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<blockquote data-quote="mstang67chic" data-source="post: 324119" data-attributes="member: 2459"><p>I called Mom who is a heart patient and on Methadone. Her doctor asked her about it the last time she was in the hospital thinking she was having issues. But, they did a complete workup and her heart was fine so he agreed to leaver her on the methadone. She hasn't had any problems with it at all.</p><p></p><p>My step-dad is on morphine sulfate and on very large doses of it (200MG 3 X DAY). He sleeps a LOT but has gotten adujsted and doesn't have the "dumb" nearly as bad as when he first started on it. However, he also takes a fast acting low dose (about 15 mg) PRN to carry him through till his next regular dose instead of upping his normal dose. For him though....his pain is unimaginable. He had prostate cancer, did the radiation and was over radiated. His colon was basically fried. He had a colostomy done but the lesions in his colon and rectum are still there and are what causes his pain. </p><p></p><p>I would talk to the doctor again and see if there is ANY way to leave Df's medications alone. If they are working and he's having no problems...why mess with things. It's just going to, in my opinion, cause more problems than it's worth between readjusting to a new medication and dealing with the probable DT's from going off the methadone. </p><p></p><p>If you have any more questions, call/text me, I'll call mom and see if I can arrange it so you can talk directly to her.</p><p></p><p>Also, she said that Dad's pain doctor said that methadone is stronger than morphine. I would think that would mean Df would have to take a larger dose of the morphine, assuming it works for him. I got morphine after a surgery once and it didn't do a thing for me.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mstang67chic, post: 324119, member: 2459"] I called Mom who is a heart patient and on Methadone. Her doctor asked her about it the last time she was in the hospital thinking she was having issues. But, they did a complete workup and her heart was fine so he agreed to leaver her on the methadone. She hasn't had any problems with it at all. My step-dad is on morphine sulfate and on very large doses of it (200MG 3 X DAY). He sleeps a LOT but has gotten adujsted and doesn't have the "dumb" nearly as bad as when he first started on it. However, he also takes a fast acting low dose (about 15 mg) PRN to carry him through till his next regular dose instead of upping his normal dose. For him though....his pain is unimaginable. He had prostate cancer, did the radiation and was over radiated. His colon was basically fried. He had a colostomy done but the lesions in his colon and rectum are still there and are what causes his pain. I would talk to the doctor again and see if there is ANY way to leave Df's medications alone. If they are working and he's having no problems...why mess with things. It's just going to, in my opinion, cause more problems than it's worth between readjusting to a new medication and dealing with the probable DT's from going off the methadone. If you have any more questions, call/text me, I'll call mom and see if I can arrange it so you can talk directly to her. Also, she said that Dad's pain doctor said that methadone is stronger than morphine. I would think that would mean Df would have to take a larger dose of the morphine, assuming it works for him. I got morphine after a surgery once and it didn't do a thing for me. [/QUOTE]
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