Does 30mg Of Morphine Sulfate Relieve More Pain Than 50mcg Fentanyl Patches (Page 2) (Top voted first)

My pain Dr.had me on 30mg. of morphine sulfate 3 times per day & switched me to 50 mcg. Fentanyl patches at 1 every 3 days.The morphine was keeping me up at night & did'nt seem to ease the pain.Second day on the patch & it does'nt stop the pain either any suggestions will be truely appreciated..Thanx

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god bless you,
DAN

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Hi, the fentanyl patches are much stronger, it can take a couple of weeks to get into the bloodstream, when I first started on fentanyl patches and I am on 150mg every three days anyway like I said when I first started the patches the doctor gave me 100mg of slow release morphine which you take every 12 hours.
I hope this is helpful

Dean

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Did you have problems with the patch not lasting 3 days when u first started them?

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Wow, thank you for explaining the difference to me. I'm on Morphine ER 60mg and Morphine IR 15mg 4x day as needed. And since the doctors can't use a Demerol shot anymore, (thank you government) the only thing that stopped my horrible breakthrough pain, he is now trying the fentanyl patch 50 mcg with my Demerol. I talked him down from 75mcg to the 50mcg patch. Now I understand why he was doing what he did. I haven't started the patch yet because I didn't understand the difference between mg & mcg. I am a lung cancer survivor for 16 yrs, 8 months and a few days. My intercostal nerve under the rib was damaged during surgery. I'm so blessed to just be here, therefore I "try" not to fuss too much about pain, but as all you know, sometimes it's hard when you have breakthrough. We all need support and understanding...unfortunately something that is sorely lacking in certain areas. I count myself fortunate to have a PPO that cares. Just for the record, I had 8 surgeries in 4 years; 1 for the thoracotomy and the rest for a Dorsal cord stimulator implant and all the problems I had with that which included a staph infection from a Dr. who didn't listen to me when he switched out the battery. I almost died. Plus I had the regular intercostal and trigger point injections, two times trying to kill the nerves, and many more for 3 years. So I did try everything they threw at me before going to only meds, even anti-seizure medications which I'm highly allergic to. That's what two pain clinics did to me. Thank God my PPO is a kind, Christian man who cares. Thanks for listening (yes did fentanyl suckers, they did about$6,000 worth of damage to my teeth. so if you use them, put under tongue and brush afterwards.) They did work quickly for me, just too high of a dose. Good Luck to you all.

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