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571096 tn?1217008564 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?
541953 tn?1262586226 Hi, Iknow it has been a few years since your post, i was wondering how you are doing on the Opana ER. I am switching from Opana 30 mg ER to Morphine 60 mg ER.The Opana gave me side effects, dizziness, being in withdrawl if I missed a dose, and it did not help my chronic pain.. I have tried many ER drugs and I am having a hard time finding many of them. Plus my breakthrough meds are also hard to find.
Avatar n tn 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.
Avatar m tn 3. Opana ER is recommended to dose every 12 hours. Not sure if the three times daily (or TID) dosing is better for you pain regimen. Consult with your provider to consider Opana ER 30 mg three tablets every 12 hours if you both agree that it is a better option for you. 4. Why are you converting to fentanyl patch? Is your pain not well controlled? What is you pain rating, based on the scale of 1-10 (with 10 being the worst pain you have)?
Avatar m tn when i could not find oxycontin i would take opana er 40mg. opana(oxymorphone) is about twice as potent as oxycodone. they are rather new i believe they came out in 2002?
Avatar f tn No one here can answer that, your doctor would be the one to talk to. I can tell you that nucynta is a fairly weak opioid and opana is one of the strongest.
Avatar m tn Hi I take 1 20mg opana er per day I'm prescribed 3 a day but never take 3, maybe 2 if I'm having a really bad pain day but that is usually 1 or 2 days per month. I would like to come totally off it to see if I can manage my pain in more natural ways. Being that I that so little will WD be bad, should I just go cold turkey or wean by putting more space between doses?
Avatar f tn The 200 mcg/hr Fentanyl patch combined with any of these options (Oxycontin, Opana ER, MS Contin) would yield a total daily dose of 360 mg of oxycodone a day. This would be equal to your previous dose of Oxycontin before the switch to the Fentanyl patch. If you prefer less than 200 mcg/hr Fentanyl, your doctor could prescribe more medication in long acting pill form and less in transdermal patches.
Avatar f tn I am currently in pain management I have been prescribed most recenlty Opana ER with Vicuprofin, and Lidocaine, but since I started the Opana it makes me too drowsy and I am suffering from Diareaha. I spoke to another person who said that she takes oxycodone and it helps her with the pain and it does not make her as drowsy. I work in a very stressful position which requires me to make snap decisions so the drowsiness does not help and I also sit at a computer most of the day..
1331804 tn?1336867358 Hi All: I have found a new primary care physician under my new insurance today and he made some changes to the meds I take that I am very concerned about. He titrated my opioid medications up by 60 mg morphine equivalent. I was taking 60 mg of morphine sulfate ER plus 35 mg of percocet a day. He switched me to 30 mg of Opana ER every 12 hours with up to 25 mg of percocet a day for breakthrough pain.
Avatar m tn 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.
Avatar n tn 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.
Avatar f tn 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...
Avatar f tn I am currently working with my doctor to find a way to get coverage of my pain over the full 12 hours. One option we are looking at is taking 1/2 of my full Opana ER dose 8-9 hours afterwards to provide more coverage and eliminate the need to use breakthrough pain medication. Hopefully, the Morphine ER works the full 12 hours for you. If not there are many people that take ER meds every 8 hours instead of every 12 hours.
Avatar m tn 10 mg opana er 3x a day is a baby dose..... we're not talking alot of pain med here esp if you use nothing else for breakthrough I use to take 120 mg oxycodone/day for pain... new doc switched that to 2 -10 mg opana er's and only 60 mg oxycodone.....I sorely miss the oxy... opanas just suck.. not good for pain, no euphoria, just drowsiness and nausea. I hardly even take mine regularly cause they really dont do anything...anyway ..u want off those ...just ween...
1445110 tn?1388209711 Opana ER has been a LIVESAVING drug for me, non sedating, i can hold my huge babies and have no side effects, I highly recommended the ER, you take it only 2 x a day, I ran out one day before my pain doctor appt and am in excruciating pain in back and hips. Had no idea how well it was working until I am having to go 2 days without and about to DIE.
Avatar m tn Is it possible for me to have developed a rash from taking opana ER after years of taking it?
1895503 tn?1332373374 The benefit of having two 5mg tablets of Opana ER is that when I am ready, I can lower the dose to just one 5mg Opana ER tablet (If I wasn't planning to do that, then the two doses are the same). Thanks.
1444483 tn?1468516489 s for the last year. My new pain management doctor suggested Opana ER. He told me that in the 7 years of him prescribing the medication he has not had a single patient become addicted to the medicine like patients do on Norco's and other pain meds. The norcos have started to just not work since my tolerance has built up to them. I am taking one Opana in the morning and one at night, with my norcos as a back up pain reliever.
Avatar f tn What I did was taper from 40 mg Opana ER 3 times a day and three 10mg Opana IR to my lower dose of 10 mg Opana ER 3 times a day plus three 10mg Opana IR 3 times a day. My taper has taken 3 months so far. At this dose, I am considering treatment. I am a little stumped at how to get from my present dose to 5 mg Opana ER (plus three 10mg Opana IR each day). It is a super big drop. Especially because over 3 to 4 years my brain chemistry has changed so much!!
Avatar m tn has anyone ever been prescribed opana er 20 mg i take it q 12hrs but it only lasts 8 hrs and for bt pain i take norco 10 -325mg q6 hrs. that only lasts apprx. 1.
Avatar f tn My body is wired to where I get wired when I take it. My question is would switching to opana er still relive the pain and not give me the wired out and euphoric side effects that I'm starting to enjoy so much? I've heard opana er and ir have the opposite effects.
Avatar f tn My fiancee' was recently prescribed Opana ER, when he started three weeks ago he was on 5mg twice daily, then the doctor moved him to 10mg 2xdaily, now it is 20mg 2x daily. I am very concerned?
1895503 tn?1332373374 It's good to hear you're doing fairly well. I've been on Opiates for a spinal injury for many years. Currently i'm on Opana ER 40mg (x2/day) plus Opana IR 10mg (3x/day) and it's barely taking the pain level down anymore. The most I cold detoxed was 48 hours, and I can't explain how awful it was at that last hour before I took a pill.