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 |
| 5 | back and leg and hand pain | tast in mouth and dry mouth | M | 38 | 6 months 30 | 3/3/2012 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 4 | Degenerative disc disease | No side effects, it seems very weak and I want more relief. I'm a first time pain med. clinic and want to tell my dr I need more but I'm nervous. Any pointers would be greatly appreciated. | F | 32 | 6 days 15Mg | 1/16/2012 | 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 | 3 herniated spinal discs; sciatica | Constipation, itching, mild nausea, mild sedation. No euphoria, and isn't too "loopy" to function. | I love this med - it's made my life partially managable again after a bad fall on my tailbone, which ruptured 3 spinal cord discs in my lower back (L-4, L-5, S-1). I have herniated disc disorder with sciatica (which is radiating/shooting pains down my legs, usually the left one). I've got severe nerve damage in my legs due to the jelly from the ruptured discs adding too much pressure on my spinal cord. MS Contin works even more effectively with Chitosan supplements. Google it - I speak the truth, from experience. I prefer ENDO generics, because they seem to release a bit faster. Mallinkradt (sp?) are annoying because they take FOREVER to kick in but once they do, they're fine. The other I've had are Watson, which I very much like as well due to earlier feeling of analgesia onset. | F | 28 | 9 months 30mg 3X day | 11/15/2011 | 4 | Basically I have constipation. | It helps to take the edge off of my back and joint pain. The last thing I want to do is abuse it. Having taken street drugs for 14 years I know that I could be addicted to morphine, but this is simply not the case. | F | 50 | 2 years 45mg 3X day | 10/17/2011 | 3 | back and neck surgery went bad | none yet | Need info. I am really scared about drugs. I was on oxy 20mg twice daily for a month. I took it once aday and was scared to death after what I say you all say on the comments about it. I dumped remaining out in doctors commode and he wrote me scripts for mscontin 15mg twice daily. Just wanted to know what you all think. If I stop will I have the withdrawals you all talked about with oxy. I had to give a rating but havent taken it yet. | M | 62 | 15mg 2X day | 9/29/2011 | 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 | constipation | Safe Godsend | M | 51 | 9 years 120 3X day | 4/9/2011 | 5 | Spinal Cord Injury | I was taking 30 mg oxycotin and had severe side effects, especially mood changes and dizzness. Since I've been on MS Contin and able to focus and go without any side effects. | F | 48 | 12 months 15 3X day | 3/25/2011 | 1 | Kidney Stone | Really uncomfortable, barely took any edge off the pain. Made me feel like my head was swelling and left me nauseated. My pain killer tolerance is fairly high. Any kind of pain relief faded after half an hour. | F | 21 | 1 days IV ? 1X day | 2/16/2011 | 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 | S1 nerve damage, 3 L5-S1 surgeries | Slightly drowsy within an hour of taking dose, wake up every morning with extreme hoarseness and dry throat/mouth. Mild acne again, slight itching. | I was on Oxycontin 40mg 3X a day for the last 2 years and thought it was great. Little did I know how much different my life would be on MS Contin. (Plus it is SO much cheaper!). My husband cannot get over how calm I am. He describes it as on oxy, there was always a level of tension/possible emotional eruption lurking, but with MSC, I am mellow as can be. Very happy, he says the "old me" is back, more chatty, happier, overall mood enhancement. I never realized oxy had done that to me - after years, we forget our former personalities, I guess. I was taken off oxy abruptly due to severe side effects that came on suddenly, so I am being titrated up slowly on the MSContin. I am going every 2 weeks until my dose is settled. I am hoping this dose will be "it" - 100mg 3 X a day. I take Percocet 10/325 up to 3 a day for breakthrough meds as needed. I am very glad to have gotten the "oxycontin" burden out of my life - hated ever having to tell any docs, any ER, any pharmacy because of the stigma. I would have asked to switch years ago if I knew it would be this effective and allow the return of "me" personality-wise! | F | 44 | 5 weeks 100 3X day | 11/1/2010 | 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 | multi-level disc disease | SEVERE Anorexia, which continues up to today. I began taking MS Contin 30 mg tablet every 12 hours, and Roxicodone 15 mg tablet / 5 per day, in March of 2010. I really do not know if one, or both, of these opiates, is the problem. | MS Contin 100 mg tablet every 12 hours, plus Roxicodone 15 mg tablet / 5 per day, plus Promethazine HCL 25 mg tablet prn, has helped alleviate my pain somewhat. But I still must be very-careful how I move, walk, and do other simple things, like standing to wash dishes; roll-over in bed; etc.---the simple movements of body which most people take for granted. This back pain is HELL!!! In short, this present medication regimen does not work real well for me. I just began receiving the 100 mg MS Contin tablets 8 days ago, increased from 60 mg tablet every 12 hours. I really think I need my Roxicodone 15 mg tablets / 5 per day, increased to 30 mg Roxicodone tablets, but I am concerned my doctor, who is a very helpful and understanding man, might flip on me, and cut me off. I should add, that my back damage was caused, by my being thrown out of the back of a 54 foot shipping van, when a tractor jerked the van from under me, throwing me to the concrete warehouse floor, on October 07, 2009---I have a lawyer. I have real problems, and I am really afraid of my doctor thinking I am playing him, for a legal high---which I am not, as my January 2010 CAT Scan is plain proof of my problems. Have any of you suffered with the SEVERE Anorexia, nausea, and diarrhea problems, especially the Anorexia? Anyone who has had the Anorexia and lack of analgesia problem(s) got a winning LEGAL drug combination for me to suggest to my doctor? I have not yet told my doctor about the Anorexia problem. | M | 53 | 8 days 100 2X day | 9/8/2010 | 5 | nausea | if it hadn't of been for ms contin I not have been able to get out of bed and do my normal daily activities due to a chronic back condition. | F | 53 | 2X day | 8/9/2010 | 1 | IBD | Drowsiness, severe anxiety, gassiness, major constipation | I take this medication mostly in the form of codeine. This horrible drug gives me endless anxiety, as a result, making me lose sleep. It also gives me weird thoughts/feelings that I can't explain. This medication works for the pain; however, it causes extreme gassiness when its effects are over. If I had a choice, I would definitely take fentanyl over morphine. | M | 25 | 1 days 10 mg 2X AN | 7/7/2010 | 4 | multi level disc, other back, neck | I always have taken added stool softeners, twice a day, in the beginning, oxy days, the doctor failed to warn me, I ended up in ER, I still seem to have depression but don;t think its the drug. | This is a great pain reliever, to bad they give you all the dumb pills first to get there. Like others expressed, I to felt supid all the time on Oxy pills. I asked the Pharmisist for a cheaper drug that relieved the pain and was'nt so expensive. I felt my mind clear up, and all round felt better, I do though worry about being failed by my doctor and not having my meds. He's went on vacations and things without me knowing, went to get my meds and he not their, and know one else to prescibe. Good luck, with that story and getting someone else to fill in. Some doctors would'nt give you a asprin, thank god for the others who actually help and listen. Too, many doctors are like going to fast food resturants, in and out is all they care about. Mine started out good, but lately I see him starting to slip in this mood, I call it FFRD(fast food resturants doctor), and everyone knows how hard it is to get a repore with a doctor. excuse some of my spelling..I just worry about future problems, higher doses, side effects, the doctor, not getting the meds all of a sudden, things I don't know about..I do still have pain, but try and just live with it, don't want higher doses, I relize now that all the pain can't be fixed with the pill, but they sure help...and with this med, theres no buzz that I feel.. | M | 52 | 2 years 100mg 2X day | 5/17/2010 |