thistlephile
Greenlighter
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- Dec 8, 2015
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First, have to say... Going from hydrocodone (about 100-120 mg/day) to morphine ER in an attempt to *increase* pain control? My PM doc must be high. This shit is nonsense. Having said that, I've been on Norco for six years (10/325) for chronic pain. And for the nod. My usual regimen was 50-60 mg, twice a day. I don't do CWE, so I know I'm torturing my liver, but ANYway, I'm pretty opioid tolerant.
Then two weeks ago, my beloved hydro just stopped working for the pain. I could still manage a nod on an empty stomach, but pain relief, zero. PM doc gave me MS Contin, 15 mg. The first night, knowing nothing about conversion (or how useless this drug actually is), I took one. My pain laughed. Next morning (this morning), I took two. My pain hooted. I got smart and came here to learn about conversion (and how retarded it is to expect ER morphine to manage SHIT, much less intense pain, and FORGET the nod!), saw that I should be okay going upwards of 60 mg of the morphine. But I wanted to be "safe," so I went like this over the day: 30 mg at 8:30 a.m.; 45 mg at 3:00 p.m.; 60 mg at 11 p.m.
After that last dose, I kinda panicked. I'm not a casual user of drugs in general; I don't know about much beyond Norco. I mean, I shamelessly abuse it to a certain degree (did I ever really *need* 50 mg per dose to manage the pain? No. 20mg should have been sufficient, but 30, then 40, then 50 sure felt the hell of a lot better!), but I don't ever get reckless. So after I popped four 15 mg ER morphine pills, it occurred to me that I may have gone way over the reasonably "safe" threshold for overall daily dosing, seeing as how they're extended release and all, and I have no idea how this shit is going to process once it's been consumed.
So sage Bluelighters, have you a consensus? Am I going to start seizing in another hour or so, or am I probably okay? I know this may sound naive and amateur, but I honestly do not know if I did something stupid or not.
Then two weeks ago, my beloved hydro just stopped working for the pain. I could still manage a nod on an empty stomach, but pain relief, zero. PM doc gave me MS Contin, 15 mg. The first night, knowing nothing about conversion (or how useless this drug actually is), I took one. My pain laughed. Next morning (this morning), I took two. My pain hooted. I got smart and came here to learn about conversion (and how retarded it is to expect ER morphine to manage SHIT, much less intense pain, and FORGET the nod!), saw that I should be okay going upwards of 60 mg of the morphine. But I wanted to be "safe," so I went like this over the day: 30 mg at 8:30 a.m.; 45 mg at 3:00 p.m.; 60 mg at 11 p.m.
After that last dose, I kinda panicked. I'm not a casual user of drugs in general; I don't know about much beyond Norco. I mean, I shamelessly abuse it to a certain degree (did I ever really *need* 50 mg per dose to manage the pain? No. 20mg should have been sufficient, but 30, then 40, then 50 sure felt the hell of a lot better!), but I don't ever get reckless. So after I popped four 15 mg ER morphine pills, it occurred to me that I may have gone way over the reasonably "safe" threshold for overall daily dosing, seeing as how they're extended release and all, and I have no idea how this shit is going to process once it's been consumed.
So sage Bluelighters, have you a consensus? Am I going to start seizing in another hour or so, or am I probably okay? I know this may sound naive and amateur, but I honestly do not know if I did something stupid or not.