Is Oxycodone Stronger Than Morphine? (Top voted first)

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I just want to know which drug works the best Oxycodone or Morphine. I was switched from Oxy to Morphine. Was taking Oxy 10/325 and now take 30 mg of the Morphine.

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You are very wrong about not becoming addicted MaddieJay. Flat out they are Opiates and your body will become addicted over time... Even if take exactly as prescribed. You also will build a tolerance.
Go ahead and stop taking any of your above listed meds and tells of you go through withdraw.

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Wonder why they didn't give you 30 mg Oxycodone. ..that works better for me than morphine. Everybody is different. As I read and so many people on a lot of pain meds no one mentions anything on having an interthecal pump which is connected medtronics. It's placed by nuerosurgeon in the abdomen and the caters go into spinal cord which allows morphine. .hydrmorphone ir whatever tour of pain medication your dr. Feels works for you. With this I'm on less oral medication the medicine hitting right into the spine makes the sciatic nerve and other nerve damage better at least for me. Right now I fell n my catheter came undone and on like 10 30 mg a day ..hydrmorphone since pump is off..having terrible problems with insurance getting this amount. It's sad that a dr. Goes to college 4 yrs med school roughly 6..10 yrs specialty practicing 30 years has known you snd have been with you through all your shattered bones and a person behind a desk can say t you can't give your patient that much. Mine is a temporary situation I see nuerosurgeon to clean up pain drs. Mess after he attempted to put the catheter into spinal cord..nonetheless sorry for rattling on. But I hope all goes well for you.

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Opana is Oxymorphone, MS-Contin is MORPHINE.

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I seem to be doing ok on the morphine it isn't making me groggy like they Oxy did which I am very pleased about.
Thank you very much for your help.

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Maddiejay sorry hun but you are completely wrong about becoming addicted. Even if you only take the prescribed amount over time your body WILL develop a tolerance and you can become addicted. So the fact is abusing or taking as directed can both result in addiction because of the opiate in the medicine. Oh and oxycodone is stronger than morphine.

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If you stay on the same dosage and not go up the pain medicine will continue to work just fine. Add a non narcotic med or massage, exercise, go to classes related to health and pain relief and try to get away from the notion you'll have to go up on the narcotics. The brain has a set number of opioid receptors and going up will cause more side effects. It's placebo if you believe a higher dose is working. Do all you can to get AWAY from narcotic pain relievers and in the long run your life will be much better. Never take an extra narcotic early or double it, no matter what. This is how tolerance develops. Stay on the same dose as prescribed and work downwards.

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Vicodin with Ibuprofen is Vicoprofen
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Hi, Jojo! How are you feeling on the Morphine?

Oxycodone is actually one and a half times stronger than Morphine, so for each 10mgs of Oxycodone you'd need 15mgs of Morphine to be equivalent.

So, by being switched to 30mgs of Morphine, you're actually on a higher dosage.

It is also a narcotic analgesic, so it has the potential to be habit forming and may cause side effects, such as nausea, dizziness, dry mouth, constipation and drowsiness.

Learn more Morphine details here.

Is there anything else I can help with?

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Been taking percocet 5mg/325 every 4 hours or so ,it wasnt helping my morning pain which was off the charts and needed to be dealt with by time release morphine but primed with ambien to get me to sleep..havent had any issues with the ambien except when i dont sleep then im twice as tired..this morphine is the first pain drug to halt my morning pain ive ever used.if you havent tried time release ask you doctor...its the best option if your getting severe pain 3-4 or 5-8 hours after going to sleep..my pill supposed to last 12 hours or so, i drink coffee to boost all the pain i take,,i wonder how long morphine will last at this level before i get used to it and have to bump ?

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My name is Erin. I take oxys 30mil. And I thought morphine was stronger than oxys? I've been on 30's for ever it seems of course mil. count cause it says 10 mil. of oxys to be the same amount as a 15 mil. morphine. I'm confused which works better. I used to be on the purple capsules of morphine. I think they were 30 mil. I also didn't know there were dif. capsules and tablets cause I got a 15 mil. white tablet of morphine and I didn't feel any different what so ever. Are the capsules stronger than the tablet??? Is my 30'mil. tablets of oxys stronger than a 30 mil. tablet or a 30 mil. tablet of morphine?? #confused consumer!!

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I use a mixture of both morphine and oxy....for me that works best....oxy may be stronger but doesn't last as long as morphine. ....for me

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It doesn't matter what narcotic analgesic you're taking for whatever reason. You will become chemically dependent if you take it long enough. It doesn't matter how much pain you're in. Your body becomes accustom to any outside chemical that you put into your body for a period of time. When said chemical is abruptly stopped you will withdrawal because your body has become chemically dependent. This is straight from my board certified pain management doctor. My doctor said he has never heard of anyone in 30+years of practice that is immune to the effects of chemical dependency. He also said that some ER/CR type of narcotic analgesics can cause serious life threatening withdrawals if you're on a big dose and just abruptly stop taking it without stepping down the dosage. I know the package insert on my 80mg oxycontin pills have this type of warning too.

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Hello to all,

I was in a severe accident that left me with compound fractures all up right arm, a shattered wrist and my humerus bone went through my shoulder. I suffered from sciatica and it was made worse. L-4 and 7 fractures. Tendonitis developed in arm, hardware removed. Sévère Sciatic attacks. Loss of urine. Loss of balance. Pain is stabbing and taies my breath away. PM finally ordering an MRI. THEY REDUCED MY OXYCONTIN 10 FROM 4+ TO TWICE, PUT ME ON MS CONTIN 15×3 A DAY. STOPPED MY VALIUM, PUT ME ON LYRICA AND GAINED 15 LBS. STOPPED LYRICA. I AM ALLERGIC TO STEROIDS, COTISONE, IBUPROFIN, INSAIDS, TOREDAL AND TRAMADOL. IVE HAD MORE INCONTINENCE WITH PAIN OF SCIATICA. THE PAIN MEDICINE DOES NOT ALEVIATE WITH OXYCONTIN REDUCTION. WHY CAN I GET NO RELIEF? SECOND OPINION? I AM 61 AND THIS HAS CHANGED MY LIFE. HELP ME.

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There is a drug called hydromorphone. I'm am currently on it. its a pill form of dilaudid.

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rudy133334...its oxymorphone. Not morphone and I am on oxymorphone.

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Yes, in some cases Oxy can have better pain control than morphine, depends on the patient. The oxy you listed is generic Percocet and those have Tylenol in them which can help with the pain. They usually use IRs for people that have trouble taking Tylenol, bad livers, ect.

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I am currently on morphine 60 mg ER every 12 hrs )and Oxycodone 10 mg IR ( every 6 hrs) and have been for past 5 years. I have built up a tolerance because my medication is no longer working. I cannot be increased any stronger on these two meds together, as I am maxed out with state regulations. I want to try to go off morphine all together, so I plan on talking to my doctor about putting me on Oxycodone 30 mg IR only. The question is...how many Oxycodone 30 mg. Would be equivalent to the Morphine 60 mg ER -2×day and Oxycodone 10 mg-4×day ???

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I was taken off oxycodone 10/325 and put on morphine 15 mg. Will I suffer withdrawal symptoms from the oxy?

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See, Im a perc gal. I've tried em all. however, I do believe its body tolerant. when i run out of percs, I take Norcos. however, i do go through a witdraw from the Norco when i go back on the percs. morphine just makes me tired. Plain vicoden, makes me sorta wired. I just finished a 5 day call on morphine, my house is a mess, just felt blah, no umph..

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Oxys are as addictive asMorphine, so what's the difference which one you take.? This question is regarding which is stronger.! Anyone taking either of these Drugs would know that.!!! I am taking 10mg of Opana (MS Contin) for a second day, and it will take some time to work; wich in my case will be up to 30 mg's B.ID. I think I am going to have a good outcome along with Vicodin 10mg for Breakthrough medication.I hope everyone is happy with the outcome of whatever medication works for you.

Steve

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