I have read about it online and know that oxycodone will sometimes metabolize as oxymorphone and be picked up in urine even though it is considered a "minor metabolite". I think this is fine as other tests have come back with it while other tests dates have not. Is is just how my body is metabolizing before that particular test?
As I said, I think all is fine and I have heard nothing from the clinic.
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.
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.
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).
Physical examination with digital rectal exam may be done to reach a diagnosis. Aside from urinalysis, tests for gonorrhea and chlamydia and other sexually-transmitted diseases, and complete blood count are usually done. Antibiotic therapy should target the specific organism causing the infection. Pain relievers may also help.
Take care and regards.
m currently undergoing this (my urine is dark but I have no liver or kidney pain which is scary) and have to get a ct scan as my urinalysis also suggest that everything is normal. So they don't know what's causing the bleeding. I'll pray for us both. Let me know how it goes.
Hey. Sorry to bother ya'll again. I complainied of frequent urination and some visable particles in urine (which I'm no longer seeing!) to my doctor - I suspected this was due to my hightened anxiety over a very brief unprotected encounter way over a year ago, the doctor agreed but suggested a unrine sample be analysied to rule out a UTI as cause of the frequency. My urine was sent away to be cultured and returned with 'no growth' status. No follow up with my doc was required.
I got my urinalysis test results back. Everything looked normal except Appearance-cloudy, Squamous epithlial Cells - 6-10 (marked as H), WBC 10-20 (marked as H), and Bacteria-Moderate (26-50) marked also H. My doctor never called me, even though she had received my test results. Should I follow up with another doctor? How bad are these numbers?
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