- Hand Surgery or not? NEED ADVICE 19th December 2007
... want to do ketamine treatments. I am one fentanyl and morphine ... but i dont want to be on them for the rest of my...
- Struggling 2nd December 2007
... makes it worse. Unfortunately i have been taking my morphine a lot more often then i used to, so i probably wouldnt...
- New here PLEASE HELP!! 14th November 2007
... treatments, either one or the other. I have had the morphine pump in for 7 years, then workers comp sent me to ... scs was working or not and I did not wean off the morphine pump to see. I am going to start the weaning process...
- hey, Jodom what's up? 14th November 2007
... have the Prialt pump installed.. She refuses to use morphine due to my age... so there isnt really any other options...
- Can't stop crying... can't get relief... Can't take much more. 1st November 2007
... take it away from me, okay?"
I'm not asking for morphine .. I'm not asking for Oxycontin.. I'm not even asking...
- New to this area of boards/syndrome... 26th October 2007
... awesome?!
Heard nothing but good things about the morphine pump. That is usually suggested as a last resort though...
- I'm gett the perm SCS 25th October 2007
... please tell me what this "perm scs" is...i have had a morphine pump for 6 years and am having complications and need...
- Surgery next week & possible ketamine 22nd October 2007
... stimulator with no success and I currently rely on my morphine pump but am having problems with it and need to be ... weaned off the morphine ...I'm scared of the severe pain i am going to have ... without the morphine . maybe this Ketamine will help....
... an the Ketamine shots? I have to be weaned off my morphine pump that was implanted 6 years ago and the scs I...
... done ease the pain, from injctions, the scs and the morphine pump. I currently am using both scs and the pump ... pump are not the best thing for your body. I have Morphine , Bupivacaine and Clonidine in my pump...very expensive...
- 3rd day after scs implant 18th October 2007
... 45, and still have the option of the med pump, and morphine . Good luck, it is an improvement over asking for...
- Got some good new today 4th October 2007
... a last ditch effort after other IT meds failed (EG Morphine )
3, You cant hit a theraputic dose doing a trial...
... a last ditch effort after other IT meds failed (EG Morphine )
3, You cant hit a theraputic dose doing a trial...
- I am so upset.. 27th September 2007
... say to my PM.. I know she was against the pump with morphine on the grounds im so young. I really dont think there...
... his pain was so bad he started to get his stash of morphine ? I was relating to that!!! ha ha. Except at least ... he can get his morphine !!! ha ha. I thought of that show when I went to that...
... becomes uneffective in 5 or 10 years, they may go to morphine . Thats it for me. I aint arguing with no one anymore...
... such a catch 22 isn't it? You have to have had the morphine pump and fail before they would do Prialt, but you ... can't get the morphine pump?:) I do not see how age has ANYTHING to do with...
- for Jon and about new Doc's and RSD 21st September 2007
... to the understanding you wanted a safe way off of morphine ... Go interview ackerman and see what he says.
...
... to the understanding you wanted a safe way off of morphine ... Go interview ackerman and see what he says.
... I apologize. Yes, I did want a safe way to go off morphine , but the flare-up made me rethink that. I did tell...
- For kim. :) 15th September 2007
... least go down to a lower mg or not as strong a med as morphine . I'll just see what they say next week.
Have a pain...
... another message board yesterday and this guy has been on morphine for 10 years. So I know it's not protocal to take...
... together, now thats his technique for that but quitting morphine isn't? I just had to laugh a little when I thought ... off cigarettes should be very slow, but tapering off morphine should be like a bandaide, just quick and to get it...
- jodom1979...please read, I have news!!! 13th September 2007
... them with ANY meds. He wouldn't even taper me off the morphine . I asked him to when my PM did this once before(when...
- Other Problems 13th September 2007
... the pain, stiffness, anxiety and sleep. next to the morphine the ativan has literally been a godsend. if anything...
- sympathetic nerve block response 12th September 2007
... treating physician should consider a potent opiod like morphine or oxycontin.
5.if there is still no clinical improvement...
- HELP my pain doc says, taper off morphine!!!! 10th September 2007
... is not in a fog all the time.. Just be careful.. Morphine is a schedule 1 drug.. It is addicting.. I wish...
... it I'm back up to 60 mgs!!! Would a shorter acting morphine be better to taper with?
Any help with this would...
... novel you need to switch to a short acting version of morphine or equivelant and taper down. Dont go in angry as...
... novel you need to switch to a short acting version of morphine or equivelant and taper down. Dont go in angry as...
... awaiting approval on the what is commonly known as the Morphine pump... Except It will not be filled with morphine...
... awaiting approval on the what is commonly known as the Morphine pump... Except It will not be filled with morphine ... the difference a little when I'm in between doses of morphine and he said, "No, the idea is to cut down, not go ... the very least, I'm asking for the shorter acting morphine if he brings it up again, I plan on pinning him down...
... anything I KNOW she would responsibly take you off the morphine . I have been with her since March and she has been...
... anything I KNOW she would responsibly take you off the morphine . I have been with her since March and she has been ... ) :) I mean all I want is if they want me off the morphine , then do it safely and with monitoring properly. The ... them for breakthrough. What do I do if I get off the morphine and my pain is horrible? I would LOVE to be off of...
... definetly give it a go.
Was you ever on anything like Morphine ? or anything else that strong? I wish I never touched...
- Sharon, and everyone. 24th August 2007
... The pump you are referring about is the same as the morphine except it contains a different medicine? Thanks for...
... into an intrathecal pump and instead of the typical morphine or baclofen, the Prialt goes in it. Take care, Bernie...
... found on the internet that goes into a conventional morphine pump. Its modified cone snail venom. They have used...
... didnt work out for me. I wanted to go ahead with the morphine pump but my PM thinks im so young she doesnt want...
... infusion only. You would have to have a Medtronic morphine pump installed
There is no real downside except...
- What do you do? 20th August 2007
... I wouldnt be cut off from it. Im too young for the Morphine pump being in my late 20's. This last visit was sooo...
... you aren't alone. and as a final resort there is the Morphine . I haven't seen anything else other than that coma...
- pain in shoulder blade and neck 18th August 2007
... options available that have been tested such as the morphine pump. I currently have 2 SCS's devices installed and...
- Wierd day! 8th August 2007
... MS contin is the morphine version of oxycontin. its is also time-release. the ... active ingredient instead of being oxycodone is morphine sulfate. i have grown tolerant to almost every psychologica...
- Jaxo, sharon.. leaving trial in. 8th August 2007
... beautiful life ahead of me and didnt want me to jump to morphine just yet. So she asked if I would give the trial another...
- New here 5th August 2007
... it is called for the RSD. Right now they have me on morphine sulfate, percocet for break through, narotten, anxiety...
... it is called for the RSD. Right now they have me on morphine sulfate, percocet for break through, narotten, anxiety...
- Anyone have burning about 2 weeks after SCS @ battery site? 18th July 2007
... much better then the fentanyl, oxycontin, ultram, morphine , and some others.
What about the others with the...
... much better then the fentanyl, oxycontin, ultram, morphine , and some others.
What about the others with the...
- RSD doctor 15th July 2007
... reputable hospitals/doctors had me on everything from morphine , davoset, oxycontin, percoset and more. The first...
- Shrinker Eval before SCS trial? 10th July 2007
... went very well. He approved the SCS turned down the morphine pump idea BUT according to the "ODG" guidlines (whatever...
- I have BAD news 9th July 2007
... has me on Narco 10MG
3 times a day. I turned down Morphine and Feyntanol patches because I don't want the hard...
- Lumbar Block 5th July 2007
... block early is the key. I pray this helps. I HATE morphine and the other 6 meds I am on. Any thoughts?
Thanks...
- Catty & Everyone Settlement Question 1st July 2007
... it replaced...WC says NO. The Dr wants me to have a morphine pump trial..wc says NO. So I have a device in me that...
- Sorry I haven't been around 26th June 2007
... is a full time job in it self. They still think a morphine pump is what I need. But WC doesn't agree. WC has...
- What is your story? 24th June 2007
... every penny. I can't believe that I have moved up to morphine in this amount of time. Luckily I am on avinza which...
- Emotions.....????? 17th June 2007
... them.
Too, many meds had gone by the wayside. The morphine seemd to do the best. Lyrica beats it. Pain level...
- TKB .....How are You??? 16th June 2007
... 300mg pregabalin, amitriptylene, codeine. I've tried morphine patches which made me really ill i was really sick...
- Medications you are currently using. 30th May 2007
... adding more quicker break thru meds like the patch or morphine instant reief. The MsCotin amount tends to bind me...
... biggest regret is stopping the Methadone and changing to Morphine . I changed because I was hospitalized 4 times for ... many war stories to tell here.
I recently came off Morphine and went on the Lyrica. I'm on 300mg now. Had to decrease...
- Raynaud's syndrome and RSD? 26th May 2007
... before, I think the bupivacaine helps more than the morphine ...makes sense, right? It's the same type of med that...
... before, I think the bupivacaine helps more than the morphine ...makes sense, right? It's the same type of med that...
... again!
The meds in my pump are bupivacaine and morphine , but they put all kinds of drugs in pumps (baclofen...
- Put on Methadone, Need Advice 10th May 2007
... about once or twice a year. Then they switched me to morphine ..........made no sense to me but it worked. My rheumatologi...
- Doctors not listening! 17th April 2007
... pain and she was saying how she wanted me to stop the morphine completely and wanted to start taking me down with ... the fentanyl patch. Which i am okay with the morphine since im not taking it a whole lot anyway. but when ... lowered the fentanyl that i would have to take more morphine again because the pain is not gone. But she just didnt...
- Has SCS caused anyones RSD to spread? 16th April 2007
... organs, these are the worse. So, I had to have a Morphine Pump implanted in Oct 2005. It has helped some but...
... organs, these are the worse. So, I had to have a Morphine Pump implanted in Oct 2005. It has helped some but...
- Morphine Pump 13th April 2007
... [COLOR="Blue"]Hi,
I've had a morphine pump for almost 6 years and love it. It does involve...
...
Thanks so much for your encouraging words on the morphine pump - your not the first to say such good things...
- What Meds are you all taking? 10th April 2007
... routine is this. 7:00 am I take 300 mg neurontin, 40 mg morphine , 10 mg protonix, at 11:30 I take 300 mg neurontin ... and 15 mg MSIR ( morphine instant release), 4:30 I take 300 neurontin and sometime ... MSIR, 7:00 300 meurontin, 40 mgs morphine , bedtime 900 mgs neurontin, 40 mgs zanophlex, 8 mgs ... backlophen, 15 mgs morphine , 3 mgs Lunesta. and I wear a Catapress patch all the...
... to my other leg and hands and face (emergency and morphine ). Once I got on Clonazepam and Neurontin 1200, and...
... venom of Sea Snails. It is 1000 times stronger than morphine . It was finally approved in January 2006. I was the...
- Recently learned i had RSD............HELP!!! 9th April 2007
... I had to have stronger pain medication, so I had a morphine pump implanted in my stomach. It is time released...
- Workers Comp Deposition 21st March 2007
... anything again , he told me I should consider the Morphine pump for pain or the spinalcord stim . The Dr. also...
- Cold Sweats.... 7th March 2007
... the medications are worse than the pain. with the morphine , fentanyl, and scs the pain had gotten a little bit...
- Help having trouble urinating 21st February 2007
... I am having problems. I think it is from the morphine . At times it can take upto 30 min to urinate. I...
- Tunneled Epidural Catheter 16th February 2007
... it in my pump and think that helps me more than the morphine .
Sharon :)...
- Nearly 10 years on....and no more the wiser.. 12th February 2007
... info to take to my Doctor. I have been offered the Morphine pump which apparently they attatch to your spine by...
- Heres to you all!!! 10th February 2007
... even consider life without my leg. ER doc gives me Morphine shot and prednisone(sp) and says "now it should get...
- RSD in a child 8th February 2007
... ended up back at Children's for 4 days. Was put on a morphine pump, morphnie drip and the neurontin. Only needed...
... ended up back at Children's for 4 days. Was put on a morphine pump, morphnie drip and the neurontin. Only needed ... spread from the original site?
Is she still on the morphine ?
Thank you. :)...
... Her RSD has not spread anywhere! She is not on the morphine . Only had it in the hospital and for about a week ... spread from the original site?
Is she still on the morphine ?
Thank you. :)...
- MS Contin Vs Fentanyl 6th February 2007
... m on Avinza (which is supposed to be a 24 hour LA Morphine ) and I think it's lasting for the entire time, but ... Percocet for breakthrough when needed. Even when the Morphine is working, some pain is worse and I need extra medication...
- Results from being misdiagnosed 5th February 2007
... amount of bengay seems to help:) I am on 180 mg of morphine a day, with soma, xanax, and percocets for breakthru...
- low dose ketermine treatments 27th January 2007
... Some people look at me at go WOW 180 mg a day of morphine . I say to them at least I'm back with the living and...
... Darotten (oops) Newuronten 1800 to 2500 mgs per day... Morphine (Kadian) 60 mgs per day, Tramadol ER 400 to 600 per...
- does anyone else get used to meds and then they don't work anymore 26th January 2007
... meds that my doctor is thinking of just giving me a morphine pump too, but can you imagine having two pumps hooked...
... an insulin pump for 2 and 1/2 years and have had a morphine /bupivacaine pump for almost 6 years. I love the insulin ... pump, but the morphine pump has been a lifesaver for me. I had been taking...
- Amber... 23rd January 2007
... prayers.surgery went okay. still hurting from it though. morphine and vicodin have been my best friends. i think one...
- Med question 15th January 2007
... have been getting conflicting answers on is pure morphine and its derivatives IE oxymorphone,oxycodone,hydrocodone...
... heads ups on the meds and the internal organs. I take morphine
(180 mgs a day), but who would have thought that ... go thru with this. Very scary.
Jon I know that morphine can really bind you up. That's why it's important...
- Hi everyone. 14th January 2007
... This has been true in my experience too. I have a morphine /bupivacaine pump now, but before that I was taking ... day. When I got the pump, I was weaned off the oral morphine and had no problems doing so. If I had been addicted...
- been living with rsd for 2 and half years now 7th January 2007
... the dose, the dizzier you will become.:) You need Morphine . Plain and simple. I used to take 4 vicoden a day...
- any teens or newly diagnosed out there? 4th January 2007
... right now im on zanaflex, morphine , fentanyl patches, phenagren, lidocaine patches, and...
- vision problems???MEDS???? 30th December 2006
... am not sure if its the Topomax 50mg 4 times a day morphine 60 mg 3 times a day, morphine 30 mg instant release...
...
I've had vision problems since RSD, and I'm on morphine 60 mg. time 3 a day, Xanax x 3 aday, soma x 3 a day ... Go figure. My vision problems started before the morphine . I hope this helps. Have a Happy New Year. Skooze...
- i have an odd question 25th December 2006
... was diagnosed with rsd in january and have been on morphine , lyrica, nuerotin, lexapro, fentynol, and mobic. but...
- Migration 23rd December 2006
... the time I was sixty? I would hope I would have a morphine pump by then. Or maybe research will have found a...
... remember if I told you that they changed my Roxicodone to Morphine Sulfate. I tell you that helps so much with the pain...
... Sorry about your spread. That stinks. I'm glad the morphine is helping you though. Is it the immediate release...
- Any One Have "Info" Morphine Pump ? 20th December 2006
... ration is like 300 to 1
So if you took 300 mgs of morphine by mouth you would only need 1 mg with the pump.
...
... sending me to a Dr. tomorrow to talk about having a morphine pump implanted. My pain is more than I can handle...
... what I've learned. Mine consisted of one injection of morphine in my spinal area and then staying in the hospital...
... of us. She swears by it. She was on quite a bit of morphine before she had hers implanted. I don't remember how...
- Full recovery from RSD/ CRPS 17th December 2006
... about every treatment out there except for a SCS or a morphine pump. I was on vicoden for the first 4 years and was ... with RSD and my life turned around. Also I was given morphine , which got me back into the living. Seeing a shrink...
... it full blown in both legs. I have all of the meds, morphine , Topomax muscle relaxers, Spinal cord stimulator and...
- spinal cord stimulators 16th December 2006
... its to the point where vicodin, darvocet, and even morphine doesnt take the pain away. i have been taking the ... morphine since i was diagnosed. and my body has just gotten...
- RSD worse then ever.... 13th December 2006
... with all of the drugs and machines. I am currently on morphine , topomax, zanaflex and lexapro with xanax thrown in...
- Sure need help 6th December 2006
... your allergic to codeine. Are you also allergic to morphine ? What kinda meds are you on may I ask? I'm sure there...
- Another Bad Day & the unfairness of it all 3rd December 2006
... CRPS and Blood Clot issues and after giving me some morphine (1st time ever) they ruled out the blood clots.
... bit of a headache which I am presuming is from the morphine .
I am hoping it goes away soon as myself and a...
- I am confused,can anyone help give info on scs? 25th November 2006
... not everyone has the same relief. I am on Norco 10, Morphine (anywhere from 40 to 100mg per day), Neuronten, baclofen ... for the pain patch fentanol Duragesic or if needed morphine pills they take the edge off..God bless... :)...
- Pain Pump Info 21st November 2006
... my pump is I have bupivacaine in it along with the morphine and I believe this helps me more than the morphine...
- does anyone else get annoyed . . . 8th November 2006
... dont know about you guys but i currently take alot of morphine with a laundry list of other meds and have never once...
- RFS testimonials please???? 7th November 2006
... t even try to remember :). Anyway, I've now had a morphine /bupivacaine pump for almost 6 years and it's helped ... area. I think the bupivacaine helps more than the morphine because it seems to help with the color and temp changes...
- What is Lyrica and is it better than Neurotin??? 27th October 2006
... highlighted the meds in it, It recommended extended release morphine for relieving the pain, with oxycodone for breaththru...
- Mental Effects of RSD 27th October 2006
... only the meds play a part, I am on Nerontin, norco, morphine , baclophin, zanaflex,zyvox and lunesta as well as...
- I'm a newbie here, but not a newbie w/ RSD 11th October 2006
... had hospital stays with an epidural catheter and a Morphine Pump on the outside. Nothing yet has been implanted...
- RSD Cure: I'm living proof. 7th October 2006
... one nerve block to another, rounds of steroid shots, morphine caths, morphine pumps, and my next step was cutting...
- Has anyone been to Psychiatrist for R S D? 6th October 2006
... The episodes last between 1-8hrs. :) I was given morphine sulphate 15mg to take every 8hrs. but this barely ... anything for the pain. This is when I trailed the Morphine pump by taking X-amount of morphine over a number...
... your organs as I'm on 60mg of MS contine which is morphine sulfate time release every twelve hours which doesn...
