Which Is Stronger 15mg Ms Contin Or 15mg Oxycodone (Page 6)
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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 know all about a fusion, as I had a major one in 06. I had every pain relief medication known. Except herion or methadone. Right now my pain mgt doc has me on 30mg of oxycontin a day for the extended relief as well as 8 to 12mg of dilaudid. I couldn't be more satisfied with the results. I have my life back as much as could be. Talk to ur doc and try to obtain the above. The combo made me nervous at first mixing oxycodone and morphine but the apprehension went away after the pain relief kicked in.

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Shan, I had fusion in 09. Made things worse ! Thanks to UCSF for that. Been on Oxy ever since, most recently was on 15mg every 4. Got to where it was not lasting more that a couple hours and I did not like the side effects, who wants W/D every 4 hours ? And who can afford Contin since the abusers have prevented a generic from coming out, thanks to the abusers for that.
doc switched me recently to MSContin, 60mg three times a day. That's it. It only gives about 60% of the pain control as Oxy, but lasts longer and side effects are less. ringing in the ears is less decibels at least. I just hated the spiral of needing more and more as Time goes on, I'm 63 TODAY, so where will I be in 10 years?
Good luck.

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Hi everybody I just have a couple of questions.. Let me start by telling a little bit of my background. I'm 26yrs old and have had 4 surgeries on my back the last to didn't help AT ALL so I see my pm doctor every month and as of two months ago I was on the fentanyl 100mcg patch every 2 days and up to 6 oxycodone 15mg 1-2 every 4-6hrs as needed and when the pain was bad I would take 2 every 4 so by the end of the day I was out of pills so they switched me to dilauded 4mg 1-2 evry 4-6 and I was having the same issue so this month they switched me again I'm still on the fentanyl every 2 days but no more bt mess just another long lasting which is the MS Contin 30mg 3x a day and so far I've noticed more pain relief from the oxycodone the the MS Contin.. Any suggestions?? Also should I call and talk to the doctor or nurse about this??

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hi hunter, i ended up not being able to eat. now some people may look at that as a good thing. but eating half a sandwich and feeling like you ate a 5 course meal? it was crazy. thats all i could eat in a day. even fluids would fill me up quickly. i got tested for everything. here now i have a hyperstomach. most peoples stomachs hold their food for 3 hours before dumping. mine may hold it for an hour. so i dont get the nutrition i need. so the trick is how do we hurry to keep the nutrition in, plus meds and keep my body healthy. i honestly dont want to get more sick. losing the weight as of now isnt an issue. but i dont want to lose my hair. nor like i said? get worse. however im now on oxycodone regular. so fa so good. i have control now. its not sitting in the pit of my belly melting when it feels like it. hope alls well.

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I am 71 years old. I have taken 30mg of ms contain 3xs per day for the last 7 years. I have stenosis which is painful and limiting but the real source of my pain is from my feet and legs. I am in sales and on my feet the majority of my waking moments. A failed foot surgery has caused some fairly serious issues which the doctors are uncertain of how to correct. Bottom line is that by 2:00 in the afternoon I am walking on the sides of my feet to help to relieve the pain that shoots up my legs from the tips of my now deformed toes. I have asked my doctor to substitute the 30mg ms that I would normally take with 30 mg of oxycodone as I definitely want the instant relief as well as the lift that I would receive from this combination. My doctor refuses to hear my request . He did prescribe me a substitute Opana ER which I found useless opting to go back to the ms instead. I truly need a breakthrough med that will offer relief. Can you advise

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In was placed on the methadone for chronic back pain and it helped for about 3 weeks. I had a pain level of 4, which was good considering my pain level is usually beyond !0, but I found that morphine was one that really helped me function, it caused red spots on my skin, which my dr stated wasn't too bad, but she had to pull me off of it after I mentioned itchy skin and wheezing.

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Oxycontin is oxycodone er. MS-Contin is morphine sulfate er. My pain doctor told me the FDA and DEA are
really coming down on pain clinics. The main drug is oxycodone. It has become the number one drug of abuse
by teens. I was told within 12 months the most percocet
10/325's you could get in a month was 100. I get 140 now. He did say my 30mg of MS-Contin could be upped.

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What were the health problems you experienced from taking MS Contin? I have been taking it for ten years now and my overall health seems to be deteriorating.

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goodmorning dr t.....i wrote on here before and decided to check on here to see how hings were going. i did try the ms contin again. not much by choice. i realize each person is different and we all react differntly to meds and pain. however i now have all kinds of other issues from the mscontin that may not be reversible. i go to my dr today. he doesnt really listen to you. the same questions you answer he writes scripts. he is unwilling to change much. i spend all my time either at drs appointments including physical therapy which even though it hurts? im thankful for. or im in bed. i do however get to go out when my boyfiends band has a gig. other then that my life is at a stand still do to pain control or lack of. i am on steroids. so no nsaids for me. i do pray for everyone with chronic pain. it sucks and i never take away from those with any other pain. however when other drs told me i had to no exceptions had to go off the mscontin. my dr wouldnt give me opana or anything else but norco. so im in bed for the winter. good luck to all of you. sunshine cant get here fast enough.

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I had a spinal fusion in 2009 to reduce the serious back pain that started after a hip replacement in 07. Well, it did not solve the pain, it only worsened. I have had every test known to man. So been on meds since then.
Started with Percocet, then Oxydodone. Have tried many things in between . Now take 15mg every four hours or so. I also take Clonidine for the sweating and other side effects. Of course after this many years , the dose barely handles it but I am wary of increasing it.
My. doc is suggesting a change to MS.Contin. Partly due to the timed release option, partly due to "availability" issues, although my pharmacy has always had stock . I also enjoy a few glasses of wine in the evenings. So I am very cautious of all of it. I think I want to stay on the Oxycodone for now. I am wary of the MS after reading various posts? Is a daily total of 65. MSG
Of Oxydone considered high ? It sure does not sound so after reading these posts ?? Thanks All.

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I am new to this forum but I too am having problems with the availability of Oxycodone 30 in the metro Atlanta area.
My doctor has suggested MS-Contin as a replacement Rx but I know it is not as effective. I am tempted to ask him about Methadone but since I suffer from chronic pain and must be on these meds to function I am concerned about building up a tolerance.

Those of us with chronic pain not only suffer from the physical effects but we must endure all of the other s---
that makes getting relief an ordeal.

Any suggestions for effective subs?
Thanks

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Can you guys take NSAIDS. I just had ack surgery and had to go off NSAIDS and I'm on Oxycontin and it doens't do squat! I DUT ONE AN PUT IT UNDER MY TONGUE AND IT JUST REMAINED A GELADINOUS BALL (WHICH THE DRUG COMPANIES DESIGN IT TO dO), AND i FELT NOTHING i WOULD IVE ANYTHING TO FOR A SHOT OF tORADOL!! ps i"M A RETIRED DERMATOLOGIST --md AND ALL!

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i have 3 pain conditions. 2 of them for 10 years the other one just recently diagnosed. i started slowly moving up the pain med chain all the way up to the fent patch which i felt worked the best with perc for break thru pain. now i am with a new doctor dif state and he had me on oxycodone. i past my screening no problem. he tested all of us at the same time.out of nowhere he decided to. then i asked to switch me to norcos because the oxycodone wasnt working anymore. winter was coming and thats the worst time of the year for me. he agreed to switch for a couple months. inreturn to put me back on the oxys in october. when i went to my appointment he decided to put me on mscontin. no discussion. so iv tried it. nothing for break thru pain. it doesnt work. i v been going thru hell. i now have narcotic gastroproesis because of the extended release mscontin. my other drs are pist. so now monday i go in and see the dr who gave me the mscontin and have to figure out how to tell him he needs to switch me back. i rather have control over when i can take my medication and not. plus not mess up my body by taking an extended release medicine. this is my opinion. i believe for myself that the oxycodone works better for me other then the patch. i have taken the opana before. and i still stand by the oxycodone. i was able to take it every 4 hours as needed. sometimes i needed to? and sometimes i didnt. i take other meds more my other symptoms so im not just needing pain killers. i hope the description helped with my pain meds. oh and yes the methadone does help if you have nerve pain. i had to take that at one point too. however i pray i never have to take it again. its horrible to have to quit taking it. very hard. even after coming off the last 10mgs. i swore to never take it again. it helped greatly. my skin feels like its on fire at times. & it helped. but never again do i want to feel sick. your body adapts to it quickly. i pray all of you find relief and find what you are looking for. doctors are hard to find. that will help. those people who dont really need the help get what they want. but those of us who do need the help? dont because we all look like drug addicts. its a sad thing.

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KEN- happy thanksgiving...but why are you asking these questions which have nothing to do with the topic od "whats stronger-15mg ms contin or 15mg oxycodone". goto other forums with those other meds you described. tramadolis a joke and did nothing for my pain, and diclofenic is an nsaid which reduces infamation...both were givin to me after my neck surgery..as far as the others...i dont have a pdr in front of me but not really sure why your telling us the meds your taking which dont appear to be ms ontin or oxycodone. have a question about these, i can help. have a nice day man.

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I used to take 60 mg dihydrocodeine, 100 mg tramadol & 60 mg cocodamol 4 times daily but about a year ago they were replaced with 50mg MS Contin 2 times a day, along with 1500 mg methocarbonel, 200 mg paracetamol & 50 mg Diclofenac. The latter meds have worked well but recently I am beginning to get significant break through pain, can you please offer a suggestion. My medical condition is a spinal injury & deteriation, I do not react well to gabapentin as yet I have not tried pregabalin.

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i disagree with both of you. i got zero relief from taking ms contin 30mg er even tried to take 5 at once and still felt nothing. the bioavailability is crappy for morphine unless ived or rectal. oxycontin 20mg 3 times a day is way better than ms contin period. NOT even a discussion. this is fact

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first dont need reply I been with cornic pain for 30 years from to crushing car accidents. there is no pain killer that will completely remove pain without being high, stoned what ever u want to call it.
IN my opinion u migth need to talk to ur Doc about being addicted to drug abbuse. Ive been there and u sound like I did.

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Ok so i have been on MS contin for a few months now taking 3 a day and my pain dr also has me on 4 hydrocodone a day but it doesn't take away my knee pain like i want it to. I have severe osteoarthritis along with several tears in both knees. I would like to ask my dr to take me off either the ms contin or hydrocodone and put me on oxycodone. I don't know if i should stay on the ms contin and ask for oxycodone or go off the ms contin and just ask my paint dr to take oxycodone and hydrocodone can anyone help me with this.

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All I can say is I have experience with both and I found the Ms contin does not take the pain away by itself I need the oxycodone as well ...where taking just the oxycodone I noticed it brought the pain dwn way more than the Ms alone...

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Verwon--WOW.You are sooo informative,Thank You for all the information. Can you give me some advice on how to approach my doctor-as you say-to talk to him about alternate RXs for narcotics? I am soooo very much afraid that he will get the wrong impression, ya know like I'm pill shopping,Trying to get more so I can get that 'high' feeling,the excuses they've heard go on and on.I've been going to this Pain Specialist for 15+ years,I have never ever asked to have an RX refilled early,not even by 1 day,They do spot 'street drug' urine tests I think 2X per year-I never failed one,I have signed a contract with them that I will never ask for an early refill&only this clinic can prescribe ANYTYPE of pain killers,no matter what type they are&That I keep all appointments&if I miss more than 2 appts they will drop me as a patient!!!! Yup,I've been a very good patient,I don't complain when I have to wait 2-4 hours to see the doctor. IDK how to start the conversation,can you help me??

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