Re: unbearable week of pain

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a wrote:

> Can anyone tell me in their experience if 15 mg of Morphine is a really

small/medium/large dose and if they would take it for an episode or continue on

with it when they were already taking Tramadol 50 mg, ultram er 300 mg.

amytriptiline 125 mg., anafranil 25 mg,and Tylenol 3-4 grams per day.

Hi a

I'd be more afraid of taking such that much acetaminophen every single

day, than I would be of taking 15 mg. of morphine sulphate.

Acetaminophen is really hard on the liver.

I used to take 30 mg of morphine sulphate with oxycodone for

breakthrough pain. I eventually switched to methadone for far less

expensive pain control. I get about the same relief for ten dollars a

month, instead of paying four hundred dollars a month. A win-win

situation for me.

Morphine has been used for pain control for a very long time. It is no

more dangerous than most other pain medications. They all must be

treated with respect.

Lyndi

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> I have just lived through the most unberable week of pain for me on over 10

years. He gave me a prescription for Morphine Sulftae 15 mg. but I am afraid to

take it. My pain seems to have died down and I associate morphine with my mom

dying. trauma of her death still lingers on inside my head.

>

Hi a,

I believe that morphine 15 mg. is a relatively low dose and morphine is

commonly one of the first narcotics tried for pain relief. It can be prescribed

as an ER or Extended Relief dose, that can last for several hours. I am

currently on 60 mg of morphine a day (15 mg. four times a day) and only getting

minimal relief from it. I am also prescribed oxycodone for break-through pain.

Managing pain is good for your health as the stress of chronic severe pain has

many bad side effects.

You need to talk to your doctors and then do what you feel is best for yourself.

I understand about the trauma of your mother's death lingering. I still have

fears that I am dying and/or have ALS (Lou Gerhig's disease), because that is

what killed my father. He suffered and wasted away for years before being

diagnosed in the last six weeks of his life. I try to turn such thoughts over to

my Higher Power, and get on with the business of living my life as best I can.

Good luck to you,

J.