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  1. Change in medications 20th January 2007
    ... this is definately not normal for me. When on the morphine one or two joints would hurt but now they all hurt...
    ... concerns me is that it was a big jump to go from the Morphine to the Fentanyl so I figured I'd be pretty pain free...
    ... worse which is why I am concerned. When on the Morphine prior to the problems I started having a month ago ... nice, said that he'd be willing to start carrying my Morphine because I am unhappy with the other Pharmacy when ... few days at first when I most likely still had some morphine in my system I and couldn't sleep and now sleeping...
    ... Vicoden, Norco, Dilaudid, Kadian (sustained-release Morphine ), Methadone, OxyContin, Fentanyl.......whew! I'm...
    ... I was not the same person I was when I was on the Morphine . My speach was slurred, I couldn't remember anything...

  2. any hoosiers having drug screens falsified by docs? 18th January 2007
    ... management doctor in Florida. Prior to my implant ( Morphine Pump) I was being prescribed a lot oral meds like...
    ... and they are recommending that his next option is a morphine pump. Can you believe that, from a percocet to a Morphine...
    ... they found the M3 metabolite they look for to detect morphine and they found the hydromporphone that oxy breaks...

  3. Advice when switching Pain Docs 18th January 2007
    ... particular doctor that fled to Syria implanted my morphine pump and before the wound had even healed up wasn ... year battle with DDD, spinal fusions, chronic pain, morphine pump etc that I really don't believe that I have found...

  4. Pain after lumbar fusion 16th January 2007
    ... management doctor was the implantable Codman 3000 morphine pump. I have since heard of some type of electric...

  5. Fentanyl Patch Sandoz vs Mylan? 15th January 2007
    ... and I'm wondering if I wasn't actually going through Morphine withdrawal and the Mylan just wasn't working well...
    ... going to put me back on MS Contin. I haven’t been on Morphine for over a year and I think the change will work better...
    ... at my keys. NEVER AGAIN! Rather have patches or morphine , although morphine and I had problems I don't want...

  6. Does anyone have advice? On 12-15 Norco a day and would like to decrease. 14th January 2007
    ... tried Kadian which is the sustained-release form of Morphine , but maybe a short-acting Morphine would be ok. Have...
    ... you need to get this under control. I am on 30 mg morphine twice a day slow release, #10 percosets-up to 6 a...

  7. 1700 mgs of codeine contin DOC IS CHANGING MEDS HELP 14th January 2007
    ... these pills a day, a few months ago we tried some morphine wich didnt work to low a dose 2mlgs every 4 hrs,well...
    ... codeine would convert to reallyhigh doses of oxy or morphine . It looks like he started around hal of what the chart ... that much codeine. A much smaller dose of oxy of morphine would have to be easier on the stomach. Another problem ... are well known for lasting 12. 3 times a day with morphine is standard and 3 times a day with oxy is what most ... took 16 adjustments and 6 months to switch from oral morphine to a pump delivering morphine. It's also taken 6-8 ... than they have too. Codiene is much weaker than morphine mg: mg, and oxy is even stronger than morphine. It...
    ... refused to up my dose. In Dec 2004 I also had a Codman morphine pump implanted and I finally am getting some relief...
    ... effects. Based on what I've read over the years, morphine , oxycodone, fentanyl etc. do NOT have a ceiling effect...

  8. QUESTION for anyone please. 13th January 2007
    ... anyone can share but when you reduce the amount of morphine you take on a regular basis, your pain level is excruciatin...
    ... anyone can share but when you reduce the amount of morphine you take on a regular basis, your pain level is excruciatin ... pain. I believe this is extremely rare, however. Morphine , and others in its class (hydromorphone and oxymorphone...

  9. Amantadine for opiate tol. reversal 13th January 2007
    ... Hi catpoo, You have a pretty sharp GP, Oxy and morphine are different classes of opiates, One being synthetic ... and morphine being an opium akaloy or opioid rather than an opiate ... rotating opiates, It makes sense andd is recomeneded that morphine be rotated every 6 months because one of the metabolites ... of morphine breaks down into can cause restless leg syndrome if...

  10. Pain meds not working any more need help 12th January 2007
    ... feeling hopeless. I also feel like a slave to the morphine . If I have this much pain when I take the meds, then...

  11. need methadone help 11th January 2007
    ... oral methadone equals about the same as 5mg of orqal morphine (in general terms). However, this 1:1 conversion ... they say that a person tolerant to a large dose of morphine is not tolerant to the same number of miligrams of ... my table shows that a person taking up to 100mg of morphine per day can only tolerate methadone at a third of ... which is a 3:1 ratio. A person taking up to 800mg of morphine per day can only tolerate one twelfth of that total ... the info I have - First you convert Oxycodone to a Morphine equivalent. My info says you'd multiply your 120mg ... of oxy x 1.5 giving you a total morphine equivalent of 180mg/day. Then you apply the 5:1 conversion ... I wondered how on earth a person taking 100mg of morphine per day could possibly survive relatively pain free...

  12. is there something that can help me 9th January 2007
    ... right med for me. I went from that to the pump with morphine on a cold switch and it was like someone turned the...

  13. Generic medications? 7th January 2007
    ... I take morphine sulfate which is generic , and take 60 mgs , 3X a...
    ... anyone can market it as a generic. As far as the morphine sulphate that the other person was on, I was also...
    ... There is a generic version of MSContin 8-12 hour morphine but there aren't generic versions of the longer acting ... morphine products like Kadian and Avinza. Methadone is availabale...

  14. What is a "Triplicate"?? 5th January 2007
    ... The Schedule 2 meds are those containing Oxycodone, Morphine , Fentanyl, Demerol, etc. They cannot have refills...

  15. High doses of meds 4th January 2007
    ... I remeber best looked something like 100-200mgs of morphine and you used 3:1, 3oo--500mgs of morphine and you ... the factor. The chart went uo to 1000 mgs of daily morphine and at that level of dependency 10:1 or 100 mgs of ... most withdrawal from any dose of injectable heroin or morphine . That is a huge dose of fentanyl SC, and it went ... article. I've jumped back and forth between 600 mgs of morphine and 120 mgs of meth several times. The switch to meth ... was always easy, but the switch to morphine was pretty unpleaseant every time for about 3 weeks...

  16. Cymbalta for pain management? 3rd January 2007
    ... I was given Cymbalta today along with Morphine at my first visit to a pain clinic...... I am worried...

  17. How do Pain Meds Help You? 29th December 2006
    ... Im on 180 mg morphine sulfate ( generic) a day w/ adjusted to now (3) 5...

  18. screwy pain scale 1-10 28th December 2006
    ... 110/60 and a pulse of 82 , doesn't need a shot of morphine simpy because they report a 10. A shot of any IV or ... going to go into cardiac arrest from 5 or 10 mgs of IV morphine . Try to create a concise document where you explain...

  19. Pain Comming From A Buldge ? How to cope ? 28th December 2006
    ... ease the pain ? I do take 15mg percocets and 30mg morphine but it doesn't help all the time. ...

  20. Doctor Says Fusion but I am at a 6-8 on the pain scale!!! 27th December 2006
    ... elephant and still complains when taking 2000mgs of morphine a day. Even when surgery fails and they agressively...

  21. Fentanyl Dose...Is This Normal? 27th December 2006
    ... have the same problem as you as I was taking 30 mg of morphine 2X a day prior to switching over. Maybe you should...

  22. What follows? 26th December 2006
    ... find out and work the system. Being unable to take morphine and methadone makes it more difficult. Other ER meds...
    ... Yes they say I should try morphine , and methadone which I tried morphine about a year...

  23. Pain Meds and trying to get a new job... 22nd December 2006
    ... company said Ms."" ..we found you to test positive to morphine ...." I said yup....and they asked if I had a script...

  24. Dosage chart for opiates 21st December 2006
    ... when you see conversion ratios of 1:1 or even 2:1 for morphine to meth. I've switched back and forth betwen meth ... and morphine several times and after the intial triration, I was ... switch at 5:1 meaning meth was 5 times stronger than morphine . I've seen some charts that suggest it's anywhere ... from 3-10 times more potent than morphine and some very dangerous charts that compare it 1:1 ... conversion factor, meaning if you were taking 500mgs of morphine the conversion would be 5:1 where the conversion from ... comparison and use that 1:1 conversion factor for morphine you won't be worrying about a thing. I certainly didn ... 't need an equal amount of meth as I was taking morphine . Lookng back it likely would have killed me by day ... clinical experience. Everything is compared to morphine as morphine is the gold standard to which other opiates ... are compared. Anything from 1/3-1/10th the dose of morphine should prevent withdrawal Trust your doc, "the...

  25. Is this an allergic reaction??? 19th December 2006
    ... I have been on morphine since july 06, first dose was 30 mg twice daily with ... to concentrate too. Is this a normal reaction to morphine ? Is this an allergic reaction? The pain level went ... this reaction with other meds too?aren't they all morphine based anyway?...
    ... have made more sense to go to 45 mgs of lobg acting morphine twice a day rather than doubling the dose, But you ... deminsih and then step up tp 60. All opiates are not morphine based. Morphine,heroin and codeine are drived from ... isn't even needed to produce the natural opioids " morphine & Codeine" has been around since 1979. But an ... class . Just specific classes. If your alergic to morphine , your would likely be alergic to codeine, but you ... tolerable and you function better due to meds. Morphine is the gold standard to which other opiates are compared ... opiates. They basically lok at the chemical structure of morphine and tweak it a little and create a stronger version ... have synthetically created drugs that fit better than morphine , but you could still say all opiates are morphine ... give it a fair shot before throwing in the towel on morphine ? 6-12 weeks to find the right dose and accomadate...

  26. danger of fentynal patches 15th December 2006
    ... him--I do not know much about it except that it is a morphine sulfate--long acting--may be something you can ask...
    ... the withdrawal is unique to Fentanyl. If you look up morphine withdrawal. The medical text tells you it's a 3 stage ... after years on any opiate whether it's Fent, Heroin, Morphine or Oxy. ICCs' bad experience was with Fent, Has ... ICC ever gone completely off morphine or heroin and stayed off for up to 6 months to compare ... is horrible but coming off an equal amount of Oxy, morphine or meth after the same number of years is a breeze...

  27. Strongest Pain Medicine? 12th December 2006
    ... three meds for pain relief? Vicodin Oxycodone Morphine Methadone My friend is taking; * Two 30 mg ... time released morphine daily * Four 10/660 Vicodins daily * Three 100 mg ... replace Viodin with Oxycodone? Should I ask to replace Morphine with Methadone? Any other ideas? Any tips are...
    ... counts. Just because oxycodone is 50% stronger than morphine it doesn't mean it will bring greater relief. It's ... also why they make higher dose long acting morphine than they do oxycodone. The strongest oxyC is 80 mgs ... mgs. 80 mgs of oxy isn't stronger than 200 mgs of morphine . The strogest tab methadone comes in is 40 mgs, obviously ... one tablet even though it's 3-10 times stronger than morphine . So drug to drug comparison really doesn't matter ... point. There is plenty of room to increase his dose of morphine , but neuropothy doesn't repond as well to opiates ... me feel. The easiest thing would be an increase in morphine , but it may not be as effective as switching his anti ... D or the anti seizure med.Even doublking the morphine may not be enough opiate to mask neurpothy. Unfortunately...
    ... relative potency of narcotics against one another (e.g. Morphine , Methadone, Hydrocodone, etc). The "standard" by ... all these types of meds (opioids) are measured is Morphine , usually at 10mg. I've seen equinalgesic charts that ... put Lorcet 10mg (hydrocodone) pretty much equal to Morphine 10mg (morphine is the standard by which all others ... are measured). I've seen others that indicate Morphine to be superior to hydrocodone mg for mg. Also, ... most equinalgesic charts put Morphine 10mg equal to Methadone 10mg. All things being equal...

  28. morphine in pump only FDA approved drug? 11th December 2006
    ... the use of more soluble preservative free opiates. Morphine is the least soluble of them all. I'm not sure ... pump approved, they used the gold standard which is morphine . It worked. That's all they needed to get it on the ... meds even though it's known high concentration IT morphine can cause granulomas. We have a meber here that had ... more functional than I have been at 600 mgs of oral morphine per day. The goal would be to get to the point...

  29. desparate need pain man advice 11th December 2006
    ... know who's doing what, who to go to for an implanted morphine pump or who to se if they haad their spine crushed...

  30. What to do???Morphine? 11th December 2006
    ... the bus.......long story short. I have been on morphine for the last 6 months, started with 30 mgs twice daily...
    ... most likely you are exactly right. It could be that morphine is not your drug and will never do the intended job...
    ... for whatever reason. OxyContin helps some people. Morphine does nothing for me, but has saved my Mom! So, it...

  31. I am SO sick of the "stigma" 10th December 2006
    ... Then when folks find out about normal folks on morphine and anti despresants they go nuts, all because of...

  32. anti- epilepsy and muscle relaxers side effects 10th December 2006
    ... s suposed to be hundreds of times more potent than morphine , the downfall is the expense of extracting a gram...
    ... shame because it does relieve alot of the pain that morphine doesnt touch. If i were bedridden it would be tolerable...

  33. morphine pump and fluid retention 9th December 2006
    ... many of the opiates, ZI seem to see it hapen with morphine more frequemtly . There are other meds they can use ... in the aside from morphine . A simple switch to dilaudid may resolve the problem ... one of the fentanyls. I can imagine taking oral morphine and not having a problem but when delivered IT, it ... not try nother drug. Everything I have read about morphine used long term sugests rotating between hydromorph ... and morphine to allow excess metabolites from the morphine to clear ... he may be able to tolerate another med better than morphine and reach a higher more effective dose. Alowing ... excess morphine metabolites to clear by rotating meds every 6 months ... , even if it's just back and forth between morphine and dilaudid is well documented and something simple ... rethinking what's known to a problem with continued morphine use and metabolite build-up makes the greatest sense ... they believe is hundreds of times more potent than morphine . Unfortunately it costs thousands to extract a single...

  34. Morphine 8th December 2006
    ... Personally, I have taken as much as 200 mg a day of Morphine along with 30 mg Roxicodone (oxycodone) for breakthrough...
    ... the day. We are wondering about trying an extra morphine pill and noting the effects. I just don't know what...
    ... My friend tried an extra morphine pill {30mg} Normal schedule: 2 pm - 30 mg -->Testing...
    ... Morphine may not be the best medication for your friend. Also...

  35. Please help! What do I do in this case 7th December 2006
    ... my Oxycodone that I would have to try Methadone and Morphine before they would pay for the oxycodone. I bought ... that I take a months supply of both methadone and morphine before they would pay for oxycodone. Could someone...
    ... Next your doctor should prescribe a trial of the morphine your insurance company is requiring. Try it with an...
    ... Thanks Laenini I forgot to mention I did try the morphine about a year ago. It closed my throat off, or gave...
    ... as Avinza, because I hadn't had a failure rate on morphine . The next month I got the same thing with another...
    ... "I forgot to mention I did try the morphine about a year ago. It closed my throat off, or gave...

  36. I need some help! 5th December 2006
    ... and Duragesic (Fentanyl), so don't give up if the Morphine doesn't work out for you. I've been on both in the...

  37. Pain Pump vrs 30 mg time release morphine 4th December 2006
    ... do as far as increasing and changing meds if more morphine would just make you sicker. If you can't find anything ... before you make that kind of commitment to a pump. Morphine is notoriously harder on your stomach than synthetic...
    ... do as far as increasing and changing meds if more morphine would just make you sicker. If you can't find anything ... before you make that kind of commitment to a pump. Morphine is notoriously harder on your stomach than synthetic ... care, Dave I am trying to find out the cost th have a morphine pump refilled? I am almost sure that I am going to...

  38. Stop meds before colonoscopy? 3rd December 2006
    ... the surgery. I had additional pain meds as well, Morphine and Dilaudid. I have had two Colonoscopy procedures...

  39. Hydrocodone 2nd December 2006
    ... for break thru medicine for their stronger meds i.e. morphine . I take 60 mgs of morphine sulfate 3x a day and...

  40. Can someone PLEASE help me with my 'potty issues' 2nd December 2006
    ... suffer from both IBS and Colitis. Before being on morphine I would have months of severe diahreah followed by ... constipation. Since being on the morphine I now suffer from constipation issues as well. It...
    ... I also had this problem when I was on morphine .....I would take stool softers for 2 days then if...

  41. Need pain help info...... 30th November 2006
    ... off them when I had heart failure at 42. I was on morphine for a back problem that I had for yrs. Now I have...

  42. what can I expect from long term pain med 30th November 2006
    ... Have they tried you on anything else, such as a LA Morphine , Fentanyl, or Methadone? From the way you worded...
    ... looking for is something long acting like oxycontin morphine fentanyl or whatever will last more than a few hours...
    ... longer than a day, at the most. After Fentanyl I chose Morphine in the form of Avinza. I started on 30mg (low because ... I had never had Morphine before), then to 60mg a few months later (I would...

  43. At a major fork in the road.....so worried about tomorrow 30th November 2006
    ... out. I had asked, in case this happened, about those Morphine Statex pills I have that don't help the pain and make ... getting through the withdrawals? How much of that Morphine stuff will "help" with the problems I'll have now...
    ... out. I had asked, in case this happened, about those Morphine Statex pills I have that don't help the pain and make ... getting through the withdrawals? How much of that Morphine stuff will "help" with the problems I'll have now...
    ... definitely no help to you because I'm not sure what morphine stuff your talking about!! I sure hope you can find...
    ... (Conductor) P.S. What is the strength of your Morphine stuff? What is its exact name, strength, and manufacturer...
    ... Canada. They are a blue pill and I think they are a IR Morphine , 10 mg (Morphine Statex). I told her she could use...
    ... (Conductor) P.S. What is the strength of your Morphine stuff? What is its exact name, strength, and manufacturer ... bottle)? Okay, it says this: STATEX TABS 10MG BLUE MORPHINE SULFATE and the instructions say: Take 1 or 2 tablets ... SOO VERY LUCKILY has been only mild-moderate and the Morphine so far is staving off most withdrawals. I can feel...
    ... help to advocate for you. And don't take any of the morphine before you go, you want them to see you in pain. ... Endocet/Percocet) is roughly equal to 7.5mg of oral Morphine according to Lexicomp's Drug Information Handbook...
    ... very helpful for the withdrawls i wouldnt take the morphine if it makes you sick. I would go to the er. here they...
    ... and the withdrawel, and they finally gave me 2mg of morphine and then right before they discharged me they gave ... with the high doses of pain meds that I am on the morphine didn't even take the edge off. So there went a couple...

  44. Long-term use and tolerance.....end result??? 27th November 2006
    ... the med. I take. Then a few months ago, he gave me Morphine Statex (tiny blue pills) instead....didn't work (at ... it was right back to Perc's after maybe trying the Morphine for 10 days. But I'm hoping somebody will be able...
    ... percoset IRs for breakthrough, and I am on slow release morphine . Don't know about the end of the road. As many...
    ... dozens of options with long acting versions of oxy, morphine , fentanyl patches, methadone, long acting dilaudid ... happens when you tolerant to 600 mgs of long acting morphine a day and 30 mg Oxycodone tablets barely touch the ... pain? You can have an intrathecal morphine pump implanted, that's when no other method of pain ... efects do deminish with time, a couple of increases in morphine and some time to adjust to the side effets may have ... allowed morphine to be a viable option. However, your doc claims not ... hundred mgs of long acting pure opiate. 600 mgs of morphine may sound like alot, but it's the difference between ... never be able to offer. He'll never offer an implanted morphine pump or a spinal cord stim, can he teach you self...
    ... There IS no end of the road with morphine or hydromorphone, you can keep increasing the dose...
    ... There IS no end of the road with morphine or hydromorphone, you can keep increasing the dose...
    ... titrated up my friend who just died was on 108mg of morphine every hour before she passed on. Once she got that...
    ... Hey Zuzu: You have those tabs of Morphine Statex that you say makes you ill. Have you ever...
    ... Hey Zuzu: You have those tabs of Morphine Statex that you say makes you ill. Have you ever...
    ... Director what exactly is morphine statex? I've never heard of it before. Zuzu I would...
    ... orally, if it doesn't make you sick. Twisten, it's a Morphine IR and sold in Canada only, I believe. At least not...

  45. Tampa Pain Clinic 27th November 2006
    ... I have to admit I was very nervous about Kadian ( morphine ) but after taking it a few days I have hopes it will...

  46. Chronic Pain induced Depression 26th November 2006
    ... there's no reason you can't start on low doses of say Morphine or Methadone. If you are afraid of "addiction" these ... addicted to the high it gives. I started on 60 mg of Morphine (MS Contin) 3 years ago. I am now on 180 with a few...

  47. ? About Oxycodone 40ER and Methadone 26th November 2006
    ... would pay for Methadone that I would have to first try Morphine and Methadone before they would pay for the first...

  48. My doc's taking off for a month!!!! HELP 24th November 2006
    ... If none of these options work, I do have a few Morphine Statex pills and some codeine's. Neither do a thing...
    ... Yes, morphine (and to some extent codeine) would supress withdrawl...

  49. Need help with Dx and Rx (Diagnosis and Meds.) 23rd November 2006
    ... ground, writhing in pain. I hve also tried Statex Morphine pills recently, codeine (which my stomach cannot tolerate...
    ... other thing he's mentioned from time to time is a Morphine Pump. See my HUGE worry, the biggest one that I lose...

  50. PM doctor not believing heavy narcotics. 23rd November 2006
    ... with either 650mg aspirin or 1000mg of paracetamol... morphine and other strong opoids were generaly used in hospitals...

  51. anyone taking Lyrica? 21st November 2006
    ... leg pain and back pain.Ive been able to take less morphine since starting the Lyrica. My problem is that it ... the side effects diminish i would be able to cut my morphine dose even more but ive had a hard time increasing...
    ... its just the Lyrica or the combination of Lyrica and Morphine . Im going to try and take 1 pill (75mg)4x a day...
    ... pain relief is decent and with the combination of morphine my pain level has been brought down at least 3 points...

  52. oxycontin dose help 20th November 2006
    ... is 60 mgs of oxycodone , that equates to 90 mgs of morphine which means your right on the edge of starting at ... of opiates is less than the equivelant of 90 mgs of morphine a day you should start with the 25ugh patch. Tha manufactur ... it's strength. A 100 mg Kadian contains 100 mgs of morphine , spread over 12-24 hours. A 100 mg MScontin tablet ... contains 100 mgs of morphine , spread over 8 hours. etc. etc. Hope this helps...

  53. Whats The Difference? 19th November 2006
    ... NSAID) at its base, with narcotics such as codeine or morphine added on top of this....
    ... NSAID) at its base, with narcotics such as codeine or morphine added on top of this. Do you have a reason they recommend...

  54. Ultram+Vicodin on Drug Tests Question 17th November 2006
    ... being tested for. The most coom tests look for heroin, morphine and codeine, cocaine, speed, THC and barbituates....

  55. i need help with driving while taking meds 17th November 2006
    ... people who meet me do not realize that I take some 180+ Morphine each day and various other medications. Now when I ... lower doses I did have side effects, 3 years later the Morphine has little effect on me. I didn't drive back then...
    ... would find it hard to believe that someone who has morphine in their system (or other narcotic) IS capable of...

  56. Meds change from Methadone 13th November 2006
    ... would stay in your system while you cross over to morphine sulfate ? I have a co worker who recently changed ... have no problems since he was going from methadone to morphine . He is afraid that since he has no ill effects from...
    ... differencial withdrawal everytime I switched from meth to morphine , Not everyone is as asensative to med changes. It ... that he was slowly decreasing meth as he increased morphine , The same 5 day rule would apply but the crossover...

  57. Kadian question 13th November 2006
    ... resection. I was wondering if anyone knew how much morphine is released each hour with the Kadian 20mg? I am still ... resection due to endometriosis and was on 5mg of IV morphine whenever I pushed the morphine pump button. I wondered ... if that increased my tolerance to morphine ?I know that 1mg of IV morphine is equaled to 3mg of ... oral morphine . I was also on the Duragesic patch a few years back ... better and it hasn't. What should I do and how much morphine does the Kadian 20mg release every hour? Any advice...
    ... converts Duragesic out to the equivelent amount of morphine which is how my doc figured out what to start me on...
    ... Dave is right, 20 mg of 12 hour or 24 hour morphine is a very low dose. LA meds are compared to their ... It would rougly be the same as taking 6 mgs of IR morphine every 4 hours 3X6=18, If we call it a 24 hour med ... entire 24 hour dose of LA med. Oxy is 50% stronger than morphine . Is this a PM doc or just any old doc that feels qualified...
    ... day, now to Kadian 50mg X 2 a day. I guess the word Morphine scares me, and I was just wondering if anyone has...
    ... Hey Jackson, I bounced between Kadian " morphine " and methadone for about 4 years, most of the time ... switching between 120mgs of methadone and 600 mgs of morphine per day. That's a 5:1 conversion. The unique thing ... and the stranger thing is, the higher the dose of morphine the less methadone you need to replace. Because ... makes sense your conversion rate would require more morphine than 3:1 or 10:1 but everyone is different and rarely ... ball park. I certainly wouldn't be more scared of morphine than meth. Morphine is just the gold standard to which ... other opiates are compared. Oxycodone is stronger than morphine by about 50%, Dialauaid is stronger by 300-700%, meth ... is stronber by 300-1000% Morphine was just the first opiate used IV Durung the civil ... So morphine is just the med used to compare the strength of all ... others. The drug closest in strength to morphine mg to mg is HYdrocodne, They just don't make a pure ... dose for pain is right on. Meth has properties that morphine doesn't, conversely meth has every poperty and then ... some that morphine has. So switching from morphine to meth is usally easier than switching from meth ... to morphine .. The dose sounds reasonable and most docs should...

  58. Have A Huge Problem 13th November 2006
    ... pain I take 1 percocet15mg every 12 hours and 1 30mg morphine every 12 hours also. The problem I have is when I...
    ... Shawley, Sorry about the dilemma, Don't take extra LA morphine to try to limit the withdrawal, then you would run...
    ... Shoreline I am out of both , Morphine and Percocet , I needed to up the dosage because of...
    ... you are going through this. Well I'm also taking Morphine so it rounds out to every 6 hours , 1 perc and then ... 1 Morphine , but the perc's work better or my pain. Thanks...
    ... is the morphine long-acting? i can't remember. if it is, then maybe...
    ... Yes the morphine is long acting. But I'm out of both, my PM Dr. has ... so I take on ever 6 , 1 perc then 6 hours later a morphine ...But because of therapy I needed more for pain. ...

  59. Coming off Hydrocodone 12th November 2006
    ... in 5, 15, and 30 mg doses. Those and the 30 mg of Morphine , will make your cold turkey quite a bit worse than...

  60. Long term use of opiods questions 11th November 2006
    ... That's why a sustained release opiate like ms contin ( morphine ) works so well.There is no other pain killer in it ... other than morphine which when used properly is a very safe drug........

  61. PLEASE, PLEASE help me....desperate... 10th November 2006
    ... from preterm labor and back pain and such are given morphine , demerol, and nubain among others for pain with no...

  62. Actiq and problems getting it. 9th November 2006
    ... 3 hours after I got there, and it was only 2mg of morphine . The second was right before I left and it was 4mg ... of morphine and 12.5 of phenergran. It al least took the edge...
    ... goes up to 30 mg's. As for the hospital, 2 mg's of morphine is BS. I do not know about the liquid IV form, but ... s of oral percocet is twice as strong as 2 mg's of morphine . When I go to the ER, i am also treated like a junkie...

  63. Pump removal? 7th November 2006
    ... spasticity (I have MS). I was taking large amounts of morphine orally 600-800 mg with Actiq for B/T.The pump worked ... drastic step. It was extremely effective with the morphine baclofen mix, but in my worst nightmare I :) could...

  64. How much ultram is TOO MUCH ?? 4th November 2006
    ... why are you opposed to trying morphine ? i would not recommend trying the fentanyl patch...
    ... that is a great idea, lol) I had one doctor recommend Morphine pills and 3 other tell me they are so happy I didn...
    ... are required. You can start on a very low dose of morphine or methadone, keep a pain diary especially monitoring...
    ... at least for me, to feel that type of feeling with morphine either. I think you'd do well either with morphine ... or methadone. I am on the timed released Morphine and yes I feel a little bit of a lift when it first ... never guess in a million years that I have been on Morphine . I do not feel in the years that I have been a pain...

  65. Questions 3rd November 2006
    ... learned. Basicaly when used IV the conversion from morphine is 10:1 but when used orally the manufacturer of Opana ... recomends a 3:1 conversion from morphine . That's a pretty healthy difference in the effectiveness ... another. Using 1.5:1 for oxycodone compared to oral morphine and 3:1 for oxymorphone, the math says 15 mgs is the ... that switching BT med would cause a problem. Oxy and morphine are very different and I would love to know the conversion...

  66. Morphine Sulfate ER vs CR 2nd November 2006
    ... Hi Blue, Morphine is morphine , there really isn't a difference in the amount of ... pahrakentics of the drug. The iiffernce is the way the morphine is released. ER morphine basically sustains half it ... 's mg strength for about 8 hours. 60 mgs of ER morphine is equivelent to taking 30 mgs of short acting morphine ... really isn't disproportionate to to the amount of morphine your taking. Hydro and morphine are pretty close in ... conversions have hydro being about 80% as strong as morphine . So if the 60 mg Morphine ER tablets sustain 30 mgs ... of morphine in your stystem, taking 7.5 of hydro would be like...

  67. pain pump not working 2nd November 2006
    ... months and 16 adjustments to titrate the first med morphine " they used on me. That was fine but the docs were ... concerned about the concentration of morphine ,"# of mgs per ml". High morphine concentration can ... If they titrated the doses so fast they could test Morphine , Dilaudid, the Fentanyls and the adjunct meds in 6 ... tips can become blocked with high concentrations of morphine which is less soluble than dilaudid and fentanyl.Caths...
    ... which was only in the spinal fluid. The first drug was morphine solution. started at 1mg per day and each month went ... get out of bed. He flushed it out and went back to morphine . He incresed next month to 6.5. this still did nothing ... ago I had a new drug put into my pump called hydro morphine or diladid as another name. it is flowing at 1 mg ... said my symptoms from the buvivicaine sounded like morphine withdrqawl to him and not reaction to the drug but...
    ... that limits the dose is concentration per ml and with morphine and the side effects you experience. It took 6 months ... and 16 adjustment to get to a comfortable level of morphine . I was miserable at 10 mgs per day but 12.8 mgs made ... spent years on oral pain meds and my last oral dose of morphine prior to the pump was 600 mgs a day. They did see ... couple were probably made a month apart. Once the morphine dose was right then we added bupivicaine, had side ... we slowly took that out. They switched me from morphine to dilaudid because when you reach concentrations ... 25-30 mgs per ml, you risk developing a granuloma, morphine isn't quite as soluble as the other meds and high ... month between adjustments and giving up at 5mgs of morphine . What's his limit with dilaudid, 2 mgs? The expectation ... that you should have relief at 5 mgs of morphine or 2 mgs of dilaudid is creating the dissatisfaction ... . You don't know if 8 mgs of morphine a day would have done the trick. When it comes to...
    ... initially installed for MS. I was taking over 800 mg of morphine at the end with baclofen for spasticity. While on...

  68. Just popped in to say hi 2nd November 2006
    ... of the adhesions. The pain was unbelievable, the morphine they were giving me would barely take the edge off...
    ... when we take so many. Unfortunately I'm back on the morphine again. I ended up in the hospital on Nov 3 and just...

  69. injections and methadone 31st October 2006
    ... Meaning if you took 100 patients on the same dose of morphine or dilaudid you would have the widest variety of equianelge...

  70. Discogram, Perm Scs Implant. . Please Help 29th October 2006
    ... m on now) that I should be asking for that are NOT morphine based. . any time i've had morphine in the hospital...

  71. Here's my situation... new medication suggestions, PLEASE? 27th October 2006
    ... There are risks with any medication be it tylenol, or morphine . One drug you may want to try is Klonopin or elavil...

  72. Pain pump VS Neurostimulator 27th October 2006
    ... areas that have problems and have DDD. I have been on Morphine IR and ER and Soma for a while now., My choices basically...
    ... the pain anymore and he only offered me the Codman Morphine pump. There are very few PM doctors with any experience...

  73. Stomach Problems...undigested Oxy???? 26th October 2006
    ... year when I had sinus surgery the surgeon gave me morphine oral suspension (I have severe intolerance to all...

  74. Frequency of Doc Appts When S II Druge are RX'ed? 25th October 2006
    ... are present at the appointment.My doctor orders my morphine by the month.So I see him every 30 days or so.......

  75. TENS unit, Neurountin and lidocaine cream 25th October 2006
    ... demarol, darvocette, darvon, methadone, fetenol, morphine , kadian....*) This is all due to an ankle/foot...
    ... demarol, darvocette, darvon, methadone, fetenol, morphine , kadian....*) This is all due to an ankle/foot...
    ... klonopin isn't in the same class and is not comparable to morphine . it treats a different set symptoms and also has...
    ... klonopin isn't in the same class and is not comparable to morphine . it treats a different set symptoms and also has ... pain. You are correct though comparing Klonopin to Morphine is comparing apples to oranges. But, in the case of...
    ... you couldn't compare it to oxycontin (i think i said morphine , but you know what i mean). here is your quote and ... about it was that you said it was more potent than morphine and i said it isn't in the same class of drugs or...

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