canndo
Well-Known Member
A friend who shares his meds with me on occasion has been through a range of pain meds over the last few months. He is missing his colon, has a desparate need for a hernia operation that he will likely never get because his heart is demed too weak for the operation, and as a result has severe back pain as well.
He has gotten 5 mg oxy IR and a supply of hydro 10's. They seem to have been working for him but they abruptly changed to fent 50 mcg patches. Now this guy listens to me with regard to pain meds both because I try to be knowlegeable and because I managed my mother's and fathers pain meds (in concert with the doctor) before their deaths. When my father exhibited severe pain in the hospital one particular time he told me that the nurse was refusing to give him any more meds. I am a rather imposing figure and when I am on the side of righteousness, I can be all the more.... Influencial. I sought out the nurse and demanded that he medicate my dad, the guy said he could not because of regulations and I warned him that were he to refuse to take special interest in my father, he would assuredly begin to feel pain levels identical to those my father was experiencing and that it was in his best interest to ensure that my father was comfortable. He found a way in an extraordinarily short period of time.
But back to the current story, the patches made him groggy and he didn't like them nor did his family - who weren't patient enough to let the patches settle down in his system, so he gave them up (hence my current situation in another thread).
They changed his treatment to 20 mg er oxy and 10 mg hydro for breakthrough. Now the doc wants to change it yet again, even though my buddy seems to be just fine on his new plan, he is present, cheerul and active. they want to give him another treatment.
"I know u are busey I have a question they want to stop my oxy and switch to morphine sulfate avinza or opaner what up I dont want to be no junkie - #1 old goat"
Was his text.
So what is the difference between oxymorphone and morpine? why might they be changing again, what about breakthrough? I don't want to advise him for my purposes (diversion) because I like the guy a lot and hate to see him in a fix. I told him not to worry about being addicted (I didn't tell him that I doubt he will live more than a few years - so what's the harm in an addiction) I did tell him that a proper course of pain meds - for pain don't often result in untennable addictions but I am curious as to why they would change again, what are the effects of oxymorphone, are they different than hydromorphone (I didn't like it much) and I have yet to look up avinza. I know that there are some opiate experts on this site who could lend me some understanding.
thanks.
He has gotten 5 mg oxy IR and a supply of hydro 10's. They seem to have been working for him but they abruptly changed to fent 50 mcg patches. Now this guy listens to me with regard to pain meds both because I try to be knowlegeable and because I managed my mother's and fathers pain meds (in concert with the doctor) before their deaths. When my father exhibited severe pain in the hospital one particular time he told me that the nurse was refusing to give him any more meds. I am a rather imposing figure and when I am on the side of righteousness, I can be all the more.... Influencial. I sought out the nurse and demanded that he medicate my dad, the guy said he could not because of regulations and I warned him that were he to refuse to take special interest in my father, he would assuredly begin to feel pain levels identical to those my father was experiencing and that it was in his best interest to ensure that my father was comfortable. He found a way in an extraordinarily short period of time.
But back to the current story, the patches made him groggy and he didn't like them nor did his family - who weren't patient enough to let the patches settle down in his system, so he gave them up (hence my current situation in another thread).
They changed his treatment to 20 mg er oxy and 10 mg hydro for breakthrough. Now the doc wants to change it yet again, even though my buddy seems to be just fine on his new plan, he is present, cheerul and active. they want to give him another treatment.
"I know u are busey I have a question they want to stop my oxy and switch to morphine sulfate avinza or opaner what up I dont want to be no junkie - #1 old goat"
Was his text.
So what is the difference between oxymorphone and morpine? why might they be changing again, what about breakthrough? I don't want to advise him for my purposes (diversion) because I like the guy a lot and hate to see him in a fix. I told him not to worry about being addicted (I didn't tell him that I doubt he will live more than a few years - so what's the harm in an addiction) I did tell him that a proper course of pain meds - for pain don't often result in untennable addictions but I am curious as to why they would change again, what are the effects of oxymorphone, are they different than hydromorphone (I didn't like it much) and I have yet to look up avinza. I know that there are some opiate experts on this site who could lend me some understanding.
thanks.
