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Can you take 5 mg oxycodone for breakthrough pain while taking methadone?
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∙ 12y ago
Methadone is a similar opiate derivative like Oxy, but not as strong (at least from my viewpoint).
Neither drug is a Chronic Pain drug - both Oxycodone and Methadone are Acute Pain meds, and only last 6 hours. Chronic pain meds are OxyContin and Duragesic. OxyContin lasts 12 hours, Duragesic up to 72 hours. Those are used for primary, and the other 2 for breakthrough pain.
For example, I use 1 100mcg Duragesic patch every 48 hours, and use Percocet 10/325's for breakthrough (about 150/120 per month).
If you're only using acute meds and have chronic pain, then you need to start using a Pain Diary to track your pain so you can show your doctor that you need a chronic med. If your doctor isn't listening, time to find another one.
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I would talk to my doctor and let him no that you are having break through pain. Most pain clinic is prescribe another pain medication with methadone for break through pain. I would not stop taking methadone with out first talking to my doctor.
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∙ 15y ago
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∙ 15y agoIt has been prescribed for me just for that purpose. However, I do caution from my own experience that because I was taking both, my system stored up some of both and then later released all at once into my system resulting in a massive over dose that could have been lethal. My Dr took me off the methadone and replaced it with MS Contin. This combination has yet to cause any problems.
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∙ 12y agoi take 10 mg methodone tablets for pain an my doctor just prescribed me 2mg oxycodone for breakthrough pain, so I'm assuming its ok.
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