MS Contin vs Oxycontin

Guest over a year ago

Do most people experience weight loss after switch ? I am starting Ms cotin 15 today have been taking OXY 10 I am scared of the switch I hope and pray it works for pain weight loss would be a extra bonus

Reply

Loading...

Guest over a year ago

As you have probably found out by now the VA is trying to get everyone off narcotic medications. I wonder what they have switched you to because I cannot even get the methadone I was taking for 7 years of good pain relief. I am now on 1/3 of what I was taking but the VA, at least, is happy.

Reply

Loading...

Guest over a year ago

My Pharmacist told me the comparison is you need 1.50 MS Cotin to 1 Oxycotin so if you were taking 40 mg of Oxycotin ER you need 60 mg of MS Cotin ER. Also Oxycotin is 12hours ER and MS is only 8 hrs ER so you need 3 a day of MS to match the 2 a day of Oxy. Doctors don't like to tell you so they can try to get you on a lower dose. But my Dr. is awesome in explaining everything to me and my Pharmasist

Reply

Loading...

Guest over a year ago

This is happening to me right now. I finally was on something that worked perfect for my pain, 30 mg OxyContin 2x a day, and up to 3 10mg Vicodin for break through pain if needed. Now my husbands work switched insurances, and they won't cover OxyContin. So my Dr switched me to 15mg MS Contin. Idk if she just started me on a low dose to make sure there are no side effects, but as of now, this is no where near the pin relief I had before. How can insurance companies do this to you. Also they won't cover 2 adderall a day because I take 40 mg a day for fibro fog and they only go up to 30mg so I was switched 2 20's. They prefer the name brand, and I was taking the generic and fine with that. Insurance companies are so messed up!!

Reply

Loading...

Guest over a year ago

I have been on 120 mg of morphine sulfate er for over 5 years now and have found it to work best for me. I get little if any uphoric effect...the high feeling... second the price is only 6 a month with BCBS. THIRD Iam able to function throughout the day my disability is there but the pain is managed without slurring, sleepyhess lost thought or any of the side effect I had with many other drugs.

Reply

Loading...

Guest over a year ago

Being afraid of a drug by name because of other peoples experience is kinda short sighted. You are asking people to trust in your experience despite the possible fear of a name...but you yourself expressed the same fear. MS continued is no safer than oxycontin...period.

Reply

Loading...

Guest over a year ago

You might want to try fentanyl, it's strong and convenient

Reply

Loading...

Guest over a year ago

I'm sorry for your pain.
I'm 61, & also have my experience with pain. I think that cannabis helps. A lot. In particular Rick Simpson Oil. I don't use near as much opiate medicine, when I have good cannabis flower either. Instead, if I could afford it I would pay for the cannabis oil but it's not covered by insurance, yet. The DEA is owned by big Pharma. So I am stuck using something the DEA says is medicine for pain reduction, that also has a far greater potential for harm than does cannabis. Government is still working hard against the better good.

Reply

Loading...

Guest over a year ago

My husband has been on Oxycontin extended release for more than 20 years which has controlled his pain and helps him so he can have quality of life, he has always taken the lowest dose possible and has been on 80 mgs of oxycontin for the last 10 years, without an increase, and has short acting Oxycodone for breakthrough pain which he rarely has to use. Because of me switching jobs the health insurance would not pay for the oxycontin, he has tried all of the other long acting narcotics and none of them worked as well as oxycontin. Because of health insurance change with my job they do not cover or pay for oxycontin, we appealed it twice and the doctor even provided information and they still denied him. He is taking long acting (extended release) morphine sulfate 45 mg twice a day. It gives him severe headaches and he does not function well when driving unlike the oxycontin the morphine does not cover his pain, he has to take 20 mg of short acting oxycodone every 4 hours for breakthrough pain so he can make it thru the day and stand and cook. He also has spinal stenosis. He has degenerative disc disease and had the branigan cage put in his back with for screws and the doctor never removed the hardware. He has to much calcium buildup to do it now. His brother has the same problems and can not take oxycontin but does ok with morphine. It just depends on the person.

Reply

Loading...

Guest over a year ago

You have better have no gastrointestinal problems with ms-contin. I was on morphine for 1 month and was so sick!I take 2 oxycodone 10/325 a day for breakthrough pain. I am starting Oxycontin ERROR today. Hoping for better results.

Reply

Loading...

Guest over a year ago

I loss weight on MS-CONTIN, this was because it really messed up my gastrointestinal. I was always sick.

Reply

Loading...

Guest over a year ago

t o kydiver01 man you must have one hell of a pain tolerance. I was taken 600 mgs of MS contin per day (3 - 200s) and 4 30mg oxycodones being weaned due to new laws .I have all the goodies . Post cancer bone loss,fibro, 4 cracked discs, the list goes on . has not been a pain free day in 12 years . All and all I still felt like I had some kind of life .I now sweat it out day and night and I don't know if I can handle going back to my old life(and I was a lot younger then). Seriously if you have any true heart felt advise for me , (and I really mean true from the heart) please tell me . I am not doing very well. thanks richa1234.

Reply

Loading...

Guest over a year ago

Oxycontin use has been misguided by Purdue. Efficacy is fine. Do add ing is problematic. Oxy simply does NOT last 12 hours, not even 8 hrs--for some patients.

Reply

Loading...

Guest over a year ago

kydiver I'm so sorry you've gone through SO much...God Bless you my friend.

Reply

Loading...

Guest over a year ago

"Better" is very subjective.

I use both MS Contin and OxyCodone. Oxycontin is basically OxyCodone without the Tylenol...or you could say OxyCodone is Oxycontin plus Tylenol.

In recent times, the MS Contin is upsetting my stomach. I do NOT want to take MORE tylenol for liver health. It is a quandry I might not be able to properly address, without going back to just living in pain. I will address the options at my next Dr visit.

MS Contin is basically time released Morphine. How you respond to time release ANYTHING is based on how much of the used enzyme you have, which is indicated by genetic markers. I got to sit in on a presentation at the Mayo about a "new" time release drug which revealed that it would work perfectly for the viking ancestor peoples of Minnesota, but would overdose 1/3 of the people in India. That was well over a decade ago, and we still don't have genome tailored time released medicines. I have to wonder why.

Reply

Loading...