2 120mg Every Night

I spent almost 2 years with awful leg and lower back pain seeing Dr.s from all over the place trying all kinds of back injections and Meds with no relief. I was seeing my PA when the AVINZA rep. came in. The drug was new and they said it was the best thing out there. I liked the fact that I only took it 1 time a day as a posed to (as needed ).
It worked great and for the 1st time in years that I did not have pain every minute of every day I was so excited to be able to walk my dog and do some work again I did not do my homework looking into the new Med. I was about 4-5 mo. Into it when I found out the cost and the addictiveness of that much. It's 6 years later and with the cost and the insurance covering only half I have to come off this. I'm 63 and scared to death. I am going to try weening off starting with dropping the 2nd pill to a 90 mg and try that for a month.
Does anyone have any advice

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Avinza contains the active ingredient Morphine and there is another medication available called MS Contin that also contains Morphine in a time released formulation. The difference is that you'd need to take it twice a day, but it is available as a generic, so it's much cheaper. You may want to ask about switching to it.

This is a narcotic analgesic, so it has the potential to be habit forming and may cause side effects, such as nausea, dizziness, drowsiness, dry mouth and constipation.

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