Which Is Stronger 15mg Ms Contin Or 15mg Oxycodone (Page 3)

I wonder what the difference is between 15MG MS Contin vs 15 Mg Oxycodone. Is there a substitute for MS Morphine..I take 2 30mg MS Contin twice a day and also with that I take 15MG MS Contin twice per day..which of course is 45mgs at a time..with 3 15mg Oxcodone for breakthru pain. I was taking 20 mg Oxycontin 3 times a day etc. But my insurance wasn't paying for the oxy. So what I take now is paid for. Do any of you have any suggestions of what would work better for the pain..since I changed to morphine it doesn't seem to do the trick..this is long..but any answers would be very appriciated..Thanks..

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I too had a spinal fusion after fracturing the laminas between L-4 n L-5 in 2006 and my pain got alot worse after the surgery than before. Before the suregery i started on 5mg oxycodone 3x day, then increased to 15mg 4-6 times a day. Then at work one day i reinjured my back, after every diagnosis known to man, ie, mri, nuclear, ct scan, you get the picture. They couldnt explain the increase in pain. It progressed so bad that I was on Oxycontin 80mgs 4X day plus, 30mg oxycodone 4-6 X Day. After my insurance ran out i couldnt afford the oxycontin as it went from a $20 co-pay to over $1,400 and the Oxy 30s went from $10 co-pay to a cpl hundred. How are people supposed to pay theses amounts unless you are selling them!! So I had to switch to Methadone 10mg 4tabs 3 times a day, i know a HUGE dose and kept the oxycodone 30s. So my monthly pain meds ended up costing me around $$250. But now with the DEA acting as Drs and limiting patients pain medicine due to the Drug dealers and Pharmacists "Gas Gouging" prices the methadone has shot up to $300/month and the oxy 30s, forget about it, if you can find them here in FL they are $8-10 per PILL!!Thats highway robbery. So now im forced to find something cheaper that will still make me able to function through the day. Sorry to get off your answer topic sir, but 65mgs of oxycodone per day is a low dose IMO. Hope this helps and thanks for letting me vent. If anyone has a cheaper alternative to Oxycodone 30s, please tell me. Thank you

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Have been in pain for years in 95 & 97 had 2 big lower back opps in 2007 right Knee replacement and in 2009 left knee replacement the 2011 right foot bone fusion severe osteoarthritis Feb 2014 had to have left knee cap fixed up, i also have other pain in shoulders i was a brickie and scaffolder for years and played Rugby, soccer & lots of squash so pretty banged up. my pain specialist has me on 3 x 100mg MS Contin and says i don't need any oxy but may be best coming off all pain meds what are my options, I am dead serious about the pain i am in and still only 57 please HELP! with advice

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I have been on perk 10 for over a year I have told my doctor nothing work but the perks so he puts me on morphine 15 I have been so sick weak can't eat can't sleep you name if I have called twice telling them how sick I am and I just want to go back to my perks they have not given me no Breck thru pain men's nothing I am hurting like he'll what can I do to go back to my perks when he don't want to give them back

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Oxycontin is much stronger than MS contin by about half.
If you are not getting adiquate pain reliefe talk to your doctor, don’t ask people on the internet, that is just dumb!
Use your head, the people responding to questions like this are usually stupid!
TALK TO YOUR DOCTOR!

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Opana sucks the big one. I swear tramadol is better than opana.

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I agree with you.
Don’t ask people on the web everyone here thinks that thy are smart but most are morons!

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All u people already know that oxycodone is the strongest pain med. ur all just trying to find a way to feel high if not then a good average dose of the med for moderate to severe pain is 30 - 40 mg if u have oxycontin only chew about 20mg and take the other 10-20 swallow. If u want to know my buisness try having someone sqeezing ur balls or bag 24hrs a day pain and if u have to take 2-3 a day so u don't run out

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SWITCH DOCTORS!
If your doctor doesn’t listen to your complaints and address them to your satisfaction the best thing to do is fire them, and hire a new one, your doctor works for you!

Use your head!

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I know this is a forum to cummunicate between oxycodone & opana. I posted about a year ago trying to help another with a stomach issue from an extended release form. Please let me post this. ......

For those of you who may or may not care what I have to say. Im tired of getting notifications from time to time. Thinking it might be someone else that just might need some insight or maybe some real help with one or both of these 2 very strong medications. Then to find out it's someone lashing out at each & everyone of "us" who have posted on here. I personally can say that they couldn't have read them all because I helped with a "stomach" issue due to these meds. But some have to judge. When they have no idea that maybe this is the only place some people have to go to get questions answered. I have horrible pain myself. Between Lupus SLE, RSD/CRPS, Fybromyalgia, and that's just to name a few. My life isnt just about popping pills to feel high. I have been on the same dose, mgs for over 2yrs by choice. Telling my Dr that I dont want any change. The only other thing that I had different was extended release that caused me to have a hyper stomach. Yes oxycodone is strong. But im only accepting 15mg tabs up to 3xs a day. Which I never ever take unless im screaming my head off in agonizing pain. No I dont feel high off my meds. No I dont enjoy those effects. The meds themselves make me sick to my stomach. So for you to judge everyone as a whole because they ask a question or answer one isnt right. Look back & read what I wrote. Not everyone is out for a quick fix. Some of us & as the sounds of it im referring to you too have to deal with pain every single day. I choose to take some medication. However, I also have to receive pain therapy along with it . Which would probably help a lot of people with addiction. Because rather people want to believe or not? Anyone who takes medications that are addictive? Your body gets addicted after constant use after a short week. Some sooner. Where people get into trouble is When they get addicted other ways. Such as the way you speak of. Idk how you choose to handle your pain. Im sorry youre in pain. I can only hope you will find brighter days. I only speak for myself. Yes their drs can only be the ones to help them. But some drs arnt the easiest to speak to. I speak to strangers every day in groups with lupus or rsd about everything. Maybe these people just needed a few questions answered to go to their doctor with. And if they got those answered? GREAT!!! If not? Then oh well. They have to deal with it. This is a forum to answer questions between 2 medications. Not to judge people or make them feel uncomfortable. They obviously feel they cant go anywhere else. Plus you have to put something in like oxycodone....... or opana........ to find this forum anyway. For whatever reason you found this and decided to lash out & judge people? I'll be praying. For what it's worth? Nobody's perfect. Not me not anyone. I just dont understand why come onto a forum to yell at people or to call them names.

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Could not agree more. I first came here looking for answers from other valid patients , not abusers getting high. It is unfortunate that a helpful forum gets pelted by the stoners .

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Your insane thinking tramadol is strong!
BTW tramadol isn’t a narcotic!
Tramadol is a narcotic antagonist in other words it stops the effect of narcotics!
Look it up rather than look like a moron!

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oxy is much more strong

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Ultram aka tramadol is similar to morphine. It hits the same receptors in your brain as a narcotic. But technically isn't classified as one ....yet.... Many states & the US Military are trying to change that because it is addictive.
It does treat pain. & is used to treat pain.
It's a good pain medication for people who dont need something really strong. Like oxycodone n opana. However we all react differently to all medications.

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I understood that methadone blocked receptors in the brain when you take any other narcotic to keep you from getting high. Also it changed my son's whole personality and caused him to have horrible nightmares. My problem with ms contin ir 15 mg. Is it doesn't work near as well as dilaudid 4 mg. did. The problem with dilaudid was it became almost non existent in Florida. On the rare occasion I did find it, it was $400+ for 120 of them. Anyone else have this problem?




ends son died from taking it. Dilaudid worked so much better than ms contin for me but it is impossible to find here in Florida. The one place I did find it charged$400 for 120 of 4 mg.

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Duaa,
Dilaudid 4mg is way way way more powerful than ms contin 15 mg.

There isn’t much out there stronger than a 4 mg dilaudid in a pill form, with exception to the new 50 mg hydrocodone.
I think you have no idea as to the difference between immediate release and sustained release. Look that up it will teach you allot about medications.

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You are wrong tramadol is not like oxycodone or opana nowhere near it is barley an opioid it has opioid properties but it is not addictive it's also only an s4 drug not even controlled at all you cannot be high or addicted to tramal/tramadol

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You are totally wrong as well. Why don’t you people just look up these drugs and read from the manufacturer. Tramadol is a narcotic antagonist. It is NOT an opioid, but it works on the same brain receptors as opioids do. It is addicting. One must carefully tapper off it. Tramadol is dangerous, I think it shouldn’t be used by anyone except the people that need it because of problems with narcotic addiction.

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We have 1mg 2mg 4mg and 8mg dilaudid tablets in Australia and jurnista is the controlled release tablet from 8mg up to 64mg tablets they are more potent than MS Contin I am currently on OxyContin I have been on it for years I take 55mg in the am and 55mg in the pm and I take 2 to 3 oxynorm ir for breakthrough pain throughout the day and Valium for back spasms I am going to change from OxyContin to MS Contin as they have reformulated the OxyContin and they do not provide pain relief like they used to they do not work properly at all I do not abuse mess only taken for the reasons I'm prescribed it since swapping from the normal oc the the new ones with op imprinted on them they are horrible would switching my long acting OxyContin to MS Contin would that Leo me guys please give me an answer

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Here is what I know based ump my own experience a couple of years ago when posted the question on this site. I had been on Oxycodone for years following a failed spinal fusion. My Doc and I decided to try MSContin to see how it compared. I was drowsy, falling asleep even at a red light !!, AND it (MSContin) not control the pain as well. Eventually we switched to OxyContin, ( kept word Contin) as in contuous. Have been on 20mg every 8 hours and "occasional" 5mg Oxycodone for breakthru. This regimen has hit that fateful time where it no longer works all the way, and most folks just keep raising the dose, but I am resisting it as there is no light at the end of this tunnel. I can only say, MSContin did not work well for me. BUT HERE IS A SCARY aside..recently, my pharmicist made a mistake and refilled my 5mg Oxycodones with 30 MG Oxycodones..on top,of my regular OxyContin THAT could have been a real problem. The Pharmacy is doing backflips to make sure I know how happy they are I immediately returned and told them of the error.

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