User Reviews for morphine oral

My Doctors had me on a regiment of 30Mg Oxycontin 2X a day,(Exstended Release). I had told them it was making me feel down,no energy. So, they decided to switch me to Morphine Sulfate 15mg 2X a day, this with the other medications I am taking seems to be working Very Well.Nuerotin,Cymbalta,Baclofen and Vicatin(for breakthrough pain). A combination of all of these keeps my pain in check (though it will NEVER totally go away) Some relief is better than none, and I REFUSE to be bed ridden, without these Meds. I would be.In 2004, I broke my back for a second time. L4-L5 disc damaged my Sciatic nerve,and now ontop of this My Doctor says the scar tissue is so bad, he said you cant tell where the scar tissue ends and the nerve begins.He said another surgery would do more damage than good, and a good possibility I would end up in a wheelchair. So, I will take the Medications and make the best of my situation.Read More Read Less

It is great for breakthrough pain that is about all I can say.

I am taking this med for chronic pain and it only takes the edge of the pain.

Patient is 93+ and being given Haloperidal .20ml and 2 mg/ml morphine for anxiety every several hours, and I see a high state of hallucination and confusion

Initially, 20mg Kadian BID after two weeks up to 40mg BID. It just does not seem to work. I was taken off MS Contin about a year ago 60mg BID byanother physician before I moved from another state. The MS Contin seemed to work very well. I dont know what the difference in the two is but to me there is a huge difference. I don't have any effects. Not any of the "typical" morphine side effects. good or bad.

I was put on Kadian 30mg 2x day a week ago. After being on Lortab 10mg 3x day for months. The Kadian is making me feel like crap do to the side effects i'm having from it. I'm also on Soma 2x day. Kadian is really good for helping my pain for about 8-9 hours but after that i'm in the same boat that i was in before i took it. I have really bad Jaw pain...my Jaw is bone on bone and i'm going to be having total Jaw joint replacement surgery as soon as the joint is done being made. I do have a great Doctor who is willing to help me anyway he can. As far as this Drug...Because of the bad side effects i'm having... i don't feel like it's the right one for me. I'm in pain 24/7,i have a really hard time eating and because of that i have lost so much weight. From reading what other people have wrote that is using this ... I feel a little better that i'm not the only one that has these bad side effects from Kadian. I'm going to call my Doctor in the morning to see what other medication i could try.I'm sure their is something else out there that would not give me these bad feelings. I have had Jaw problems since i was 13 and i'm 24 now. I have had a total of 4 surgerys and i'm hoping this next one will be the last! Over all i do think it's a good med. for pain but just not the right one for me. Like other people have said ... having a great Doctor is the key! I wish everyone the best of luck with your health and the pain you all are in.Read More Read Less

I was taking 15mg of Oxycodone four times a day for chronic pain, which only worked for 3 hours per pill, and i am in pain all day every day. So my doctor gave me MSContin 30mg twice daily along with 2 15mg Oxycodone. From the first day I took the MSContin i have no relief, bad mood swings, high blood pressure and anxiety. I stopped taking this medicine yesterday and feel better. Still in alot of pain but no side effects thank god. It works for some people, just not me

Just changed over to Glenmark labs from erthener These don't seem to be as strong but offer seemingly more sedation-= only one day in to new meds two 30mg IF every four hours- we'll see.

I take Morphine for break thru pain relief. It works well for me. It not long acting. I do not feel "addicted" to it. Ask your doctor about addiction. I think it depends on how much you take and other factors. Becarful it will give you hard? stools! I use the pain pump from Mestronic and love it!!!!! Easy recovery from procedure. It works all day and night so I like it better than pills that give you short relief.

I was using the Fentyl patch and lost my prescription coverage and needed the cheapest alternative - oral morphine immediate release. They work well at covering pain, but I hate having to take a dose every 3-4 hours. My pharmacy seems to be having a problem keeping these in stock, so at my appointment this afternoon I am going to discuss changing to one of the sustained release types - MS Contin, Kadian, or Avinza - whichever is the lowest cost again. I had some minor "high" effects when I first started taking morphine, but now 10 years later they only make the pain go away unless I try to "do too much" - too much phsysical activity. While on morphine I can almost have a normal life - enjoy my grandson and do odd things around the house. Without pain control I am just a lump on the couch 24/7.Read More Read Less

For some reason after taking this medication I become very irritable and short tempered.I almost feel as if I have to be aggressivly in control of everything.

I have been taking MS Contin for a long time the only time it doesn't help is when I'm having a severe flare up or when i go through surgury

I find it works unless I do too much physical activity. The morphine works up to a certain level of pain, then I have to listen to my body and take a break for hours or even a day. My pain is caused from radiation treatment damage. If I didn't have a doctor who insisted that I deserve to be able to TRY to live a normal life which means control pain by use of morphine I would be a different person today (not much use to anyone). I find that the nausea that occurs and the constipation are managable. I do get a case of the itches once in a while. Otherwise it is a life saving drug for me! I realize I am dependant on the drug, which is different than addicted. That's okay with me.Read More Read Less

I started going to pain management in 1997 for a shattered left wrist. In 2002 I fell of a ladder and now have 11 bad disc's 2 in neck, 6 in thoracic and 3 in lumbar. Hade RF Ablation in 2005 on right side of lumbar spine. I take 2 100 mg. MS contin, 3 10/350 Percocet, 3 10mg. valium and 3 10 mg. Baclofen. I have also had 3 nerve blocks that last about a year. We who take this type of medications are called medical addicts and may never be able to stop taking them. I am 50 years old and work in construction. I don't miss many days of work but do miss alot of weekends trying to recover from the weeks work. I never live pain free but having a great doctor who understands and cares is the ticket for getting through the next day. I don't speak openly anymore about the pain. Most of my friends have judged me because of the doses I take and when they complain to me about how much something hurts I just smile and say I'm sorry to here that your not feeling so well. The quality of my life has improved thanks to a wonderful doctor who has made the study of pain management his lifes work. To fellow sufferers I hope you find that doctor. Thank you for taking the time to read this, I hope it helps.Read More Read Less

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I had 2 spinl surgery's when I was just around 18,i'm 27 now.The second surgery was to fix a pin that slippined either in phiscal theropy or when a nurse taking me to P.T.had my I.V.on the wrong side and I tripped over the cords.The pin slipped hit and tore up a piece of my vertibrate and spine.I was in so much pain and they had me jacked up on pain meds so much they started to believe I was faking the pain and thinking I was an ADDICCT!!It took me,my mother and my father to demand the hospitol to take more xrays and sure enough,they found the pin that slipped. Now, after all that, about 2 years ago I was working,I was a butcher and sometimes would help out the deli at a local grocery store.Late one night I was taking some food back to the freezer and when exiting I sliped on a sheet of ice.I mean like in the movies sliped,both feet in the air,my back around a meter off the floor before gravity kicked in.Was in EXCRUCIATING pain.The kind you know that just makes you want to give up,your just so aggitated,misreable,offensive,I mean just horrid,horrid pain. Went threw 3 Doctors whom you must go if your hurt in the work place,took xrays, told me nothin' wrong, your fine,blah,blah,B.S..I finaly couldn't take it,went to my old doctor whom put me on morphine sulfate,30 mg's 3 times a day. Didn't touch the pain.So he had to gradually increase it untill now,i'm on 100mg's 4 times a day.Now he told me go back to the orthopitist that did my surgery and see whats going on.So,I did go back same hospitol and surgeon,took 3 xrays,came in and told me the rods they put in my spine after the first operation,2 on each side and the pins that go into my bone to stabilize it snapped in 2.Now I have to go threw a third freakin' surgery,10%chance I can be paralyzed and/or never walk again,75% chance ill have a very weak knee from all the nerve damage and 75% chance that it will do nothing for the pain because so much damage was done.We have a big case for suit but what of the pain? SuxRead More Read Less

I tore my acl and patella back in '04. I was seeing my primary care Dr. (bad healthcare organization) and was very undermedicated. A previous Dr. had me taking a total of 40 mg of percocet a day (oxycodone and tylenol). When I started with KP, the Dr. only gave me 20 mg a day, reluctant like many Dr's to give pain meds. Despite walking around on torn ligaments, because of my age at the time (25), everyone kept telling me "I was too young to have so many health issues". I was then placed on a NINE month wait period for surgery. In the meantime I was reffered to pain management. That was the best thing that happened because of the Dr's knowledge and understanding of chronic pain. Started taking 30 mg morphine er 2x a day. After the 1st surgery, the hospital lost ALL of the film, AND surgical reports. My knee was 10x worse after the botched surgery than before. Now, 3 years and 2 more corrective surgeris later the meds have been upped to 500mg of morphine er and 40mg of percocet a day, and a home electrical stim machine. The moral of my story is GET A GOOD DOCTOR! Anyone experiencing chronic pain should go to a pain specialist immeadiatly. I tolerate the dose well now that it's been almost 4 yrs. The one thing that bothers me every time I have to get my refills is the STIGMA that these meds carry. No one should feel bad that they have a condition that they have no control over, AND should NEVER have to listen to non educated remarks from pharmacists that have no idea about your condition. Just know what options you have before you go to a regular Dr. Hope this helps ... Read More Read Less

I have chronic pancreatits and the morphine only lasts for about 2 hours,it also causes me to be sick to my stomach all the time.It may be great for some people i just find it not to work for me.