Posted by kerria on August 8, 2005, at 0:14:56
Please, i'm in severe chronic pain and was taking 60mg of SR oxycontin three times a day (180mg per day) plus about 15mg breakthrough oxycodone each day.
What would the equivilant Kadian SL morphine be?
my dr gave 100mg Kadian twice a day (200mg a day) and 3-4 15mg breakthrough IR morphine.At first it didn't work at all but after a few days it's working but WAY more sedating than the oxycontin was.
i just want to find out what the exact equivilant is. The medicines work for pain but are so different. The Kadian is so non-dependant on the exact hour that you take it, in contrast- the oxycontin would start wearing off at exactly seven hours later so i was never late for a dose- without much suffering. The Kadian doesn't stop working so suddenly but has the bad effect of sedating so i hate to take it.Is 180mg oxycontin equal to 200mg daily dose of Kadian (slow release morphine)?
Thanks so much,
kerria
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