- New Here 18th January 2005
... Morning and 30mg at bedtime, I also take 2ml of Liquid Morphine for BT prn or Precadan...I'm just looking at being...
... on oral meds I had a pump implanted that delivers morphine and baclofen.
So pain wise, we have that in common...
... each stay was over a month or so. I would be on iv morphine every 4 hours at 7.5mg and trust me that only brought ... last time I was in the hospital I was on the same morphine as before. I had gotten a cold which turned into strep ... was in so much pain all the time. I was on 8mg of Morphine every 4 hours on the ***, I could really sleep or ... end that's when they introduced me to MS and Luquid Morphine . I also the whole time in the hospital and well always ... a month or so. I have been on MS Contin and Liquid Morphine and Preakan's and smoking pot non stop for over 2...
... Your dose is really what I would consider low of morphine , It's just not a very effective oral med and requires ... management or your thinking abotut an Intrathecal morphine pump, which they can put alot of different meds besides ... morphine in. I can help and guide you a bit.
There isa...
... house. Right now I have switched from the 10mg Liquid Morphine to the the Perk's I usually swicth back and fourth...
... conditions.
I was taking 600mgs of Kadian long acting morphine and using 60 mgs of oxycodone for BT pain a couple ... shorter acting than Kadian, there isn't a genric 24 hour morphine . Methadone just seemed to take the color out of life ... pump to do it. Medicare will pay for the pump and the morphine in it, but not oral morphine.
You can check out ... just search for medtronics or search for intrathecal morphine pumps. THe meds are much more potent and efficient...
... level. The 1st time I was given MS Contin ane Liquid Morphine I was in the hospital and I"m lucky cause my family ... of MS Contin 15mg and 3 full bottles of the Liquid Morphine but he did tell me that I must keep it under lock ... I was in there for a month and a half on 7.5mg of Morphine through IV for the whole time and that only brought ... the one that thought that MS Contin and the Liquid Morphine was the only thing that could compare to the 7.5mg ... of Morphine through the IV, so they had me try it out for a week...
- Need Info On Neurostimulation 18th January 2005
... neck surgery, my PM dr., was all for implanting a morphine pump (I was 35), after many tests, meds, therapies ... I would have had an internal pump with drugs like morphine for what reason? While I still have chronic pain...
- What is Hydromorphone? 14th January 2005
...
Dilaudid is rated about 7 times stronger than morphine MG to mg. The 18 hour half life of of Pallodone shold ... hydromorphone, oxymorphone, natyraly occuring opiates are m morphine , codeine and heroin "diacetyl morphone. Heroi is is...
... Alberta recently where a patient was supposed to receive morphine by iv but was given hydromorphone instead. The hospital ... changed the packaging as it was quite similar to the morphine ....
... will get the same relief. as the "equal amount of morphine ". Morphine is just the gold standard to whch other ... meds are compared. But morphine is an opiate where hydromorph is an opioid, ones synthetic ... so you don't even need opium or thybaine to create morphine any longer. They know what the molecular structure ... of morphine is and simply synthasize it. Now a days, all opiates...
- Possible answers as to why some are having trouble getting pain meds. 12th January 2005
... They also start with the basics, why put someone on morphine if Ultram will work, IF the patient would be better...
- breakthrough pain meds????? warning, long!! 12th January 2005
... plenty of other meds, There are several version of LA morphine , MSContin and generic forms last about 8 hours, Kadian ... and Avinza are 24 hour versions of LA morphine but maintain a steadier serum level when taken twice ... lasting 24 hours, It actually has some imediate release morphine to get you started each day, BUt the idea is to maintain ... is 2 30 mg roxicodone.
Everything is compared to Morphine in strength, It's the gold standard of pain relief ... is 50% stronger, Dilaudid is 7 times stronger than morphine . You would need 45 mgs of morphine to come close to ... a 30mg roxi,and the largest morphine tab is 30mgs. 8 mgs of dilaudid would be about the ... orally. There is nothing wrong with using a long acting morphine product and stickng with the oxy for BT pain, different ... realistic and will never be happy. Even with LA meds, morphine pumps or SA meds 40-50% relief is considered a great ... and make sure your on the same page. But even with a morphine pump delivering meds directly to my spine, at best...
- Break through pain 11th January 2005
... just wasn't nearly as effective as say post op IV. Morphine worked OK at 60mgs a dose , but was still a step down ... in strenght from Oxy. Oral morphine wasn't as efective as Oxy either. Oxy crosses the ... blood brain barrier much more effectively than oral morphine . Only about half of oral MSO4 croses the barrier where...
- Shore, if you have time ? 11th January 2005
... are afordable and explain you have tried, "lets use morphine as an example"
You have tried 100 mgsof kadina, 180 ... best it looks like he has done as far as dose, but if morphine isn't the drug for you, then it doesn't matter that...
... ONE baseline med and ONE B/T med from now on. All morphine products do not work for me unless at a very high...
- New to Site: 10th January 2005
... as possible with prescriptions. My PM has me on the morphine sulphate and lortab. GOOD LUCK to you !..Keep me updated...
- Oxy Tolerance Troubles - HELP 7th January 2005
... meth I bounced back and forth between meth and La morphine , "morphine when I had ins" but I stayed at both my ... morphine dose and my meth dose for almost 3 years. BT meds...
- Shoreline - question to your response please 7th January 2005
... gel caps disolve in a matter of seconds and then the morphine pellets are protected by an individual polymer coating ... barrier at first pass where only about 1/2 of oral morphine crosses the blood branin barrier making oxy a more ... efficient drug orally than morphine .
You do have opiate receptors all throughout your ... Oxy isn't the best med for you. You may do fine on morphine or another medication or you simply may not handle...
- New Meds 7th January 2005
... That's really not unusual. Some folks get wired from morphine and can't sleep, some from Oxy. My first few weeks ... on morphine were really bad sleep wise. Opates cause a hystamine...
- Dave, a stupid question 7th January 2005
... dumb question. If a 60 mg MS CONTIN contains 60mg of Morphine Sulfate, why couldn't someone who is taking a 60 mg...
... Hey wolf, You are right, Brteakng a 60 mgs LA morphine in half basically turns it into a a 4 hour short acting ... greater percentage croses the blood brain barrier. Oral morphine is the least efficient way to take morphine, just...
- I'm Back From Hip Surgery! 5th January 2005
... fine now....staples come out tomorrow. I was given a morphine derivative to bring home and had severe nausea from...
- Help guys! Where do I go? 5th January 2005
... think it has more to do with the concentration of morphine I would need to have a decent refill interval. Right...
... imagine people thinking , give me 400 or 600 mgs of morphine and I wouldn't complain either. But you know it doesn ... s just a number. Cost is a factor, But 300 mgs of morphine is no safer than 3000 mgs if you aproach the dose...
- Stressed... Alternatives Are Not Working 4th January 2005
... spitalized for 1 week and had emergency surgery. I was on a morphine drip as well as pain killer injections (not sure what...
- Questions about Morphine Pump?? 4th January 2005
... Medtronics and I have never had a problem. They use morphine and marcane and there was one time they uped it to...
... since 1999 after the last surgery.
Whether you have morphine , dilaudid or one of the Fentanyls in your pump, Your ... understand being frustrated after having titrated through morphine , then dlaudid then 3 of the 4 fentanyls. That would ... Bupivicane may prevent you from reaching a dose of morphine or whatever opiate is in the pump before you reach ... urinary retention, there isn't a way to increae the morphine without also increasing the adjunct med whch is limiting...
- Sulfa drug allergy - can I take Avinza (morphine sulfate)? 2nd January 2005
... my doc mentioned taking the Avinza, I said it was morphine sulfate, and I am allergic to sulfa drugs, would that...
... I to am allergic to Sulfa meds. I was on Morphine Sulfate with no problem....
... I too am allergic to sulfa and take ms contin ( morphine sulfate). No problems, as was said before sulfa and...
- help...my dr wants me 2 take suboxone for back pain! 31st December 2004
... pump which would put pain medication in my spine like morphine with a muscle relaxer at a dose smaller than the amount...
... line protocol in the future. Why put someone on LA morphine if Sub does the job, It's much harder to abuse, will...
- New med and questions 31st December 2004
... enough of it...lets try this...which was Avinza... morphine ...time released...60 mgs ...plus 5 mg lortab IF NEEDED ... the MS is better ..( actually the generic is called morphine sulphate , which is what I have)...yall have any pros...
... for the generic...he didnt act as enthused abt the " morphine sulphate 30 mg tab SA END"..( that was on the bottle ... and 1x pm.. then the lortab 5 for WHEN NEEDED..the morphine sulphate is generic and cost me $10 bucks for 90....
- Help Shorted On my Pain Meds 30th December 2004
... as doing a quick count of their C-2 meds. C-2 are morphine , oxy, meth, higher strength meds with more potential ... afraid to prescribe Vicodin as they are Percocet or Morphine and the hydro products are the most prescribed pain...
- Pre-op Appointment Advice Needed 29th December 2004
... He said that while in the hospital I would have a Morphine IV that I can control myself. When I get home he...
- fatigue from Duragesic Patch 27th December 2004
... and I usually find myself in ER getting shot up with Morphine to break the pain cycle. Sometimes it works, sometimes ... on Xmas eve, for 7 hours and had to get 6 shots of Morphine before my pain was under control. Since then, my pain...
- Switch in meds big mistake 27th December 2004
... I totally agree with Ken. Coming off morphine onto Vicodin is crazy!! Are you taking 2 vic at a...
- bad times with generics 27th December 2004
... funny thing is they make the majority of the bulk morphine , oxy, hydro and fentanyl and all the bulk meth in...
- I need my meds! 22nd December 2004
... got much better relief from neurontin than hydros, morphine , oxy or fentanyl. I was one of the unlucky few that...
- Can someone explain what opiate niave means 21st December 2004
... naive would be if your not used to 80 to 100 mgs of morphine a dayy or the equivelant. 60-80 mgs of oxycodone,...
... ever were to suddenly start taking say 15 -30mg of morphine they could encounter some severe, life threating complicati...
... strength. You wouldn't jump from Norco to 100mgs of LA morphine 3 times a day. It may take that much to manage your...
- ok Shore......I need more info.... 20th December 2004
... powerful med, it's in the same family of opiates as morphine r heroine or cofeine, Soa synyhetic like ZNorco is...
- Duragesic patch - opionions please! :) 20th December 2004
... Meth is much less expensive. I have been on Oxy. Morphine . Even tried the pump.
After over 2 yr am finally...
- Shore....can I bend your ear again..... 18th December 2004
... be controlled.
Oxy is actually stronger than morphine by about 50%, but morphine is the gold standard to ... compared in strength. Oral versions of short acting morphine are available in 15 and 30 mg, Oral verson of SA Dilaududid ... constant level with Kadian, a 12-24 hour version of LA morphine , I can create a smooth dose with methadone, and the...
- Thanks Shoreline! 18th December 2004
... is cheaper than the OxyC? And is there a generic morphine other than MSContin (that's expensive too, huh?) ...
... is a 12-24 hour version.But all the LA version of morphine are expensive. It would a little cheaper than OxyC ... but no more than 25%.
Morphine is the gold standard to which other opiates are compared ... need to be tweeked. I use 1:1.5 going from oxy to morphine , some use a 1:1 but tend to be uncomfortable. So 120 ... mgs of oxycodone would be equal to 180 mgs of morphine , or if she's taking 160 mgs of oxy a day that would ... be 240 mgs of morphine . All the long acting versions are rediclous in price ... even the generic form of MScontin, " Morphine ER". The higher the dose or more pills obviously it ... goes up.
However, the short acting version of morphine or the generic for Morphine IR is cheap, At sams or ... dilaudid has a shorter half life and duration than morphine or oxycodone. But she may respond well too it. Everyone ... was only used in surgery. It's so much stronger than morphine they measure fentanyl in micro grams. They are very ... s worth of kadian or 700 dollars worth of generic morphine ER with 60 bucks worth of meth and I was taking more ... than twice the equivelant dose of morphine . $30 bucks worth of meth would likely do the trick ... she's at 160 of oxy , that would convert to 240 of morphine , that would convert to 50 mgs of meth, but because ... 240 of OXy, 60 mgs of meth would be like 300 mgs of morphine . 60 mgs of meth a day would be a safe starting point ... long half life it contnues to buld up in her system. Morphine for BT or if the docs OK with a larger number of 5mg...
- No longer pain relief, addiction relief 14th December 2004
... question you have. The idea that using perfect or morphine for a year makes you an addict is an antiquated notion ... failed surgery.
I would bounce between 600mgs of morphine and 120 mgs of methadone. methadone is a potent pain ... acting meds became too much and I hoped implanting a morphine pump that delivers spine directly to my spine would...
- Too Much Pain!!! 11th December 2004
... as BT meds, Dilaudid is very cheap and so is plain morphine tablets. I can get 120 4mg dilaudid or 120 30mg morphine ... and years on oral meds or nothing at all, I had a morphine pump implanted 6 months ago, a succesful pump is one...
... hundred bucks or so is generic MSContin, long acting morphine . The insurance thing is tough. and so is the lost ... pain like post surgical pain, but I found meth and morphine work better on crsushing spine pain.
I know it ... cost and pain relief. It has propeties that oxy and morphine don't have. It blocks the NMDA receptor which controls...
- ketamine and lowering tolerance 11th December 2004
... amphetamine salts to counter the effect of methadone and morphine sedation. The synthetics don't seem to have the same...
... small doses of Ketamine mixed into an IV along with Morphine , and sometimes even an amphetamine. There was a logic ... patient tolerating it (increased sedation though), the morphine we know what that is for, and the amphetamine was ... the pain relief but to counter the sedation of the morphine and ketamine and as a slight bit of protection in ... they weren't much concerned with 1000mg+ a day of morphine and all of the other stuff. They just wanted them...
... ketamine popped up all over the place on with diacetyl morphine (heroin) and it looked very effective. I know diacetylmorp ... the blood brain barrier better, than a 3-1 ratio of morphine to heroin was ok, then I went from that to oxycodone...
... reason. Drugs like Oxycodone, Hydrocodone, Codeine, Morphine , Diacetylmorphine, Fentanyl even Hydromorphone (Dilaudid ... less incapacitated from relief of the pain. I take morphine every day, and the difference between taking it and ... day incapacitated ...though not drooling. With the morphine I'm up and able to do most things that people without...
... in the quote: Pain is a temporary absence of enough morphine .
When you take opioids to suppliment your endorphin...
- Switched Bt From Msir To Roxi 11th December 2004
... make the change. Not only is Oxy more potent than morphine by 50% but it is matabolized more eficiently than ... morphine and has a longer half life. I don't think it's all ... honeymoon. Only half of oral morphine crosses the blod brain barrier, maiking PO delivery ... of morphine the least effectve method of administration.
You ... half life and binds to receptors and sub receptors morphine doesn't, you altready have the receptors morphine...
- Intrathecal pain pump for low back pain 9th December 2004
... the pump a cure all for all pain. I presently have morphine in my pump and the old sychromed 1 system only has ... an 18ml resevoir, so at a moderate dose of morphine I'm only lasting 33 days at tops before each refill ... need refills is the flow rate and strength of med. Morphine is the wekest opiate mg :mg they can use so simply...
... literally, the pump saved my life.
I started on morphine but was switched to dilauded last month and it is ... working even better than the morphine did.
Good luck with the trial. I think you will...
... opiates. My present daily pump rate is only 8.6 mgs of morphine a day. Qiuite a strep down from 600mgs of Kadian or...
- Morphine pump problems and questions 6th December 2004
... withdrawals; has it gone away now?
I started out with morphine in the pump and had it titrated up several times. ... WHOLE LOT. I know of people who are getting 23ml of morphine a day.
Please go ahead and ask any questions you...
... Hey peto, fenatnyl has qualities that morphine doesn't, so some differencial withdrawal wouldn't ... ehadache goes away. Antoehother possibility is that morphine and everal other opiates increase inner cranaial pressure ... and a side effect of morphine is headaches. Simple tylenol relives the morphine ... refills which is somehwhat of a bummer.
The IT morphine , if that's what was used shouldn't have made you feel ... through all your organs.
I went from meth to IT morphine but my previous dose of oral morphine was 600mgs a ... will take you away from the site.
If it turns out morphine causes too much of a headache or doesn't deminsh like...
... many patients who have dilaudid pumps as opposed to morphine because it works better for them. It's a personal...
... peto, just to be clear, the same pump can deliver Morphine , Dialauid or any of the preservative free fentanyl...
... per ml of dilaudid will go much farther than 10mg of morphine per ml because it's 7 times stronger. .5 mgs doesn ... least 7 and your looking at the same as 3.5 mgs of morphine per day. They started my pump at 2.o mgs per day so ... I have and my pump is now set at 10 mgs per day of morphine which works out to be about .400mgs per hour during ... They usually start at the weakest concentration, with morphine it was 10mg per ml but can go 3 times more concentrated ... with any of the opiates. However at 30mgs per ML of morphine , If they add baclofin, there is a chance of developing ... ml of dilaudid will go alot farther than 20mgs of morphine per ml. I'm not sure I want to start the whole titration...
- Opiod Related Edema 6th December 2004
... for dealing with the edema other then stopping the morphine ? The idea of having to go off of the opiods is truly...
... Basically Avinza is just a longer acting version of Morphine sulfate than MScontin. From reading your post it ... edema will go away after your body adjusts to the Morphine . If it does not, you might want to discuss Oxycontin...
... I had a lot of edema for the first year I was on morphine . I took lasix for it for a while and just as suddenly...
- New to this...question for shore or anyone who can help... 5th December 2004
... know you are no where near considering an Intrathecal morphine pump or an SCS. But a clinic that does pump management ... I kinda doubt to many dentist have ever prescribed morphine or Duragesic patches You may be able to stick with...
- Hello... Again 5th December 2004
... tylenol, ibuprophen etc. Oxyir is one and there is morphine , dilaudid, also demerol but it isn't used for long...
- Darvocet Question 3rd December 2004
... are way ahead of most people with CP. Even with a morphine pump I'm still trying to get to a 50% reduction in...
- to Nucleoplasty OR not to Nucleoplasty? 3rd December 2004
... know...at this point I'm like, WHATEVER. Although the Morphine ER medicine is working ok, I still feel pain when...
- Out of Line? 3rd December 2004
... mgs of MSIR, All that means is you take 270 mgs of morphine a day. By using a different BT med you can achieve ... has just made you more tolerant to the MSC, It's all morphine so without the extra 90 mgs of MSIR, your daily morphine ... by 1/3, so it becomes incorporated into your daily morphine intake and looses it's ability to be effective on ... If your insurance will pay for some of the other LA morphine products like Avinza or Kadian you may find smother ... problem is lack of relief, there is no ceiling on LA morphine whether it's MSC or Kadian. Kadiin is just smoother ... and many other methods to manage pain.
Because morphine has no NMDA blocking ability it may be better than...
- Hydromorphcontin?? 2nd December 2004
... tolerant are those who are taking at least 60 mg oral morphine /day, or at least 30 mg of oral oxycodone/day, or at ... which include hydromorphone, fentanyl, methadone, morphine , oxycodone, and oxymorphone), have the highest risk...
- Shoreline or Anyone I have a question? 29th November 2004
... Vits, and the two parkinsoms meds.
If you take morphine products, there is a specific metabolite hat causes ... this matabolite to clear. The usual rotation is from morphine to Hydromorphone.
There is alot of info on the ... drug interactions, Obviously people that don't take morphine and have a direct cause and effect relation can also...
- Have date for nerve root stimulator 28th November 2004
... methods i have personally tried. I presently havea morphine pump, but I'm hardly at the end of the road. As long...
... addict scouring the streets at 3am to find just one morphine pill or one Dilaudid tablet to get through the night...
- Difference between Norco & Oxy IR 27th November 2004
... hydrocodone is approximately equal in strength to oral morphine , meaning 10 mg's of hydrocodone=10 mg's of oral morphine ... Oxycodone is approximately 50% stronger than both morphine and hydrocodone. This means that the norco 10/325...
- Finally Have A Date Fir Hip Surgery! 25th November 2004
... with me, but not to take them while I'm still on the morphine drip. He gave me some refills on the methadose and...
... withdrawal all he said was not to take them along with the morphine drip :) I'm going to go back into my earlier posts ... Shoreline, because I'm sure he said taking methadose and morphine at the same was safe. Anyway I will make damn sure...
- Actiq - Shoreline 24th November 2004
... different, Some folks get great relief from Meth or morphine where other get great relief from oxy or duragesic ... effective delivery rute is PO. But it's the same with oral morphine and oral dilaudid, Both meds work much better and ... higher first pass absorption rate. Only Half of oral morphine crosses the blood brain barrier, so seeing numbers...
- What do you use for break-thru pain (and do they last)? 22nd November 2004
... acting opiate of a different molecule. Like if your on Morphine ...take Dilaudid or oxycodone IR/percocet. If your ... on Methadone take IR morphine . OR maybe if your on Oxycontin take diladid, maybe...
- Shoreline Can U Help Me with Something I'm VERY Confused 19th November 2004
... opiates. I've seen folks taking more than 2000mgs of LA morphine per day, 1200mgs of OxyContin, 600mgs fof meth and ... fenatnyl which is hundreds of times more potent than morphine .
Theese meds contain no apap or aspirin or NSAIDS ... poorly that the equal dose of oral demi to 30 mgs of Morphine IR or 20mgs of Oxycodone is 300mgs. Demi is much moreeffect ... expeired inspection while taking 00mgs of Kadian "24 hour morphine " a day and usng 30-90 mgs of oxy for breakthrough ... the softeners, but my experience with high doses of morphine , one of the more constipating meds, was easily resolved...
- Need advice on lower meds 19th November 2004
... same. I'm sure if you detoxed your system from the morphine and THEN started taking the 15 mg's that MIGHT make ... been on dilaudid...but I do know it's sedating like morphine so maybe chemically oxycodone is better to HAVE while ... on LA morphine s, for BT pain. It's just my opinion that once your...
- Back from 2nd ESI 18th November 2004
... worse, or infact anyone been on that specific companys morphine SR? It's just I've always wondered if generic COULD ... company...couldn't find a DAMN thing relating them to morphine , BUT I do know that's who makes it, and it is a more...
- Oxycontin warning... 18th November 2004
... if it wasn't prohibitively expensive I would take morphine for anxiety and depression, but that is beyond my...
... internet access needs a contract to know that taking morphine or oxy for several years at high doses has side effects...
... them. You know, I have seen people post here about morphine and how cheap it is. Usually when someone says "morphine ... once that there are stronger meds that aren't LA than morphine . Can you maybe talk to your doc about morphine? ...
... replaced 1400 worth of kadian or 700 worth of generic LA morphine for 60 bucks worth of methdone. Without script insurance...
... replaced 1400 worth of kadian or 700 worth of generic LA morphine for 60 bucks worth of methdone. Without script insurance ... cheap. Not every one can take meth so there is always morphine .
keep smiling!
tk...
- Question about Baclofen and Valium 17th November 2004
... start up the meth again because I'm going to be on IV morphine for aprox. 3 days. Can you give me an idea of anything...
- Shore, quick equivalency(sp?) question 14th November 2004
... morphine 30mg is equal to oxycodone 10mg
Is this right?
So...
... that better reponse from a new opiate or opioid.
Morphine is more sedating but one of the poorest opiates for ... metabolization. Oxy is much more soluable in water than morphine and more oxy is broken down into it's metabolites ... metabolite to be carried through the blood stream.
Morphine just isn't a great oral drug, or simply takes more ... Oxy also tends to have a stimulating effect that morphine doesn't.
IF you took 100 people and gave 50 people ... 20mgs of Oxy and the other 50,
30 mgs of morphine , It doesn't gaurentee people will rate both equally ... someone would would have the same tolerance to 30mgs of morphine . He may get a better relief or less relief from 30mgs ... of morphine , even though they are considered equal.
There ... is the closer conversion, but if he's never taken morphine he would likely be more sedated initially and equate ... bettter pain relief, however the sedative effects of morphine are the first side effect to deminish.
You also ... be equal to taking 15 mgs of MSIR "instant release morphine " every 4 hours
15 mgs of instant release morphine ... patient. That's why some of sus are on Oxy some are on morphine and some fentanyl or methadone and all equally satisfied ... never went high enough to use it as a base dose, But morphine at higher doses worked well with little side effects ... week. But during titration, untill his base dose of morphine is established, It's common to have access to additional ... dose should be adjusted.
Alot of people consider morphine to be the big gun of opiates, that's not really true ... be used in a syringe. So other meds are compared to morphine which is considered the gold standard of comparison ... plenty of BT meds and frequent dosing in case the morphine dose was too ow, so it doesn't sound lke he's made ... a mistake, just hoping for a better response to morphine . Next time he sees him, he can make adjustments based ... would be to take all that oxy, convert it into LA morphine , then go with that dose of MScontin and reduce the...
- Pain meds on internet? 13th November 2004
... illegal to sell class 11 meds like, oxycodone products, morphine , methadone, duragesic or amphetamines and ship them...
- mscontin questions 12th November 2004
... Constipation is a biggy, and some folks don't seep well on morphine .
Good luck, Dave
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- Cervical Radiculopathy 11th November 2004
... experience not everyones. My dr is wondrful, she has me on Morphine 30mg at night and lortabs7.5mg 2 every 4-6 hrs as ... needed. The Morphine works in bursts so when it works its fine but when...
- Need some advice. Can anyone help ? 10th November 2004
... boards. I used to take methadone, before I got my morphine pump and it worked very, very well for me. I was on...
- 1st time to pain managment tom. 10th November 2004
... diagnostics and medications. I just had an Intrathecal morphine pump implanted in June. The last attempted fusion...
- Xanax vs. Valium 10th November 2004
... very first posts. The doc told me I would be on IV morphine for 3 days and then they would start back up my methadone...
... manage my pain?? Hopefully after you come off the IV morphine (and the morphine is enough to help) your methadone...
- Want to decrease BT meds 10th November 2004
... Vamp, 2mg of dilaudid is roughly equal to 15mgs of morphine or 10 mgs of oxycodone. Morphine is just the glod ... other meds are compared in strength. The smallest morphine pils I have seen are the 15's so that would pretty...
- Methadone 9th November 2004
... avinza, or 8 hours from your last dose of generic LA morphine or MSContin. All those meds have normal half lives ... was at 120mgs for about 18 months, swithced to LA morphine for about a year and then back to the same dose of ... really got to be too much and because I did well on morphine and my head was clear, and I mean my head, it's not ... an Intrathecal pump implanted in june that delivers morphine .
It takes about 5 days for your serum level to...
... pretty much a given, Just like you shouldn't take morphine , oxycontin or Duragesic unless your in severe pain ... opiates cause dependence, whether you quit OxyContin or morphine or meth or heroin cold turkey, It's pretty much the...
... years or for weeks makes a difference. Whether it's morphine , Heroin or methadone, the longer you take it the longer ... return.
I just think, Had you taken a long acting morphine product, OxyC or used Duragesic you would have experienced ... gained from a doc that doesn't believe in meth, oxy or morphine . All the stuff I went through, I still learned something ... that say I didn't know I would become dependent on LA morphine . Contracts also inform the patient what the rules...
- Shoreline Please Help 9th November 2004
... jerk you need that side effect managed. One of the 2 morphine metabolites actualy causes restless leg although it ... other meds are metabolized into different forms of morphine . Lke paret of Hydro is convertewd into Hydromorphone ... parkinsons meds and sometimes Klonopin.When on oral morphine my legs would jerk once I reached whatever stage of ... awake, fallng asleep, jerking back awake. Intrathecal morphine hasn't caused the problem yet but the difference in ... is about 100-1 mg to mg. The last time I took oral morphine as abase dose my dose was 600mgs a day plus BT meds ... and don't have constipation or RLS from Intrathecal morphine .
Check out the RLSforum though to see what's new...
- Pricing on Long acting Morphines... 8th November 2004
... price goes, methadone is dirt cheap compared to LA Morphine - even generic....
- Finally in the door... 6th November 2004
... just as well with the samedaily dose of generic LA morphine taking it TID. Oramorph isn't as expensive as MSContin...
... site (which I HATE wallgreens btw) for prices on ER morphine s. And there pretty much all in the same ball park ... think is better Dave...taking a 12 hr MS contin type morphine or a 24 hr Kadian twice a day? I know that Kadian...
- Leg Fatigue 5th November 2004
... pain meds are you on? I've heard of people taking LA Morphine having restless leg syndrome type side effects. I...
- I cant stand the pain meds. anymore !!! 5th November 2004
... your mind.
Hydrocodone is really no stronger than morphine mg to mg but the dose of hydro is limited by the apap...
- Duragesic 75 Question!!! 4th November 2004
... pro opiate meaning it's energizing where drugs like morphine and meth are more sedating.
When trying new meds...
- Emercency Question for Tomorrow 3rd November 2004
... are at with the 10 mg percs. 10 mg of oxy =15mgs of morphine and 15mgs of morphine is 3.5% of 345mgs. Nobody is ... you may have had post surgically. Only have of oral morphine crosses the blood brain barrier making it weaker than ... oxycodone. 30 mgs of oxy would be equal to 45 mgs of morphine and put you right at 30%.
Using oral morphine will ... simply nincrease thyour tolerance to morphine , bind to the exact same receptors and increase the ... Oxycodone is a pro drug and tends to be stimulating where morphine , "Morpheus , god of sleep" is very sedating and takes ... urinary retention and restless leg with the more morphine you take.
3 norco at a time or 3 percs at a time ... count scripts, why not use pure opiates like 30mg Morphine , It also comes in 15mg, but if your using 5 doses...
- Shoreline, Feeling Better? Great Posts, btw! 2nd November 2004
... problems due to this same enzyme.OxyC uses the P450, Morphine uses the P450, and many otrher drugs use the same...
- Shorline this may seem like a STUPID Question 2nd November 2004
... illegal.
Class 11 meds are the strongest meds, morphine , oxy, duragesic, methadone, the amphetamines used...
... addicting taking it q 4hrs, and prescribed a time released Morphine to last for hours on end. Which makes sense and has...
... the Percocet 10/325??? I'm SEVERELY allergic to MORPHINE ...can you say PROJECTILE VOMITING....??? I had to ... become tolerant to Percocet 10/325, and I CAN'T take morphine , what are my other options?.....My PM Dr. Appt. is...
- Help! Drug screen ? 2nd November 2004
... as opiates the only ones they test for are Heroin, morphine and codeine, then benzo's, amphetmanines, Pot "THC...
... metabolites from naturally occuring opiates , "Heroin, morphine , and Codeine"
They check for specific metabolites...
- Need Pain Management Doctor 31st October 2004
... other method, meaning expensive Long acting oxycodone, morphine , and fentanyl products with negative results. Methadone...
- methadone to oxycontin 30th October 2004
... to one of the more traditional opiate slike oxy or morphine because Fentanyl binds to receptors that those meds ... Of the 3 times I swithced, the first was to oral morphine which was a bear and to Duragesic which was a bear ... years.
When I swithced from meth to the pump wtith morphine I was at 150 mgs a day and had taken meth for another ... just doesn't do it for you, switching from Oxy to morphine is a breeze if the conversion is in the right ballpark ... . Oxy and morphine bind to generally the same receptors the MU and Kappa ... receptor activity which isn't replaced when switching to morphine or oxy either. Just part of the joys of being a guinea ... I remeber at one point when switching from meth to morphine I couldn't focus my eyes on the bouncing keyboard...
