Is Opana 10mg Stronger Than A Oxycodone 30mg (Page 6)
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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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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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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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Fentanyl patch...best thing for roung the clock pain !!

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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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I pay 896 for 60 opama 30

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

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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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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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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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None of that made sense

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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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Don't wait for marijuana to be legal if you think it'll help/ Move to or visit Colorado or California. So much safer!

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I have a lot of pain from many painful condition I have been taking Oxycontin 40 mg twice a day and oxycondone/apap 10/325 mg 3 times a day for breakthrough pain. I moving from private insurance to medicare and the drug plan I got does not cover oxycontin. My doctor is going to switch me to Opana ER 15 mg twice a day. I don't care if it does not make me high as long it help me with my pain. So is the pain relief about the same between the Oxycontin and Opana. I'm staying with my breakthrough pain medication so it going to be my around the clock meds that are changing.

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Yes there is a few generics of Opana ER. I live in Queens, N.Y. and most every Pharmarch carries them. I just started my 20/20 yesterday, Iand I think I'm turning the corner as far as relief goes. I currently use Vicodin 10/325 for Breakthrough pain which I need two to three sometimes between 1 and 3:30 A.M. The pain is Terrible and (If I could) run out of Bed to get a Vicodon; I would keep it on my End Table, but my Cat knocks everthing off my Bed every night; Seltzer included; She is very strong.!!!

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I've tired almost every Medication available, and Opana works the best for me. I use
Vicodin 10/325 for Breakthrough pain. I have finally found a great combination for pain.!!!

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for me opana relieved my pain way better than the ms contin that i was on, alongside my oxycodone 10mg. Previously was taking the ms contin 60mg twice daily and the oxycodone 5x daily, switched my ms for opana er 30mg twice daily. Now i know thats pretty much the equivelent in mg but it for some reason worked way better, maybe just me but if your having a lot of trouble controlling your pain maybe you should talk with your doc about switching im glad i did.

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Fentanyl is still on the market?! Or does it come in some form other than just the Fentanyl Patch? I was on the "72 hour" Fentanyl Patch, a number of years ago & I would start experiencing withdrawal symptoms at around the 54-60 hour mark, EVERY, patch. Constant yawning, runny nose, restless legs, couldn't sleep & when I told the "pain management dr" I was seeing he said, "Fine, then we'll switch you over to 10mg Methadone, two times a day.". When I asked him if he recalled that I had tried Methadone previously, at 20mg 4 times a day & it didn't work for me AND had the audacity to ask his highness if 20mg a day of Methadone was a comparable dose to the 100 or 125mcg patch(this was 5 or 6 years ago now & I can't recall which dose it was). The response, from His Highness, "Maybe it's time that you look for another "Pain Management Clinic".", doing nothing more than reinforcing my suspicion that he only put me on the patch because of the "financial incentive"(kickback) from the Pharmaceutical Company that made it. I took his suggestion, found a GREAT Dr we agreed to take over my treatment(who has tried several things other than just prescribing medication) & I was told that they did NOT prescribe the patch because, like I had happen, many people were finding that the patch was NOT administering the medication correctly & patients were being over medicated & experiencing withdrawals & some people had actually died from the patch. I just wish Marijuana was legal so I could try that as a natural remedy for my chronic pain.

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There is generic for Opana ER in certain strengths. I believe they are 5mg, 7.5mg, and 15mg. The rest are name brand. You can look online at the DEA website and you can find which medications have generics, what manufacture makes the generics, when it will be available or how long it has been available.

Check it out before you tell people there is no generic.

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With a free prescription card you can print from offline without entering any personal information you can get a huge discount on the Opana. I get #60 of the 15mg a month. At RiteAid w/o insurance it is $320. The free prescription card drops it to $118.

I used to get it filled at Walgreens using the Walgreens savings card (cost $20/yr for it) and that brought the cost to $143. About a year ago they took the Opana off their savings card which brought the cost to $345.

I have shopped around a lot and RiteAid with the free discount card is the cheapest!

Good luck!

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