MS CONTIN Reviews (MORPHINE SULFATE)Average Rating: 3.9 (202 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare MS CONTIN with similar:
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| 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 | Pancreatic cancer survivor,surgery | Sweating, lowered sex drive, the longer I take it, seems the more drowsiness I experience. this started in my 4th year | Breakthrough is 10/325 Lortab (8x) and 100mcg Fentanyl patch. Local KY pharmacy said they wouldn't even touch the paper the prescription was on. I travel back to the University Hospital where I had the Whipple procedure. I will have lifelong pain | M | 4 days | 9/2/2007 | 4 | Severe Pain | If I fall asleep and it has been over 8 hours, anxiety, sweating, cold and hot flashes run through my body. The tingling sensation like a bug crawling on me has only started in the past few months. I am on a routine to where my bowels are normal with out any fiber additive. Plus my pain level increases which let me know I must take another MS Contin tab. | . I take 45 to 100mg daily. I have hip replacements, shattered femur, severe arthritis and bone spurs in my back. I have tried all other pain meds over the last 14 years. This Ms Contin has gave a somewhat productive life to where I work part time and have not missed any work in 3 years. I do worry about the long term effects on my body, but having the pain under control at most times is worth the risk. | M | 50 | 4 years | 8/12/2007 | 2 | severe joint pain | Horrible nightmares when taken at night.constipation,fatigue. | in delaware,state very uptight when it comes to narcs.does this drug effect your blood pressure? i really don't feel this drug is helping my pain, also has a nasty withdrawal.some kind of monster. | M | 39 | 9 months | 8/4/2007 | 3 | severe back pain from car accident | I seem to have lucked out compared to some folks. I was not sleepy, felt quite energetic, and my pain was controlled fairly well with 60mg MS Contin with 15mg IR. The high dosages are simply because I am naturally opioid tolerant, which some folks just are. I had a mild histamine reaction, i.e., I felt a little itchy sometimes and wanted to pick at myself a bit. Taking Benadryl will address this, but the added sleepiness might be too much for folks that are made drowsy by the morphine itself. I honestly liked the combination of fentanyl patches and Norco for breakthrough better, but my doctor wanted to switch me around to a variety of things in order to help reduce tolerance issues. Incidentally, when my pain allowed it, I've withdrawn three times, once each from MS Contin, fentanyl/Norco, and Dilaudid. Yes, I was very ill, but I did it with a full bottle of medication right there next to the trash can I was puking into. Don't be afraid of tolerance, it doesn't equal addiction. I wa | I see that a lot of you seem to have issues with doctors or pharmacists giving you attitude. I used to as well, until I started going to one specific Target pharmacist, to whom I introduced myself. Considering that _now_ I'm actually on maximum doses of both Dilaudid and Norco, as well as Valium for muscle spasm and strong amphetamine ADD medication, he has plenty of reason to look at me cross-eyed. Yet he does not, because I simply took the time to tell him what had happened to me, and invited him to call my two doctors. Which he did, and they told him that I was not a problem patient. Now he treats me like a special customer, gracious, helpful, always making sure he has my meds in stock when he knows I'll be coming in (the ADD medication I'm on is so rare I'm the only person he's ever met that's on it). I recommend trying something like this if it's feasible for you and attitude problems are really stressing you out. Stress makes our pain worse, you all know this! Best of luck with t | F | 36 | 22 weeks | 8/2/2007 | 5 | Failed laminectomy, avoid fusion | Constipation, perhaps increasing tolerance? | My husband takes MS Contin. He could barely walk and now he is outside painting our house. We use an in-store pharmacy at a large discount store (WM). We have not encountered any attitude problems there. Perhaps because they are so busy, they don't have time to worry about what each patient gets. His doctor has said he will be on the MS Contin the rest of his life. He will be on blood pressure medicine the rest of his life, too. People who are informed understand, those who are not informed do not understand. | F | 55 | 6 months | 6/24/2007 | 3 | For uncontrollarble arthritis Pain | No real side effects | I find MS contin was very helpfull for about five years; after which it did not controll pain as well, Only problem is I find I am addicted to it so can't tell if without it, I would be ok without it because it is very hard to try to get off it. | F | 75 | 10 days | 6/14/2007 | 4 | disk disease / failed spinal fusion | It makes me have a somewhat tired feeling. But not enough as to become a problem. That's actually good because I had been having problems not being able to sleep. | I have been on the 30 mg 2x/day for 2 months. maybe I need a dose increase because I notice my pain is worsening again. Also was just put on OxyCodone (Percocet) for breakthrough pain. Sometimes I wonder if OxyContin would be a better choice instead of the morphine. | M | 36 | 2 months | 6/1/2007 | 4 | herniated L2-L5/groin/hip pain | more drowsiness than the "once a day" Kadian that my dr. was prescribing, before a change of my medi-cal plan provider. i recommend eating 2 tbls. of ground flax seed a day to prevent the probable constipation issue and of course lots of filtered water. i use "Bob's Red Mill ground flax seed" that i have purchased at my local bread store and also at the Trader Joes Grocery outlet. | pain relief is sufficient; my dr. originally switched my treatment from vicodin, prescibed by a former primary care physician, to "Kadian" which i liked because it was taken only once a day. the total of 30 mg. seems to be adequate at the present time. | F | 56 | 13 days | 5/29/2007 | 5 | Fibromyalgia, Intractable Migraine | Constipation, relieved by adding fiber tablets | Taking MS Contin 30mg 3x daily gave me my life back. My pain in primarily under control, although I do have a rescue med to add if the MS Contin doesn't deal with my pain within an expected time. I take three tablets, evenly spaced throughout the day. I no longer experience the peaks and valleys of pain. My pain is managed properly every day.The only bad thing is the look I get when I tell people that I take morphine every day. They look at me like I'm the lowest form of junkie. That's a price I can live with to have my pain under control. I have had migraines since I was 11 years old, believe me when I say that I know what pain is. For the majority of my adult life, I went to specialist after specialist trying to find a reason. I mean, no one promised me a pain free life, but I don't think constant pain is quite fair, either. I've been on the same dose for over 5 years now, I take a 5mg methadone tablet with each MS Contin, and by taking them together, I have not become toleran | F | 45 | 5 years | 5/17/2007 | 4 | Chronic pain | occasional constipation. I take an RX stool softener to counter act that. | Due to the thrill seeking, selfish jerks and punks who have abused oxycontin my doctor swithed me and all his CP patients taking oxycontin for severe chronic pain to mscontin. The mscontin is fine with morphine IR for breakthrough pain, but; it takes more mg's of mscontin to control severe chronic pain then oxycontin. Also ms contin lays one back much more then oxycontin. Regardless, I am just grateful to have an MD who treat CP. | M | 60 | 2 years | 5/5/2007 | 5 | Constipation and itchy feeling. I can deal with both because none of them are nearly as bad as the pain. I've tried every pain drug there is on the market. You name it, I've been on it. | The only reason I am commented is to post because I noticed how many of you feel that your pharmacists are thinking bad about you. It is interesting because I get the same feeling and I have switched several pharmacies because of those feelings. I feel like they are all looking at me like I'm some terrible druggie. They have no idea how much pain I'm in and how every day of my life is full of incredibly pain, frustration, anger about the pain and things like that. Having said that it makes me sound like a horrible person to be around, but I'm normally quite pleasant because after 13 years of going through this, I've learned to hide it well for the sake of my wife and kids. Anyway, what I wonder is if we are all right and these pharmacies are all thinking poorly of us or if somehow these drugs just make us paranoid about it. Just a thought. | M | 29 | 2 years | 5/3/2007 | 4 | Disk disease & arthritis | Mild nasuea, constipation, itching and sleepiness. | This medication allows me to have a far better quality of life by reducing my pain to a level where I can work and function almost normally. The downside is that my prescriptions have to be written monthly so I exceed my employer's sick leave use "goal" just to have my prescriptions written. Other than the workplace harrassment, MS-Contin's been an excellent medication. | M | 51 | 5 years | 4/15/2007 | 2 | chronic abdominal pain | Nausea, dizziness, itching | It doesn't last 12 hours like it's usually ordered, but for anyone else out there that experienced the same thing, know that your doctor can order it for you to take every 8 hours instead. | F | 37 | 7 days | 3/19/2007 | 3 | Multiple slipped discs and disc deg | None other than being very sleepy. | I have just started this medicine, was prescribed 30mg twice daily with Lodine for inflammation and Norco 10/325 for breakthrough. I took the first one this morning when I woke up in horrible pain as usual and it did nothing. Does it take a few days to kick in? I have had to take 2 Norco's since to calm the pain down and I have taken the second dose for today at only 3:30pm and the first one was at 7am. It certainly doesn't last 12 hours and I really got no relief? Any suggestions? | F | 29 | 2 times | 3/15/2007 | 5 | surgery(fusion) on L-4, 5 & S1 | constipation | I have had a spinal fusion of L4,5 & S1. A year later I had to have the hardware removed because I couldnt tolerate it. I have degenerative disc desease, osteoprosis, fibromialgia, and now am looking at surgery on L2,& 3 and also on discs in my neck. Before being prescribed MS Contin, I couldnt get out of bed. Now I am taking 240mg a day and am able to function almost normally. They tried me on all different kinds of pain medication but the MS Contin is the only one that seems to help. What I dont understand about this medication is why it is so hard to get prescribed. I had to "doctor shop" for months before I found one that would prescribe it. The doctors are all so afraid that you will get addicted to it that they wont give it to you. So f**king what if you get addicted. Id would much rather be addicted and function normally than not to be and not be able to get out of bed. What is it with all these doctors?? If only they were in my shoes.... Im just s | F | 47 | 1 years | 2/19/2007 | 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 | 3 | Chronic Acute Burning Pain | Nausea, Panicked, Drug Hangover | Is there anybody out there with SEVERE CHRONIC, HOT BURNING,PINS & NEEDLES PAIN,24 hrs a day, can't get relief and you think you're going to lose it? How do you relieve this maddening burnning pain? I had big hopes with this MS Contin but it has been 4 days and I am in worse pain than I was going off the Fentanyl patch and oxycontin. I'm taking 60 mg of Avinza(A slow-release Morphine,300mg of Lyrica and 5 mg of Oxycontin for breakthrough pain. I am in the bed 24-7 in pain and have lost myself, my life and nobody seems to or wants to understand how BAD this burning pain is. It is much harder to treat burning pain. Nothing seems to work. My husband has Lymphoma Cancer, going through the horrible Chemo and I should be taking care of him! | F | 53 | 4 days | 2/11/2007 | 5 | peripheral neuropathy & leg spasms | Chronic constipation,morning headaches,lack of thirst(hypernatremia) | Dr.prescribed 30mg.twice daily.Can't handle it-don't like the feeling,so I bite in 2 in a.m & take the other half after lunch.It definitely works all day,but if I take before bed-time,I will toss & turn all nite.I respect'em & don't abuse'em(other than biting),but in turn,don't have to take as much.I'm having to take this because of neuro-problems & joint pain brought on by Lyme's Disease(tick bite & brown-recluse spider together). | M | 47 | 2 years | 1/17/2007 | 5 | peripheral-neurapathy & leg spasms | I might also add that before taking MS CONTIN,I was plagued with acid-reflux syndrome & had to take Nexium & antacids daily. Now,my GERD has COMPLETELY disappeared!! It has been a Godsend just for this reason,along w/the pain relief. | M | 47 | 2 years | 1/17/2007 |