percocet and hydromorphone

Dr switched me from 20mg percocet to hydromorphone 10 mg what is difference

I am tapering off of them because of this and doing a fast taper at that because I HATE the feeling of not wanting to do anything I was on 400 mgs ms a day every 6 hrs and 15 mgs hydromorphone 4 to 5 ad ay for BTP I went from this to 50 mgs ms and 5 HY a day within a week and tomorrow to NO ms and keep the hydro and taper from there

ve just about reached my threshold with percocet and oxycontin. I am getting no real pain relief, and the doctor said that the next step would be to switch to dilaudid and hydromorphone. I'm wondering if I will experience withdrawals from my current meds when I switch? A little background to help...I suffered a great fall Dec 25, 2007 and crushed my tailbone.

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I was at the hospital 2 times this week for my Back, Right Butt, Leg pain, and Foot Numbness. The first visit the doctor looked over me sent me for an X-Ray perscribed me Percocet and sent me home. I didnt take any of the percocet till the following morning as i had ben given pain meds in my IV. I was shocked to find that the Percocet did nothing to help with the pain. Scaired and in pain I called the hospital and they said for me to come back in.

So, a chromatography panel would show the presence of some oxycodone, some noroxycodone, and some hydromorphone, each in certain percentages. A skilled pain doctor would spot your oxycodone use in a glance. Chromatography is much more sensitive than immunoassay, and the computers that generate results for chromatography have tunable cut-off values. Those cut-off values determine how little metabolite will be detected.

not exactly..oxy in theory is a bit stronger than hydro..and sub is a different type of narcotic than the other 2..but conversoin charts do compare the strength of sub to other narcotics..but it is not really the effect they r comparing//but the strength...i do believe there is a conversion chart in avisg's journal...

I only ask because I find it strange for someone to prescribe both percocoet and dilaudid(oxycodone and hydromorphone) together unless they were being rotated out every few weeks so they wouldn't lose effectiveness. But even then. I think the doctor of the patient would know best or getting the patient into a pain management doctor if not already. Pain management doctors specialiaze in pain and alternatives that help pain that many M.D's aren't nessesarily aware of.

I posted this somewhere else, but I really want to get as much feed back as I possibly can so here it goes... When I first started using the patches it was the gel based, when I went back, they gave me a different brand, it looks like a sandy looking patch and they are smaller. Long story short, I started having anxiety, then I started getting SUPER deppressed, then withdrawl symptoms, then I felt numbness on my hands, then I just ended up in the hospital.

I have had only had a few previous pain problems in my life. I have to work and have generally just taken Ibuprofen. The last two years I have had increasing pain. Pretty intense the last year. I have to keep my job and home so I still just take Ibuprofen. I found out I had very big benign tumors. I had an artery embolism to try to help. It causes great pain especially the fist night in the hospital.

I'm taking Opana ER 10 mg and it's not on the list of approved drugs for my new RX plan. Fentanyl patches weren't effective. What's a good substitute? oxymorphone is not listed but hydromorphone is.

In February, he prescribed, Hydromorphone XR and immediate release Hydromorphone 8mg for breakthrough pain. I did not tolerate the change well, GI upset, so was converted back to Oxycontin/Oxycodone regime. So, in June of this year, I went in for my scheduled appt. Since the beginning of 2012, random urine drug screens along with another urine test to measure if the correct amount of the prescribed narcotic level is within your urine are of routine now, expected, no less.

10 years ago started on Tylenol 3 and slowly went to Percocet, OxyContin then to morphine MS Contin and statex to dilauded and hydro morphing ER to back to oxycodone and now on fentanyl 37 mcg. My question is should I continue with the fentanyl if I'm getting relief at about a 6 out of 10 with this dose or ask my pain management doctor for breakthrough meds or to raise the patch to 50 mcg?

I was overwhelmed because i new i had only taken what was prescribed to me by him. i had one test before these last two and it was fine. i started taking oxycotin and percocet with my norco (vicodin) and all the sudden im positive for hydromorphone. im at a loss and dont know where to turn from here because i know i didnt take anything but the pills he prescribe.

how can I get them to understand that they do not benefit me at all???? I had tried some hydromorphone (sp?) and that worked wonders!!!My friend had taken mercy on me and gave me a couple.But, how can I get them to understand that I need to be on something stronger withpout sounding like I'm a "seeker"???And, what are my other choices anyways??Any advice/feedback would be appreciated.Thanks!

I have had the same problems , I quit Oxycontin 3 weeks ago and got the cough/sneezing sinus allergy symptoms bad then someone gave me Hydromorphone and I caved in to get rid of the symptoms ( I know how *** backwards that is ) so now I have quit those and of course the same problem is back again after the 3rd day clean . I was just considering going to see a doctor and decided to research this online, this is the first article I came across and it was very helpful.

So he offered Dilaudid (hydromorphone), and Opana ER (oxymorphone). I at the time had no idea what those drugs were and he wasen't saying much except that my pain is 24/7 so I should be on something that is treating me all the time. My point was that if I do all this message, acupuncture, pain management theropy etc how will I ever know if it is working if I am on a ER drug? It doesn't give me the freedom to NOT have drugs in my system.

I take hydrocodone nightly and don't take hydromorphone but it showed up on my last urine test..... I'm highly allergic to hydromorphone. Would the fact that I've had to take Ibuprofen for sinus headache have anything to do with this showing up??? I also was taking Maxalt and/or Imitrex at the time. Hydromorphone sends me into anaphalaxis shock within 5 minutes even at the smallest of dosages.... i'm really concerned as to why this has showed up on my urine test...

You will not get the jittery, anxiety feeling like that of Oxycodone (Percocet). Percocet can tend to make a person euphoric as well and in taking the Morphine, you will not get that effect. You might want to have a chat with your Doctor about this possibility. Morphine in 15mg tabs is about equivalent to 5/325 Percocet. Also, there is an anti-depressant by the name of Zoloft that has been known to lessen the pain and anxiety at the same time.

I take it that test will tell me if he hasdiabetic neuropathy (which I think is a misdiagnosis). The hydromorphone does hot help that much, and I was told Neurontin may help him if it's a nerve problem. He is willing to try it. Since this started with his back and two days later the burning in his legs started, I do not think it is diabetic neuropathy which seems to start in the feet with tingling and numbness and worsen over time. This came on so suddenly.

I just took a drug test and it came came positive for hydromorphone not sure what it is I take 6 vicoden a day and answers

Hydromorphone and hydrocodone are both semi-synthetic opioids, but hydromorphone is a much stronger pain reliever -- about 10 times stronger than hydrocodone. btw, hydrocodone does not contain acetaminophen. Medications like Vicodin and Norco contain both hydrocodone and acetaminophen, but hydrocodone is itself a semi-synthetic opioid, similar to oxycodone.

My 18 year old daughter has had debilitating daily 24/7 chronic headaches for 5 years now. We've taken her to over 50 doctors and alternative medical practices here in the Seattle area as well as the Mayo Clinic in Minn. Her pain has never changed, never moved - always across her forehead, in her temples and behind her eyes. Reading and concentrating make it worse. Sometimes it's worse from out of the blue. She awakens with a pain level of 7 and sometimes up to a 9.

Hi and Welcome. Please excuse my tardy response. Our site is undergoing some format changes and some how I missed your post. I'm sorry. How was the UDS preformed? Did they utilize the Gas chromatography-mass spectroscopy (GCMS), which is highly accurate for UDT, and is considered to have a less than 0.5% false-positive rate? On a UDS using the GC/MS or LC/MS Opiates UDS the metabolites of Morphine, may show Hydromorphone if on high dose or chronic Morphine .

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