Morphine Sulfate Vs Er

For over 10 years, I took 820 mg. morphine sulfate ER daily to manage chronic pain, trigeminal neuralgy and osteomyelitis in my jaw...(yes, I know that is spelled wrong, but don't want to take the time to look it up right now) Anyhow, about 1 1/2 years ago I started tapering myself off of it, one, because of the costs...astronomical, ridiculous, really..and for the last 6 months or so have been taking either 15/30 mg. regular release morphine every 4 hours. When I called my doctor to get an appt. for refills, the soonest appt. is 17 days away and I've only got about 1 week of medication left. I still have 200 mg. ER morphine left, but I don't want to accidentally overdose...do I still have a higher tolerance from being on it for so many years?

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Old mom

The best and safest thing to do is call the pharmacy that originally filled your scripts they better then anyone can answer that question for you. Morphine of any type is not something to guesstimate about please it's the best thing to do for yourself.

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I actually work where there is a pharmacy, have been wanting to talk to my phamacist about it but he is on vacation and I don't like the one who is filling in for him...not for something personal like that..may get to that point though, I know I can't go without....

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Old mom
So sorry I totally understand no need to tell you how tolerance immunity and metabolisms are so uniquely individual with things like that.i hope you find your answer sooner rather then later god speed....

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Your doctor is always your best resource for such questions, even if you can't see them, yet, you can leave a message with your question for them, and they should get back to you, as soon as they can.

The FDA warns that Morphine carries the risk of being habit forming, and may cause side effects, such as nausea, dizziness, headache, constipation, and dry mouth.

How did you fare with this?

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