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40 Mg Oxycontin Vs Ms Contin 30mg. (Page 2) (Top voted first)
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I have been taking 40mg oxycontin 3x a day. My insurance won't cover it any more. My Doc prescribed ms contin 30mg 2 x a day. will it work?
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walter727 Says:
It will help with withdraw and curves the pain for a while. If you have been on oxycontin for a very long time .Your Dr. can ask for a preaurthorzation ,but if Inc. Has taken it out of there formulazation.Ask Dr.about Opana ER .it is as close as you will get to oxycontin,basically same thing but much better than Oxycontin. Much more level headed,no drunk filling.But every bit as good for curving the pain.
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neat Says:
for me I took morphine sulfate the long-acting 1 of 30 milligrams I bought it my insurance but in at a drugstore in a small town worked fine for me came to a big city went to Walgreens they gave me some pink generic found out had nosebleeds kitchen did not take care of the pain proper I don't know what was in it and I'm still looking for this pink pill online it's getting to a point I just don't understand the system anymore why would they give the people have good insurance the best pills and both under the government seem to get crap at some places and I think it's sad because it mean if your poor or middle class don't have good insurance they're prejudiced you get generic or the crap a doctor and Stanford told me how long time ago generic is not the same don't let them kids you
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T baby Says:
Dont feel bad, i am 39 years old and have been declared permanently disabled. I have degenerative disc disease where it have totally destroyed both of my knees, 3 disc in my back and my left shoulder. I also have rheumatoid and osteoarthritis arthritis, fibromyagi and neuropathy. I have been taking percocet 10/325 for a while now for break through pain relief. My doctor has recently added MsContin 30 mg and it has been working very well. I hope eventually you find something that works for you.
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Juon Says:
Oxycodone is approximately 1.5–2 times as potent as morphine when
taken orally.
( OC 60-85% oral Bioavailability)
( MS 25% oral Bioavailability)
While morphine is up to 50% more potent than Oxycodone when taken
intramuscular!.
I know some users crush the MS tabs to bypass the time release
mechanism.
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Ohemgee Says:
I honestly think u will get better pain relief from the MS but u prob need a higher dose as they truly only last about 6hrs no dr wants to admit that though. Lol. Also everyone is different so this may not b true for u but for me I think I didn't digest the ox er like I do the ms er and no matter what I took I always have to take something for pain on top of if. The long acting meds to me don't get rid of pain so well but they seem to make it like taking 2 5mg regular oxycodone work like I took 4 but I don't feel all ugh and just yucky like I would if I took 4. I have bad pain too I am on 4 30mg MS Contin a day (& B WARNED NEVER TAKE THE MYLAN BRAND THEY R SIX TIMES BIGGER THAN ALL OTHERS AND HAS A ZILLION FILLERS ITS MADE EVERYONE I HAVE EVER MET SICK W HEADACHES AND NAUSIA) I recommend Rhodes I may have sp wrong, neways not to much diff with brands though but aside the point I'm also prescribed 5 10mg reg oxycodone and I fight to never have to take more. About every six months I take a couple weeks to a month (depending on what u can physically handle) and lower my dose slowly so my tolerance goes down I had a wonderful dr in the state of Washington teach me some great tricks. I've told many many many people to switch from OxyContin or The Phentynol patch k I spelled that way wrong lol but I've told a lot of people to switch and once they had there drs do it all preferred it and had much better pain relief and the nice thing is its a flexible dose so its not hard to lower it and keep ur tolerance the same I've been on same dose for 7yrs. Only time I ever had to take more would b just short periods right after a surgery or like last yr I tore my butt muscle that sucked. But aside from added crap the usual crap is bad enough but I say to all u in real pain if u can switch and stop taking this new OxyContin that from what I'm also hearing is causing such bad stomach probs from the fillers Perdue (ok I'm in a lot of pain tonight so I didn't sleep well and I'm super tired so I didn't feel like looking but I prob spelled that wrong also lol) neways Perdue pharma may very well have to stop making there non FDA approved yet op OxyContin back to the original ones. But truly if ur really wanting pain relief maybe talk to ur dr. But try to have them give u both. The morphine long acting and the oxy short. Hope that helps.
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Snoogy Says:
Yes they were all changed, only the coating was changed to prevent crushing due to abuse. However, u are not alone in stating it doesn't work as well. The formulary did not change to my knowledge, but they do not work as well. Always get the oxycodone short acting for breakthrough.
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Snoogy Says:
Been on OxyContin old and new for a long time and never had any problems with teeth. This is for people that crush, snort and abused it. This is why they changed the shell so that this should not be possible. As for using snuff, maybe that is making your teeth bad.
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Snoogy Says:
All OxyContin has been changed. Again just the coating, but they seem to not work as well.
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Snoogy Says:
You may need a pre auth for 3 times a day on OxyContin. Most doctors if good, will agree that sometimes its needed more than q 12 hours. Find out the limit on what your insurance company covers in one month.
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JohnD. Says:
My insurance company refuses to pay for my Oxycontin anymore. I was on 40 mgs, 2x's/day. He changed me to MS Contin 30 mgs. 2x's/day. According to above, this is less pain reliever. The Oxycontin were not on right for me and I was going for my 2nd appt. w/ pain clinic this Monday for a re-check. I was going to ask for an increase.
Anybody understand this? I don't.
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Snoogy Says:
No as u need more with mscontin then u do with OxyContin. Example 30mg oxy converts to 60mg mscontin and you may not get the same affect, as morphine doesn't work for everyone. It did nothing but make me druggy when OxyContin did not
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Snoogums Says:
Regarding the oxy 30mg being the equivalent of 60mg of MS Contin that is not true. It would be 22.5mg of morphine which doesnt exist. Actually you convert 1 1/2 times the oxycodone to get the morphine does which will always be less than oxycodone. Yes morphine in any type is stronger than oxycodone and does work differently on different people. Morphine years ago specifically MS Contin made me drugged but didn't help the pain they have kadian that is a morphine that does work much better than MS Contin. But always convert 1 1/2 times the dose of of oxycodone to morphine. You take 1/2 the does of oxy so if you have a 60mg divide it in half you get 30 than dived that in half again which is 15 then add both together and it makes 30+15= 45 so a 45 mg morphine is equal to 60mg oxy. Look up a conversion chart and you will see that since morphine is stronger the does is less not more than oxycodone.
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