Which Is Stronger: 30 Mg Of Morphine Sulphate Er Or 10 Methadone (Page 7)
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I am in a confusing debate with my ex husband: Which is stronger, 30 mg of morphine sulfate E.R or 10 mg of methadone?

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Frank, I really feel for you my husband is 45 and has had 5 back surgeries, he has been on everything from Oxycontin to Fentanyl lollipops ( which was a very bad). He is now on Methadone 175mg a day and he is pain free. He has bad days and good days but for the most part he is doing well. We live in NJ and all the docs here think your a drug addict when you ask for a medication that works for you such as Methadone. The only way he could get this medication was to join a Methadone Clininc in Newark, NJ, so now once a month he goes and stands in line with all the people that are abusing the system by doing drugs and getting free Meth from Medicaid. It is a real shame that people like you and my husband have to suffer in silence and do what the doctor says. Most of these doctors have not had a day of pain in their lives and they base their recommendation for medication on information they have read in a medical journal instead of listening to their patient. I am sorry this is happening to you and I hope you will be able to get what you need. Hang in there.

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Is there any thing medication on the maker for Migrains besides trip tans,which I cannot I am AFAID to do the BOTOX,MIDRIN ALWAYS WORKED,I am taking forocet which helps a little.

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I was on Methadone tablets for 13 years with a NY pain mgmt doctor who worked alongside an Orthopedic surgeon who originally diagnosed my lumbar-sacral pain from DDD (L5/S1) and nerve damage in my legs, plus osteoarthritis in hips and spine. My Methadone dose began at 30mg/day, and at it's highest 10 yrs later, was on 150mg/day. I had gastric bypass surgery in 2009, and lost 130 lbs by 2010. My Methadone dosage was able to be brought down to 90mg/day. I was OK with it.
I moved to PA in 2010, and after a yr traveling back-n-forth to NY every other month to see the pain mgmt doc, I switched to a PA pain mgmt doc. Gave my diagnosis proof and all. After being prescribed 90mg the first visit, the next visit, I'm met with a story that "a new study has shown that 60 mg Methadone" should be the new daily maximum to prevent QT prolongation.
I never had a heart problem. I've had ECG's in the past. I told him my tolerance is too high now for 60mg...He said I'll reduce you by 10 mg a month, and your body will adapt to it. This wasn't sounding right to me. When I got home, I spent hours looking all over medical journals & articles, and seen no such thing stated about Methadone dosages being newly recommended to 60mg max/day. I can't even nicely confront him about it, because if I "put his back against the wall" so to speak, he'll tell me to see someone else then. I already looked into that though my PCP in PA, and he said, doctors in northeast PA have a problem with Methadone. My insurance is only for PA doctors this yr. So I can't see a new doctor back in NY yet, and I haven't felt the pains I've been having in a long long time...I either have to suffer in silence or bear it another 6 months, then change my insurance and try a NY doctor again...He won't speak to my old NY doctor, and my numerous MRI films are from 10 yrs ago, but my DDD is either the same or worse, so how can he have this approach? A couple visits ago, I told him that I was uncomfortable, and he says, "You don't like you're doubled over in pain". I'm saying to myself, 'what a nightmare here'..My pains are least between an hour after waking and around 2pm. Then the pain areas start getting aggravated as the day wears on. I don't know what to say or do.

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Methadone is stronger than Morphine, just as an example, if you were taking the 30mgs of Morphine, the equivalent dosage of Methadone would only be 3mgs, so it's a roughly 1mg to 10mg ratio.

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