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Questions & Comments about tapering off morphine (Kadian)

Chronic Pain | Last Active: Mar 3, 2018 | Replies (38)
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@gman007

I agree with Jim. If I were off my opiates, it would only be because my pain level had become significantly lower and then I would not need pain rehab. I know you were just repeating, but it sounds odd to me, but what do I know?

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elsa | @elsa | Feb 20, 2018

A nurse at Mayo told me I could begin tapering at home (before getting to the Mayo's Pain Rehab Program) if I wanted to. Seeing I have a local pain medicine MD, I thought it would make starting the Rehab program easier if I'd tapered off morphine + hydrocodone before I got to Rochester. I stopped taking 3.5 hydrocodone/day >5 weeks ago, without consequence. I dropped from 60 to 40mg and felt less pain! Pain increased again when I dropped from 40 to 20mg but I persevered. It's only now, at zero opiates, that it's gotten really hard.

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