Hi All,

Opana, Avinza, Kadian are all morphine based medications. I was on Avinza for a while about 6 months and had a problems with it because it was affecting my teeth. The Avinza was stopping my saliva from producing and it was drying out my mouth hence causing a lot of decay so I had to go off it. . My dentist said you need saliva to ward off decay. I know that is one of the side effects of all the morphine based medications. It is ashame because it did work well but it was expensive and my insurance company started giving me a problem covering it.

I don't think it is off the market because my PM doctor asked if I wanted to try a different brand and he was going to recommend the Opana but I didn't want to take any chances because of my teeth.

Good luck and I hope you are feeling well.

Gabbycakes.