Guest guest Posted August 23, 2005 Report Share Posted August 23, 2005 Bert I am intersted in Levomethorphan, what is this? is it a type of morphine? etc i have never ever heard of it . tell me more debs > Heidi, > > Just wanted to chime in that when I was on Duragesic, my breakthrough > pain medicine was dilaudid in pill form. They come in 1mg, 2mg, and > 4mg dosages. I used 2mgs for a while and when it got bad there for a > while I used 4mg. I could take one every 4 hours. It worked much > better than oxycodone. Of course if you have issues with dilaudid > then that would not be a choice. > > Another med that is not that often prescribed is Levomethorphan. It > is > commonly used in end stage cancer in either long acting forms or > short > acting breakthrough forms. It comes in a wide variety of doses I > believe so there is probably one small enough to try before bumping > up > to big guns. > > And don't forget Actiq, the fentanyl lollypop. They work well but are > very short acting. > > Hope this helps. > > Bert > > > > > > I'm using Oxycodone, (10 mgs.) for BT with my Duragesic, and I'm not > > all that happy with it. I often need more than just 10 mgs. to > work, > > and would love to find something else to replace it. Morphine never > > did much for me, though, so I don't know what else there is that > > doesn't contain tylenol that would work. I tried the morhine when I > > was using Oxycontin slow acting, so perhaps in combination with the > > Duragesic, it would work better. I plan to talk to my doctor about > it > > when I see him this week. > > > . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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