MORPHINE SULFATE Reviews (MORPHINE SULFATE)Average Rating: 3.1 (110 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 |
| 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 |