at all 13th November 2007
... Morphine doesn't work for me. We're all different. There are...
- fentanyl withdrawal 13th November 2007
... proper Methadone dose. It starts by determining the morphine equivalent to the patch dose and then applying the...
- prialt experiance 9th November 2007
... time I have needed adjustment was when they titrated morphine and then swithced me to dilaudid and titrated that ... was bouncing between 120 mgs of meth and 600 mgs of morphine a day prior to the pump, so I'm not low dose either...
- Declined treatment... again. 9th November 2007
... Syrabo,
Isn't that ridiculous, they will pay for morphine up the ying yang, but God forbid we want to try nerve...
- Has This Ever Happened To Anyone Else??? 8th November 2007
... heroin metabolite. If they want to know if your taking morphine , they have to loook for that metabolite, if and so...
- Which Pain med might work best for me? 7th November 2007
... too. Rarely...I can tolerate an injection of plain morphine , but that's it with that!
As a Chronic Pain patient ... considered much more potent than Percocet and, of course, morphine . However, my Mom (also a Chronic Pain patient) thinks...
... hopefully without the terrible side effects of the morphine . Let us know how it works out, and I hope you feel...
- what pain medication is stronger than percocet 7th November 2007
... in many dosages, up to 80mg or more. MS Contin is morphine in an extended release tablet and its strength is ... in a range like Oxycontin. You can get morphine or oxycodone in an instant release form in a syrup...
- Need answeres to some pain management questions... 7th November 2007
... the next appointment I was switched to long acting Morphine and have been on it for the past 4.5 years.
The...
- med change 2nd November 2007
... onstipation, I find the OC to be the easiest on my system. Morphine (Avinza, Ms Contin, Kadian) is notorious for the severe...
... Methadone.
Now I do feel ashamed for how high my morphine dose is. I know I shouldn't, but I do. My doc has...
... a day and although I've never been on long acting morphine like avinza, I think you will find that the oxycodone ... onstipation on the fentynal patch which I believe is in the morphine family....
- mepergan fortis 2nd November 2007
... equal to 10 mgs of oxycodone.
For those alergic to morphine and codiene and the more common synthetics like hydrocodone...
- First Pain Management appointment... so awful. 1st November 2007
... take it away from me, okay?"
I'm not asking for morphine .. I'm not asking for Oxycontin.. I'm not even asking...
- hydromorphone for BT pain 1st November 2007
... obviously. But, I've never had any pain relief with the morphine s (morphine sulfate, hydromorphone, and oxymorphone...
... obviously. But, I've never had any pain relief with the morphine s (morphine sulfate, hydromorphone, and oxymorphone...
- moody & no patience on pain meds 31st October 2007
... Hello Sammy. I found that with vicodin and morphine my mood goes to the basement. My dog has a rough time...
- I have a morphine infusion pump can doctors refuse to fill it? 30th October 2007
... will be going thru? My pump had been filled with Morphine , Clonidine and Bupivacaine and I have had it for 7...
... off from? I have had it for 6 or 7 years and have Morphine Clonidine and Bupivacaine in it. Thank you, Jennifer...
- Do you know if we need a letter from Dr?... 28th October 2007
... Badol,
I am talking about strong dose of Percocet and Morphine ... since this is narco meds, it can cause a problem...
- Is anyone taking methadone for pain? 27th October 2007
... the present narcotic into an equinalgesic dose of morphine . Then calculate an equivalent dose of methadone using...
- long term pain relief 26th October 2007
... got a winner for me. It worked even better than the morphine right out of surgery.
I am in the legal arena...
- Mum Zonked out on drugs 23rd October 2007
... take her off the Fentanyl and put her on slow release morphine . She was put on 60mg morning and evening together ... just had to let off some steam. Also can too much morphine be fatal?...
... YES!!Too much morphine or any narcotic can be fatal. It supresses the breathing ... took my grandma off valium when the put her on liquid Morphine (I think it was called Roxinol) because he didn't ... found out by accident, is one day they didn't fill her morphine in time for the weekend and replace it with Liquid...
... fentanyl is approximately 70 - 100 times more potent than morphine . But, I think that is referring to an exact mg to ... mg (or mcg to mcg) basis. When it comes to morphine --many people take long-acting morphine. The fentanyl ... fact" that fentanyl is 70 - 100 times stronger than morphine .
Can you imagine? I'm actually getting to a point...
... who died in 1990).
She also was on the patch and morphine and still in pain. The drowsiness did go away(which ... dying she seemed to be in more pain so we upped her morphine (they added this when the dilauded didn't seem to work...
- lateral med move. Im opiate resistant 23rd October 2007
... potent narcotic, roughly 1,000 times stronger than morphine (which is in MS Contin). That's one reason why the ... any other narcotic.
Codeine is much weaker than morphine and most probably wouldn't be prescribed for chronic...
... update us? I have gone from Dilaudid, MScontin and IR morphine to Methadone with good results. I stayed on the methadone...
- Considering changing to patch from Avinza 23rd October 2007
... opinion that fentanyl is much less constipating than morphine .
It's a great pain med, you just have to be very ... Avinza as oxycodone is about 50% stronger than morphine . You could then use the oxycodone liquid, or tabled...
... bowels. Needless to say, I can not tolorate any knid of morphine , as it seriously constipates me.
As far as breakthrough...
... drugs that might cause less constipation than the morphine ?...
- Doctors will not prescribe anything for pain? what do i do? 23rd October 2007
... sued for malpractice if they don't pass out shots of morphine like candy to everyone that claimed to be in pain ... untill you find what works for you. Of couse a shot of morphine helps, but it doesn't mean it's your only choice....
... pharmacy from Percocets, Oxycontin 80's to Mscontin and morphine IR. I learned years ago to hide my pills, not tell...
- Pain cocktail injected directly into shoulder surgical site in OR 22nd October 2007
... woke up from surgery it took about 10 injections of morphine and then about 5 of dilotted (forgive my spelling...
... sent home with a prescription for percocet, kadian ( morphine ), ketoloric (anti-inflammatory). I do believe I was ... wear off". I took two percs every 4 hours, and a morphine pill (1 every 12 hrs), and the anti-inflammatory) ... every 6 hours. I couldn't tolerate the morphine pill as it made me really "out of it" and nauseous...
... hours. Mine lasted 8 hours. Then I was rotating morphine , dilaudid and demerol. It was terrible excruciating...
- morphine 22nd October 2007
... meeting. I have told my husband he is getting too much morphine . He is in pain even if you dont touch him and i past...
... in this thread. I'm "gonna" be seriously IRKED if morphine is the only supposedly 'strong' opiate that is given...
... so desperately!! So many options are available... morphine isn't the only choice. I don't understand why your...
- Buprenorphine patch 19th October 2007
... is a mixed agonist/antagonist, very different from morphine and other "full" agonist narcotics. Full agonist ... drugs like morphine have no ceiling and doses can be raised to match the ... antagonist, giving bup to a person who's been taking morphine or other similar drugs around the clock for a time ... The bup wants to occupy the same receptor(s) that morphine wants and it kills the morphine therapy on the spot ... . In detox, bup is used to detox folks off of morphine like drugs. Since it is a partial agonist at the ... mu receptor (which is host to morphine , oxycodone and such) it is useful for pain management ... its ceiling can become problematic. With meds like morphine the doc can raise one's dose w/o limit, whereas with...
- advice please! 19th October 2007
... with our current pain management program... I use morphine for severe chronic low back pain. We are at this point...
- I feel bad for calling the doc and asking for a differents meds 18th October 2007
... feel this way but I am hesitating to call him. The morphine makes me foggy and I have a big eurphoric feeling...
... everything I have experienced and have read about morphine is that it's much more sedating than the synthetics ... short acting form. Going from short acting oxy to morphine is a significant change in side effects but it if ... and you don't give it 3 weeks, you may never know if morphine could have been the right choice in the long run. ... If you think morphine is sedating, you would hate methadone. You don't want ... to your doc, but give it a fair trial. Especially morphine when all you have to do is read the fullprescribing ... info on any morphine product to find out how sedating most people find...
- This was amazing!!! sorry kinda long 18th October 2007
... doctors prescribing schedule two (CII) narcotics ( morphine , oxycodone, fentanyl, etc). The DEA monitors prescribing...
- Thinking of changing BT meds....suggestions? 18th October 2007
... see him again in a cpl of weeks. I took long acting morphine before and it didnt work well either for me so a instant...
- Opiates for Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndrome 16th October 2007
... retention.
IN the US they use long acting versions of morphine , oxycodone, Oxymorphone, fentanyl or methadone and...
... retention.
IN the US they use long acting versions of morphine , oxycodone, Oxymorphone, fentanyl or methadone and...
- Pain killers at work? 14th October 2007
... I take Kadian (sustained release morphine ) Neurontin and Vicodin for my pain.
The Kadian which...
- shoreline or anyone 12th October 2007
... i need.
How effective is the instant release morphine . would it be similar to Roxi. If I need something ... between 15mg and 30 mgs of roxi then where would the morphine 15mgs fall in. the doctor mentioned that because...
... would be like 20 mgs of Oxy.
If you hven't tried morphine , sometimes just a change in the individual opiate...
... 15 mg oxy unles you just happen to repond better to morphine . Morphine is usually a little harsher on the stomache...
- codeine contin 12th October 2007
... the most part) but Codeine is actually turned into morphine in the liver Before it goes to work on your pain ... point) but at a MUCH reduced mg than taking straight morphine pills. IMO Oxycontin is much stronger on a per mg...
- Pain Pump Patients on Medicare! 12th October 2007
... increase past the point of titration. I started with morphine and my doc became concerned about granulomas so he...
... if he believes nobody should need more than 5mgs of morphine or 2 mgs of dilaudid per day. Yes some Pump docs have ... started low and you work you way up. I started with morphine at 2 mgs a day, 6 months later I was dong well at...
... said approx $90 for hydromorphone and around $60 for morphine . So, it will be around $100-$150 if they add in some...
... years bouncing between 120 mgs of meth and 600 mgs of morphine . It just depended on insurance or whether I had insurance ... feel but I couldn't afford 700 a month for generic LA morphine . My doc did say he had a few patients that made the ... starting dose. 200 mics is about equivalent to 600 mgs of morphine or 120 of methadone. I started at 2 mgs of morphine ... variations between fentanyl and dilaudid ,just like morphine doesn't have every property methadone has. You may ... start at more than .6 When my doc switched me from morphine to dilaudid I think the largest daily increase I ... Solubility and the molecular weight of each med and morphine is basically heavier than spinal fluid and tends to ... selection. Since you are higher than average dose and morphine is more prone to granulomas due to it's weight starting...
... certainly seen folks on hogher doses. I was 13.2 mgs of morphine when he switched me because of fear of granulomas ... between refills. I would say anything above 10-15 mgs of morphine or 5-7 mgs of dilaudid is getting up there but he ... have read where some docs won't go above 2 mgs of morphine because they believe that's when you start inhibiting...
... would be considered at least a reasonable dosage of morphine or dilaudid that "should be suffient" to control the...
- continue Roxicodone but something much stronger at night - help 11th October 2007
... years to get off.
Doc mentioned instant release morphine 15 mgs for my pain but is that strong enough to make...
- started methadone for back pain 11th October 2007
... Percocet 10/325 (in a bad days double this), Oxicodone, Morphine , Deudiul (sp?). Now I take just Percocet since i ... developed severe reaction to Morphine . If you read side effects on this med you will read...
- more questions Roxicodone 30mg or dilaudid (hydromorphone) 10th October 2007
... delivery method. Oxymorphone is 10 times more potent than morphine when delivered IV but when delivered orally it's only...
- A few questions about Opana 9th October 2007
... period.
how is it different than oxycodone or morphine as a pain reliever?
is it a agonist or a combo agaonist...
... hospitals. It's 10 times more potent than injectable morphine but only 3 times more potent when used orally. That...
... hospitals. It's 10 times more potent than injectable morphine but only 3 times more potent when used orally. That...
- cheapest painkillers for severe pain help 9th October 2007
... expensive. He wants to give me Immediate release morphine , dilaudid (hydromorphone) and he mentioned one more...
... hydromorphone......from what I understand it is similar to morphine in how it works but cant be sure. it is alot stronger...
... assisted programs, and generic fentanyl patches, and morphine . Good luck!...
- Opana 8th October 2007
... meds. I've never had any type of pain relief from morphine or dilaudid (hydromorphone). So, I'm not surprised...
... meds. I've never had any type of pain relief from morphine or dilaudid (hydromorphone). So, I'm not surprised...
- Ultram is a Narcotic 7th October 2007
...
Edit: opiates are alkaloids from opium..i.e., morphine & codeine. Everything else is an opioid because it...
... turkey it you could potentially DIE.. its a class 4... Morphine if you cold turkey it you just get sick. And its a...
... class 4. ****pedia says it is about 10% as potent as morphine when given the IV/IM route. the prescribing information ... induce psychological and physical dependence of the morphine -type". In addition, there are widespread reports by...
