MORPHINE SULFATE Reviews (MORPHINE SULFATE)Average Rating: 3.1 (109 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare MORPHINE SULFATE with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR MORPHINE SULFAT | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 5 | osreoarthritis | None | Why does he want me stop it before i have my surgery? | 69 | 10 years 30 mg | 2/17/2015 | 2 | | 3/3/2001 | 5 | Patellar Dislocation | It made me very tired and I crashed easily. Also, when I got into the wheelchair it made me feel very nauseated causing me to throw up. | BUTTTTTT the morphine worked to my advantage and when the doctor relocated my knee I didn't feel a thing! | F | 15 | 1 times 60 1X O | 10/2/2011 | 5 | fibromyalgia | Dehydration and constipation, loss of appetite, nausea, bad dreams | Very clear that this is an 8-hour drug for me, not 12 hour. Worked slowly from 15mg each dose to current 90, where I have been for a month with virtually no breakthrough pain. I do not have the craving that Oxycodone by itself left me with, and if I need to take oxycodone for rare breakthrough pain there is still no craving and no euphoria. NO mania of the kind that I had on Lyrica for 3 years before it went sour altogether. The side-effects are unpleasant, and the stigma is difficult psychologically, but after two decades of trying 44 medications as well as alternative treatment I am finally in no pain. Now for the rest of the symptoms, which are much more noticeable now that I'm no longer in pain. | F | 65 | 2 months 90 MG 3X day | 2/13/2012 | 5 | ATN/TN/ON & Fusion/Discectomy/Lamin | 30 MG .tid or 45 MG .bid - PRN (I generally don't do either. I usually take 60 MG once a day...twice if extreme pain is present) Severe constipation. Aporoximately 8 out of 10 times, it takes the edge off my pain for: • bilateral Atypical Trigeminal Neuralgia (ATN) (Dx'd 1995 but had since 1986) • bilateral Trigeminal Neuralgia (TN) (Dx'd 1995 but had since 1986) • Occipital Neuralgia (ON) (Dx'd 10-10-2011 after bilateral Gamma Knife Radiosurgery - GKR). • L4-L5 & L5-S1 Fusion, Discectomy, & Laminectomy (Dx'd 2008). Overall: 25 years of Severe Chronic Pain | F | 42 | 2 years 90 MG | 5/9/2012 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 5 | SEVERE PAIN | Brain dysfunction--I find it very difficult to think or to organize my day | It's the one MED that gave me my life back from the pain but fighting depression from inability to plan/organize | F | 62 | 4 years 30mg | 12/1/2016 | 5 | Complex regional pain syndrome | Sleeplessness, | It works wonders when I am having horrible pain. Pain is generally 6/10 but anythingni wr that, I take one and pain is helped | F | 40 | 5 years 30mg | 12/13/2016 | 4 | Severe back pain | Itching, rash sores from itching | Is the sulfate making me itch? | F | 57 | 4 months 15 mg hour | 10/10/2015 | 4 | Arthritis | Makes my skin itch | F | 53 | 8 days 60mg | 10/20/2014 | 4 | knee pain, back pain | i had a spinal stimulator fitted and it went wrong to the point i developed a massive blood clot. So was given it then then doctor said if it helps for my conditions stay on it. Also when conditions are bad to taken as a to up to Zoamorph, and pregablin. | F | 52 | 5 years 5mls 4X day | 4/6/2017 | 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 | 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 | 4 | failed spine surgery | It depends on how much you take. (see comments) | I resisted going on morphine, but years of anti-inflammatory medication, Tylenol with codeine 3, and Vicodin for nerve pain caused severe acid reflux and a bleeding ulcer. The ulcer healed after a few months of medication, but I will have the reflux for life. I was put on morphine on the theory that I could take less of it to get the same effect. I have been on morphine for seven years. At first I took only 1/4 tablet a few times a week for flares; and it would put me OUT. My spine steadily worsened; I am now on a maintenance dose of 15 mg ER/2X day. I would have no life at all without morphine and a very limited life with it. I have had some extremely severe flares of pain from my spine and trigeminal nerve pain, during which I doubled the dose I was taking and still had severe pain. I went back down to my maintenance dose as soon as possible. At 15 mg/2X day, I have no significant side effects. I have some concentration problems at times, but I have that with severe pain as well. I drink lots of water and eat a high fiber diet; and that keeps things moving. At double this dose, I have dry mouth, constant thirst, loss of taste, loss of appetite, constipation, cognitive problems, and apathy. So my feeling about morphine is that it can be a good solution, depending on your situation and how much you take. I am definitely acclimated or addicted, whatever you want to call it. But once you have a certain level of pain, it's not as though there's a choice. | F | 67 | 7 years 15 mg 2X day | 9/24/2012 | 4 | Ovarian Cyst Pain | Dizzyness, Dry throat, Hallucinating, Vomiting, Jumping in my sleep uncontrollably, Unable to balance when walking, Terrible nightmares. It definitely killed the pain but the side effects made me feel like I belonged in an insane asylum. | F | 18 | 4 months 10ml | 1/10/2013 | 4 | Lower lumbar pain due to RA | I feel overwhelming heaviness like someone is holding me down! Blurr vision. Helps with severe pain. | F | 48 | 10 days 15 mg x 3 | 4/26/2013 | 4 | Deg. Bone Disease, Fractured Lumbar | Itching, Headache, Sleep Disturbance, Constipation, Loss of appetite, Irritabilty, Felt ill a couple times (nausea) | My pain management Dr Prescribed me Morphine 15mg Release tablet 1 twice a day. The main problem I have had was the Itching. It keeps me up & driving me insane. I have gotten irritable also. It has helped with some of the pain in my back but not all of it. I have degenaritve (sc) Bone disease, Fractured my L-spine, 3 bulging disks, really bad scoliosis, all but the last was caused by an flipping a ATV down a beach, Except for the bone disease which runs in family. I am a kidney dialysis pt & have a lot of pain from hollowed bones, old breaks so. Opposed to what the dr wanted to give me (methadone low dosages) I have to rate this a 4 I am satisfied but some pain still there. Hopefully when I start my Cortisol injections I wont have to be on as much. I really cant stand the itching! I don't remember Morphine itching like this when I was in hospital for 6 months. Thats why I agreed to it. Didn't think itching this bad would be an issue. Oh well I'm hoping it subside a little after taking it a little longer | F | 32 | 1 weeks 15 mg ER 1X O | 6/10/2012 | 4 | lumbar herniated disks/fibromyalgia | Severe constipation, itchy skin, dehydration, mild headaches and sometimes nausea. | The doctor actually gave me the option to take up to 2 - 15mg morphine sulfate IR every 4 hours. The most I have taken is 1 every 4 hrs. It does relieves my pain. I have severe back pain, cervical and lumbar. The lumbar pains shoots down both of my legs and sometimes is unbearable. The pain does not go away but it is relieved somewhat. I am not taking even half of what my doctor prescribed due to fear of addiction. Even though I dont get any high from it. I can function better with it than without the morphine. I am an active person and always have been. But I have had 2 cancers on my hip, total hip replacement and chemo and radiation. I tried so many pain medications but the only one that has given me pain relief is the morphine. | F | 58 | 5 months 15mg 3X day | 4/23/2012 |
MORPHINE SULFATE (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: 2006-10-27 (Sources: U.S. Centers for Medicare Services, FDA)