Oxycontin Replacement
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I am currently taking oxycontin 40 mg and I going from a private insurance plan to a Humana PPO Medicare advantage plan and they don't cover it. Some of the other option they recommend from humana was Methadone, Hydromorphone, Codeine Sulfate, Fentanyal Patch, Morphine, and oxycodone IR. I know Oxycodone is the same active ingredient oxycontin but I also take Oxycodone 15mg for breakthrough pain. It helps somewhat but it does help enough. My good day after taking the medicine and having my spinal cord stimulation implant device on is a 5 but an avg. day is 7.5. To give you a idea what a five to me is I broke both of my arms with one bone poking through was a 5.5 and that is a good day for me. My doctor is very hard to get him to increase my dose. So maybe one of these other medication would give me a better pain control. I don't care about being "high" I don't fell "high" now and I would prefer not having those feeling anyway but I know that is a part of the medicine works.

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Thank you for the information I will bring that up with my doctor. I see him on the 31st of march. I don't get enough pain relief from the Oxycontin so I see what he will say.

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Out of those, the strongest option you've listed is the Fentanyl patch, so you'll likely get more pain relief from it.

However, if you don't want to just jump straight to the strongest, the Hydromorphone may also be a good choice to discuss with your doctor.

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.

Is there anything else I can help with?

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