Morphine To Methadone

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I am currently on 54 ml. of Ordine 10, 150 mg Fentanyl patch, and 80 mg Targin, equivalent to about 1,200 mg of morphine a day. My pain specialist wants me to change to methadone or suboxone. What are your thoughts? Thanks in advance.

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Hello, Allan! How are you?

Most people have said that Suboxone didn't do much for their pain, so if you need pain relief, you might be better off with the Methadone.

I've never taken either one myself, I am just stating what I've learned from other posters on this site.

This is a narcotic analgesic, so it has the potential to be habit forming and may cause side effects, such as nausea, dizziness, drowsiness, dry mouth and constipation.

Does anyone else have any advice to offer?

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I really strongly suggest having nothing to do with Methadone, it does not help for pain at all, you could jump off the opiates u are on now cold-turkey and it would be a cakewalk to Methadone. Suboxone/Subutex will stop u from getting sick but will not help with pain either, i was on similar painkillers to you for 10 years life was good, but the thing about opiates is that afterwhile it tricks your mind into thinking you are in more pain than you are really. Talk to your doctor about slowly reducing your dose to a more reasonable level.

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Don't go above 30 or 40 mgs of methadone, as anything more is untherapeutic. Believe me, i've been on 135 mgs of methadone and i'm better off taking 30 mgs than i ever was on a high dose. I'm up living life, not in a coma. F*** that. I'm on it for pain management, but it still calls the shots. I hope it works for ya.

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Use METHADONE it can not only be used to get off of opiates. but most importantly it is used to treat acute or chronic pain. Suboxone will prevent you from being able to take any other narcotic pain relievers without making you sick

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