Morphine Sulphate

[ziggypiggy]

My insurance company has randomly decided not to cover my Oxycontin 15mg that I take for RLS that they have been covering for the last two years because they have decided i should be classified under their pain management protocol, which they seem to adhere to as if decreed from the heavens above. It's been a complete cluster. Anyways, while my doctor and I appeal (and educate) them to get the oxy covered I needed something generic and cheap while this hopefully gets resolved. I got a temporary prescription for morphine sulphate 15 er tabs.

It's been a few days and I'm not getting near the relief as I was from the Oxy 15.

Does anyone here have any experience using morphine sulfate? After researching the dosages seem somewhat equivalent.

[SueJohnson]

If you check Goodrx, you can get Oxycontin for $51.98 at either CVS or Target.

[Doreenw]

Hi I have been prescribed 10 mg norspan patch for the last two years, I have just had to see another dr to allow my dr to continue to be able to prescribe them for the next 12 months, , thankfully he has ok’d it

The only symptom I have now is …. Very hot feet on occasion

[LotteM]

Oxycontin is stronger than morphine. Opioids are classed in so-called "morphine-equivalents". From the top of my head, oxycodon is 1.5 times stronger than morphine. Thus to get doses of similar strength, you need 1.5 times the dose of oxycontin to get an equally strong effect with morphine. In your case 15x1.5=22.5mg morphine. Also, oxycontin is the slow release version of oxycodon. You may thus need the slow release version of morphine; I think it is called mscontin.

Discuss this with your doctor. If needed, refer him to dr Winkelman, dr Connor or dr Buchfuhrer, all advisors of the US rls.org patient organisation.

I hope this will do the trick. Have a look at the opioids for rls paper (2018) and the updated treatment guidelines paper (2021), both published in the Mayo Clinic Proceeding for other opioids and their mean effective doses for RLS.

[Jumpey]

Yes I take 7 1/2 mls of liquid morphine sulphate and it relieves my RLS symptoms. Good luck.

[David7]

You may try Codiene Sulfate and see if that helps since the Oxy Codiene worked.