MS Contin User Reviews & Ratings (Page 3)

• ZakBB
• Taken for less than 1 month
• March 28, 2017

For Chronic Pain "Just started this medicine for my spine arthritis and knee arthritis It takes away the pain pretty well. I am only on 15MG. Only problem I have is it make me feel light headed and jittery at times. But, as far as getting rid of the pain, it is doing the job so far."

• Jay
• April 17, 2009

For Pain "I am a chronic pain patient and have tried Vicodin 5/500, Norco 7.5/325, Norco 10/325, Percocet, Percodan, Darvocet, andfFinally I have found relief with 120 mg of MS CONTIN a day and Percodan for breakthrough pain (up to 4 tablets a day as needed). I am now able to work a full time job, get up before noon and resume a normal life. I am so thankful my doctor decided to try the Ms Contin. The only issue is constipation, but it is controlled with Miralax."

• sando...
• August 7, 2008

For Pain "1st day of MS Contin 30mg twice a day. I have been taking 6 Percocet a day and still in substaintial pain. So far with this new drug I am still in pain, but very manageable. I am heading for lower back procedures and possible surgery, hope to be off or at least reduce pain medicines over the next few month, but for now I will take manageable pain."

• TheSt...
• May 21, 2009

For Pain "This medicine is great. I have been taking Pain Medicines for 20 years and this is the best so far. I take 3 x 60mg in the morning and 3 x 60 mg in the evening and haven't been in pain for the last 2 years."

• chris...
• October 23, 2009

For Pain "I have been on MSContin for about 6 months now and I use as my primary pain medicine. It has helped me more than any other pain medicine that the doctor has tried on me. As, I have already stated it is my primary pain medicine, taken every 12 hours. I also take oxycodone 30mg, 4 times a day for the break through pain."

• catar...
• December 19, 2008

For Pain "I have been on may different types of pain medicines for over 10 years now. I have degenerative nerve damage since a young age. Also crushed, herniated and bulging discs in my entire lower lumbar region. Have been in unmanageable pain many times before trying MS Contin. This seems to give me the best possible relief while still allowing me to function in society. The pain is now under control and I do live a normal life. I take Soma, a muscle relaxer, and that seems to help when I overdo things. I am perscribed 4 of the 60mg in the a.m. and 4 in the p.m. without side effects."

• Uniqu...
• April 18, 2009

For Pain "I started taking MS Contin 60mg this week. I was taking Methadone 120 mg a day for over 5 years. I am having some trouble with the changeover, but after 3 days I am getting better. I also take Oxycodone 15mg up to 4x a day for pain. My Doctor started me on 60 mg 2 x a day, then told me to double it. Still having some trouble with the withdrawals from Methadone but I hope this will work. So far it's okay. I am being treated for chronic pain from a lamenectomy and spinal fusion without hardware (Failed Back Syndrome)."

• Drazala
• December 28, 2016

For Pain "I have degenerative disc disease and had spinal fusion and stenosis surgery in my lower back. For years I have been on Norco 7.5mg/325 (1 pill 4x a day as needed.) and for the most part that took care of my pain. Roughly the past year my dr decided to reduce the Norco by half and added MS Contin. 15mg 1 pill twice a day. It didn't help much. For me it takes the MS Contin three hours for me to notice any difference and it only helps for about six hours leaving three hours before I can take another. He upped it to 30mg in the morning and 15mg at night. Still not seeing anything different. This Friday I am going to ask him if I can just go back on the Norco at my old regiment. It seemed to work better for me then these extended release meds."

• Skrappy
• January 11, 2009

For Pain "I've had 2 back surgeries for herniated disks. The second surgery wasn't successful and I have constant nerve pain along the right side of my leg all the way to the ankle. MS Contin ER has helped a great deal. I take 45mg every 8 hours. I also take MS Contin Immediate Release for breakthrough pain (15mg up to 4 times a day). All in all, thumbs up."

• Anonymous
• December 17, 2008

For Pain "I was put on 45mg of this drug a couple of weeks ago and all is going well. I was given Norco 10/325 to help with the breakthrough pain. The morphine combined with Norco are hard for me to take together. I am taking 15mg every 8 hours, and it seems to be doing the job. There are times I feel fine when the 8 hours is up but it says not to miss a dose."

• Anonymous
• March 4, 2010

For Pain "I took MS Contin 12 mg/day for a medical condition which has since been resolved. When I ran out, I decided (against the advice of my Pharmacist) to quit cold turkey. Symptoms were worst on day 5 of withdrawal, knee pains, nausea, hot flushes, severe insomnia, malaise, and have now (day 9) gone down to just nausea and malaise. I have not, and refuse to, seek any other habit forming drugs from my doctor. "

• chris...
• December 22, 2010

For Pain "I suffered burst fractures, nerve damage, spinal cord damage, due to a bad car accident in September '09. Not only has MS Contin worked well, it's relatively inexpensive compared to other extended release medications. People talk about how great the Fentanyl patch is for chronic, severe pain. But you can't control the amount of medicine entering your system, it's unpredictable, certain brands are being recalled because of defective pouches. Plain old morphine. It's been around forever and nothing works as well. The only problem is I've grown tolerant and needed 2 increases in the past year. I guess that will happen with any medication. With my latest increase (100mg 4X daily) I've been able to cut down on the oxycodone by half!"

• big...
• October 31, 2009

For Pain "I have 9 herniated discs (4 in my neck and 5 in lower back). Took Vicodin 10/660 for 2 years then Norco 10/325 for 1 year. 6 to 8 a day finally got the Ms Contin with my Norco and life is way better - can play with my daughter now."

• Anonymous
• May 16, 2011

For Pain "I have muscle atrophy and have been taking MS Contin for about a year now. I started taking 15mg in the morning and 15mg in the afternoon. That stopped working. So we went to 30mg in the morning and 15mg in the afternoon. That stopped working so now I just started taking 30mg twice a day and so far it's working. I have a lot of pain but we will see how long this dose works for. I think it has a lot of side effects as well. But I couldn't live without it."

• Anonymous
• March 1, 2011

For Pain "MS-Contin was good at relieving pain not as strong as Oxycontin which I was used to. They are different and I read in a 2007 Physicians desk reference guide that they are 45-55% or more absorbed by the human body where Oxycodone was 60-85% absorbed in the human body. Also made me more tired than Oxycodone. Secondly, though both medications made me tired it seemed like the MS Contin made me more tired and lethargic than Oxycontin."

• johnny...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• October 5, 2015

For Chronic Pain "I have been in chronic pain for many years I have c1 c2 3 4 5 6 7 9 of the spine bone spurs sister after on my spine spinal stenosis scoliosis l5 is degenerative degenerative disc disease degenerative joint disease multiple sclerosis my hip is cracked on both sides I have six kinds of cyst on my head there is no gap on my head every bone is cracked debbie is cracked both knees are bad nerve damage in my hands and on my legs have been on methadone 60 milligrams for about 5 years and oxycodone 15 milligrams 4 times a day for breakthrough pain that worked great but they switched me to morphine sulfate er 60 mill today's tI'm not going through withdrawals but it still not help my pain has anybodafter switching from methadone to morphine sulfate"

• Anonymous
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• October 8, 2017

For Chronic Pain "I find this form of medication to be an extremely poor waste of money. I am able to control my severe chronic pain much better with the immediate form. Instead of having to try to adjust my dosage to match my level of pain which changes in a short period of time I am using a form that may take hours to stabilize. This is somewhat like using a blunt object rather than a sharp knife to deal with my pain."

• Scootet
• November 27, 2016

For Chronic Pain "I was dizzy really bad first dose and felt weird. Had trouble seeing but I finally got some sleep. Those feelings only lasted 2 doses. I was on 15mg ER. It hasn't helped a but a little bit. I've been on pain meds for7 years. They wanted me on er because I hurt 24/7."

• Anonymous
• March 20, 2009

"I was blown up in Iraq in May of 2008. I have lost all my bones inside my hand along with 2 inches of my femur. I have more than 17 screws running up and down my left leg. Majority of my nerves are severed throughout my leg and left arm. From my experience with Ms-Contin, it was great but slowly diminished. I was taking 60 mg twice a day. After a few months it lost its effectiveness. My doctor decided to go with Oxycontin and morphine instant release. 100mg of Oxycontin and 60mg of morphine sulfate immediate release. I was told you should switch every 3 months so you don't build tolerance."

• anonkat
• Taken for less than 1 month
• October 21, 2022

For Pain "During a very bad period of face pain from Trigeminal neuralgia I call those flares, this one was particularly awful and I was afraid to even speak because of the sensitivity, I went to the ER and they prescribed me seven MS Contin 30mg pills. it worked really well, I was a bit, I'd say sedated, but I could drink water and eat food without it feeling like someone took a glowing hot drill and put it through my nose and eye. It didn't get rid of the pain, but it made it much less triggerable and it made the pain less intense when I for example answered a question. When I was a child I got attacked by a dog, and this isn't related to the pain from TGN but it puts it into perspective, during the attack half of my face was torn off by the teeth, not deep enough to damage anything or bleed heavily, but still was the color of raw steak, the pain of the dog ripping a layer of skin off half of my face was an 8 compared to the neuralgia at that times which was a 10. After it was a 5, and this med probably kept me from suicide, 10/10"

• Genetic
• Taken for 2 to 5 years
• November 11, 2021

For Chronic Pain "My pharmacy was filling my MS Contin using the manufacture Rox for years. It would last me IR 30mg 6 hours. They switched to a different manufacturer called Asc and now it only last 3 hours. I do not like this new manufacturer."

• Jayla
• Taken for 10 years or more
• May 19, 2022

For Chronic Pain "Hopefully you don't have Kaiser. Kaiser is doing everything in its power to take Geriatric patients off any type of pain medicine. Do Acupuncture, do physical Therapy, Im 64 tried all of that already to no avail. Including ESI and NRB. Watch out if you do, get a new Dr right away. My Dr quit Kaiser for this very reason but I cannot go back to him until I'm on Medicare."

• brian...
• May 16, 2008

For Pain "Works wonderfully on my spinal arthritis. Thank goodness for this medicine."

• p funk
• June 16, 2013

For Chronic Pain "I take 100mg 2 TIMES A DAY and IT HELPS MY PAIN BUT I TAKE SOMETHING FOR BREAK THROUGH pain. It works for me but I would start at a lower dose & stay at a lower dose as long as I could. "

• jamie...
• June 27, 2013

For Chronic Pain "Having severe chronic neck pain from an accident. Ms-Contin works great to help me live my day to day life easier."