Taking Morphine And Norco In The Same Day

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My brother takes 30 mg morphine tablets by prescription every 12 hours. He complains that he is in pain all of the time anyway, even though they are better than the norco 10 mg that he was taking before. My sister-in-law takes norco 10 mg, 6 per day, and he has been begging her to give him 2 - a - day to take in between his morphine. He has, of course, not told his doctor. I want to know what combining these two will do to him? Thanks

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Well, first of all, it would be illegal for her to give them to him and for him to take them, since they are not prescribed for him. Both of them, if caught, could face heavy fines and jail time.

Now, if he did take them, since he's opiate tolerant, he would most likely just experience more side effects, such as nausea, dizziness and drowsiness, as long as he doesn't overdose, as reported by the FDA.

Fast acting or regular release opiates are often prescribed in conjunction with time released medications to try to help someone get better control of their pain, by treating or preventing breakthrough pain.

The best thing to do, especially to ensure he avoids legal trouble and doesn't overdose, would to inform his doctor that his pain is not under control with the current medication and then explore what his other options might be. His doctor may add a medication like Norco, or he may raise his dose of the Morphine.

Is there anything else I can help with?

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Hi, I suggest that he tell his morphine doctor that he needs something for "break through pain". In which case his doctor can decide what "as needed" medicine would be best for him; whether that be Norcos or Oxycodone (Percocet). Under most circumstances the doctor will write oxycodone 30mg. The morphine is an extended release medication, however, the oxycodone is a fast acting and "as needed" medication. Just for reference, I know this from personal experience. Good luck.

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Hi, your brother needs to ask his Doctor to prescribe him something for his break thru pain!! I know, I have been on pain medication for years now, and you definitely need a fast acting pain Med. For the break thru pain. His Dr. Will understand he just needs to let him or her know that the long acting morphine isn't working for his pain alone!!

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I've yet to meet a person on Morphine and Norco or Oxycodone who doesn't want MORE! Must be prescription personally law. Sometimes, one must live with some pain. Addiction isn't good.

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I was on Morphine for pain every 12 hours. With Percocet for four times a day for breakthrough pain. I ended up with a problem with the morphine which my body just did not want to absorb absorb. that was changed the morphine that is to Opana every 12 hours 20 milligrams and then 4 Percocet tens for breakthrough pain and it has not been a problem for me I understand your concern you just have to check with the doctor as to what you are capable of taking

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Actually his doctor should be giving him some of those for break through pain, the morphine is an extended release tablet and should not be the sole medicine he takes for pain.

For your actual question - combining the 2 should help his pain.

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They are from the same family of drugs so there should not be a problem.

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No,the DOCTOR will ABSOLUTLY NOT write a RX for 30mg of oxycodone!! This dose must be worked up to,it is THE STRONGEST dose of IR oxy available! If he writes for ANYTHING like that it will be around 5 or 10mg,max 4 per day..... HOUSE...

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HE IS A JUNKIE WHY WOULD SHE GIVE HIM HER MEDS THAT'S AGAINST THE LAW HE WILL PROBABLY DIE WITH ALL THOSE MEDS IN HIM AND WHY IS HE IN SO MUCH PAIN WHAT IS THE CAUSE OF HIS PAIN!!

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GO AWAY JASMINE!! WE DON'T NEED YOU YELLING AT US WITH YOUR FRICKIN CAPS LOCK ON!! I CAN SEE YOU ARE FROM DRUG JUSTICE LEAGUE AND PROBABLY BELIEVE THE WAR ON DRUGS IS ACCOMPLISHING SOMETHING.

YOU OBVIOUSLY AREN'T IN PAIN AND KNOW NOTHING ABOUT THESE MEDICATIONS, SO WE WOULD ALL APPRECIATE YOU KEEPING YOUR IGNORANT OPINIONS TO YOURSELF!

I know from personal experience....I've gone through 6-7 surgeries over that past decade and have been on opiates for as long as 3 years. At my highest level I was taking 120mg OxycontinER and 60mg Roxicodone per day & there are others that need more. I asked for help getting off and unfortunately just had a double neck fusion C6/C7/T1....

No one asks for this and I truly wish your brother-n-law the best of luck! Tell him he needs to re-evaluate his condition. You definitely don't want to build a tolerance without the doctor knowing or it WILL appear as drug seeking behavior and he will get nothing.

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I'm sure they meant 6 x 5mg/day which is standard prescribing procedure for someone who has a small tolerance built up. Take it easy House!!

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I am currently on 15 mg twice a day morphine & it does nothing for my pain, it does help me sleep. I was on Norco 10 mg for years & I honestly think the norcos worked better for my pain. It's different for each individual. But he really needs to talk to his doc before he combines the two meds.

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Sorry madman, just been one of those days....

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Get him stoned or nuggets as we say in Scotland.

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He has broken his back three times, with fusion surgery afterwards, He also broke his neck and had to have some fusion. He has also broken most of the bones in his body, He is unable to walk upright, but must bend over in a bow almost 90'. He spent a year in a body cast. He has also had multiple operations for various reasons, Heart attacks, colon problems, colon cancer ( in remission ) so I think he has plenty of reasons to be in pain. Even shortly after taking his morphene, he is moaning with pain. The only real relief he gets is when he sleeps. He has decided, after getting back from his recent 3 week hospital stay, that he wants to go DNR. I would appreciate leaving off the negative comments.

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First of all morphine by mouth is weak only 10 percent actually gets used in the body! Second his doctor should be prescribing him break thru medication and no 2 hydrocodones will not likely hurt him however if his doctor pee tests him he will get likely cut off and get nothing. I strongly urge him to go back to his doctor and pleade his case for better pain control.

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Greetings. I take both with no problems for two years. In fact, I take HysinglaER 120 and MSIR 30. As long as he does not over do the Norco, no need to worry about your brother. I have used the fast and slow release with zero negative effects. Good luck.

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Nothing will happen to him, but he needs to consult his dr and let him know that the pain meds prescribed to him is not helping with the pain. I've been a pain patient for 10 years and your body builds a tolerance and after a while your meds need changing or altering. Or possibly like myself given a pain patch in addition to the pills for breakthrough pain. I wouldn't make it a habit of giving him your pain meds, he really needs to talk to his doctor about his pain

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Sounds like he needs rehab for his body the opiates will no longer work after a whileI was on pain medicine for a long time because I broke my back in two places pain med stopped working I stop taking pain meds and got on Suboxone it works much better for pain

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To everyone suffering from under treated pain we have advocate groups that are fighting for our rights such as in the face of pain & pain matters. There are petions to the president please if you wish to preserve our rights. Sign. To Jasmine. I wish you could feel what one of us feels with the meds & see if you can last 10 minutes with out. Ignorance in your case is hurting people. Try a little compassion.

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Susan (# 4) -

Live with pain? I'd rather not live if my prognosis is pain. I'm OK with euthanasia or suicide but trust I Will Not live in pain regardless of your personal feelings. I hope you don't work in the medical field. Compassion much?

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My doctor just cut my norco 10/325 from 130 to 60 and gave me moraphine 15ER to go with them , is that stronger then 2 of the norcos?

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They are safe together, instead of thinking he has a addiction you should find out if it is Psudoaddiction! Is it because his doctor refuses to provide more even know he has been on that dose a long time? I agree giving him those is helping him go down a bad road really quickly even if he truly needs them for pain. Look up psudoaddiction amd see if that fits? Good Luck

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Yes they have them without Tylenol same with codeine, but I've never gotten any benefit with them, not sure if it's just me, but it does nothing

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Chugalong fear not! He will probably be okay since many doctors usually do prescribe the Morphine for every 12hrs along with Norco or another short acting opiate for breakthrough pain...

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I have an uncle in the same predicament.. He's currently on morphine pills and OxyContin prescribed by the dr. He's always bothering me or my mother for Norco 10 or percoset 10 so between me and my mom he gets about 60 a month out of us total. I can clearly see he has a drug problem and that's what i see here. Btw those 2 combined are not safe so tell him to be careful and better keep on 1 drug

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I take Norco which does not contain 1000mg of tylenol. It has less than a 5mg vicodin. Vicodin has 500mg per 5mg. I know I took those too. Norco that I receive has 10mgs of vicodin & 325mg of tylenol.

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Your post was VERY helpful. I didn't know all of this, certainly not that hydrocodone was available without the tylenol. Thanks a lot!

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If you have never been in chronic pain ..you have no idea what it's like. There are times when you feel so useless...and people down you saying suck it up..or you just wanna feel high. Severe chronic pain makes you feel so incapacitated to the pain that death will at least make it go away. Don't judge unless you've been through it.

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My niece took like 6 or 8, 10 milligrams of hydro and put on one of those morphine pain patches and she always took a lot of hydros. She had a heart attack and died at 47 last year, so tell him to be very careful. Pain is better than death. Sometimes it don't feel that way I know cuz I'm in pain daily and nobody will even give me 5 milligrams of s*** but it's sure better than death.

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