MS CONTIN Reviews (MORPHINE SULFATE)Average Rating: 3.9 (202 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare MS CONTIN with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR MS CONTIN | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 4 | pain relief related to pancreatitis | Side effects were few beyond dreaded cycles of lethargy, constipation and diahrrea..oh my! but it's better than the pain I'd otherwise be experiencing fully! | Good pain reliever, doesn't really relieve all the pain, but makes life livable..one 30mg (sometimes 2) pill is ok if I can swallow it and keep it down; just started to use 15mg immediate release form (under the tongue) for breakthru pain and the combo seems pretty stable and helps with chronic pain from pancreatitis and I can generally tolerate most medications well..have had few side effects from any but efficacy of MS CONTIN is tops! I have tried a lot of pain meds, this one gave best relief with fewest side effects.. Am currently also taking Pheneragan for occasional nausea (rectally) and sometimes lomotil for runs. When efficacy of MS CONTIN starts to wane; in lieu of increasing dosage; i switch for a month or two to Duragesic patches (not usually in summer)and then back. | M | 40 | 24 years | 4/23/2004 | 5 | pain relief | none really once i got used to it. | I am currently taking 145mg 3x/day, plus 10mg Norco 3x/day, and have increased dose by about 10mg every other year. Back issues are my problem, I have a professional position for 20 years at an Ivy League Research University. Failed L4/5 18 years ago, car accident 1 year ago, back injury both times, great pain relief, great University pharmacy, no addictioon problems here, but my pain doc says I'm 1 in 10000, lucky me!!! | M | 54 | 16 years | 7/3/2008 | 4 | spinal cord injury+fbs | nausea in beginning, constipation, sleepiness after just taking, most side effects went away after several weeks. | Have taken since 1990 - have had to change dosages quite frequently - now on 90mgs every 6 hours plus 45 mgs of MSIR every 8 hours. Also Percocet for breakthrough pain. Now my doctor is suggesting I change to Methadone. Kind of afraid to mess with something that at least works a little - in exchange for the unknown. Very afraid the methadone will not work as well. | F | 50 | 12 years | 1/11/2003 | 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 | Multiple Back Surgurys/Chronic Pain | Some dizziness, occasional sweating, and constipation. | MS Contin is an excellent pain reliever; I take three 60 mg tabs four times daily. I additionally take 1-3 Norco 10/325 four times daily for breakthrough pain. For severe muscle spasms I take three Valium 10mg as needed. Anyone who is plagued with constipation from their meds, there is an all NATURAL MIRACLE available (FLAX SEED OIL) from your local health food store. In addition PLEASE eat a common sense diet and make sure to take a variety of water soluble vitamins and minerals. I've done so for 10+ years and when my Dr. tests my liver/kidney and other organs he just cannot understand how my tests return so positively HEALTHY!! | M | 39 | 10 years | 8/26/2003 | 5 | Chronic Pain L4-5 surgery, DDD, OA | occasional constipation. | Excellent drug for long term, safe and effective treatment of chronic pain. Because it is slowly released the relief is stable. I have gone through withdrawal of this drug, twice, once w/a MD and once on my own. The time I did it myself I did it gradually but it was still terrible. With the MD it was a switch to another drug and it was HELL. I will NEVER go through that again and only agreed to go back on this medication with much discussion of a gradual and well monitored withdrawal, if I ever do stop it. This is, as one MD put it, a clean drug and has been out on the market for a long time. I trust it. | F | 51 | 10 years | 2/8/2009 | 4 | RSD Chronic Acute Pain | Constipation, intense withdrawal if having to go off it! Not fun. I do not get high from this or tired. It just helps me with my day to day life/pain. | I have been taking some form of morphine for 10 years. My pain is extreme but this with combination of a fentanyl patch seem to help. If you have chronic acute pain, this is the drug. My quality of life and those around me are better due to this drug. | F | 32 | 10 years | 3/11/2005 | 4 | Severe sciatica, Radiculopathy | Initially I became constipated | I sustained a nursing injury while trying to save a patient. I felt horrible burning up and down my buttocks. I was in PT 5x per week. I got no relief and was finally put on percocet and it did nothing. I became bedbound from pain. I saw a pain psychologist because I became suicidal from intense unbearable pain. I lost my job and lost my home. A psychiatrist evaluated me and asked a pain specialist to put me on morphine. My life was forever changed that day because for the first time in a year I was going to finally get some relief. The medication allows me to function without pain and I have been asked if I "feel high" and the answer is NO! I feel as though the medication allows me to think and function without chronic debilitating pain. I never did go back to nursing because a nurse can not work under the influence of narcotics. A light-duty nurse does not work because they are considered a liability. My pain psych informed me that without pain management I most likely would have resorted to suicide. | F | 45 | 10 years 100mg 2X day | 10/28/2010 | 3 | chronic bone disorder | No sleep | M | 49 | 10 years 180mg | 1/28/2018 | 3 | T-12 PARA +NEURALGIA+CHRON BACK PN. | TIREDNESS,SOME ITCHING,VOICE DEEPENS AND GETS SCRATCHY,HIGHTENED SEXUAL RESPONSE AND AROUSAL. | THE MEDS I TAKE NOW ARE STRONGER AND I AM IN MORE PAIN THAT EVER BEFORE. I AM LESS ACTIVE BECAUSE OF THE PAIN. I STILL DO WHAT I NEED TO DO BUT IT"S LESS OFTEN AND DONE QUICKER.I HAVE "ENJOYED" CP FOR 27YRS. FRACTURED T-12 AND LEFT ME PARALYZED FROM HIPS DOWN. | M | 44 | 10 years | 9/14/2007 | 5 | pain | constipation | Safe Godsend | M | 51 | 9 years 120 3X day | 4/9/2011 | 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 | 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 | Severe Osteoarthritis in both knees | Take 3xs a day. Along with Percocet and Tramodols. I got a different manufacturer for my last script and I have about 2 weeks in me and suddenly both legs are swollen and is making it more difficult to walk. I already walk with crutches. | F | 8 years 30 mg ER | 2/21/2017 | 5 | Spine C2-C7, L3-5s1,car accident | Just Constpation.(can manage) No Drug Cravings due to long acting, slow release of meds. | This medicine gave me my life back! When you are so debilitated by Pain that u can't move, u want to Die, At least the Pain would be done in Death. No More Surgery would help, but My Doctor helped me get relief. I'm so sick of Drug addicts taking Narcotics and killing themselves. Then Docs getting blamed, The meds get blamed & patients R questioned to Y we R in Pain in the First place! Not everyone who takes pain meds is abusing them! If A Diabetic took 2 much insulin, or a patient w/ HBP OD' on their meds due to not following prescribing orders, is it the Docs fault? It's no different for Pain meds. If a Doctor prescribes medicine it's up to the Patients to take it as prescribed. Y should we SUFFER w/ Pain? Labor pain was nothing compared to what I feel without my meds. I can't imagine not being allowed to take my medicine it scares me more than anything, and not because I want to get high, but because I want relief & to be a Mother & a Wife, not a perpetual bedridden patient! Patients who don't abuse their meds & have a true medical problem need to unite together! How can we do this? Our story needs to be told!!! | F | 36 | 7 years 200mgx2 | 6/2/2016 | 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 | 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 | 3 | Arthritis | Blurred vision,constipation,extreme tiredness,sleeplessness if taken to late in the evening and some difficulty with memory at times. Also loss of libido. | F | 57 | 7 years 30mg | 3/29/2015 | 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 | Degenerative Disc Disease L4 L5 S1 | constipation | This drug saved my life! I was diagnosed with Degenerative Disc Disease "DDD" L4 L5 S1. Its has been 7 years. I have sever pain in my low back and pain ,pins and needles , ache, muscle spasms and numbness in both legs. I was in a wheel chair unable to walk before this drug. My pain doc tried me on a long list of other narcs before we found this to be the best. I take 1200 mg (yes I really take that much, it's not a typo) a day in the form of 100 mg tabs. I take it every 4 hors. I don't really have side affects. I do not get high. I am not impared in any way. If i take the meds I do not have much pain , if I don't take the MS contin I have tremendous pain. I also take Lyerica for the leg problems. For the constipation I take Zelnorm+, it works pretty well. | F | 37 | 6 years | 2/11/2007 |
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)