opana er and headaches

I am new to Opana Er and am taking 3 5 mgs a day. It is helping my quality of life but I am having headaches and still having breakthrough pain. I go back to my doctor next week and wonder if I need a different dose. Any ideas?

my dr just put me on opana ER 10mg 2x day and 2 lortab day for breakthru...before that was prescribed and taking 4 norco 10/325 daily and was not controlling the pain...i've been in this constant flar-up phase few weeks... i've only been on opana er for 2 days so i know it takes around 5 days to kick in and dr says this mg is a starting point for me and will move up some accordingly...i'm glad and surprised that my pain has subsided some...

i was on around 130mg a day of oxycontin and i would sniff 20mg of oxy and a opana 40 and i would be on my ***..

I have never felt so sick to my stomach, with NO pain relief, and quit taking them with no backup, felt THAT crappy, as I did on OPANA ER! And that was after 3 days, I felt sick the first day! When I even THINK of it, I want to throw UP! (Unfortunately, I have never been able to do THAT, or I would have after taking them the first time!

my dr just put me on opana ER 10mg 2x day and 2 lortab day for breakthru...before that was prescribed and taking 4 norco 10/325 daily and was not controlling the pain...i've been in this constant flar-up phase few weeks... i've only been on opana er for 2 days so i know it takes around 5 days to kick in and dr says this mg is a starting point for me and will move up some accordingly...i'm glad and surprised that my pain has subsided some...

I noticed how young you are, I hate to see you have to take that much medication and I am sure you are to but I take the opana er and it has helped me so much so don't be scared it works very well.

It was never a problem untill I took long acting meds and then it did not work as well. I swim, do yoga, and walk and was going to the gym untill I took the Opana ER. and couldn't get out of bed and felt depressed and nauseaus and lost interest in everything. I hope that you spoke to your Dr. about coming off of it so they can hopefully adjust your break through meds.

I think Mary gave some great advice with regards to urinary retention. I am on Morphine ER and percocet and I drink a ton of water and that has seemed to help. Sometimes still after urinating, I feel like I didn't! But, I guess it comes with the territory. As far as your arms being cold, it sounds like poor circulation to me which can be attributed to the side effect of low blood pressure.

The Opana Er 20mg is goin to be a lower dose for you. Why didn't they give you 40mg or 30 mg. Seems like your goin to have to get them adjusted. I've been taking Opana er and Opana IR for 10+ years and it's the only medicine that helps me without the nasty side effects. Also ask about getting Koloanipin. That helps me with my nerve damage I have in both my legs, lower back, hips.

Anyone taken Opana ER? My doctor wants to switch me from Oxy to Opana ER and I am very nervous about it. Any advice is helpful.

You are taking Opana ER every 4-6 hours? Opana ER is meant to be taken every 12 hours, not every 4-6 hours. In fact, most insurance companies will not pay for extended release medications to be taken more than 2 times per day. I am very surprised that both your doctor and insurance are permitting the dosing schedule you stated. https://www.belbuca.

I have been taking Opana ER 30mg. 3 times a day for several months. My doctor has moved to Alaska and gave me 3 months of prescriptions while I find another doctor. When I dropped off the 2nd prescription the pharmacy told me they have ordered Opana several times over the last month and the order has not come. I called every pharmacy in my town and they said the same thing. Tapering is out of the question, so I guess its time for me to stop taking it, and it will have to be cold turkey.

t know how many 5/325 mg Percocets you were taking a day before switching to the Opana ER 5 mg, but to have equivalent pain relief from the Opana ER, you had to have taken only 2 Percocets a day. If you were taking more than 2 Percocets a day then the switch to Opana ER 5 mg was a step down in terms of pain relieving strength.

has anyone gotten headaches and felt drowsy on opana er? does this possible side effect go away as your body adjusts like most side effects...OR...is this known to continue w/ opana use? also...if you do end up going up on dosage does that start the side effects all over again or once you go thru intial adjustment u could be home free? fyi--i've been on lortab, vicoden, norco and percocet in the past (at seperate times) and lortab-no drowsy or headache vicoden-drowsy norco-indifferent...

I went to a knew Dr yesterday & he put me on Opana ER 10mg 2x a day & Morphine Sulfate IR 15mg 3x a day for break thru as needed. I've been on Roxicodone 30mg 6x a day & Norflex 100mg 2x a day prior to this appt yesterday. From what I've read on here the Opana ER is a good pain reliever after it gets into your system in approx 4-5 days so I'm hoping that is true bc so far I've not had any relief but I'm gonna give it a few more days.

I used to take 30 mg of Opana ER twice a day but I switched to the Fentanyl patch last month. 30 mg of Opana ER is roughly 60 mg of oxycodone or 90 mg of morphine. 10 mg of Opana ER is roughly 20 mg of oxycodone or 30 mg of morphine. You are actually getting 5 mg less of oxycodone through the switch from percocet to Opana ER. However, since Opana ER is an entirely different opioid formulation.

So later in the week last week, I called my doctor and told him all of this and stated that I was going back to the original dose of 30 mg in the morning AND at night. At this point, I was about to toss the Opana ER and go back to the Morphine ER BUT before I did that, I researched more about Opana ER and discovered that it takes 3-4 days to reach a steady state level in the bloodstream so I decided to stick with it awhile longer.

Perhaps taking one 30 mg Opana ER tablet during the day and one 10 or 15 mg Opana ER tablet at night before bedtime is the right way to go. Weathergirl, while the calcs weren't exactly right, I agree with you that the 15 mg Opana ER tablet during the day probably won't be enough and I will still have to take breakthrough meds that will probably end up equaling the equivalent of one 30 mg Opana ER tablet.

The 10% bioavailability of Opana ER *****. Earlier this year, I was at 30 mg twice a day and it worked wonderfully for a month and then things went south. I jumped ship to Fentanyl TD before the new reformulated Opana ER came out and I am glad I did as there are many chronic pain patients across the web saying that it is 50% less effective than the original formula. I mentioned it only because the OP said that Oxycontin OP (weird sentence lol!

I agree with Geminigirl and Tuckamore's comments that medications affect everyone differently and what may work for someone may not work well for you. But given my recent medication change to Opana ER, I have found information all across the internet from other chronic pain patients that are being switched from Oxycontin to Opana ER due to their doctor's unwillingness to continue to prescribe the medication due to bad press and associated fear from DEA prosecution.

I have been taking Opana ER 20mg for pain. Pain is gone but NOT taking the Opana ER is giving me horrible effects like weakness all over, cold chills, hot and cold flashes, and nausea. Does anyone know how to effectively get off this stuff, I have tried to do it slowly. I'm completely off of the Opana 10mg for breakthrough pain. I have added an hour each time I take the Opana ER 20mg ( started every 12 hours then 13, 14, etc.

I am not a fool and cant and wont do it cold turkey, been there done that, I have taken 40 mg of meth 2 days ago and have done roxis and had a fetynal patch on for 2 days, I have a presription for opana er and as I was reading it I noticed the scary for me word antoginist (sp?) I was looking forward to trying to get totally off the meth with the help of the opana and now that I read that I am wondering if it is like suboxome or subutex??

My doctor is moving me from percacet and oxycodone to Opana ER. I don't know what it is or what to expect.

I was on opana both Er and regular, and was on oxy and diluid and tram. So when i tapered the last time i got rid of all the ER tablets and just stuck to the percs for detox. It really did help, so i rid all the harder pills sought of speak and switched to percs so i can taper them down and cut them in half. You are doing amazing so far keep up the good work.

t believe you asked about OPANA ER! My Pain Management Doctor prescribed it for me 2 1/2 weeks ago, and I only took it for maybe 2 days, and not even at the dose HE prescribed. I got SO sick, and I never even thought abou the fact that I broke out on my face, neck, and chest! I just thought it was nerves because I was off all my pain meds...I gave the entire bottle of OPANA ER, all 240 tablets, minus the few I took Back to the doctor,,,,they made me SO SICK! and I DID get a rash!

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