Doctors have me on Oxicodon right now but they're switching me to a different medication, MS codon (morphine).
I just got used to this medication, and now they're changing it.
I want to know if there will be any effects or withdrawals? Do I need to be worried about it?
2007-04-08 10:52:20 · 5 answers · asked by Brad L 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Medicine
I have made this switch, and it was not too bad. The dosages should be close, or the MS Contin should maybe be a little higher. That's how mine was, and I had no problems. OxyContin is a little stronger than morphine sulphate. Don't be afraid, you MD knows what's best. Continue to monitor your pain, and if you have any problems, call him/her ASAP.
2007-04-08 11:02:35 · answer #1 · answered by sippigrrrl 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
wow those are both very strong narcotic pain meds...if the doctors are switching you from one to the other and they are aware of the actual- !!!- doses of oxycontin you are taking then you probably won't have withdrawal as long as their is a little over lap on a dose. MS Contin really is probably a better choice because it has some benefits (no added stuff you don't need) and is better tolerated in cases when severe pain is an issue. just watch out for too much sedation, like wityh any narcotic,...As long as you are seeing a pain specialist or onocologist if the issue is cancer pain and stick with one doctor you trust
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2007-04-08 11:03:05 · answer #2 · answered by annette r 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
the two Oxycontin and MS Contin are the long-appearing form of those respective drugs. There are variations between them and that's attainable that the area result profile would be distinctive. to illustrate, you will make you sense sleepier than the different, or you will reason extra nausea than the different at equivalent doses. that's authentic that the dose of MSContin your surgeon is prescribing is decrease than the Oxycontin which you have been used to. although, while switching drugs like this, it is common for dctors to cut back the dose via 10% till you're used to it. He has decreased it via extra desirable than that. there may be 2 motives for the swap. He could think of that MS Contin is way less abusable. Oxycontin has gotten alot of flack in the clicking approximately its abuse potential. MS Contin is extra generally prescribed to maximum cancers sufferers and is consequently considered as having a decrease abuse potential. not authentic. in the adventure that your surgeon suspects which you have some area outcomes from Oxycontin, he could prescribe MS Contin to verify if the area outcomes are extra tolerable. additionally, he could swap you to MS Contin because of the fact he's worried approximately tolerance and thinks that the swap could sidestep extra desirable tolerance. The jury remains out in this difficulty, some prescribers sense that switching forms of opioids could sluggish tolerance. Others see no evidence of this. you probable won't have important withdrawals from this swap till (a million) you have been abusing the medicine or not taking it as prescribed (i.e. you have been changing it so as that it strengthen into now not sluggish appearing) or (2) your physique (strategies) strengthen into used to the specific mu results of oxycodone and you don't get this actual result from MS Contin. Your fact approximately not waiting to be weaned off oxycontin isn't authentic.
2016-10-02 09:26:05 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm not familiar with THOSE meds specifically, but I can tell you, YES there can be side effects from switching them. Your system has become acclimatised to ONE kind of drug, and even built up a tolerance to it, and then you are cutting off the supply of THAT drug, and giving it another.
I would have a serious talk about this with my doctor, if I were you. I believe that one strategy they can use is to wean you off the old drug and get you over to the new one gradually. That means for a while you might be taking both of them. But don't do this of your own bat. Get professional advice and go ahead first!
Don't go off drugs like the ones you mentioned cold turkey in any case. People who stop taking narcotic type drugs are usually given somethng like Valium for the weaning off process. Those who try to do it completely cold turkey can have seizures, and generally have a pretty lousy time of it, although death is very rare.
2007-04-08 11:02:32 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You probably won't suffer any withdrawal or other symptoms. Trust your doctor... if you can't trust him/her find one you can trust.
2007-04-08 10:57:57 · answer #5 · answered by ♥♥The Queen Has Spoken♥♥ 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋