I TAKE MS COTIN AND I FIND IT TO BE ONE OF THE BEST I TAKE, MINE IS LONG ACTING. I'M STILL ON 20 MG 3 TIME PER DAY. I'M BLESSED TO HAVVE A DR THAT BELIEVES IN FIBRO. I HAVE SUCH A HIGH TOLERANCE TO ANY DRUG THAT I HAVE TO TAKE MORE THAN ALOT OF PEOPLE CAN STAND. I DON'T KNOW WHY THIS IS BUT IT IS. AS LONG AS I CAN GET COMFOORTABLE, I'M OK. I HOPE THIS HELPS.....LOVE...HELEN

Never heard of it butI am the same when it comes to pain meds. I have a low tolerance to pain but high for the meds so I have to take stronger stuff. I am hoping my dr doesn't think I am a flake. I think my DH being a FireFighter Paramedic helps some

I take MS Contin Ive been on it since June started out at 15 mg twice a day Im now on 120 mg 60morning 30mg noon and 60mg in the evening..It is timed release.The Dr has changed it as my tolerence to it grows.But i feel It works great.I take oxy for break thru pain..Hugs to you!!!

is MS contin just morphine? if so, is the pill you would take similar to what they give you in an IV? a while back, before i was diagnosised, i was having horrible stomach pains, they checked everything and couldnt' find anything wrong so they just gave me some morphine in my IV. i'm not sure how much they gave me, but it didn't work. it made the pain slightly better, but it seemed like the pain was still there, i was just more euphorica and didn't care that i was in pain. i didn't like that feeling, so i didn't let them give me any more. would MS Contin do the same?

also, i haven't found a narcotic that helps any (only tried 3 or so though) so my doc won't prescribe me any others, saying that they won't work either. is the same true for opides? (if one doesn't work, none of the others will either)

MS CONTIN has morphine in it but its not just morphine.Its a timed release drug and its very powerful

MS Contin is what my doc and I were going to try if I didn't want the Opana ER. It's long acting as well. I think you should try it, if it's not a synthetic. Not sure if it is or not. Maybe that's why the Opana isn't working for you, but make sure you ask for the Long Acting or you might get a short acting version and us major painers need long acting stuff.

I've been wanting to try something other than hydrocodone but I'm afraid to ask how do u go about bringing this up to your doctor? I can't stand the pain anymore.

I started on the fent patch, didnt work, wouldnt stick. He switched me to Ms Contin. I started on 30 mg, twice a day, it is 12 hour release. My rheumo just upped my ms c. dose to 60 mg twice a day. He told me he couldnt up me anymore. I also have a tolerance to meds after time. My rheumo told me that the only higher ms contin med is given by for example hospice for patients that are dying, for their pain. Guess he doesnt know what he is talking about,, grrr.
Ms contin does work for me on a daily basis, it doesnt help my flares, rheumo wont give me anything other than percocet for my flares, of which doesnt work most of the time unless i take 1 1/2.
Ms contin is the first med that even touched my pain, but now that ive been on it a little over a year im finding that my body is getting used to it.
I too do not have a pain tolerance but my body easily gets used to meds, no matter what they are, esp. the ones that work, then the med quits working. It is so irritating.

ME, REALLY, REALLY, GOOD!!! IT WORKS!!!