Guest guest Posted October 21, 2003 Report Share Posted October 21, 2003 Hi Debbie, I replied to your first question and will reply to this one too. I have been hospitalized with another person suffering from SOD. I have both SOD and CP. We both think that Morphine is the way to go. Demerol does nothing for either of us. On another CP board I belong to the question was asked there by a nurse at a hospital in the UK with regards to morphine or demerol. She kept saying her patients wanted the morphine but the doctors wanted to give demerol. They said the Morphine worked better for pain than Demerol. It was well noted that the Morphine was the high winner for both pancreatic pain and SOD pain on the other CP site. I will try to go back and research the thread for you and send it to you, just for comparison. I think it is more of a personal thing. What bothers one, may not bother another. You had a problem with it. So perhaps you shouldn't take it. But Demerol doesn't BEGIN to touch the pain I am in when in an attack and requirering hospitalization. Maybe I am the odd duck out in this group, but it's morphine for me when I'm in pain. Sandy Fairfield, California DKietzman wrote: > Thank you for the replies regarding morphine and SOD spasms. I took a > morphine pill Sunday night and within 1/2 hour I was on my knees bent over > in severe pain. I now know what SOD feels like - it took about another 1/2 > hour for the pain to subside and then I was ok. I usually take vicodin > without a problem. I am wondering what it is about morphine that causes SOD > spasms. I am assuming most people with CP do not take morphine. What about > morphine IV push/injection - does it have the same effect? > Debbie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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