Opana dosage and frequency

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I may be wrong, but I thought the Opana was a time release drug

that is to be taken every 12 hours (though some take it every 8).

why would he have you take it every 5?

There are higher dosages, I believe that you could have tried,

but taking it every five hours could have put you too close to overdose. Most

doctors order a low level of a time release and

raise the MG, NOT lower the time between doses.

Marta

> wrote:

Well, I started out taking the one opana every 5 hours (which was my same

schedule for the percocet). 5 mg was not enough and my normal level of pain

management was compromised and the pain started to get much worse than usual.

So, I tried two opana. Well, that was too many. I had an horrific night in

crisis having to tell myself to breathe all night until it wore off. It was a

nightmare. So after that 5 hours was up, I went back on my percocet.