MS CONTIN Reviews (MORPHINE SULFATE)Average Rating: 3.9 (202 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare MS CONTIN with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR MS CONTIN | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 3 | For uncontrollarble arthritis Pain | No real side effects | I find MS contin was very helpfull for about five years; after which it did not controll pain as well, Only problem is I find I am addicted to it so can't tell if without it, I would be ok without it because it is very hard to try to get off it. | F | 75 | 10 days | 6/14/2007 | 3 | Chronic neck pain after 3 neck surge | I find my MS Contin 30 mg dose to last about 7 hours. I was on 15 mg before dose was increased. If it wasn't for my 15 mg IR Oxycodone 4 times a day for breakthrough pain I would be in trohble. | I stick to the rules as prescribed. If I don't, I'll be short before the refill is due. I have C2 and 3 with a plate and C4 thru C6 with a plate and rods. 1st surgery in '99, 2nd in '04; 3rd in '09. | M | 69 | 7 months 30 mg | 9/8/2016 | 5 | Severe pains | Sleepy Diarrhea | F | 68 | 2 weeks 90 MG | 8/22/2017 | 5 | Back (disc & sciatica) Pain | None really not even constipation due to my diet and drinking lots of Evian water. Believe it or not when I drink cheaper or faucet water I do NOT go as well or as frequently. | It is very helpful and allowed me to resume a normal life once again. I started at 60 mg. 2x daily then 3x daily now take 100mg 2x daily. | F | 68 | 3 years | 2/23/2005 | 5 | work injury to L3 L4 C1 | constipation | It allows me at 65 years of age to a relatively pain free qiquality of life I also take paracetamol 500 mg TDS n cojuunction. the tw tegether work wonders for my chronic pain | M | 65 | 1 years | 1/22/2005 | 3 | severe chronic pain | dizziness, some loss of memory | M | 64 | 10 days | 6/7/2009 | 5 | Severe chronic pain | Occasional constipation, some withdrawals when managing | c2/3 L3/3/5 S1 due to accident. Had laminectomy, and other surgery. My life, marriage, work, everything was destroyed while I tried to cope for years with chronic pain. Dr's said things like "you walked in here, you can walk out." Yes I have long hair, and I am eccentric, but do not use any recreational drugs. Finally, through a caring nurse friend I found a doctor who was appalled at my previous treatment and gave me MS Contin. I live a reasonably normal life now. Management is important. Each month I reduce my dose to 1 x 60mg per day taken at 10am. Yes I get the flu symptoms and some unpleasant side effects for the 2 to 3 days, but when I get back to the normal dose the effect is dramatic and I have my energy back. It takes management. Constipation is a definite but can be ameliorated easily. I take one teaspoon of Nu-Lax (contains senna, pears, apricot, figs, dates, sucrose and glucose and is a very natural laxative) Also two glasses of Metamucil per day. Pleasant taste, orange or other fruit flavours which will work as a stool softener. I do recommend putting up with the 'cleansing' procedure once a month to flush out the excess morphine. It will be marginally unpleasant, but the effort is well worth it. Ms Contin has given me my life back. | M | 63 | 7 years 60mg 2X day | 2/21/2012 | 1 | uncontrollable osteoarthritis pain, | Constipation, no pain relief. Withdrawal even though it's not helping. | I don't know why this is given to me. I tell doc it's not helping and he keeps giving me same. Doc said if I don't like it to find another doctor. | F | 63 | 1 years 15 mgs x 2 | 11/18/2016 | 4 | chronic back and neck pain | Severe itching | F | 62 | 3 days 15 | 1/28/2015 | 3 | back and neck surgery went bad | none yet | Need info. I am really scared about drugs. I was on oxy 20mg twice daily for a month. I took it once aday and was scared to death after what I say you all say on the comments about it. I dumped remaining out in doctors commode and he wrote me scripts for mscontin 15mg twice daily. Just wanted to know what you all think. If I stop will I have the withdrawals you all talked about with oxy. I had to give a rating but havent taken it yet. | M | 62 | 15mg 2X day | 9/29/2011 | 4 | Back Pain and Fibromalgia | Have had few side effects compared to other narcotic pain meds. Need to take stool softeners to keep from constipation. Does cause dry mouth so need to drink more often and suck on hard candy. Sometimes get abdominal pain after taking it. | Have problems getting pain medication in my state. Go to legitimate Pain Clinic and still get "the look" from pharmacist at local CVS. They are not to judge me but do so. The state has made it next to impossible to get my pain medication for chronic pain. | F | 61 | 12 months 30Mg 4X day | 3/20/2012 | 4 | Degen Spine Disorder | some nausea if I havn't eaten enough. | I take 15 mg twice a day along with tylenol 3. This helps me to have about 4 hours of good time where I can walk and have a life. I am not sure that it is enough because some times my pain just doesn't stop. maybe I should ask to have the dosage increased. | F | 61 | 4 years | 11/20/2007 | 4 | Chronic pain | occasional constipation. I take an RX stool softener to counter act that. | Due to the thrill seeking, selfish jerks and punks who have abused oxycontin my doctor swithed me and all his CP patients taking oxycontin for severe chronic pain to mscontin. The mscontin is fine with morphine IR for breakthrough pain, but; it takes more mg's of mscontin to control severe chronic pain then oxycontin. Also ms contin lays one back much more then oxycontin. Regardless, I am just grateful to have an MD who treat CP. | M | 60 | 2 years | 5/5/2007 | 1 | C-3-4,C-5-6,C-7, L-3,L-4,L-5,S-1 | Constaption,Trouble Uraine,Dizzy, Trouble Breathing,Sleeping all the time | I have been on 40MG of Oxycontin 3 times a day with Percett for breaking thru pain and I was having no trouble for 5 years, I have Degen,Disc Disease in both my neck and back and even had a back operation on L-5 and S-1 where they inserted 3 screws and did not help even with therphy and injections which where supposed to block the pain but never did help.I also need neck surgery again for C-6,C-7 and a pinched nerve and they won`t approve that either. Then my husband work changed insurance and they won`t pay for it. Now they put me on MS Contin and it does not help but to make me a junkie, the dozes keep changing and they keep giving me other meds, I don`t want to get into that. I could function on the Oxycontin and no one even knew I was on any pain meds. I have been on this for 2 weeks and I hate it, I feel like a zombie and don`t get out of bed expect to go to the bathroom which is very hard to do either one. Insurance Companies don`t understand severe pain all they understand is paying less money, and we have to suffer as junkies to get just a little relief. | F | 60 | 2 weeks | 8/14/2005 | 5 | Spinal fusion of L2, L3, L4, L5, S1 | MS Contin has given me my life back. I was on Fentanyl patches for a period of 3 1/2 years and they only provided pain relief for 18 hours. I am no longer haunted by the never ending pain in my lumbar spine. Side effects was constipation but that has deminished. Overall a good medication. | M | 59 | 6 months 60mg X 2 | 2/6/2012 | 5 | SPINAL FUSION L2, L3, L4, L5 & S1 | The only issue was constipation, after about one month it subsided and my body adjusted to the medication. | MS Contin 60mg three times daily controls my pain much better than Fentanyl. I am now able to have somewhat of a quality of life and not have to deal with the torture of pack pain on a daily basis. I am now able to walk and spend time with my family. The only bad thing is it took the pain management physician 2 1/2 years to realize I was having issues with the Fentanyl due to the fact the medication only lasted for 18 hours (not 72 hours). He finally switched my medication to MS Contin with some resistance. | M | 59 | 7 months 60MG 3X day | 7/7/2012 | 5 | Nerve damage from Whipple procedure | Always have to be cautious of constipation. Biggest problem now is DEA cracking down on legitimate cancer centers like Vanderbilt. All of the doctors are scared to death and admit they are no longer in charge of my healthcare. Tried to change and no doctor would go near me. They scraped the sheath of of a very large nerve and told me I would have pain for life. I don't think they thought I would live this long. | M | 58 | 8 years 400MG 3X day | 2/7/2012 | 4 | blown& bulged disc/chemo/clusters | constapation for first yr leveling off | had laminectomy/disc 10yrs ago tried fighting chronic pain with vicodin because of $ didnt work well become dependent only.had chemo 7 yrs later left with multi side effects including cluster headaches and chronic joint pain.was taking 180 vicodin per month.Dr put me on MS Contin 30mgs 2 times a day have weened myself off vicodin down to less than 40 every 2 mos now.Only use vic for bad days only and breakthru pain. I have a life again thanks to MS Contin 30mgs and have found there is a diff in mfgs I have to use only Mylans have thrown others away they were worthless.pharmist said it had to do with the binders they use so if yours arent working try a diff mfg Co. | M | 58 | 2 years 30MG 2X day | 9/7/2012 | 4 | Pain of unknown origin | Constpation | I was struck by a vehicle in 1997 causing irreparable damage to the sciatic nerve. Was prescribed 40mg Oxycontin tid @ that time. Requested to be taken off in 2003 preferring to learn to live with the pain and finding some relieve from a new keg brace and arm brace with crutch. In 2010 I began having right side pain in breast radiating into shoulder blade. A few tests were done, but limited by my not having insurance. Was placed on MsContin at the end in 2012 when pain became so unbearable I was afraid I was going to end up in ER. As well perceived break through of 1 percocet qid as needed for break through. I have minimal side effects with the morphine. I have severe side effects with the oxyidone.5/325. Extreme heartburn and esophageal pain. | F | 58 | 18 months 100mg 3X day | 6/20/2014 | 4 | back promblems | Headaches sometimes. | F | 58 | 2 years 30 mg er | 10/20/2015 |
MS CONTIN (MORPHINE SULFATE): This medication is used to help relieve severe ongoing pain (such as due to cancer). Morphine belongs to a class of drugs known as opioid (narcotic) analgesics. It works in the brain to change how your body feels and responds to pain. The higher strengths of this drug (100 milligrams or more per tablet) should be used only if you have been regularly taking moderate to large amounts of opioid pain medications. These strengths may cause overdose (even death) if taken by a person who has not been regularly taking opioids. Do not use the extended-release form of morphine to relieve pain that is mild or that will go away in a few days. This medication is not for occasional ("as needed") use. FDA Approval Date: 1993-11-08 (Sources: U.S. Centers for Medicare Services, FDA)