Morphine!!!

michelle22
michelle22 Member Posts: 93
edited 12. Feb 2009, 03:48 in Living with Arthritis archive
Ok I take Morphine when the pain is bad and did so tonight but I have one side affect that I don't like with it. I STAY AWAKE does anyone else have this? As you can see it is 4.25 am and still up after a busy day I know I am tired but can I sleep NO and I have tried I was just wondering if anyone else had this problem. :roll:

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  • frogmorton
    frogmorton Member Posts: 30,087
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Ooh Michelle - don't know if I'd like that....
    But does the pain go?
    Hope someone else can help you
    Toni x
  • nearlybionic
    nearlybionic Member Posts: 1,899
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Hi Michelle
    I take morphine too. I take 20mg morphine sulphate tabs morning and night, and have oromorph liquid to take for breakthrough pain. I don`t find that it makes me stay awake if I`ve woken with pain and taken the oromorph, however I am taking other meds which can make me drowsy so maybe they help to make me go back over to sleep. I find that it helps with pain though.
  • granter
    granter Member Posts: 24
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    michelle22 wrote:
    Ok I take Morphine when the pain is bad and did so tonight but I have one side affect that I don't like with it. I STAY AWAKE does anyone else have this? As you can see it is 4.25 am and still up after a busy day I know I am tired but can I sleep NO and I have tried I was just wondering if anyone else had this problem. :roll:

    Hi
    I have 'morphine' patches which don't keep me awake at all. I think they are called Buprenorphine or Butrans if you want to look them up. They release the dose very slowly over a week then you change the patch. The beauty of them is that it isn't going through the digestive system. You can have small, medium or large patches. Hope this is of some use.
    :D
  • woodbon
    woodbon Member Posts: 4,969
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    I've only ever given morphine to elderly patients and one of the side effects was making them sleepy, but we're all different and react differently. Sometimes the dose needs to be reviewed by your GP, as the body gets used to it. So mabe your dose is no longer effective? I'm not a medic, just a carer trained to give medication. :) Sue
  • michelle22
    michelle22 Member Posts: 93
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    woodbon wrote:
    I've only ever given morphine to elderly patients and one of the side effects was making them sleepy, but we're all different and react differently. Sometimes the dose needs to be reviewed by your GP, as the body gets used to it. So mabe your dose is no longer effective? I'm not a medic, just a carer trained to give medication. :) Sue

    The Morphine does take the pain away and I haven't taken it long enough to become immune to the dose that I have as I got a prescription for 30 and have only taken about 5 I have decided to only take them through the day but that puts driving out of the window and it will make me housebound lol. I don't want to take it all the time but I would like it to take the edge off the pain and still be able to sleep as well
  • mash65
    mash65 Bots Posts: 834
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    hi,have u tried amptripyline(sleeping tabs)u can take them with the morphine. i was on butrans patches, now on oramorph.im regulating dose at present 5mg til i get to gp.in too much pain to get there at the minute. im still on loads of other meds
    got to the stage now have to put all tablets i a cup on table so i know iv took them all. :roll: then the oramorph on top.
    something to dilute the rattle i suppose :lol:
    hope u get some sleep soon. i do find if im upset before i go to bed i cant sleep,or somethings playing on my mind i can wander around alnight.
    hope u get it sorted u need sleep its natures healer. debsx
  • suzster
    suzster Member Posts: 1,328
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    hi, i to take morphine. i take zomorph tablets 30mg morning and night and have oramorph for when i need abit extra. i find the oramorph makes me sleepy, i tend to take it either when out and in pain eg. if i have to walk anywhere i need extra to keep the pain down otherwise i wouldn't walk at all. i also take it at night if pain is bad.
    my gp has told me to try lowering my dose, i was taking 40mg morning and night and i'm now down to 30mg, i had to take it slow redusing the dose but i have found my pian harder to cope with.
    like others i take amitriptyline at night to help me sleep.
    sorry i'm not much help really! but morphine does make me sleepy, it's the pain that keeps me awake.
    sue

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