Morphine v Methadone Help please
 

Hello all i am new here and i live in a life of pain
i have had my back worked on 3 times my right leg 10 times and left leg 1 time

what meds i take i am on methadone for yrs 5 now and percocet for 7 yrs i use it now for BT pain now
and i take valium and zanflex

well i am wanting to get off the methadone and my pain doc has given me Kadian that's is moephine

anyone ever do this and what works better the mothadone or the morphine

with the methadone it's not helping much anymore and i do not get sleepy from it at all i take it 4 timers aday at 10MG pills

the kadian is 20mg i will be taking 2 aday

and anyone that had had taken methadone for a long time did you hert from not taking it anymore or will i be ok with the new meds i take i am scerd i will crash from not taking the mothadone

any and all info would be good

Thanks Rich

I do not know going from Methadone to Morphine but my sister in law went from 125mg Fentayl patch changing every 2 days to 60mg Morphine 2x day and had no withdrawal. In fact, she is on 100mg Morphine 3x a day. And Oxycodone 30mg- 6x a day. She has Lupus. My hubby was in a horrific car accident in 99 and he takes 100mg Morphine 3x a day for a total all together of 700mg Morphine and 6-30mg Oxycodone. (he's been in Pain mgmt a long time) He changed from Oxycontin which he hated to the Morphine which he swears is the greatest pain relief he's had in almost 10 years!! He works a labor intense job 50-60 hrs a week. I hope this info helps you some. I am going to a pain mgment Dr on the 9th for Lyme, Fibro, Chronic UTI's, cysts on my ovary ( the 1 I have left), and adhesions. I'm hoping for the Morphine, Oxycodone combo. Let me know how it works out for you. Good Luck, and take care