Chronic Pain Support Group

Actually they are not the same. MS contin is morphine. Oxycontin is oxycodone. Both are sustained release preparations, but the base drug is not the same. Odd that a pharmacist would tell you they are. They are both good pain medications though, and I would not worry too much about changing to MS contin. If it works, run with it....

vanyel

thanks, i will try it, i just don't know why i am so alignated because of cp, it is like anyone who doesn't have it, sees it as lazyness or addiction, it is so hard to be alone all the time. esp when i met someone i liked, i don't like to lie to people about my disablity. but sometimes it is like they leave me no choice. so i am alone again.,

The pharmacist probably meant that the MS Contin dose was equivalent to your OxyContin dose. You can double-check using a narcotic equivalency chart or a dose converter (there's many available on the net).

When I went to the VA, the switched me from 120 mg of oxycontin to 120 mg of ms contin, about 2/3 in strength. It cost me a job due to the increased pain. Finally, after 2 years they bumped it up to 180mg of ms contin and my life improved dramatically overnight.

I was orginally on Kadian for my pain, then switched to Oxycontin which seemed to do "ok" keeping the "edge off". At the beginning of this year, I switched again to Ms Contin, purely for cost reasons, as the other drugs became too expensive for me. The Ms Contin makes me soooooo sick and nauseated that I cannot even take the full dose prescribed even after 7 months of taking it.

I just talked to my doctor on Wednesday (8/5) about this to see if I could take something else but we decided to wait until I find out if I will need a 3rd back surgery. I am glad to hear that others can take it without any negative side effects. If only, I could take the full dose, maybe it would make a difference with my pain.

Hugs to All! ~Carrie

it has an amazeing effect of settleing my gut, and not makeing me sick, isn't that funny how we are all different, i like the effect of feeling no pain , and no gut issues, but i have colitis and ibs, so maybe that is why, i am on 30mg twice daily, and it is starting to work well. i can go up, because my doctor says, that oycodone and mscontin aren't good to combine, so i need to swicth over to ms contin completely, which is okay with me, i think it just has this stigma, but actually oycotine is about as strong and addictive. i don't care, i just don't want to be in pain.i am going to need back surgery soon too. thanks all sorry for rambleing.

Oh I LOVE our in-house pharmacist !! Friedey .. LOVE..LOVE I have recently changed meds too, and I'm not sure if it's me with the depression. Which I won't repeat, but too much death in the past year and half, oh and lets throw in a horrible divorce too. Like freakin soup just throw it all in !! Its mainly like my cooking too. BUT mos def I have to check the Ms vs oxycodone. My ins. won't cover the oxycontin, and I was on Lortab for 13 yrs. I just can't figure this black hole I'm in, but yet I can !!! Does anyone know what I mean???? Hugs and Love, Deb