Taking Oxycontin But Being Switch To Opana Er

I have some very painful condition which I am on Oxycontin 30 mg twice a day and 10/325 oxycodone / APAP. I am on disability I am 36 years old and when my medicare kicks in and my drug plan does not cover Oxycontin so I had a list of drugs they would cover and Opana ER is one that is covered and he wants to start me on Opana ER 10 mg he mention fentanyl patches also I am looking for pain relief not the high. So one works good and it does make me high I find with it. Then if the medicine is really good and make me high then I have make a choice on how much pain relief. I am just to the point I will try anything to make my pain better so I can live a half way normal life would be great.

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Any high that you experience from one should only be a temporary side effect, they usually last about 4 to 6 weeks, while your body is adjusting to the medication, then they taper off in severity.

That is how addiction happens, actually. People like that high, but since it eventually wears off, they have to keep taking more and more to get it back.

So that is an effect that shouldn't be of any long-term concern.

Opana is actually twice as strong as the Oxycontin, so you'd need 15mgs of it for each 30mgs you were taking of the Oxycodone.

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.

The fentanyl, however, is the strongest that's available, so you might now want to jump to it, in the interest of leaving yourself a future option.

Is there anything else I can help with?

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