| Key to ratings for morphine sulfate: 5-Very Satisfied: this medicine cured me or helped me a great deal. 4-Satisfied: this medicine helped. 3-Somewhat Satisfied: this medicine helped somewhat. 2-Not Satisfied: this medicine did not work to my satisfaction. 1-Dissatisfied: I would not recommend taking this medicine. |
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| 4 | Severe Constipation..Must take Phillips Colon Health every day then you'll be OK...Dry Mouth..Sex Drive disaappears.Itching | Have severe pain from failed lumbar and cervical fusions, and broken hip...Found out had osteoporosis...Tried every other pain med including methadone, dilaudid, Hydrocodone, etc but The Morphine Sulfate works the best, at lease it allows you to function somewhat..still a lot of breakthrough pain ..I take 3/30mgs pills a day...still need something extra to stop breakthrough pain...any suggestions would be appreciated..I don't really want to take this forever but I have no other options...What's left..morphine pump?..Going to try a chiropractor this month and maybe accupuncture....at the end of the rope... also on antidepressants but they don't help much...make me totally useless... | M | 46 | 5 years | 1/2/2010 | 1 | cervical fusion c4-6,degenlumbar3-5 | living in a false reality, 60% relief from pain | i was taking 240 mgs a a day for 10 years an recently stopped cold turkey, not a real good idea but the only way you can quit it period rehabs etc will not take you if over 100 mgs a day less then 30% success rate of quitting the dragon drug akin to heroine, I am a Ph.D., sorry to the so called Pain mgmt specialist, you are drug dealers will a license. After a liver transplant from the Univ. of Ala.Birm. Try prayer and exercise it works! | M | 51 | 10 years | 10/19/2009 | 4 | 2 lumbar spinal fusions-w/hardware | Occasional constipation, but not bad. No other problems, whatsoever. | I have tried every Rx available. I KNOW that EVERY Rx effects each person differently. Many of my friends swear by OXYCONTIN, but OXY was like taking a placebo for me. The only Rx that has EVER helped me ... is MS Contin! While it has NEVER stopped all the pain, it has made it possible to be mobile enough to even go to the grocery store occasionally! People in my shape learned years ago to "latch onto" the small victories. I have gotten worse lately (the last 6 months), and my Doctor does not want to go above the 60 mg (twice daily). We are currently bouncing ideas off of each other. He wants me to try fentanyl patches (but I told him my surgeon tried those 15 years ago with absolutely ZERO effect ... except for fairly major burn/rash from adhesive, LoL)! Then, he suggested "nerve blocks". and those have ALWAYS worried me (too many horror stories). So, we're working on it. He is a FINE doctor, and the only one that has stuck by me ... even when his partners told him to dump me! So, I'm sure we'll figure something out. | M | 50 | 12 years | 9/24/2009 | 4 | Spine fractures, osteoarthritis | Dry mouth, difficulty swallowing, gerd, constipation, out of breath when walking, up and down all night | It is the best pain reliever. 30 mg ER every 12 hours, Loratabs 10 mg as needed. I could not have lived without them. I could not stand or walk without holding on to something until after I took it and it made me stronger. Problem--body started trying to overcome it and IBS began returning and abdominally miserable, felt like insides pushing out. Stopped taking it last week and thought no problem. Yesterday felt like I could not breathe and went to ER, all blood tests, heart and x-rays normal (they said beautiful, perfect). Suggested body reacting to stopping MS and have allergies. Weak depressed, anxious,IBS returned, back pain subsided. Trying to get by on ibuprofen. Maybe try rheumatologist. | M | 59 | 2 days | 5/19/2009 | 4 | degenerative disc/ back & neck pain | It works well as long as I take it as soon as I get up in the morning. 15mg twice a day. Constipation a plus because I have IBS and diarrhea. Disappears when on morphine. | My doctor is reluctant to prescribe the proper amount and then leaves me with none. The pain returns with a vengence. I have taken ultram, tramadol, Vioxx, Celebrex, muscle relaxants and either they didn't work or I was Allergic! | F | 66 | 4 years | 4/29/2009 | 2 | Spina bifida and degenerative discs | Blurred head, stomach cramps, constipation, confusion, anxiety, heart palpitations, leg cramps, headaches and the most recent aches and pains in my arms and hands. | It is seems to me the longer i stay on this drug the more side effects i am getting. This drug does not take my pain away..... And most days i dont know who i am ... | F | 39 | 5 months | 2/21/2009 | 3 | Fibromyalgia | bad constipation | helps a little, but not for the 12 hrs. like it is supposed to. I take 15mg 2x a day....some days are still really bad. was on Oxycodone, but dr. wanted me to switch to this. | F | 39 | 9 months | 2/19/2009 | 4 | back 2 spinal fusions, legs, ankle | dry mouth, constipation, no desire, | only thing out of everything that works for my pain have been through 10 year ordeal where i tried accupunture, and just about every drug available. 30mg, 6 pills, 3 times a day. Also 600mg nuerontin 3x daily. | M | 42 | 5 years | 2/17/2009 | 5 | Arthritic hip and back pain | Constipation, drowsiness | None of the other pain relievers (we've tried everything over the last six years) have worked so well for me as MS morphine does. Dr has been suggesting I try it for the last couple of years; my reluctance to do so seems silly now, except for the responses I get when folks hear that morphine's what's brought about such improvement in my quality of life. What's with the stigma around morphine, anyway? Weird, since it's practically 'herbal' and works so much better than the out and out synthetically fabricated pain relievers. In pain relief, lack of side effects, ease of administration (15 mg, 2x daily) and steadiness of delivery, nothing else has come close; anyway, from the first dose, for me it really IS a godsend! | F | 53 | 4 days | 2/7/2009 | 5 | constipation,dry mouth,very fatigued | Has effectively helped me be mobile from degenerative disc deseise for eight years, recently pain has increased | F | 53 | 8 years | 2/6/2009 | 3 | pain from RA | The morphine tablets with red dye made me have resteless leg and vomiting. But I can take morphine if not coated with red dye. I notice little side effects. | Helps rheumatoid arthritis/spondylitis pain somewhat. It doesn't completely knock out my pain, but it helps. | F | 36 | 3 years | 11/24/2008 | 4 | chronic post-surgery abdominal pain | restlessness, itching (esp. on face), muscle/body aches, unable to sleep, confusion and depression | Morphine is much better than Fentanyl patches (even 12.5 too strong) as maintenance drug for my pain. I have found that using it PRN helps me function better overall and lessens side effects also. After years of pain a "10" has now become an "8" so I try to use MS only when my pain is a 9 or a 10 and am willing to deal with the side effects. | M | 45 | 8 months | 11/10/2008 | 1 | I had a relatively minor surgery | At first nausea, then sweating, itching, my chest seized up - my heart started loudly in my ears. My eyes got all swollen and started watering, my whole body came out in a red bumpy rash. My throat started burning and breathing became almost impossible. The nurses attending to me said that i also changed colour to a light shade of blue... | It did not help with the pain at all. No relief what so ever. | F | 35 | 1 days | 10/5/2008 | 5 | chronic back pain,cage and fusion | blurred vision, a little foggy,hard to focus | I feel it has helped me a great deal. I was on vicodin for 8 yrs and it was no longer working.This has been a blessing right now I dont know how long it will work as I am new to this medicine. | F | 45 | 3 days | 10/2/2008 | 4 | chronic back pain | dry mouth, itching, constipation. | When taken consistently this medication gave me back my functionality. The pain is still there I know it I can feel it but I just do not care. The morphine never really removes the pain just allows me to negotiate around it. for me it works, better than any of the others. I have tried nearly all the meds available. the morphine has helped greatly. Increasing the dosage does little for MORE pain relief, 15mg / 4 hours works just fine at taking the edge off. | M | 44 | 12 years | 8/5/2008 | 3 | lower back pain, chronic pain syndr | very foggy at times, bad nightmares, could not sleep alot of the time. What a nightmare!! I only have had 5-6 good days in the whole 2 months of taking it.. | I started out on 60 mg. daily. I think that was too high,so went to 30 mg daily- 15/twice daily. the lower dose did not help with the pain all day. using percocet for breakthrough. I do not understand why it did not work, I have used opiods for 10 years now for pain!! Good luck for those of you that is helped. | F | 43 | 60 days | 6/27/2008 | 4 | severe chronic lower back pain | minor constipation | I am taking 60mg a day with 10mg hydrocondone as needed. I have been taking for two weeks. improvement in pain management is better. biggest improvement is in mental attitude. | M | 57 | 2 weeks | 5/25/2008 | 2 | chronic pain/back/joints | dopey, constipation, no relief at all | I have chronic pain from a combination of herniated disk/interferon treatment for Hep-C. It made me extremely dry, ravenously hungry and made my vision blurry/out of focus | M | 37 | 2 days | 5/1/2008 | 3 | chronic back pain | cloudy mind, withdrawal from family, apathy | While the drug(60mg 2X's a day)did do quite well at taking the edge off my pain i would never take it again 'les I was dying or had severe trauma.The worst side effect was the withdrawal from family and the thought of 'I actually drove my children around while taking this crap'. Stopped cold turkey and suffered HORRIBLE W/DRWLS. Dehydration that i had 2 get an IV 4, severe diarrhea, could not sleep, many others. been a month getting better. Don't rec. unless ur in some SERIOUS pain. | F | 32 | 2.5 years | 4/3/2008 | 2 | Severe Herniated discs | Night sweats, headaches, dehydration, nightmares | Did not help much with pain | M | 50 | 21 days | 3/7/2008 | 4 | Post Op Pain | Nausea, extreme tightness in chest and neck that caused me to have anxiety troubles. | It did take care of the pain and made me extremely tired. The nausea was taken care of through anti-nausea meds. The worst part was the tightness I felt in my chest and neck as it was being injected into my IV. It felt as tho I was having trouble breathing and that caused me to panic. | F | 23 | 3 days | 1/11/2008 | 2 | Chronic back/leg pain | Constipation, tremors and trouble focusing my vision at close range. Not much pain relief. | I'm not entirely certain that the morphine is causing my tremors because I take so many other drugs every day. I suspect a combination of all my meds are to blame. I can say for sure that I am still in pain 24 hours a day. I am currently taking 90mg a day and there is ALWAYS some level of pain. Sometimes more or less, but never entirely gone. I was recently hospitalized for colilitus, where I recieved dilaudid for pain. That worked very well, but I don't know if taking dilaudid every day for chronic pain would turn my brian into mush or not. | M | 46 | 2 years | 11/5/2007 | 1 | post-op pain hip replacement | No side effects and NO, ZERO! pain relief!! | Had surgery outside U.S. (no insurance)--morphine only post-op pain med available. One previous surgery morphine didn't work either, but demerol did. Check into this before surgery if you have any doubts! | F | 58 | 2 days | 6/24/2007 | 1 | Scoliosis & herniated discs | This pill was a nightmare, in terms of side effects. I began sweating at night so bad that I had to wash my pillows & bedding several times a week. It made me terribly thirsty, but no matter how much water and other fluids I drank, I couldn't stay hydrated. I could NOT get an erection, even with ED drugs. And, worst of all, I became *TERRIBLY* constipated. Laxatives, stool softeners, and even enema kits did NOTHING. It got so bad that, to defecate, I had to put on a latex glove and insert a finger in my rectum to dislodge my fecal matter. It came out in small marble-sized pieces which were VERY hard and dry. As time went on, the pieces got harder and dryer and irritated my colon, causing bleeding. Gross? Yes, not only that but horribly embarrassing, disgusting, humiliating; thank God my wife is a medical professional and understood. As soon as my new medication becomes available, I'm quitting. | It never really helped in terms of pain, other than leveling off the "peaks" and "valleys" that I felt from taking Percocet. I slept a little better; that is, until the sweating (mentioned above) got so bad that I was tossing and turning every half-hour. On its own, even in larger doses taken experimentally (up to 3x the level prescribed), it NEVER ONCE took the pain away. It was, at best, a tool to help manage it. In contrast, Percocet and methadone can take the pain away completely for a time. | M | 28 | 4 months | 4/1/2007 | 5 | Fybro-knee/hip/back pain | Constipation for a while, but the body seemed to adjust and have no side effects at all. | I was home bound, always doped up until I agreed to try the morphine. For the first few days I was a bit doped, but after about a week this was not an issue at all. I take one 60mg tab every 6-8 hours and have no pain. I refused it for about three months before agreeing to try it....what a wasted three months! I'm completely mobile and have my life back in every way. If you're in a lot of pain and can ride out the first couple weeks, you might get your life back as well. At first, friends knew I was taking something, but now they think my pain has just gone away on its own. | M | 47 | 3 years | 1/24/2007 | 5 | chronic neck and back pain | blurred vision at times,nausea,headache after sleeping at nightor decreasing dosage | This drug change my life from being completely immobile to getting out and living with chronic pain. Complaints of nausea can be fixed with a snack and fluids. | M | 44 | 2 years | 12/20/2006 | 3 | M.E./fibromyalgia breakthrough pain | Hang over style headache the following day, constipation, sense of wellbeing, relaxation, regained my former zest for a short while | I would not like to be using this drug as my regular pain medication. I used co-codramol (2 x 30/500mg) and ibuprofen (1 x 400mg) alternating 3 hourly at the most and try taking less, also use TENs. Morphine sulfate is good for severe bursts of breakthrough pain not covered by your usual pain management. I think it dehydrates hence the constipation and hangover effect so not so good for daily use for me. Glad its changed other ppls lives though. Used twice previously for post op acute pain. | F | 38 | 7 days | 11/21/2006 | 5 | chronic pain to chest wall | itching euphoria/occasionally/but in general it has been the difference betwen having a life or just staying in the house with pain.cant live without it. | used properly it can be life changing. | M | 47 | 2 years | 6/19/2006 | 1 | Total knee replacement | Many terrible halluciations, in color, and frequent. I had a difficult time getting the nursing staff to listen to me. Also, the pain relief was miminal. Then came the itching. Like I was on fire. Finally I was changed to another medication. The halluciations lasted 3 -4 days after the medicine was discontinued. | I know this drug is very helpful for many patients, but I feel that when a patient is having halluciations, they should be taken off the drug as soon as possible. I think that this is probably a sign that the pain relief function will not work. I also believe that patients should be consulted as to how difficult this is for them and that they are NOT crazy and it is Not permanent. | F | 63 | 1.5 days | 4/7/2006 | 2 | Fibromyalgia pain | Nausea if taken on empty stomach. | This has provided only minimal relief, mainly for some overall body pain from fibromyalgia. It has done nothing for periods when I have severe pain from a fibro flare-up or from my IBS. Actually, my IBS seems to have gotten worse since starting. I take it daily, one am and pm. I've never experienced any "highs" from the morphine. | F | 49 | 2 years | 3/9/2006 | 1 | Pain relief from back surgery | Experienced -- hollucinations, confusion, combativeness, dillerium, unable to urinate, constipated. | Elderly people should consult physician about side effects before given this drug. I would NOT -- NOT recommend this drug to anyone. My granddaughter was given this drug when delivering a baby by c-section and also hollucinated. BAD BAD STUFF!!! | F | 80 | 0.5 days | 3/2/2006 | 5 | breakthrough pain/ Crohns Disease | Constipation -- welcomed as I have/had chronic diarreha. Pain treatment is great, works quickly if chewed up in the form of msir. MS Instant Release. Get relief from pain within 20-30 mins. Undesired -- Dependence, NOT ADDICTION. I have educated myself on these 2 terms. They are as different as night and day. Addiction arises whenever this med is use to Get high with, or the doctor scripting it does not understand dependence/addiction/withdrawls/tolerance well, and just Uses Addiction for them all. Or the doctor is not prescibing a well enough dose, or the patient is not doing his/her part, to manage/regulate the dose of this medication. in short, going 24 hours with none, using less with less pain. These both will allow this med to unbind from the opiate recepotrs in the Brain. Advice.... If you use this medication, google or search for opiate receptors. Understand as much as you can possibly take in about these amazing receptors in the brain. It all will help to take away any pre-conceived notions in which | M | 33 | 2 years | 7/6/2005 | 1 | chronic pain/fibromyalgia | F | 35 | 6 months | 1/18/2005 | 1 | Oral Pain | VOMITING VOMITING VOMITING Stomach cramps. | I would rather be in excrutiating pain than ever take this again. I have taken it on 2 seperate occasions and it did nothing for pain, no groovy side effects. Just SICK!! Nothing makes me physically ill. I have a stomach of steel, but this kills me! Stick to the Vicodin and Percocets. | F | 29 | 2 times | 12/7/2004 | 5 | depression | extreme euphoria, detachment from reality, increased confidence, increased happiness, increased activity | you no longer need planes to fly. | M | 19 | 52 years | 11/26/2004 | 4 | Recreation | collapsed veins, Memory loss, Smelly mucous, Constipation, Diahrea, Stomach ulcers, Stomach bloatation, Insomnia, Mood swings, Creates accelerated tooth decay, Headaches, Sore muscles and joints, Breif nasal conjestion. | I found that morphine sulfate in a controlled dose seemed to be great for my affliction (Hep-c) as i could not function in day to day life without strong pain releif. | M | 30 | 9 years | 10/25/2004 | 5 | kidney stone pain | slight nausia | wish this was OTC. Wow what a rush, very warm effect starting at the back of my neck and then enveloping the entire body. morphine only lasts on myself for about 30 to 45 min. demoral works better on pain for me. | M | 38 | 7 times | 10/15/2004 | 5 | recreational | constipation, | M | 31 | 5 months | 12/14/2003 | 3 | c-section | agitation | F | 27 | 14 days | 10/1/2002 | 3 | c-section | agitation | F | 27 | 14 days | 10/1/2002 | 2 | chronic neck and back pain | Unable to focus vision, dry mouth, and unable to void bladder. | F | 21 | 2 days | 8/13/2002 | 2 | 3/3/2001 |
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ratings: 5-Very Satisfied: this medicine cured me or helped me a great deal. 4-Satisfied: this medicine helped. 3-Somewhat Satisfied: this medicine helped somewhat. 2-Not Satisfied: this medicine did not work to my satisfaction. 1-Dissatisfied: I would not recommend taking this medicine. |