Methadone vs Morphine
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| Methadone is used to treat moderate to severe ongoing pain (such as due to cancer). Methadone belongs to a class of drugs known as narcotic (opiate) analgesics. It works in the brain to change how your body feels and responds to pain. | morphine Oral is used to help relieve moderate to severe pain. Morphine belongs to a class of drugs known as narcotic (opiate) analgesics. It works in the brain to change how your body feels and responds to pain. | |||
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| Add Methadone review After using most other pain meds. The Methadone gave me my life back, it not only took away most of my back pain but it did not make me feel druged or high like all the others.The one complaint I have is that it drops my Testosterone level to near non existing,so I must take Testosterone suppliments to keep from being lethargic,depressed,and many other side effects of lack of Testosterone.If y ... Used for chronic pain, also have fibromylgia and seems to help it. Still some pain but not near as bad. Don't help headaches though. This medication helps me to be able to live a normal life. This has been a life saver for me. Although I was addicted to Heroin for 13 years and am 20 years clean I swore I would never use Methadone to get off Heroin. I ended up on this 20 years later for chronic pain, Fibromyalgia and Hep C. I know it is highly addictive but at this point in my life its quality over quantity and I can at least function like a normal person again. Before this I was la ... | Add Morphine review I have had chronic back pain my entire life. In 2008 I had the first of three spinal fusion surgeries and one neurostimulator implant surgery. I live in Georgia where the government tells the doctor how to dispense medicine. So my doctor has maxed me out at 160 mg of Morphine per day. By itself I would have to stay in bed all day in pain. I have two other powerful pain meds that bring the p ... Had six open back surgeries with fusion from l2 through s1. failed back surgeries dissabled cant walk a city block. severe back pain caused by prolong scolosis of back all forms of meds spinal fusion injections anfd all fforms of rx for pain and ease bak pain to no avail I have been on 100mg 3 times a day for about 16 years now. You most definitely build up a tolerance for this drug. My pain doctor switches it about every 3 years to Oxycontin 80mg. That seems to help with the tolerance build up. Hope this helps someone out there! | |||
