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 | L5-1 fused due to accident | constipation | Has improved my quality of life tremendously.I take 30 mg 3 times a day,with percocet 10mg/325 for breakthrough pain. I have been on this regime for 1 1/2 years.With all the pain meds I have taken,ms contin definately has the fewest side effects and has helped the most! | M | 50 | 1 years | 5/18/2004 | 5 | for a buzz | Dizziness, ITCHING ALL OVER. | Makes me feel real cozy. | M | 22 | 2 days | 4/24/2004 | 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 | 4 | To get high | relaxing, warm, soft, fuzzy glow | Eating these things wastes it and takes too long to kick in. I found if I ate an entire 60mg pill I would get less of an effect than snorting 10mg of it....weird but true. I think alot of the medication is wasted in your stomach lining. very addictive and not a high like oxy's but less intense. Worth a try but better to shoot it up. Won't go there though. | M | 36 | 3 months | 4/3/2004 | 5 | get high | iching, going on the nod, made me get sick | F | 28 | 2 days | 3/20/2004 | 4 | Lower Back Pain, Degenerative Disc | severe constipation, increase sweating, major drowsiness, can't drive while on this med, frequent feelings of needing to urinate but bladder not full, occasional uncontrolled muscle jerking of arms(about 4 times a month),makes me sleep a lot, sometimes sleep happens immediatly while on med and I wake up 30 min or so later not realizing that I had fallen asleep. If you are a smoker, DO NOT SMOKE IN BED while on this med. I have several burn holes from falling asleep in my bedding. VERY DANGEROUS! Have also burned my fingers from cigarette burning all the way down. | While the side effects limit what I can do in my personal life, I feel I wouldn't be here without this med. My pain is so severe I had thoughts of suicide prior to being placed on this med. For me it was a life saver, I can function now and walk some, where before I was bed ridden. Have also tried OxyContin, I feel this is a superior medication but can't afford the price of pills. $800 for a rx of 100 tablets. I now have insurance but my insurance won't pay for OxyContin because of the price and negative press about med. They are both effective for severe pain. I felt OxyContin had less side effects when I was on it. I take 300mg MS Contin (generic) 2x daily and 30 mg MSIR (generic) for breakthrough as needed, up to 8 per day. A high dose but have built up a tolerance to pain meds, Have been on pain meds for 5 years. This dose has been stable for me for the last 8 months. | M | 40 | 8 months | 3/20/2004 | 3 | Back Pain | Other than constapation none | I have went from hydrodone 10 mg 3 times a day to Oxy IR 5 mg 2 pills 3x a day for 30 mg a day. Then my regualr Dr got sick and the backup Dr put me on MS-Contin 30 mg 2 a day. They dont last 12 hours they are not as effective as the Oxy or Hydrocodne was. My last visit I told them they dont last 12 hours so they added 10 mg hydrocodone 1 a day to the mix. This has taken care of the problem for the most part. But I think that 40 mg of hydrocodone a day would work as well with less constipation and much more cost effective. Perdue Pharma wraps a little extender around the meds and charges out the yeng yang for them. I have been on these types of pain meds for about 4 years. I also take large doses of NSAIDs. I think that I was able to function better and felt better all around taking the Hydrocodne or OXY. The Hydrodone is a lot less hassle as well can be refilled not treated like a drug addict at pharmacy etc.. | M | 40 | 6 months | 1/31/2004 | 4 | migraines | very very tired and sorta hungry but maybe it was just me | dont take this if u are a young teenager and be careful and dont drive!! But if u suffer from pain this is a good thing to take but it will ruin the rest of ur day by knockin you out. If you cant take the pain that you have you should take this to get rid of it but dont take it too often cuz it could become habitual because once you take this medicine alot some of the other stuff you take starts to not work as well. | F | 17 | 1 years | 9/26/2003 | 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 | lbp | pain relief | M | 37 | 3 months | 6/3/2003 | 3 | Chronic ilnesses | constipation,didn't help my pain | F | 35 | 6 months | 5/10/2003 | 5 | lupus, degenerative disc disease, | constipation, sweating, MS Contin 60, then 80, then 100 all taken for one month each at 3 times a day that is every 8 hours, helped but still had acute break through pain, now starting MS Contin 100 3 times a day with MS IR 30 mgs twice a day for break-thru pain. SWEATING. Can walk better, still feel the pain but can move better. NEED multiple joint replacements. No cartiledge left. | OK, but there is prejudice from some professionals like pharmicsts at Newark Delaware ACME pharmacy, they said they do not have it, do not stock it would not fill it. Told me to go next door, and that pharmacy had me wait 30 minutes to then tell me they did not have it. One month while on the 80 mg only had to wait 5 hours, leave and return to a Maryland's Kleins grocery pharmacy as the pharmacist wanted to check and recheck with the doctor and insurance company. I am a pleasant, normal looking individual with above average education and income. A graduate degree, married 17 years to same person. Did not deserve bad treatment. | F | 49 | 4 months | 4/15/2003 | 5 | to give me a kick | i lost my limbs, and my body was transformed into a teapot. | what a kick. | M | 32 | 3 years | 2/11/2003 | 4 | VERY addictive | | 2/9/2003 | 4 | cervical disc degeneration | extreme nausea and dizziness leadin to loss od appette | Have suffered the past year with pain and numbness to the point of praying for death. This med is a wonderful thing it allows me to be a somewhat more active parent and wife. | 30 | | 1/30/2003 | 4 | cronic neck pain | sexual anxity los of apatite | i was on durajistic for one year and whent on ms contin and it works but not no whear as good as the durajistic did | M | 27 | | 1/20/2003 | 4 | cronic neck pain | sexual anxity los of apatite | i was on durajistic for one year and whent on ms contin and it works but not no whear as good as the durajistic did and have tryed all ather painkillers and over all it works ferly well | M | 27 | 2 months | 1/20/2003 | 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 PAIN | CONSTIPATION, | GREAT PAIN RELIEVER, GOD-SEND | M | 42 | 10 months | 11/26/2002 | 4 | neck pain from accident | Slight drowsiness, fatigue, nausea that drops my desire to eat, a little, constipation | Need it 3 times a day or I get chills from a mini withdrawal. I found that Percocet offset the side effects other then the constipation and added in pain relief | M | 50 | 9 months | 11/22/2002 |