MS CONTIN Reviews (MORPHINE SULFATE)Average Rating: 3.9 (202 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare MS CONTIN with similar:
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| 5 | Back injury | Itching, constipation, confusion (at times) | My doctor's decision to prescribe MS Contin is the best advice I have gotten in the 20+ years I have dealt with my back problems. I have had a total of 10 surgeries and more are necessary. However, I have no intention of letting them touch me again. Though I'm only 41, I am considered disabled and receiving benefits, I am relatively comfortable and happy. Mainly due to the introduction of MS Contin to my life. Like many I have read, I was doing oxycontin with dilaudid breakthrough. This went on for about 18 months leaving me with an obvious addiction that began to disrupt everything in my life. With the unbelievable help of my doctor, whom I owe everything to, I was able to stop the oxy/dilaudid Hell after a year or so with the use of MSC. After six yrs, I am maintaining on 150/180mgs daily and leading a pretty normal life. Sure, I have horrible days. However they are greatly improved from how it was. The good days are REALLY good too. | M | 41 | 6 years 30mg 6X day | 12/31/2010 | 5 | pain | constipation | Safe Godsend | M | 51 | 9 years 120 3X day | 4/9/2011 | 5 | disc deteriation | none | if i was not taking this i could not work. i worry about the people addicted who get it illeaglly. i hope it will not make harder for those who need it to get it. | M | 53 | 7 years 100 2X day | 8/3/2011 | 5 | pain:legs,back;ie too much surgery | rapid speech some contipation lasted 3weeks | as most have said ;oxy's can cause behavorial problems but some euphoria and nausea. you must ween you self off .i did by splitting them taking only one. i never knew i could take lower dose with some other med for break through,after my surgery i got off them but always wanted oycodone. its agood drug and life giver and taker.when flair ups lortabs were prescribed and flair-up was bareable to take advil but last flair-up so bad,but doctor treated me like you dont need medicine but said pain real, i am buddist & i need to chant evryday and it hurts to sit up but i manage to pray and three weeks for help. finally i took friend to his dr and he told about ms and this beats taking 4 -5 loratabs and i feel alot less pain and know when to shut up and happier- cymbalta helps aids in mood stabilization. IAM grateful this is n ot the buzz drug but actually gets to the pain with a norco at some point to make the day. respectfully | M | 45 | 60 days 30mg 2X day | 11/22/2011 | 5 | Severe chronic pain | Occasional constipation, some withdrawals when managing | c2/3 L3/3/5 S1 due to accident. Had laminectomy, and other surgery. My life, marriage, work, everything was destroyed while I tried to cope for years with chronic pain. Dr's said things like "you walked in here, you can walk out." Yes I have long hair, and I am eccentric, but do not use any recreational drugs. Finally, through a caring nurse friend I found a doctor who was appalled at my previous treatment and gave me MS Contin. I live a reasonably normal life now. Management is important. Each month I reduce my dose to 1 x 60mg per day taken at 10am. Yes I get the flu symptoms and some unpleasant side effects for the 2 to 3 days, but when I get back to the normal dose the effect is dramatic and I have my energy back. It takes management. Constipation is a definite but can be ameliorated easily. I take one teaspoon of Nu-Lax (contains senna, pears, apricot, figs, dates, sucrose and glucose and is a very natural laxative) Also two glasses of Metamucil per day. Pleasant taste, orange or other fruit flavours which will work as a stool softener. I do recommend putting up with the 'cleansing' procedure once a month to flush out the excess morphine. It will be marginally unpleasant, but the effort is well worth it. Ms Contin has given me my life back. | M | 63 | 7 years 60mg 2X day | 2/21/2012 | 5 | Spinal fusion of L2, L3, L4, L5, S1 | MS Contin has given me my life back. I was on Fentanyl patches for a period of 3 1/2 years and they only provided pain relief for 18 hours. I am no longer haunted by the never ending pain in my lumbar spine. Side effects was constipation but that has deminished. Overall a good medication. | M | 59 | 6 months 60mg X 2 | 2/6/2012 | 5 | Nerve damage from Whipple procedure | Always have to be cautious of constipation. Biggest problem now is DEA cracking down on legitimate cancer centers like Vanderbilt. All of the doctors are scared to death and admit they are no longer in charge of my healthcare. Tried to change and no doctor would go near me. They scraped the sheath of of a very large nerve and told me I would have pain for life. I don't think they thought I would live this long. | M | 58 | 8 years 400MG 3X day | 2/7/2012 | 5 | back and leg and hand pain | tast in mouth and dry mouth | M | 38 | 6 months 30 | 3/3/2012 | 5 | SPINAL FUSION L2, L3, L4, L5 & S1 | The only issue was constipation, after about one month it subsided and my body adjusted to the medication. | MS Contin 60mg three times daily controls my pain much better than Fentanyl. I am now able to have somewhat of a quality of life and not have to deal with the torture of pack pain on a daily basis. I am now able to walk and spend time with my family. The only bad thing is it took the pain management physician 2 1/2 years to realize I was having issues with the Fentanyl due to the fact the medication only lasted for 18 hours (not 72 hours). He finally switched my medication to MS Contin with some resistance. | M | 59 | 7 months 60MG 3X day | 7/7/2012 | 5 | Arthritis, other skeletal pain | Constipation, lack of sex drive | Great pain relief. Have had knee replacement and need another. The brand works better than the generic version. | M | 53 | 7 days | 12/13/2005 | 5 | 19years of addiction | constipation. For a while had trouble breathing and pain in left chest. Had stress test (no ins.-$5,000), okay tho. Guess it was heartburn cuz prilosec eventually helped. Damn waste of money. | Started w/ codeine & hydrocodone at age 16. Got allergic to codeine and was on hydro and oxy til age 27 when got on Oxycontin (avg 3-5 80mg/day). Started shooting up for about 6months. Lost source & did heroin a while (over-rated). Got on methadone a while then lost license-I liked meth. Could sleep and wake up still feeling effects. Got back on Oxy. Done all: Dilaudid(HAVE to shoot to feel), fentanyl, you nae it. Had done MS a few times & thought it was okay. Finally decided no more Oxy & switched to MS 200mg's(buy off street at $13 each which is actually cheap where I live). Take 300mg/day usually. Got down to 100, now up around 400 & gonna run out b4 payday 4 1st time in ages. SCARED. Horrible WD. Your body adjusts and starts to like whatever u take if u take it long enough. Took an 80 a ways back & did nothing. Love MS: after initial 1st few weeks there is NO high. I just feel normal & can function. I don't even make $10/hr tho so need to get back down t | M | 35 | 4 years | 3/23/2006 | 5 | disk disease and fibromyalgia | constipation | I take 30mg three times a day. This relieves the pain so I can work. If the fibromyalgia flares up really badly I'll take a short course of prednisone. I've taken pretty much all of the other narcotics but this seems to work out the best. I've never got any euphoria from this med so I really can't imagine why anyone would abuse it. | M | 50 | 2 years | 12/3/2005 | 5 | Crohns Disease | I trip, I fall, I run into the wall... | Excellent for pain relief | M | 33 | 1 years | 7/6/2005 | 5 | Sciatica-Lumbago-Disc Degeneration | dry eye | A very good medication for palliative care of chronic pain; does not have the extreme hormonal effects of methadone or ketobemidone. More reliable a painkiller than hydromorphone for me, and more suitable overall for chronic pain that oxycodone. | M | 33 | 3 years | 7/13/2005 | 5 | lymphomal cancer/surgery | listless drowsy feeling | 30mg 3 times daily | M | 53 | 120 days | 6/4/2006 | 5 | peripheral neuropathy & leg spasms | Chronic constipation,morning headaches,lack of thirst(hypernatremia) | Dr.prescribed 30mg.twice daily.Can't handle it-don't like the feeling,so I bite in 2 in a.m & take the other half after lunch.It definitely works all day,but if I take before bed-time,I will toss & turn all nite.I respect'em & don't abuse'em(other than biting),but in turn,don't have to take as much.I'm having to take this because of neuro-problems & joint pain brought on by Lyme's Disease(tick bite & brown-recluse spider together). | M | 47 | 2 years | 1/17/2007 | 5 | peripheral-neurapathy & leg spasms | I might also add that before taking MS CONTIN,I was plagued with acid-reflux syndrome & had to take Nexium & antacids daily. Now,my GERD has COMPLETELY disappeared!! It has been a Godsend just for this reason,along w/the pain relief. | M | 47 | 2 years | 1/17/2007 | 5 | SEVERE CHRONIC PAIN | CONSTIPATION :- EASILY MANAGED | IN MY OPINION IT SHOULD REMAIN THE STANDARD BY WHICH ALL OTHER OPIOID ANALGESICS ARE COMPARED TO. | M | 49 | 8 years | 1/16/2007 | 5 | chronic pancreatitis pain | other than withdrawals when not taken in sufficient time (AVOID THIS FROM HAPPENING AT ALL COSTS! IT'S F*CKING DREADFUL) | It IS the medicine that all others are basically gauged by. Morphine is the "MOTHER MOLECULE" and the primary parent alkaloid found in opium poppies. Oxy is derived from Thebaine, another parent alk. (Which is why it has a speedier less sedating effect than morphine). I prefer the effects and the buzz of morphine FAR superior to oxy. ...Now dilaudid (hydrmorphone), that's one FINE drug. | M | 39 | 11 years | 1/16/2007 | 5 | chronic pain 10 yrs | M | 56 | 10 days | 10/16/2004 |
MS CONTIN (MORPHINE SULFATE): This medication is used to help relieve severe ongoing pain (such as due to cancer). Morphine belongs to a class of drugs known as opioid (narcotic) analgesics. It works in the brain to change how your body feels and responds to pain. The higher strengths of this drug (100 milligrams or more per tablet) should be used only if you have been regularly taking moderate to large amounts of opioid pain medications. These strengths may cause overdose (even death) if taken by a person who has not been regularly taking opioids. Do not use the extended-release form of morphine to relieve pain that is mild or that will go away in a few days. This medication is not for occasional ("as needed") use. FDA Approval Date: 1993-11-08 (Sources: U.S. Centers for Medicare Services, FDA)