Zohydro Compared To Morphine (Top voted first)

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Anybody who has knowledge pl3ase chime in....no lectures please. Currently taking 4-60mg morphine er a day plus 8-10mg oxy a day.
My questions are this. Doc wants to change me to zohydro. Vicodin has NEVER worked in past is zohydro gonna help? What is equivalent to 4-60mg morphs a day??? Lastly what is avg per tab cost???

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Who started this "let's change the pain medication formula " ? Protest about that Democrats.

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Hello, Mike! How are you?

To be honest, it is doubtful that the Zohydro will help you, if Vicodin didn't. Zohydro is just Hydrocodone without the Acetaminophen. It is also converts 1 for 1 with Morphine, so you'd need 60mgs of it for each 60mgs of Morphine that you were taking to be therapeutically equivalent.

The FDA classifies these medications as being narcotic analgesics, so they carry the risk of being habit forming and may cause side effects, such as nausea, dizziness, headache, dry mouth and constipation.

I do not, however, have any information on the price for you, since that can vary from area to area and from pharmacy to pharmacy.

Is there anything else I can help with?

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Verwon,

Thanks for your reply. I do have a question about what I think you said about 1mg morphine equivalent to 1mg vicodin. Is that equation based on fact or opinion?? I have taken a boatload (all I had) of vicodin w/ no relief. If I take 15mg Of morphine I can get ß9me relief why is that??? 1mg for 1 mg seems wrong.......thank god doc k3pt me on morphine and then raised my oxy. Thanks for your knowledge and input.

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No, that was not opinion. That was going by the standard conversion charts.

However, that doesn't mean that they will both work well for, or work for you the same way.

That's why there are usually several choices available in any given therapeutic category.

Are there any other questions or concerns?

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