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Avatar f tn I've been on the Duragesic 100 for almost 18 years. I've had 3 cervical fusions & 1 lumbar laminectomy. The Duragesic 100 has controlled my constant, chronic pain & while I've never been pain free, the Duragesic certainty helped. However in the last 2 months, its as if the patches are no longer working. I've always had additional breakthrough meds, but now its as if I'm going through withdrawals.
Avatar n tn When I convert your current dose of MS Contin into Oxycontin equivalent, you are taking 60 mg less of Oxycontin through the MS Contin. To get dosing equivalent to 120 mg of Oxycontin through administration of MS Contin, you should have been prescribed 180 mg of MS Contin based purely on the pharmacological conversion factor between Oxycontin and MS Contin as Oxycontin is 1.5 times stronger than MS Contin.
Avatar m tn I have chronic pain from Tarlov Disease and Interstial Cystitis. My pain has been well managed for 2 1/2 years using tramadol (ultram) for maintenance and lortab for break through pain. I have developed chronic kidney disease and my doctors are pushing me to get some exercise. I have found that with every exercise form I have tried I quickly get beyond the pain control offered bu tramadol and lortab so i can't exercise.
Avatar n tn is wanting to replace the Duragesic and Percocet 10/325 ( which I take 3 times daily, 90 per script) to Oxycontin. what Mg.. of Oxycontin would be required for me too take being that Ive been on pretty high doses of Duragesic and Percocets for years now?
Avatar n tn I had a long converstion with the pallative care physician and he told me that every precaution will be made to keep me out of a relapse. I am going to have to have a major surgery to remove my pancreas in a couple of weeks. I will be in the hospital for 10 days. I am being told that this will fix the problem without chemo or radiation. I have a good friend who passed away Wed from the same thing. I guess I would just like a little feed back on the best thing to do.
Avatar m tn By the way, OxyContin IS synthetic heroin. All opiates and opioids convert to morphine in metabolizing them. The difference, for the most part, is that Oxy is a more consistent, factory and FDA regulated, pure form of the same drug, a morphine metabolite.
725248 tn?1316162245 I will also be talking to my pain doctor about the pain pump at my next visit. I am currently on Duragesic patches 100mcg and oxycontin and they are not helping at all. I've been thru PT, 6 epidural injections, tense units, and nerve blocks with no relief. He had talked to me about a spinal cord stimulator, but after viewing my MRI said that my spinal canal is to narrow due to having a two level cervical fusion.
Avatar f tn I am on the Fentanyl Patch and I have tried Oxycontin. So far the Fentanyl Patch seems to be working. As far as the Oxycontin, I have been on it and my body got immune very fast. So as you can see, I have tried about very thing. Pain Management now wants to put in a Pain PUMP. I am really twisted with those thoughts. Does any one have one? How is it and how does it work for you?
401095 tn?1351391770 this table is posted in avisg's journal...again it is hard to exactly convert any drug to compare another exactly...and sub with a ceiling effect is a bit difficult to compare than others..route od use such as oral, snorting. shooting..chewing all come into play as well Conversion table other drugs equivalent to sub Jul 24, 2008 05:32PM - 5 comments #Pain Killer Equivalent Doses (Oral) 1.2mg.............Buprenorphine (Bupe) 200mg............Codeine (Tylenol 2, 3, 4, etc) 30-60mg.....
Avatar n tn It probably wouldn't hurt to have the cervical stenosis surgically corrected because at least it would help the actual physical cause of SOME of your pain. You'll more than likely still need to be in PM afterward for your other problems, but whatever medication they put you on may work better if it doesn't have as many things to work ON. As far as the fentanyl patch goes, I have heard conflicting reports about them.
Avatar f tn I spent 15 yrs taking oxycontin, duragesic patch (fentanyl) for previous back surgeries. I still had continual pain. 2 yrs ago I decided to stop all pain meds. My body was physically addicted and built up a tolerance. I never abused my medication and took it exactly as described. Initially, I tried to wean myself off-stopping one of the oxycontin's per day. The withdrawal was "nuts". My legs thrashed, I had freezing cold sweats, shivering, agitation-and God knows what else.
401095 tn?1351391770 Avis is wise. "Fentanyl is an opioid analgesic with a potency approximately eighty times that of morphine." According to the FDA: "Duragesic is to be used only for the management of severe, chronic pain (such as cancer pain) that cannot be managed with less powerful drugs such as acetaminophen-opioid combinations and nonsteroidal analgesics.
Avatar f tn Your PMP may want to consider or you may want to suggest an increase in the OxyContin to maintain a more even level of pain control. Going through the hills and valleys of pain only makes it more difficult to manage. Once our pain becomes high it takes more medication to bring it down to tolerable levels. Have a heart to heart with your PMP and explain what you have been experiencing.
Avatar n tn t provide you with any information regarding where to purchase their duragesic patches. I am on Opana ER and if you go to their website, http://www.opana.com, they actually have a pharamacy locator on the website. Is there some other brand of the fentanyl patch that is available at one of your pharmacies? Is your prescription specifically written for the J&J duragesic patch?
Avatar m tn I HAVE BEEN ON DURAGESIC FOR 6 YEARS, I WAS AT 100 4 MONTHS AGO THEN DRPPED IT TO 75 AND NOW AFTER 3-4 MONTHS I AM ON 50MCH PATCH... I CAN'T WAIT TO GET OFF THIS POISON.. ITS BEEN A 6 YEAR NIGHTMARE AND I AM DOING EVERYTHING I CAN TO MAKE IT END.. HAVE A HIP PROBLEM AND USED IT TO BUY MORE TIME UNTIL TOTAL REPLACEMENT.. THIS PATCH HAS BECOME MY WORSE DISABILITY.. ANYONE KNOW OF A DETOX OR WEAN OFF DRUG FOM HERE.. THE DROP ON THESE PATCHES ARE HORRIBLE..
Avatar m tn Remember, there are two kinds of UDT Immunoassay -- quick, done in the doctor's office, marginal accuracy. Chromatograph -- requires medical laboratory test, highly accurate. First, synthetic opioids like fentanyl are not detected by all immunoassay tests.
Avatar m tn I can barly walk to my laft leg. The pain in ooutstanding. I was put on oxycontin 4 years ago. I had never even heard of this drug before that., Over time thhey increased my dose to 3 -60 mg @ day. also deludid 4 mg 4 @ day. I had to sign a document that I could not use any drug store but one,Recently I was in the hospital for 7 days , when I left they gave me a Rx for oxycontin 80 mg. I cashed that . When the dr.
653169 tn?1303446369 t the same as the Duragesic, but at least it was enough to take the edge off and avoid miserable w/d symptoms. Neither of us ever made that same mistake again. I definitely agree with speaking with your doctor when he returns and explain exactly the trouble you went through - both physically and emotionally - while he was gone.
Avatar f tn Well, without knowing the relevant clinical details or a detailed clinical evaluation, it would be difficult to comment specifically on the situation or suggest management plan. Pain with bulging discs could be due to inflammation or due to compression of neural structures. While anti-inflammatory medications would suit the former, decompression surgery would be advisable for the latter.
Avatar n tn Using damaged or cut DURAGESIC® patches can lead to the rapid release of the contents of the DURAGESIC® patch and absorption of a potentially fatal dose of fentanyl. I once walked in a room as a nurse, found a patient who had taken off his patch and chewed it...he coded and died...there is alot of medication concentrated in the patch to be released over a 24 hour period...not all at once...if you cut them you would have no way of knowing the amount your wife would be absorbing..
443878 tn?1205103196 i really dont know anything about your addiction, but i wanted to post and say good luck, we are here for ya, and more people will be on later that can answer your ?s . im responding to support ya, and to push your post back to the top .
Avatar n tn Vicodin/Lortab/Hydrocodone-2.5 mg, 5mg 7.5 mg,(ES) 10 mg, they come with 500-750 mg of Acetem. Norco(=vicoden/hydrocodone too) 2.5, 5, 7.5, 10, they usually come with 250 mg acetem.(Tylenol) Percocet/Percodan (Oxycodone) 5mg, 10mg anywhere from 250-750 mg (tylenol) Oxycontin usually comes in 10, 20,60,80 mg and typically doesn't have any tylenol. Morphine comes is pill form as well as intravenous for severe pain.
Avatar f tn My goal is and this is what I stated to my doc; to be on a low enough dose to cut enough of the pain and still be able to function normally in society. I do not want to be doped up, high, nodding, or any of that. I just want to have a better quality of life by reducing constant pain to a tolerable level. Hence; I was on 20mg OxyContin ER- 1 in the A.M., 2 in the afternoon, and 2 in the evening.
Avatar n tn Did you happen to run out of your oxycontin early? Or are you just not able to get your prescription in time so therefore you would be running out before you can? If you are running out of your meds early, for whatever reason, you need to contact your doctor and let him/her know.
Avatar f tn I have been in pain management since December 2008, the injections and pain meds helped me put off back surgery off until September 2009, ( I was able to give my Mom the care she deserved until she passed on March 13, 2009) my fusion was between L1 and L2, so a year recovery, well pain relief really never did come, some ways got worse.
Avatar n tn There is no exact conversion ratio among opiate pain meds that fits everyone. First and obvious is to go back to what worked. Then, if you have a real need to change to fent, titrate slowly down w oxycodone and up w fent. Second is to understand why the decision to switch. Fentanyl patches are great for some people. Not for everyone. Insurance is another question. They're just being the cold blooded, money grubbing scum both insurance and Pharma always are while bulking you out of $$$.