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Opioids switch from 3-20mg oxycontin CR (OPs) to 3-15mg morphine ER question

littlethings533

littlethings533

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I have chronic pain & my doc rx's me 8-7.5 percocet and 3-20mg oxycontin daily. I take the percocet as prescribed but the oxy I would cut and take 1.5 in the morning and .5 around lunch & .5 around dinner and some b4 bed. Well I got Oxy OPs the other day and couldn't do this anymore obviously. so I went back to my doc today and he gave me the 15mg morphine ER 3x a day. My question is .... should I eat them whole or do them like I was doing the oxy??
 
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I would experiment with both ideas and then do the one that worked best in the end. We arent really gonna be able to tell you very accurately how good one way is gonna work in comparison to another. Its all about you and how your body responds, etc...

good luck!!
 
Thank u for ur input. Im just nervous now cause my routine is gonna change. I am having 2nd thoughts thinking I should've stuck with what I had. Idk. is the morphine and oxycontin similar? equal? kinda the same? lol sorry I'm just super nervous that I'm not going to be able to function normally. oy yoy yoy lol
sidenote I didn't want to stick with the oxy OP cause I couldn't cut them.
 
I have very little experience using those drugs as painkillers. I have had the most experience with them as abusable drugs. And in that scenario, I have always found oxy to be more enjoyabe than morphine. But, this may not be true for you......first of all, I havent tried the new OP oxys yet, so im not sure how they will feel compared to the old ones(I heard the new ones dont feel as strong, but havent tried them myself), also....everyones different, so no one can tell you which will work better for you. No one. You simply have to try it for yourself.

For example, everyone says you dont get a rush when you IV fentanyl, but when I gave it a try I got an amazing rush. So, therefore, I am very different than the norm in that situation.
 
The new OPs are terrible, don't waste ur $ if u come across them. they are NEXT TO IMPOSSIBLE to cut or crush and then when I put one in my mouth it turned to gel glue like substance. Then I just tried it whole and it wasn't even 1/4 as effective as the OC.
 
littlethings533 said:
The new OPs are terrible, don't waste ur $ if u come across them. they are NEXT TO IMPOSSIBLE to cut or crush and then when I put one in my mouth it turned to gel glue like substance. Then I just tried it whole and it wasn't even 1/4 as effective as the OC.
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Yea, I was told that they even release a smaller amount of oxy per hour over a longer time period than the previous oxy's. That could be wrong, but from what people are saying, it seems to be consistent.
 
i wuld say he lowered your meds

if i was you i wouldnt switch from 60mg of Oxy to 45mg of morphine

IMO morphine isnt as strong mg for mg as oxy (unless IVd n then its stronger mg for mg)

OP: since u get an Rx just go back to your doctor and ask for the Oxy script back n then fill ur Rx at a walgreens n ask for the Ethex generics
 
I filled the oxy, brought it back, he took it and gave me morphine rx, I filled that. now if I go back again he is going to flip I know it. I think I need to make it work for a little while at least no?? and what's ethex??
 
littlethings533 said:
I filled the oxy, brought it back, he took it and gave me morphine rx, I filled that. now if I go back again he is going to flip I know it. I think I need to make it work for a little while at least no?? and what's ethex??
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you dont need to "make it work"....you need to "see if it works". Be honest with your doctor if it doesnt work....there is no need to suffer just because your worried that he will "flip out" on you. Hes your doctor, if he flips out on you because you were honest with him on how effective the medication is, you should first....get a new doctor, and then second.....report him to your local medical authorities.
 
Honestly, I would rather have any kind of oxy over morphine ER's. Thats just my opinion, Ive never had a good experience using morphine ER's, not for recreation and not for pain. The new oxy's do sound like they suck, but compared to morphine in pill form, its still hard to imagine them being worse. I would give the morphine a try for a few days, if you dont like them, tell your doc they are not handling your pain well.

Good luck.
 
thanks for ur input everyone. I'm seriously having a heart attack worrying about what's going to happen.
& the OPs are horrible, they are SERIOUSLY not 1/4 as effective as the OCs. so are the OCs done with or what??
 
Yea, apparently the OC's are gone, atleast in the U.S. Im pretty sure they are still being sold in Canada and probably a few other places. but if you live in the U.S. your out of luck.
 
jamesBrown said:
Yea, apparently the OC's are gone, atleast in the U.S. Im pretty sure they are still being sold in Canada and probably a few other places. but if you live in the U.S. your out of luck.
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Wow so I'm pretty much in for this change, o boy. I was thinking if these 15s didnt work then I could get my old rx back & try to find the OCs, but if they are done with I guess I better go with the change......so I'm best off staying off the oxycontin then?? Given the OPs make my stomach feel bloated and don't work 1/2 as effectively ....??
Also ---- what is this Ethex stuff??
 
littlethings533 said:
Wow so I'm pretty much in for this change, o boy. I was thinking if these 15s didnt work then I could get my old rx back & try to find the OCs, but if they are done with I guess I better go with the change......so I'm best off staying off the oxycontin then?? Given the OPs make my stomach feel bloated and don't work 1/2 as effectively ....??
Also ---- what is this Ethex stuff??
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If I'm not mistaken, Ethex are the generic version of the old OC's. IE: You could still break them and dose similar to how you did with your OC's. Judging by the way you liked to dose(by splitting the pill) Ethex is the way to go for you if the morphines dont work out.

Honestly though, morphine is a great pain killer and id give it a legitimate try before you go back to your old script and searching for ethex.
 
Ethex is a brand name. I dont feel like researching exactly what the deal is with them, allthough I allready have a general idea....but i think it would be best if you simply looked into all those threads about "new OP oxy's", etc...there are about 2-3 good threads like that.....and if you use the search function in each one of those threads and type Ethex, im sure yuo will find all the information relevant to your situation concerning ethex brand oxy's.
Good luck.
 
Is your doctor qualified to prescribe opiates? The bio equivalent for analgesia for oxycodone to morphine is off balance, with morphine being far weaker orally per mg, and your doc gives you 15mg morphine in exchange for 20mg oxycodone?!?!
 
Arent all pain doctors qualified to prescribe opiates?

I wouldnt necessarily say that the doctor made a mistake in switching the OP over to morphine instead of oxy. Some people respond better to drugs that are supposed to be less potent than the other medication they were on. It sometiems comes down to simple trial and error with pain management.
 
I was doing great with my OCs but since I got the wrong kind (OPs) I had to bring them back to him since I could not do anything with them. I will take my first dose of morphine either tonight or in the morning, should I cut them or no? I feel like if I take them whole I won't feel anything.....?? I just don't want to OD. I am used to taking 30-35 mgs of oxycontin in the mornings, should I take the same in the morphine?? and again is it okay to cut??
And yes my doctor is legitimate. He is allowed to write RXs for pain meds.
 
littlethings533 said:
I was doing great with my OCs but since I got the wrong kind (OPs) I had to bring them back to him since I could not do anything with them. I will take my first dose of morphine either tonight or in the morning, should I cut them or no? I feel like if I take them whole I won't feel anything.....?? I just don't want to OD. I am used to taking 30-35 mgs of oxycontin in the mornings, should I take the same in the morphine?? and again is it okay to cut??
And yes my doctor is legitimate. He is allowed to write RXs for pain meds.
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Yes, you will be fine breaking the pills. You aren't going to OD from a 15mg morphine with zero opiate tolerance, much less a medium opiate tolerance like you have
 
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