I dont see much about it in these posts but I have been taking oxymorphone(OPANA) for FBS.I have been addicted to Meth cocaine and alcohol in the past but have been free from those chains for 10 years.My disease has resurfaced with this Opana though.I have cut my intake from 20 mg a day to 10 mg a day for the past three days.I have been blessed to avoid the terrible sickness of opiate withdrawl that I went through last year with this **** when I went CT off of it.
Hi Krista! I've had severe chronic pain since 1983 and was diagnosed with HCV in 1986 and with cirrhosis in 2004. Before my liver got so bad I used a variety of different pain meds, but have had to be way more careful since 2004. For the last year I've been using Opana (oxymorphone) ER twice daily and a small dose of oxymorphone IR for breakthrough pain. It has worked well for me, contains no acetaminophen, is okay with my hepatologist, and has fewer supply hassles than OxyContin did.
d my use of oxycodone for some years, and more recently my use of oxymorphone, but has told me to strictly limit the use of vicodin to less than 4 per day, due to it's Tylenol content. I quit taking it at all as a precaution Your own hepatologist should always be consulted regarding any medications you may need however, as every body is unique.
I was actually dehydrated and could not pee for my UDtest so they took blood and it came back positive for oxymorphone, noroxycodone, and noroxymorphone at low levels but on a zero tolerance test any amount is a positive. Are these items that could be from just taking the oxycodone and my body coverts it to this or is the test flawed.
I have built up a tolerance to oxycodone IR that I have had to take 3 times my dose just to get my pain to get down to a moderate level. The research I have done is that oxymorphone is stronger and less mg. I have several questions. Are taking less mg easier on the body? How do I ask my doctor to switch, I don't want to seem like just another patient trying to get high.
Specifically, the bioavailability of oxymorphone increased by 1.6-fold and 3.7-fold in patients with mild (Child-Pugh class A) and moderate (Child-Pugh class B) hepatic impairment, respectively, compared with healthy controls. In 1 patient with severe hepatic impairment (Child-Pugh class C), the bioavailability was increased by 12.2-fold.18..."
See: http://www.mayoclinicproceedings.com/content/84/7/613.
I am going through serious withdrawal. I suffer chronic back and hip pain and my doctor can't seem to find the source of the pain. So I started to medicate myself. I started off with oxy 30s. then I started dating a guy who also is in chronic pain and when I would start getting "sick" from not being able to get the 30s he gave he some of his oxymorphone, opana, and I don't want to continue taking his meds anymore.
I got myself in the shower and just sat in there for 1/2 hr. I got out had a huge glass of water and took one of the Oxymorphone, I felt better within 15 min. I think I made a big mistake , the Oxy was working so well, that I only needed one yesterday, stop taking my Zanaflex 4mg nightly muscle relaxer(didn't seem to need it) I usually take my Klonopin 3x daily 1mg. and I have only been taking two at the most. The Oxy is just working that good for me. So even know my Pain Management Dr.
will it show up if being tested for opioids or just synthetic opioids? i came up positive on a drug screen for oxymorphone and i was perscribed to percocet.. can u please explain?
Stands to reason that:
2 x 5mg Percocet = 1 x 10mg Oxycontin
Don't quote me on that though. I know Percocet has both Oxymorphone AND Acetaminophen in it, and Oxycontin has Oxymorphone only. I'm not certain what the Acetaminophen brings to the table as far as drug-interactions go, but your statement that the Perc and the Oxy are the same (2x5mg vs. 1x10mg) sounds about right.
Maybe someone in the Pain-Management Community would know.
Did they check off oxymorphone (opana) or morphine on the lab slip? Oxymorphone (Opana) is a semi-synthetic opioid, unlike morphine which is an opiate.
If there was an error is the test request, that could explain the false negative.
Btw, Opana is available in generic form- oxymorphone hcl ER by globabal pharmaceuticals. I know because I take it currently.
Hi Snobuny,
Welcome to our Pain Management Forum. You've asked a good question and although it may seem straight forward there's a lot to be considered.
Oxymorphone is seven times stronger then morphine while hydromorphone is five times stronger than morphine. They are in the same synthetic family of drugs. Although on "paper" Oxymorphone is more potent then Hydromorphone that doesn't necessarily mean that one is more effective then the other.
Therefore, to get equivalent strength of oxymorphone through oxycodone, one has to take their oxymorphone dosage and multiply it by 2 to yield equivalent oxycodone dosing in mgs.
Here is another example, if a patient is taking 10 mg of oxymorphone per day and wants to switch from oxymorphone to oxycodone, the patient would need to be dosed twice the amount of his oxymorphone dosage as mgs of oxycodone (10 mg of oxymorphone = 20 mg of oxycodone).
t been able to hold down a job where U have to stand or do physical work since age 30. I am 47 now and now a nerve in my spine is impinged and causing me horrific knee and foot pain. I wajecup in pain in the middle of sleep. I'm on 5mgs 3x's a day and oxymorphone 2x's a day. It help about 25 to 30%. This is very inhumane. Because if the drug addicts I have to suffer and its made me very very angry. Who give's then the right to throw a net over all pain patients?!
An over-stretched heart is the result of cardiac muscle damage of any sort, most often due to coronary heart disease (blockage of the arteries supplying blood to the heart itself), but it can also be the result of abnormal valves and, more rarely, the toxic effects of alcohol or infection on the cardiac muscle (cardiomyopathy).
Most drug related sudden cardiac deaths are due to an arrhythmia caused by the drugs, not en enlarged heart.
Everyone is different and what works for one person may not for another. Give the new med a bit of time to see if it helps. How often are you taking the Opana ER versus how often were you taking the oxycodone?
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