New Pain Killer Opana

I was just prescribed this medicine and do not feel very comfortable taking it. I would like to know if any one has tried this drug and how did it work. I was previously on oxycontin and the Dr. just changed me to this. Also i am allergic to mophine, alot of people have told me including the doctors that i work for that i should not take this due to my allergy. I have not filled the prescription and the Dr. that prescribed it has not called me back yet. Please give me any answers from anyone

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was taking 200mg per day of ms contin. experiencing level 10 pain frequently.

was moved to opana er. started 4 days ago. taking 40 mg per day. level 10 plus pain plus heavy withdrawl action. so far, i don't like it.

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Sorry, I removed the post with incorrect information.

Opana contains Oxymorphone, an entirely different substance from Oxycodone and Morphine, though some people misunderstand because of the name of the active ingredient.

As to whether or not you can take it, since you are allergic to Morphine, if your pharmacy filled the prescription for you, knowing you are allergic to Morphine then you already have your answer.

Narcotic allergies do not always work like allergies to other medications, sometimes a bad reaction to one, does not occur with a different one.

I am allergic to Codeine, but had no problem with any other narcotics, your pharmacy would have alerted you if there was a danger to taking this.

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By the way, Opana is also NOT new, it has been out since 2006.

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NOTE TO JACK WISE:

Your doctor has given you too low of a dose, going from 200mgs of MS Contin to 40mgs of Opana is NOT an equivelent dosage, that is why you are experiencing withdrawal symptoms.

Additionally, when you stop taking narcotics, or go to a lower dose, then with the withdrawal symptoms, you will experience rebound pain, so your pain will actually seem much worse for a few weeks.

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I was given opana 5 mg 2 tabs 3x day by my dr. for severe pain in my knee.
Dr. took x-rays and MRI and found nothing out of the ordinary. After about the 2nd or 3rd day I was back to normal and able to walk good again without a limp and without falling down. Pain went away. I had no side effects at all from opana. If I were you, I would give it a try.

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I was on norco, oxycontin and finally on opana for a brain cyst and degernative disk disease. Opana worked fine for about 3 days and then in my opinion it has turned into living hell. I am trying desparately to get off the stuff. I have horrible sweats aches diarrhea shakes insomnia and the list goes on. My dr never told me it was 8 times more powerful than morphine or I would have said no. If anyone knows how to ease the withdrawal symptoms I would be greatly appreciate help. For a while u think your dr is a god and then you have no idea what a disservice they have done to you. Don't take Opana!

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I was recently prescribed Opana after being on ten milligram percocet for years due to severe scoliosis and herniated discs in my neck. My dr. just prescribed it. I hate it. It does nothing for the pain at all and honestly I find that the percocet or ten milligram vicodin does the job much better. I have an appointment with my dr. on Monday and I am going to tell him to switch my medication back to percocet or vicodin. Hope this helps all of you. Also, if you are ever experiencing withdrawals of any kind, which I have had at times, ask your dr. for suboxone. It is wonderful. It is a small orange pill that disolves under your tongue and takes away ALL withdrawal symptoms. It is only fair for people like us who have chronic pain, we certainly do not need to deal with withdrawal symptoms on top of what the pain we deal with on a daily basis. Hope this helps......

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I was tried on Opana for two months, doc did same thing went from 200mg twice a day to 40 mg twice a day. It was the worst two months of my life. If it hadn't been for my oxycodone I have for breathru not sure I would have made it. even increasing the dose to 3 times a day did little more helped.I was climbing the walls the whole time. Not only did I have problems with withdrawl, and rebound pain, it also made me sick as a dog from the first dose I took. Won't ever touch it again

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wow, they actually prescribed opana for you, while in knowledge that you are allergic to morphine?

OH MY WORD!!! thats a sign to run for the hills!

but by n by, its your perogative, again if that was me, I would NOT take it.

Although im not allergic to morph, and am taking opana now. It doesnt aggravate me. Maybe its cuz i take this pure minerals to provide stealth health on daily basis that we all need certain amount of nutrition. This one here provides A-Z. Eat anything or take anything u want, and you are safe no matter what. It even prevents Cancer, and works with many ailments. I know what u are thinking. Why am i not taking minerals instead of pills. Well I have a long story. So Once i get off it, I can simply take certain minerals to wean off this powerful drug and not experience withdrawals and it flushes out all toxins from within.

Any other comments, you are welcome.

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I'm a chronic pain patient of many years. I've been on 15 mg Percocet every 4-6 hours for several years. I wanted to change to Opana, because I'd heard I could start it without going thro withdrawals from the Percocet. So I stopped the Percocet, like the doctor and pharmacists had directed, and started on Opana. Both said I WOULD NOT go thro withdrawal. But by the 4th or 5th day, I absolutely KNEW I was sufferuing from severe withdrawal, and had to stop the Opana and go back on the Percocet, to my dismay. Been there, done that sorta thing. I believe had I had help getting off the percocet, I coukld've tolerated the Opana. Opana is made by the same pharmaceutical company as Percocet.

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Opana is deadly! This drug killed my 22 year old cousin. How is it this is not watched more carefully and gets onto the street? Not accepetable! Some one needs to step in and put this to a stop!

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never ever take subutex(buprenorphine) or suboxone( buprenorphine and naloxone) if you are on strong pain killers even if you are withdrawing buprenorphine and naloxone specially together brings on withdrawals faster and more intense than just waiting for your next dose of painkillers !

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Yes I totally agree with Madman. Subutex and Suboxone only prolong your withdrawal symptoms. Because the half-life on Subs is way longer than regular pain killers (about 37 hours max) you feel fine for days after taking it in some cases.... and then when the s**t finally wears off you're in for all the withdrawal you can handle.

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I was taking 40mg opana er bid for nrarly 2 years but had been able to cut down to one per day day. I decided to stop taking it altogether and by day 2 I was hit with paralyzing depression, insomnia, loss of appetite and morning diharrea. It's day 7...this withdrawal is slow and terrible. I feel like a zombie. Although my mood has lifted a little I feel hollow and am unable to perform routine functions. Does anyone know when one starts to feel normal again?

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to Pissed: I have been taking Opana for over 2 yrs, and I think it's a wonderful medicine for people who suffer with chronic pain. I am sorry about the death of your cousin, however, the drug did not kill your cousin, your cousin killed himself. It is impossible to keep people that want to do drugs away from drugs. People have been looking for highs for ages, and probably will not stop. Besides pot, any drug that is taken in large doses will kill someone, Opana is a time released medicine that is meant to be released over a 12 hour period, and if a person takes off the time release then they will get the entire dosage at once, therefore, causing them to overdose. Once again, I am sorry, but do not blame a medicine that has helped thousands of chronic pain sufferers.

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You see, the problem here is NOT the drug, but the people who take the drugs expecting to feel the same. It DOES NOT give you the rushing high of Oxycontin or percocet. It is sad because these people are typing but its the part of the brain that loves that rush actually doing the typing of it doesnt work, etc.. THE MIND IS A POWERFUL THING FOLKS!!!! It is proven to be much stronger than Oxycodone so how can someone say that their ORIGINAL pain isn't covered. withdrawal is a powerful motivator... God Bless. BTW I have been there, done that so please don't feel that I dont get it or tlaking out of my A&#&

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JACK WISE= YOU NEED 66.67 G PER DOSE OF OPANA ER TO EQUAL 200MG OF MORPHINE

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I have been on many different pain meds in the last ten years and by far methadone is the worst to have to withdrawl from. My question is I am on 40mg of Opana twice a day, 10mg percocet up to 6 a day and 4mg Dilaudid up to 6 a day. I had a procedure done about a month ago and I was in a lot of pain so the Dr. said for me to dubble up on my Opana for a few days or so, so I did, but now I am short on my Opana because my insurance won't let me fill it four days early. So if I have my percocet and dilaudid will I go through major withdrawls?

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I have been on Opana for awhile now and what I was told by the Dr. and the hospital is that Opana is not Morphine. If you are really worried about it maybe call your pharmacy and ask them because they would know either way. I guess what is your allergy to morphine because if it wasn't life threatning I would way the odds.

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Sounds like your having terrible rebound pain. A Dr. Put me on Methadone 60 mg a day for my Lupus pain and pain from a broken back. I was on it for 6 yrs. titrated down to 5 mgs. About 5mo. ago The last 5mg had been a nightmare. New pain Dr. put me on Opana 5mg ER twice a day. What a joke...on me. I went into severe withdrawals for 10days. My. Rebound pain was 10+. It was excruciating. I was finally admitted to the CD Dept and put on Subutex. I feel I have gotten the Methadone out of my system but have had bad side affects from the Subutex. I'm so dizzy I can't drive much less walk and I have very bad nausea. I'm grateful for the CD Dr for getting me off the methadone. Indeed to get off the Subutex ASAP to get on my life. I'm allergic to Morphine and believe this has something to do with it. I'm 62 yrs old.Be strong and stand up to your Dr. Call him until he calls you back or change Drs. I've seen a bunch of stubborn Drs in my time who won't think "out of the box." My addiction was intentional but I have one. I never want to have anything to do with these drugs again.

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I am allergic to morphine and my dr put me on 30mg opana twice, I had heard how good opana was but it has not helped my pain at all my dr has tried a couple of things but nothing helps I'm at my wits end, my pain is so bad I can't sleep or eat and can do nothing but stay in bed. i have severe pain in my foot and legs it 's so bad I can't sleep or eat No dr can find out what my problem is but it gets worse everyday and is now starting in my right foot. I meant to say twice a day along with dialdia 4mg 3 times a day. if anyone has any ideas please inform me . my dr says they will try another med but doesn't say what

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The best person I have found to answer my questions about my medication is my PHARMACIST,,,,they know even more about the medications than the doctors do because they have more education on the subject,,,thats all they do,,,medications. And they can tell you if an herb or vitamin or anything else natural will be harmfull to you if you take it with the meds you are on. My pharmacy handles ALL my meds,,that's the best way. They also looked up the best insurance for me to get in ref to Medicare Part D. They saved me alot of headache and money as the plan I was on increased their monthly fee and co pay,,,Guess why? Omanacare! It has a clause that prevents drug companies from increasing charges more than 3% after the first year or so. So the drug companies decided to get their pound of flesh now and went sky high on many drug prices,,,,not my opinion,,,it was on my local news. Now we have one more reason to strongly dislike Obama and his politics!!! Like there wasn't enough reasons already!

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I take Opana ER and IR to get the proper dosage but can't find a pharmacy in Wilmington DE that can fill my new prescriptions. This is absurd. I haven't had any drug-related problems and have been scripted with this med after taking Methadone for 6 years for chronic pain. Now I'm in a pickle - can't fill script and running out with nowhere to fill the Rx.

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Really now? Because it's deadly (if taken incorrectly) you think it should not be given to people who need pain relief? Are you crazy or just stupid? Drain cleaner is deadly also if taken orally, lots of pills are deadly if taken incorrectly, alcohol can be deadly if abused, even vitamins can be! So hey, let's stop the manufacturer of all these deadly substances so stupid people won't overdose??? Sorry for this post, but I was just floored when I read it.

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I just posted a detailed description of my experience. It destroyed my stomach and did not work "the rumors are true about the REFORMULATED Opana for a few"

Please read and respond, I don't know how long it takes to post

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Taking naloxone alone won't put you into withdrawal. Only when you take Suboxone, BUPRENORPHINE and NALOXONE, will you go in to precipitated w/d, which is much much worse than regular w/d. The naloxone is the chemical of the two that will cause you to become sick. When taking Subutex, ONLY BUPRENORPHINE, your fine to take a Subutex before all opiates are out of your system with out going into w/d. It is a miracle, I much prefer subtext to Suboxone for this reason when I am trying to get of of my pk's. Works like a miracle, 3 days and I'm fine. It is true, however, that once you ingest the subutex, or suboxone, that any opiate to enter your system afterwards will not do any good as your receptors are being blocked. You would have to take crazy amounts to break through the threshold, but why anyone would try would be beyond me. I don't understand why people take these two medications together, however I know people that do on a daily basis and are fine, for now. They will simply cancel each other out though, if you are going to take subs, at least take them for the right reason, GET CLEAN PEOPLE, pain killers will never allow you to succeed in life, they will only continue to hold you back and if you don't believe it take a look at your life since you started them. Almost ruined my life for a little bit of powder, its just not worth it, or the thousands+ you spend on your addiction.

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i agree! i got put on them 17 months ago!! 30mg x3 daily and i cant seem to kick the habbit! if you run off a day or two ealry ur fed! gl to you i wish you the best!p

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they are very bad bro and i wish you the best bc i myself im trying to kick the habbit! ive be on opanas for 17 months though..... wow! GL to you!

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ops highest is a 40! but twice a day would be 80 mg? and it is wayyyyy stronger than that 200 mg u were taking!

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