MORPHINE

tjc123
tjc123 Member Posts: 139
edited 19. Mar 2011, 10:34 in Living with Arthritis archive
Hi everyone
Is anyone else taking morphine tablets for pain? I have been given them off my GP & was wondering how long some of you have been on them & how did you feel when taking them.
Thanks
tjc

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  • keith1971
    keith1971 Member Posts: 302
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    I'm not currently taking them but I have in the past for a different health issue before moving down to codeine. It was bliss while it lasted - i think you could've stuck pins in me & I wouldn't have felt a thing.
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  • jilly
    jilly Member Posts: 503
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Hi i have been on them for 3 years and each time i come off them i cant stand the pain , I dont like having to take them but i need them. The pain clinic gave them me because other pain killers ,codine type made me ill and i cant take anti-inflamortorys

    When i first started taking them they made me feel really strange and the doctor told me to give it a few weeks and i would be fine , I take one that has a antisickness med in it so they dont make me feel sick.

    I am happy to get rid of the worst pain . I do think after a while you get used to them and they dont work as well . I take as little as i can depending on how i feel hope that helps ...............jilly
  • dreamdaisy
    dreamdaisy Member Posts: 31,520
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    I take tramadol 50mg at night when needed (they send me to sleep, sometimes quite deeply, so they are not good for daytime), slow-release 100mg tramadol for the sit-on-the-edge-of-the-bed-and-rock times, they mean I can get thro a day of work and chores etc and for the off-the Richter scale I have liquid morphine. (I have not resorted to that for ages.) I am fortunate in that the only side-effect I get from them is more sweating - I can cope with that as it doesn't hurt, it's ony a nuisance. I ration the use of these things tho - I don't want to run out of pain-relief options and after a good few years of this business I am quite used to a high level of discomfort. They are useful weapons on ones armoury. Good luck and I hope they help - they dull the edges of the pain more effectively than cocos etc, they don't remove it altogether. DD
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  • barbara12
    barbara12 Member Posts: 21,281
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Hi tjc
    There are slow release patches that are morphine based ,and you can get different strengh, its just a thought if you dont like the tablets.
    Barbara x
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  • purplestorm
    purplestorm Member Posts: 54
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Ive had my condition for just over two months now not too long but just as painful, I was on tramadol to begin with but I found that when I was taking it it was making my legs very blotchy and itchy! I am currently on 1 5mg tablet and up to 10ml of Oramorph depending on how bad the pain is. I have found that if the pain is really bad I need to take the max dose which seems just to chill me out that much I feel drunk however the pain doesnt seem to ease I just feel more relaxed and sleepy. I have been advised my my doctor that regular use of these drugs your body becomes immune to them but as I havent been on them for ages cant comment on that.

    Hope that helps a bit x
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  • frogmorton
    frogmorton Member Posts: 29,827
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Hi TJC

    Good to see you :smile:

    had morphine in the past and quite liked it - it made me sick, but I DIDN'T care!!!

    serioulsy l agree with Jilly make sure you have an antiemetic at hand.

    Good luck

    Toni xx
  • tjc123
    tjc123 Member Posts: 139
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    :smile: thanks everyone

    I am taking x2 10mg MST continus tablets 1 in the morning then 1 at night.
    I did not realise how bad my pain was until I started taking these,they have been a god send.I have 2 months supply then I will have to go back to my GP.Not too sure if I can take these all of the time ???

    thanks again
    tjc
  • bubbadog
    bubbadog Member Posts: 5,544
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Hi TJC, just wanted to say I am taking M.S.T twice a day it is the slow release tablet, I wasn't sure is that the tablet you are taking?
    I take 100mg twice a day, and have oromorph as a top up if the pain is worse. The doc yesterday added another muscle relaxent yesterday!
  • need me bed
    need me bed Member Posts: 103
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Hi tjc,

    I have 30mg slow release morphine to be taken 12hrs apart, i only use them when needed but love it... you could run me over with a Monster Truck and i'd just lay there and giggle til someone picked me up. The relief they give from the pain is amazing... I also have oramorph for breakthru pain but very rarely use that... I'm just too worried about the addictive qualities... I have only had 1 side effect... which was serious constipation :oops: (sorry everyone) which i hadn't been warned about.. but now i know if i use it, i put a counter measure in place.
    The only thing i would say to anyone starting out is make sure you read the leaflet inside and keep a close eye out for any side effects...

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