- Hi, been gone for a bit. Questions!! 28th October 2004
... thought i would put it in. Avinza is a 24hr release of Morphine ....
- Taper Schedule?!? 27th October 2004
... we got any relief. It doesn't entitle everyone to morphine or OxyContin.
Just as an example, someone posted ... up with a kink in your neck doesn't mean you need morphine , but because it's available, and the use is no longer ... because once dependent they are customers for life. Morphine has been around for 175 years, how can any manufcaturer ... My pump refill with 360mgs of preservative free morphine and bupivacaine, the meds cost 13 bucks and are compounded...
- please help me help my mum 26th October 2004
... of the long term opiates such as mscontin, which is morphine or oxycontin? There must be something available that...
... hydrocodone products, then oxycodone products then morphine , Duragesic patches "Fentanyl" then methadone.
Methadone ... synthetic tend to be more gentale than natural opiates lke Morphine and codeine. Drugs like fentanyl that neever enter ...
PS. They also make liquid versions of Oxycodone, morphine , Dilauadid and meth if she is having difficulty swallowing...
- Mscontin Feel Like I Am Withdrawing 26th October 2004
... conversion from 80 mgs of oxy a day would be 120 mgs of morphine a day. But after 2 months you shouldn't be experiencing ... numbers.
My wife did notice changing from the Endo LA morphine to the mallinckrodt version,It didn't last as long...
- Opiate Therapy and Liver problems 26th October 2004
... broken down inthe kidneys.
OxyC uses the P450, Morphine uses the P450, and many otrher drugs use the same ... and turn it into it's metabolites, one of which is morphine . So you loose any additional pain relieving effects...
... you have to cut that in half.
I wouldn't say your morphine dose was high, I was taking 600mgs of kadian a day ... 200mgs 3 times a day. Because my base dose of LA morphine was high I need a proportionate amount of BT to make ... though.
You can get pure oxy in 5mg, 15mg 30 mg, morphine in 15m and 30mg dialaudid in 4 and 8mg they make liquid ... make liquid morph. But based on your base dose of morphine any hydro product with tylenol is going to be like ... differently on different pain.
Because your taking morphine , and if he's open to sugestion, I would start with...
... seem to be aware of OR is unwilling to RX. MSIR ( Morphine Sulphate Imeadiate releif) comes in 15mg and 30mg...
... Well, I am on Morphine , so i don't see the point in taking it as a BT as...
- How to juggle getting monthly refills with all the rules and regulations- 25th October 2004
... half of what phenergan does. Meth is 1/2oth of LA morphine and MSIR was 1/8 of roxicodone. None as effective ... or MSC, at best you might be able to get generic LA morphine but pain medication wasn't even on the list of covered...
- alcohol vs meds? 23rd October 2004
... am just intolerant to meds. I had a bad reaction to morphine after my surgery and all other drugs. I have found...
- Pelvic pain:Oxy,morph,fentanyl,dilaudid,help 23rd October 2004
... test done in the past I am currently on 90mg tid of morphine switched over from 40mg tid of oxycontin and before ... else that is used in combination for pain relief.The morphine I am finding does not cover my pain at all compared ... as I always had a lot of breakthrough pain with it. morphine I find makes me feel very sick, but none of the other ... to prevent the sickness and it does help, but the morphine is not giving me any relief at all is that normal ... the oxy to 50mg tid from 40mg tid,
He said if the morphine continues to not work he would probably put me back...
... receptors that opiates derived drectly from opium like Morphine , codiene and Heroin are very dfifferent from synthetics ... more mgs because mg to mg, Oxycodone is stronger than morphine , some charts say it's 50% stronger some say it's 100...
- Shoreline please help 20th October 2004
... wrong, but that is how it sounds). He can't take morphine . Anyway, I understand that you went this route. ...
... start with the mildest concentration and work up. With morphine they start with 0mgs per ML then 20mgs per ml then ... It's taken me almost 4 months to get to 7.7mgs of morphine a day in .4 mg increases. Now that I know what a ... apropriate for Dialaudid because it's so much stronger than morphine . Any of the Fenatnyls can be used if Dilaudid causes...
... they refill they increase the concentration of the morphine so I can go longer between refills but the difference...
... constipation diminish
Even
while taking 600mgs of morphine a day I could carry a conversation and nobody would ... meds, "short acting meds" like percocet,dilaudid, morphine , Roxicodone etc. I can manage additional pain caused...
... Just a note to say I also have the intrathecal morphine pump and I love it. It has helped so much with my...
... nothing to what it took, and what it took was 600mgs of morphine a day. I accommodated quickly, had to move back and ... forth from Morphine to methadone due to insurance limits or lack of prescriptio ... insurance can afford.
A generic dose of 600 mgs of morphine a day would cost 800 bucks a month, Name brand kadian ... was 1400, It was great when insurance paid for morphine but when we lost insurance, meth is the only option ... . 1400 dollars worth of kadian, 24 hour morphine , was replaced with 60 dollars a month worth of methadone ... well as I could hope, My head was clearer on oral morphine than on methadone, But because my only choice was...
... Even in the hospital under controlled conditions. Morphine is completely out of the question as he breaks out...
... normal as anyone else.
I understand he's alergic to morphine , But anything they can put in the pump he can take ... hour Dilaudid tablet, similar to 24 hour versions of morphine like Kadian or Avinza. It can't be broken down, crushed ... single indicator of addiction.
Being alergic to morphine only limits himn from using morphine, codeine and...
... I can say, I could live with te old dose of oral morphine , or duragesic or Oxycontin or methadone, I know how...
- Shoreline, how does OxyContin work (mechanics)? 20th October 2004
... still in the pharamcy biz. His dose was 1800mgs of morphine a day and 200mgs of methadone as his last dose to ... help with sleep. Morphine can cause restless leg syndrome which can be dealt ... It can be sustained. I did it for years on Meth and morphine LA. Rotating meds can help, rotating BT meds, Mixing ... dose high. My previous dose of opiates was 600mgs of morphine plus another 120mgs of oxy at a time. I presently...
- Med Adjustment Question 18th October 2004
... a different tpye of LA med. MScontin (long acting morphine sulfate might be something for you to discuss with...
- Pain Clinic Appoint - Advice Needed 17th October 2004
... give me feedback on any input they have. I have a morphine pump in fact this is my second one and I am having...
... give me feedback on any input they have. I have a morphine pump in fact this is my second one and I am having...
... Hi Flo.
The morphine pump works very well for me, this is my second pump...
... Hi Flo.
The morphine pump works very well for me, this is my second pump...
- changing from one drug to another 17th October 2004
... you check 3 sites you could find conversions from morphine to OxyCC with conversion ratios ranging from 1:1, ... meth would lkely be fine with the 5:1 conversion from morphine to meth I have found works best for me. The conversion...
- Help! Question! 15th October 2004
... Canada and we don't have loricet up here. Meds like morphine , demerol, oxycontin etc. I think have to be filled...
- Methadone and half life? 15th October 2004
... oxycontin and MSIR for BT with a different doc and the morphine in that didn't make me sick, wonder why the Kadian...
- Shoreline... 14th October 2004
... have used all the LA meds and now have a pump with Morphine and bupivicaine. Being a mod is a hard job that takes...
- strength of methadone?????????? 14th October 2004
... went to generic MSC 200mgs TID and after a year on morphine I swithced back to the same 120 mgs of meth where ... Meperidine 300mgs
Methadone 20mgs
Morphine 60mgs
Oxycodone 30
This is the ... BODY WEIGHT [1] Approximate equianalgesic dose
Morphine ,
controlled-release
(MS Contin,Oramorph) ... usd a 1:1 conversion on a partient using 600 mgs of morphine , and went to 600 mgs of methadone you would kill them ... Dave
The chart below indicates the
Daily Oral Morphine Dose Equivalents
followed by the
Conversion Ratio ... of Oral Morphine to Oral Methadone
<100 mg - 3:1 (i.e., 3 mg morphine...
- methadone verse ms-contin or kadian?? 14th October 2004
... pain doc has suggested switching to a long acting morphine product, kadian or ms contin. does anyone know the ... conversions of 60 mgs a day of methadone to either of the morphine products. any suggestions on which is better or works ... before. now she's talking about switching to the morphine products. i feel an increase in the methadone , maybe...
- methadone verse long acting morphine???? 14th October 2004
... moved down to dilaudid 5 mgs every 4 hours, still morphine based, and that worked well. i increased that over ... methadone 3 times a day. methadone doesn't "peak" like morphine based meds do, they reach a level and then are steady ... . morphine will peak. a lot higher then methadone, and then will...
... either 1:1 or 1:1.5 meaning oxy is 50% stronger however Morphine is inherently more sedating than oxy because oxy is ... I was taking 150 mgs of meth was when switching to morphine a 5:1 ratio produced equal if not suppeior relief ... most withdrawal which would be closer to 180 mgs of morphine daily, but no chart is perfect nor works for every ... pain, meth is the opiate of chocice, switching to morphine you lose all NMDA and GABA actiuvity which controls...
... s what they are trying to convert to intratchecal morphine which I'm on about adjustment # 14.
The thing is ... print out a equianelgesic chart that ays X amount of morphine = X amount of meth and force your doc to follow the ... days to 2 weeks, That's plenty of time to know if morphine is working at that dose, and enough time for most...
- Refills on CII meds with Law changes in CA? 13th October 2004
... and 2 percocets worked for him, dosages of 600mgs of morphine a day or 300 mgs of oxy a day will seem extreme to...
- Epiderul Steroid Injection....? 12th October 2004
... hurt for over a year and they kept increaseing my morphine pump with little results. They say it last awhile...
- How do you treat your migraines?? 11th October 2004
... it's off to the ER for a shot or IV of Demeral or Morphine . I have also used "Migra Spray" . It works pretty...
- hard to find a sympathetic doc 11th October 2004
... the last time I went they gave me a "cocktail" of morphine , phenegran, valium, and benedryl......that broke the...
- Hydrocodone & Hearing Loss 11th October 2004
... to point the finger at.
Good luck, Dave
As far as morphine or dlilaudid causing hearing problems, never heard ... of a single problem. My morphine dose was 600mgs a day with 16mgs of dilaudid, or 120mgs...
- Continuing questions 11th October 2004
... then you have meds for severe pain like oxycodone, morphine , fentanyl, methadone and demerol, but demerol can ... MG to MG, Hydrocodone is about equal in strength to morphine . However the weakest morphine tabs in the US are 15...
- question about ms contin 15 mg/ equal to ?? 9th October 2004
... hours is the same as taking 7.5mgs of intstant release morphine evry 4 hours. 5mgs of oxycodone is considered equal ... in strength to 7.5 mgs of morphine . Oxy is 50% stronger than morphine.
By taking ... and down all day.
You still become dependent on morphine and dependent on percocet but aren't recieving the...
- My Story and Some Advice Needed 9th October 2004
... top of the curve that use long acting pversins of morphine , oxycodone, methadone and the febntanyl patch. along ... treatment, high doses, mixing opiates and implanting morphine pumps. Most people start on the far left and either ... june because I couldn't afford 600 mgs of long acting morphine a day and the methadone which is cheap and potent ... with 50% of the pain relieved. s high as 600mgs of morphine a day sounds, nobody would ever know I even take meds...
- OxyContin 10mg Question/Info 7th October 2004
... to hear and believe. It is not as sedating as say morphine , it is more of a "pro" drug rather than sedating one...
... gold standard to which all opaited are compared is morphine , It doesn't mean morphine is the strongest drug, It ... other.
Hydrocodone is about equal in strength to morphine , Oxycodone is about 50% stronger than Hydro or morphine ... grade heroin on the streets is 8 times stronger than morphine mg to mg. People have been injecting dilauadid for ... taking 20mgs of Instant release oxycodone or 30 mgs of morphine or 4 mgs of dilaudid. But no more addictive.
When ... whether it be Hydrocodone, Oxycodone in any form, morphine , dilaudid, fentanyl, demerol,methadone, whatever, ... in the general public.
So wheter it's oxycontin, morphine or the duragesic patch, you will become physically...
... to hear and believe. It is not as sedating as say morphine , it is more of a "pro" drug rather than sedating one...
... gold standard to which all opaited are compared is morphine , It doesn't mean morphine is the strongest drug, It ... other.
Hydrocodone is about equal in strength to morphine , Oxycodone is about 50% stronger than Hydro or morphine ... grade heroin on the streets is 8 times stronger than morphine mg to mg. People have been injecting dilauadid for ... taking 20mgs of Instant release oxycodone or 30 mgs of morphine or 4 mgs of dilaudid. But no more addictive.
When ... whether it be Hydrocodone, Oxycodone in any form, morphine , dilaudid, fentanyl, demerol,methadone, whatever, ... in the general public.
So wheter it's oxycontin, morphine or the duragesic patch, you will become physically...
... little too apprehensive about it. Just the mention of morphine kind of made me feel weird about it, but after reading...
- Best pain med for fibro 7th October 2004
... and it doidn't even start to help. Switched to LA morphine "Kadian" which worked great, then generic, Back to...
- Help With Conversion Of Ms To--- 5th October 2004
... characteristics in common and some not so in common. Morphine as BT with LA dilaudid is probably a keeper because ... class of synthetic opioids as dilaudid. So by using morphine your not only using a different opiate but a different ... class of opiate. Dilaudid is less sedating than morphine but orally with SA acting versions of dilauaudid I ... delivered through a PCA I would choose dilaudid over morphine any day, But there can be a big difference between...
- Question!!! 4th October 2004
... would need to go to a class 2 med that contains oxy, morphine , dilaudid or methadone
The rconversion rate from ... with the dropper.
If you used another med like morphine , you first step would be morphine sulphate 15mgs or...
- Shoreline I need some advice 4th October 2004
... medication, how many tooth docs prescribe Long acting morphine , fentanyl patches, methadone or anything more potent...
... I meet could ever tell I have a continuos flow of morphine into my spine? PM is more about function than relieving...
... blocks, hence the gamma-knife. He sent me to er for morphine instead of coming to his office when my pain changed ... , after 3 shots they gave me morphine instant release tabs, he agreed with the er doc on...
... buzz from a vicodin? The same thing happens with LA morphine . OxyContin, Duragesic and intrathecal opiates delivered...
... meds, But it would make more sense to start with LA morphine and work your way from there if the doc you will find...
... I meet could ever tell I have a continuos flow of morphine into my spine? PM is more about function than relieving...
- Doctor Is Mad Because I Ran Out Early 3rd October 2004
... which requires proper dosing.
Pure opiates, Oxy, morphine , Dilaudid, fentanyl and methadone don't do any organ ... can take. You become just as dependent on 300 mgs of morphine a day as you do 600, so if 300 isn't working, what ... from there. But that's not true. Some folks consideer morphine the big un, which isn't true either, It's actually...
- Shoreline - your advise 2nd October 2004
... tried duragesic patches which made me throw up, LA morphine products such as kadian and avinza, which did nothing...
... Hey ken, If you went from 120mgs of morphine , which isn't a large dose, It doesn't really make ... take 1 every 4 hours. Because Oxy is stronger than morphine and a 30 mg 120 mgs of kadian or avinza is no no different ... than taking20 mgs of morphine every 4 hours, the 15 mgs of roxi should quell any ... withdrawal.
If your doc won't g above 120 mgs of morphine a day, and it's not relieving your pain,. He obviously ... expalin you don't feel you were given a fair chance with morphine products. Why not increase the morphine untill you ... get relief or the side effects are too bothersome. Morphine des cause more drowstness at the beginning of use ... strength is 120, that doesn't mean that's the max dose. Morphine doesn't cause organ damage, you can become aconmadated ... once physically dependent, is the "cost" of using morphine any greater based on the dose. IMO NOT.
It may ... Roxiand hope I can achieve the same results with IT morphine and Roxi.
Once you reach a level that works, the ... see the doc to give him one more chance to titarte morphine , If things don't work out with your present doc, I...
- MS Contin 1st October 2004
... Will this go away, too? Is there any other kind of morphine based drug that might be more mellow for someone like...
... described is not abnmormal or any of the symptoms of morphine . However morphineis morphine regardlesss of the formulation ... you probably need a higher dose. ONly about half of morphine crosses the blood brain barrer making oral admin of ... morphine the least effective way to deliver it. being on the ... systems work. A 15 mg MSC only conatians 15mgs of morphine in each pill. It does not sustain 15 mgs for 8 hours ... hours. So it would b the same as taking 7.5 mgs of morphine every 4 hours.
&.5 mgs and only half crossing ... of the side effects of one of the metabolites that morphine breaks down into. It breaks down nto the M3G and th...
... worried about abuse of antihystamines. Most docs know morphine tends to cause more nausea at the beginning of use ... effects deminsih if your not getng trelief. With the morphine products you have a steady serum level within 3-5 ... time period to give each med. 2 weeks is plenty with morphine and alloews you time to get useed to the side efefcts...
- Generic Oxycodone - patient assistance ? 1st October 2004
... CII, USP
Hydromorphone HCl tablets CII, USP
Morphine Sulfate ER tablets CII
View package insert PDF...
- Advice 30th September 2004
... anything from physical therapy and Ultram to an implanted morphine pump or spinal cord stimulator or everything inbetween...
- DR is leaving practice - Cant find new DR to continue Meds!!! 29th September 2004
... experiment with other long acting meds like methadone, morphine (MS Contin, Kadian, Avinza), fentayal (Duragesic Patch...
- After Multiple Kidney Stone Attacks, Doc Says Pain Management Clinic Time?? 28th September 2004
... gravel of painful flares, you don't need to be on LA morphine every day. Simply managing the flair or particular...
- Really Really Need Help With This...... 28th September 2004
... months then 3 weeks ago he put me on:
AND NOW:
Morphine Sulfur 30mg x3 a day
Breakthrough Instant relief ... Morphine 15mg x 3 a day
this is not working it makes me...
... dose being so high.
I've also reached doses of morphine of 600mgs + BT meds in the same amounts. Tried the...
... day is not a large dose. But a one week trial of morphine or duragesic isn't really a fair trial. You couldn ... acomadated to nausea, or ithcing or light headedness.
Morphine makes most people sleepy and nauseated at the beginning ... more severe pain.
I've seen people discontinue morphine in a couple days because of drowsiness, It's a total ... drowsiness, itching, constipation etc. I think giving morphine another shot is a great idea.. If your state is like...
... them.
My old doctor was the one who prescribed the Morphine . Then this visit I needed a new fill and my new doctor ... had no problem with doing so.
Currently with the Morphine I am not receiving all that much relief from it. And...
- Clinical trial 28th September 2004
... Hey Jezz, Clonodine is also put into intrathecal morphine pumps as a potentiator for the opiates. It's actually...
- Pain Meds, Questions and Problems 27th September 2004
... t get nausea on Brand name MS Contin, but I do on morphine sulfate. Because my insurance changes their mind...
- anyone use the patch? 25th September 2004
... on 100 mcg's so is hubby. But he also takes 15 mg Morphine sulphate IR too 3 X's a day. But I have heard of ... doc had him on 150 Mcg of the patch and he had the morphine sulphate ir bt pill. I think it took me and hubby...
- FDA approval of hydromorphone CR Dilaudid 25th September 2004
... 10mgs of Oxy=15mgs of Morphine =2mgs of hydromorphone.
Use Morphine as the gold ... comparison. Hydromorphnone is 7.5-8 times stronger than morphine and oxycodone is 1.5 times stronger than morphine ... tolerant are those who are taking at least 60 mg oral morphine /day, or at least 30 mg oral oxycodone/day, or at least...
- Baclofen 24th September 2004
... muscle spasticity. They use the same pumpsthat deliver morphine IT to deliver baclofin to patient with MS and CP....
- Shoreline, medication question 21st September 2004
... effects? Note: I also have itching side effects from morphine and demmoral.
I appreciate your help as it will...
... effect may effect you more profoundly than it does me. Morphine doesn't make me itch but the synthetics do?? Go figure ... subside with time as you become more acommadated to morphine , How long did you give the morphine before discontinuing ... available in generic, Several vesions of long acting morphine from 8 hour duration to 12-24 hour duration with Kadian ... your doc would be willing to try meth, OxyC or give morphine another shot if the problem was simple itching and...
...
After my hardware removal, the neuro put me on morphine even though I had problem with itching. They added...
- Breakthrough Meds 21st September 2004
... swabs??? On the patches? see if he can put you on like morphine sulphate IR 15 mg?? I don't just a thought. fibro...
- shoreline 18th September 2004
... does it's job at preventing the twiches from The M6g morphine metabolyte.
As far as anxiety relief, It is the...
- A long story and request for pain med info 17th September 2004
... prefer the release system of Kaadina, time relief morphine , It last 12-24 hours so t's a never a fight about ... control f sever pain.. Oxy is actually stronger than morphine mg:mg so it's not like morphine is the big guns. ...
- Having an awful time with new PM 16th September 2004
... Hiya Dana :) Yep Kadian is a LA med, it's morphine time realeased but you can actually open the capsules...
... Hiya Dana :) Yep Kadian is a LA med, it's morphine time realeased but you can actually open the capsules...
- Avinza vs Fentanyl Patch 16th September 2004
... Is withdrawal as bad or worse with the slow release morphine ?...
... receptors it binds too and even switching from Febtanyl to morphine can cause differential withdrawal. You are still getting ... oiate, but it doesn't bind to all the same receptors. Morphine and Hydrocodone have more in common than Febtanyl ... and morphine .
I wrote a bunch about the difference in opiates ... use. Pretty much the same as taking 3 mgs of regular morphine or 2-3 mgs of hydro every 4 hours.
Good luck, Dave...
- Am I Posting The Wrong Way? Shoreline, Kissa 15th September 2004
... differential withfdrawal from switching from meth to morphine or another opiate that doesn't have all the same properties ... can't take your meth and be delivered a safe dose of morphine or Dilaudid PCA.
Good luck and sorry about the dropped...
... post Shore.when i had my first surgery,they had me on morphine for the rest of the day and then the next,wanted to...
- Amount of Med's in one prescription... 14th September 2004
... long acting meds are rediculous, when you consider morphine has been around 170 years it's hard to justify the ... onsiderably cheaper but it's not. The generic version of LA morphine will still cost you hundreds of dollars a months. ... "bang for my buck" so to say. I can get 120 30 mg morphine tablets for 30 bucks but the same quantity or norco...
- Anyone know of a good anti-inflammatory other then prednisone?? 13th September 2004
... that is ravishing his body. Doc has him on 100 Mcg Morphine duragesic patches and 15 mg IR morphine tablets as...
... Fentanyl, a much more potent opiate mg to mg than morphine , that's why it's measured in Micrograms.
Anyway ... in clinical trials called morphidex which is a LA morphine product that has the dex included. When they compound ... but there are other meds, Plenty of versioans of LA morphine , MSContin, and the generics, or Kadian and Avinza ... strong as Oxycontin and at least 3 times stronger than morphine mg to mg.
Hopefully I mentioned some things that...
... Fentanyl, a much more potent opiate mg to mg than morphine , that's why it's measured in Micrograms.
Anyway ... in clinical trials called morphidex which is a LA morphine product that has the dex included. When they compound ... but there are other meds, Plenty of versioans of LA morphine , MSContin, and the generics, or Kadian and Avinza ... strong as Oxycontin and at least 3 times stronger than morphine mg to mg.
Hopefully I mentioned some things that...
- Any suggestions for help with this Pain? 12th September 2004
... chronic pain.
I've seen 98 pound women take 800mgs of morphine a day and a 300 pound man knocked cold by one percocet...
- Medications?? 12th September 2004
... wanted me to try Kadian, and explained that it was Morphine . I told him I was concerned because Morphine is another...
... girl, If you read any of the full prescibing info on morphine , One of the first things they tell you is that initial ... haven't abused so your not addicted.
As far as morphine being a stong opiates, It's just the gold standard ... was the first. Oxycodone is actually stronger than morphine by about 50%, meth is 4-10 times stronger once it ... mgs of kadian over 24 hours you looking at 10 mgs of morphine every 4 hours. That really is a low dose.
ASfter...
... many problems with drowsiness. So I am now on LA morphine at 30mg BID. I don't feel I'm getting the same relief ... take meds, so we'll see how that goes. I'd give the Morphine a shot, like shoreline says, and see if your body...
... when dosed and titrated properly, If you can tolerate morphine .
That thought also reminds me of the docs that ... pump she asked me how long I had been "Addicted" to morphine ? I didn't know they gave more morphine to people addicted ... to morphine ? You would think a doc would know that too and know...
... took the worse I felt. For some reason I can't handle Morphine , which I don't understand. You mentioned that Oxy ... is stronger than Morphine , but I don't have very many side effects with it....
- Has anyone had the Gamma-knife radiosurgery? 11th September 2004
... he said that I needed to go to er for IV meds. like morphine or demorall. Have you ever had to do that before?...
- Xylicain IV Drip 10th September 2004
... have Bupivicaine in my intrathecal pump mixed with morphine . I really haven't noticed a big change but my pain...
- Alarm Failure Medtronic's Intrathecal Pumps 10th September 2004
... MY PUMP DELIVERS MORPHINE AND I MISSED A REFILL DATE LAST MONTH THE ALARM DID...
... with the newer pump did they say anything about the morphine getting old after so long? I just wondered because...
... crazy about the needle going in to withdraw the old morphine out let alone would I withdraw it myself Ohhh man...
... In the EOB it breaks it down to XX number of mgs of morphine and bupivicaine, then they negotiate the price and...
... Pixiepoodle,
I am getting the same flow of morphine and marcane all the time. I am having a block because...
- Help with Constipation. 10th September 2004
... Avinza the true 24 hour (ok maybe onl 12 for some) morphine and my bowel movements are far more regular now than...
- Oxycontin To Mscontin Question 9th September 2004
... between 1:1 or 1:1.5 meaning you may need up to 50% more Morphine to obtain the same relief. But everyone is different ... would be 40mgs of oxy BID should be equal to 40mgs of morphine TID, because you have an extra 45 mgs of IR morphine ... experience withdrawal. The standard conversion for Hydro to morphine ranges from .8:1 or 1:1 meaning 10 mgs of morphine ... Oxy for 8 hours, a 30 mg MSIR sustains 15 mfgs of morphine for 8 hours. So although your daily dose works out ... of MSIR will give you the blood level of 30mgs of morphine for those 4 hours, it will drop back down, to just ... Particularly because you have had a bad experience with morphine . It is harder on the stomach, eat some food with each ... taking over 800 mgs of oxy per day, Over 1800 mgs of morphine a day and when you calculate what folks using actiq ... pretty much know you will need more than 80 mgs of morphine , without the BT meds you might have experienced some ... you will become accommodated to the side effects of morphine if you start low and adjust slowly. But if the doc ... med for nausea while you become more accommodated to morphine . Phenergan, Visteril, Atropine, Reglan or any anti ... they make 80 and 160 mg tablets? Or 200mg tablets of morphine SR. If you tolerated the side effects, there is plenty ... The MSIR will just add to your overall tolerance to morphine when taking it with MSC. He really just set you up...
- Dexalone? 9th September 2004
... opitaes is also in clinical trials TYhe newest LA morphine will probobly be Morphidex, a combination of morphine ... most neuropathic pain and why they are adding it to morphine in drugs in trials. Because of the duration of DEX...
- Hip replacement surgery.Will they continue to give me my methadone? 8th September 2004
... explain your concerns. I've switched from meth to morphine twice and experienced differencial withdrawal, but ... switching from meth to the pump with morphine was much easier. It just depends on how you respond...
... explain your concerns. I've switched from meth to morphine twice and experienced differencial withdrawal, but ... switching from meth to the pump with morphine was much easier. It just depends on how you respond...
- Body Jerks at night 7th September 2004
... got to the point he is and when he was switched to morphine he got better and didn't have to used the androgel...
... something was happening to me. I was told its the morphine that I'm on, but your on meth so I don't know the...
... Twisten, I haven't been on Morphine , but I've been on Oxycontin and the patches, and...
- A question about Methadone and LA Morphine 7th September 2004
... doctors.
If you are on MS Contin, the long acting morphine be advised you will have the same problems. I was ... am not taking Avinza which is a constant stream of morphine that helps out alot with the spikes you get with the ... LA morphine but still feeling somewhat tired.
From what folks...
... blink of an eye, I found my head was much clearer on morphine but meth is mich stronger than morphhine mg:mg. Most ... convversions have it 1:1 with morphine but those conversions are single dose conversions ... a day.
With the proper conversion from meth to morphine you dose could end up 4 times higher than it is now ... further increases.
Now I have a pump delivering morphine but my experience was really good with morphine, clear ... motivation, better labido, and the initial drowsiness of morphine wears off after dose increases and then your simply ... surgical consult or 5?
30 years old and going to morphine as a way to mask the pain is rough. There are micro ... tooth removed With the tolerance of taking 600 mgs of morphine plus another 8-12 mgs of Dilaudid at a time, do you ... s that know a hoot about methadone and long acting morphine or pain mnagement.
It's nice for a GP to be willing...
- advice on conversion Shore if possible? 6th September 2004
... make sense, why bother with a piddly 200 mgs of LA morphine when your getting the equivelent to several thousand ... mgs of morphine in the way of aqtiq. It also makes wonder if the docs...
... worth it. It may make a difference in the urinatinon, morphine causes more smooth muscle problems, like UR and constipatio...
... I too mentioned in his other post that taking the Morphine in particular was a cause of Urinary retention or...
- Chronic pain for Addict of Opiates 6th September 2004
... Some medications to cause a better mood, others like Morphine make you awfully tired. Each drug reacts different...
... Buprenorphine hydrochloride is a partial agonist of the morphine type; i.e., it has certain opioid properties which ... may lead to psychic dependence of the morphine type due to an opiate-like euphoric component of the...
- pain in bladder/back/kidney/liver need advice ,thanks. 5th September 2004
... quite a bit, I am taking the longer timed released morphine Avinza, I was on the MS Contin prior, at any rate ... doing research I found this is in fact a problem with morphine . I am not sure if other pain meds cause this same...
... urinating". I am on Mscontin. While I'm on the the morphine drugs is when I experience this....
- Actiq- any comments 4th September 2004
... take Actiq (fentanyl citrate oralet)? I'm having a morphine injection into my knee and my doctor is using the...
... anymore. I routinely take (orally) extended-realease morphine sulfate for baseline relief and dilaudid for breakthrough ... pain....so I know that Actiq works well with morphine sulfate.
Good luck, I hope it works well in releiving ... some of the pain involved with the morphine injection into your knee. Have you ever considered ... taking the morphine sulfate orally in addition to or in place of the injectable ... morphine ?
Regards
Granny D...
- shoreline i have a question for you 4th September 2004
... methods, I Reached a fairly high dose, 600 mgs of morphine +BT meds or 150mgs of meth +BT meds. I couldn't tolerate...
... methods, I Reached a fairly high dose, 600 mgs of morphine +BT meds or 150mgs of meth +BT meds. I couldn't tolerate...
... like 10mgs per ml , 20 or 30 mgs per ml when using morphine . DIlaudid can be used, and a couple of the different ... medicare, with no script insurance, I couldn't afford LA morphine and meth was my only choice which got old after a...
... like 10mgs per ml , 20 or 30 mgs per ml when using morphine . DIlaudid can be used, and a couple of the different ... medicare, with no script insurance, I couldn't afford LA morphine and meth was my only choice which got old after a...
- A life of addiction. 3rd September 2004
... medication. This may not work for all medications such as morphine but it can work with others.
What do you do when...
... Personally what i am on now whichj is 100 mcg of morphine duragesic patches anf for those bad days a fast acting ... morphine pill. And on those passing out pain days that i know...
- Pain management and Addiction 2nd September 2004
... nothing new, on the other hand some medications, such as Morphine I found, totally wipe out the energy. It does seem ... Opioids (narcotics) are medications that work like morphine . There are many drugs in this class. Examples of some...
- Migraine/cluster headaches 1st September 2004
... Since 1995, I have been taking extended release morphine sulfate for baseline pain and dilaudid for breakthrough...
- MS CONTIN vs. MSIR 30th August 2004
... pcp wrote her script this month it was written for morphine sulfate with the correct dosing schedule. Pcp forgot ... to write ES after the morphine sulfate, so what the pharmacist correctly filled the...
... MSC in the evening, THe same serum/blood levels of morphine , can be achieved by breaking the 15 mg MSIR in half ... system for 8 hours, it would sustain roughly 7.5 mgs of morphine and create the same serum level as taking 7.5 mgs ... convert the total daliy consumption of short acting morphine into long acting. If the doc was trying to gage an ... oxycodone is supposed to be an equal dose to 15 mgs of morphine . However the person at the insurance company probably ... same serum level as taking 50mgs of instant release morphine every 4 hours. The number of mgs consumed each day...
- lindao1,Pixie,Sharron...Life and my Pump!! 28th August 2004
... theartre once prepared he proceded to take out the morphine in catherter to allow dye to go in instead to see ... ambulance to administer me an anti-sick injection and morphine one as well (the first ambulance were not qualified ... stop on route to quieten me down and give me more morphine , by the time we got there I was so out of control ... apparently was very rare, where my aneasthetist took the morphine from catherter to put in the dye, What I should have ... been warned of was It would take 12-18 hrs for morphine to travel back down, hence my pain, Then the behaviour ... probs was withdrawral from morphine and my terrible pain I was experiencing was due to ... having no morphine all night, So taking oral meds as I had done during ... admitted on to a ward eventauly and hooked up to a PCA morphine drip for a further 4 days .
All in all I was in...
... between refills they can go to more potent meds than morphine . Dilaudid, fernatnyl, sufentanyl and I think affentanyl ... the Fentanyls being hundreds of time stronger than morphine would give you lots more time and even dilaudid would ... a big improvement. I'm assuming your still using morphine .
I'm sorry to jump into your howdy but I have ... increase stuff isn't cutting it, at least not with morphine . .4 of fentanyl would be a huge increasse and .4 of...
... not to excert in that way anymore.
I do have Morphine at the moment and also Clonodine to enhance it, plus...
... my system from the previous 5 days. My oral dose of morphine which worked well was 600mgs a day, so I wasn't low ... when it reaches 2.0 ML which would have been 20mgs of morphine then, Now I'm at 20mgs per ML with Bupivicaine. Did...
... amt. every time I ask him. When I started out with morphine I was up to 14 mg before I was finally able to convince ... my dr. that I was allergic to the morphine (my ankles, legs and fingers swelled badly and I never ... equivalent dose would be to what I was getting of the morphine . When he swapped it out, there was no change in my ...
After I got the pump, they were concerned about morphine being pumped into me because they said "that's a heavy...
... doc still says it makes a difference it making the Morphine work better :) .
I am experiencing new pains and...
... intense?
I think it's horrible that you have a morphine pump on board but you're still experiencing this awful...
