Is Opana 10mg Stronger Than A Oxycodone 30mg (Page 2)

i have new pesription and my dr. wants me to try opana 10mg. is this drug stonger and how much stonger than my last drug oxycodone 30mg..

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There is a generic or Opana (unless I am wrong) I take Oxymorphone ER 10 2x daily. It is helpful, but I am talking to my Dr Tuesday about switching either my Oxymorphone to 3x daily or switching my break through meds from Norco 10 to Percocet 10 (not 7.5 as what I take now does not help at all) RA 26yrs, Fibromyalgia, insomnia, depression, panic attacks. any insights on if this is a good change or req please let me know. Thanks!

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None of that made sense

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Hello this is my first time responding on asking anything on here but I saw you said you were taking 15mg of opana and I was prescribed that also but every pharmacy I have been to say there's no 15mg they have to give me a 10mg and a 5mg to take together. Is there a such pill as an opana 15mg? Thanks any info is appreciated.

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Yes there is. I know there are at least two manufactures that make them. You can actually look online on the government site and find out what each manufacture makes and expected dates for when manufactures will start making a generic form of a medication or when a patent will expire.

One manufacture, the one I now request, because of strength, is Actavis (round white with crescent moon)

I'm not sure of the name of the other manufacture because I got it once and it was crap, but that means there is another.

I have gotten the Actavis from both Walgreens and RiteAid. The other manufacture from RiteAid as well.
Good luck to you!

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I've been on so many different pain medications as I was in a serious car wreck and it smashed my pelvis, broke my tailbone into, I now have plates and screws throughout my body. My doctor just switched me from Oxycodone 30 to Opana 10. We all need to be talking with the Capital in Nashville as I was informed today that, it's the State, not Washington who is giving our Pain Management Doctors a hard time on writing scripts for pain and those of us who truly suffer must stand up and speak out! Any ideas? I just think that we should do something before it gets worse, as it stands now, pain doctors can only write for one tablet for short term and one for long term and for some of us that's not enough. It's not fair that the Government has the right to tell our doctors anything when they don't have a clue what's going on with each of us!

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Hi Dave!! ;) Dave speaks the truth, they are available. xoxo

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Hi chronic pain people, how many of you live in TN? I just found out that the TN Government is responsible for our suffering,. I was wondering how many people would be willing to talk with the Capitol and see if we can get the laws changed? I'm planning on going to the Capitol as I live in constant and severe pain, I know that I'm not alone and I just found out that Pain Management Doctors can only write 2 prescriptions for us because of those who have abused it, those of us who need it are being punished! Who would be willing to team up with me and try to get the laws changed?

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I pay 896 for 60 opama 30

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I take 360 30s oxycodone a month 3-4 every 4-6 hrs plus 90 2 mg xanax last 8 years they cut me back to 180 30s plus 150 ms contin this me contin sucks

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Fentanyl patch...best thing for roung the clock pain !!

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First off, it depends how many or each you are prescribed per day. It also depends on how it is administered; taken orally Opana gets 10% in your blood stream (1mg), but inseffulated 90% (9mg) goes into your blood stream. This is because of first-pass metabolism. Opana is considered 2.5x stronger than Oxycodone, but that doesn't consider absorption.

I take 15mg Opana BID manufactured by Actavis (they have the famous crescent moon). I always inseffulate it. Opana has a 34 hour half-life versus Oxycodone which is approx 4 hours. I would choose a 15mg Opana over 30mg Oxycodones everyday of the week. Yes I have had them both many times. If you take your Opana orally you will feel like it is totally useless...especially if you have been taking Oxy 30's PO which have 90% absorption PO and 45% insufflated. If I were you I would ask the Dr to do the 15mg Opana. You can say that it is because you asked your pharmacist and the 15mg ones are available in generic when the 10's are not which will save you a lot of money. I don't know how cool your Dr is and what not. So that might not work. Best of luck. Hope this helps.

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I have had 4 back operations , 2 laminectomy, discectomy, scar tissue removal. Physical Therapy. I've been diagnosed with degenerative disc disease, osteoarthritis. Both of my legs hurt most of the time, sciatic in left leg no feeling as well. Now I'm having pain in Thoracic affecting arms pain and numbness. Have been on numerous meds, currently on hydrocodone 10/325,Soma 350mg 3 each a day 2mg Xanax to help me sleep. I'm seriously thinking about a pain pump. I get very little relief from these meds. I see a Neurologist right now. Family Doctor doesn't deal with pain like mine. Sometimes I wish I wouldn't wake up I'm in so much pain. Any suggestions would be appreciated.

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Percocet is not just oxycodone, it's a combination of oxycodone and acetaminophen, more popularly known in the us as Tylenol

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HI I am in WA state also and have to wait for a pre-authorization for my Opana, I only found it at Fred Meyers in my area. The question I have for you is, how is the change working for you. I was on 30mg Oxycontin twice a day and am being switched to Opana 10mg ER twice a day now. I am concerned because the dosages aren't equivalent. 10mg of Opana seems to be equivalent to 25mg Oxycontin. I deal with a lot of pain and would llike to know how it is working for you. I am nervous since I have such a hard time getting any pain killers to work for me and I am also 6 weeks post op with a total left knee replacement.

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I get mind at walmart in fl

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Yes Fentanyl patches are still available, I work in healthcare and most of my patients have them. My father still wears them, 75 mg every 3 days.

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How much is 60mg compared to?

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More details about these drugs here:

Oxymorphone (Opana):
erowid.org/pharms/oxymorphone
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxymorphone

Oxycodone (OxyContin):
erowid.org/pharms/oxycodone
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxycodone

Read the dose panel for each, and experiences on Erowid, pay attention to HOW they ingested them, though, that has a lot to do with it. Read reports from people with similar ingestion to your preferred method, and the dosages they took, duration of the effect, and the written 'experience' report.

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I suggest oxycodone over all the morphine I have. I'm taking mscontin 60 mg they are ok, but it doesn't compare to oxycodone. that's my opinion

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Please look at some of my previous posts. I explain the conversion and metabolism in much depth. I also live in WA

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