NeuroTalk Support Groups - View Single Post - Switching from BuTrans patch to ER Morphine

ger715 · 03-10-2016, 11:28 PM

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Originally Posted by St George 2013

March 24th.....2 weeks from today.

I didn't ask the pharmacist about the conversion rate which another poster said was 40 mg of morphine and I'm on 15 mg....but he did say the 15 mg is the lowest dose of ER and it goes up to 100 mg !

To say this is very frustrating is an understatement ! He's always been so helpful to me. All he said was that the 30 mg ER morphine is too strong for me...how the heck does he know ? The 15 mg sure isn't working.

Thanks my sweet friend

Debi

Debi,

It is insane your PM would rather have you take methadone instead of raising your dose of Morphine 15mg which is extremely low to 30mg's.....Actually that should probably be that dose 3 x's a day at regular intervals. He can lower your Oxycodone (break thru ) to 5-325 or 7.5 -325 instead of the 10mg's you are taking. (I am taking the 7.5-325 often cutting it in half.)

I'm glad your daughter is going with you; just hate that you have to wait until the 24th of March.

If your PM were a Primary Care Doctor I could understand his not wanting to increase; but a PM's first duty is to help reduce pain to a manageable level. For him not to even give you a chance and tells you this is too strong for you is unbelievable and very upsetting.

So sorry you are having to deal with this "over the top" pain.

Gerry