Methodone To Morphine Drug Transition
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My doc has changed my pain meds. I am taking 90 mgs. a day, and have been for 6 months. It doesn't work anymore. (Nerve damage from 5 failed back surgers and scarring from healing attempts.) He put me on 100mgs of MS Contin twice a day.
I NEED to know what if anything I need to know about the transition. Scared as it a high dose.

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Pip is actually very accurate, Methadone is much stronger than Morphine and, if you've been taking 90mgs of the Methadone a day, you will need 337.5mgs of Morphine in a day to be at an equivalent dose.

A twice daily dosing would require around 168.75mgs of Morphine in each dose.

Methadone can be very problematic, when you stop taking it and in some people, it can cause withdrawals, even when replaced with an equivalent dose of another narcotic. Therefore, with a lower dosage, you could end up with some severe withdrawal and rebound pain symptoms.

You should really talk to your doctor about this conversion.

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Are there any other questions or comments?

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you're suppossed to get 100 mg of morphine to every 10 mg of methadone which means you should get 900 mg a day. Same thing happened to my wife. You need300 mg every 8 hours

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