Morphine Caused Hypoxia. Will Oxycodone Be Any Better

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I have low oxygen in my blood. I take 4, 30mg morphine IR daily. Will oxycodone be

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Because my insurance wouldn't pay for my OxyContin witch was only 15 mg my doctor put me on 15 mg moraphine and one a day 5mg Percocet for breakthrough pain I don't think it works as well and fell like I am having withdraws

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@Chuck,

Sorry to hear about your situation.... Respiratory depression has been known to occur under the use of opioids (whether it be morphine, oxycodone, fentanyl, etc)... So there's really no way of knowing if switching to another opiate is going to make any significant difference in terms of this risk factor (at least to my understanding).

NIH.gov also goes on to list, "difficult or troubled breathing; irregular, fast or slow, or shallow breathing; & shortness of breath" as being some of the more common side effects of morphine at:

ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/PMH0044523/#DDIC603251.side_effects_section

@Ricky,

Have you tried talking with your doctor to see if he/she is willing to work with you on proving more adequate treatment?

A couple other things that may be worth further investigation for helping to alleviate withdrawal/symptoms are kratom and medical marijuana - when used adjunctively in a clinical fashion. Perhaps a naturopathic physician could make some recommendations as well for the times that your MD can't or isn't willing to offer further assistance for your pain management.

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