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I have a Pain pump with Morphine, I'm still in so much Pain
Chronic Pain | Last Active: May 22 10:45am | Replies (57)Comment receiving replies
Hey Sox- Got a few questions. In your original post, you said you were maxed out on morphine. What size pump do you have, 20ml or 40ml? How much total morphine are you getting over 24 hours? What concentration is the morphine? I was in your spot once, but I had the 20ml pump, a concentration of 20, and I’m getting 12.4mgs./day. I had that replaced in December to a 40ml unit.
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40ml & I was maxed out at 14.6 mgs & it didn't do anything, I tried within the first 90 days to get Them to change me over to Hydromorphone but they kept saying that I just needed more, within the first 90 days I was receiving 400% more than what the doctor gave me during the Test, so I told them that I wanted to change, one of the nurse practitioners stated that she recommended that I go down on the morphine and received the hydromorphone except I did not receive that note until months later, so it's been five and a half months and I'm going down 30% every week and I'm down to 0.606 mg, but I have to get down to 0.1 mg for them to change me over, I say that's bullshit, when they change me over to Hydromorphone the nurse practitioner said they would remove what's in the pump & they would clean it out with Sodium Water to flush it out & fill up the pump &; and install the hydromorphone , but I was like why couldn't they do that when they refilled my Pump, I mean really it's the same process anyway I suffer everyday and understand what you're going through it's just incredible but thankfully within seven to nine weeks of receiving the hydromorphone, like I said I don't understand why they couldn't just change it like I mentioned and I've checked the clinical trials and in the clinical trials they did what I'm speaking of they took out the morphine flushed it with sodium water and put the new Hydromorphone in and the people did wonderful, Where you are regarding the daily amount you're getting, tell them you want to change to hydromorphone which is 6 to 8 times stronger, and make sure you ask them for oral pain medication like oxycodone you're only going to give you like 5 or 10 mg but go with the stuff without Tylenol and then ask them to up it later it will at least give you some relief will you be better off with the hydromorphone the clinical trials prove it, don't let them give you oral morphine to take because you already know the morphine is not working you need to make that clear man I hope the best for you, they should do the right thing, Michael