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Reviewer: Snoopy7601, 25-34 Male on Treatment for 1 to 6 months (Patient)
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I take this medication (strength is 20mg/ml). I have chronic pancreatitis, and I have also had gastric bypass so my stomach is not normal. Taking pills is hard for me as it is, and I absorb liquids much easier. The medication is VERY strong as others have stated. And it works for me. It can be highly addictive, and I have my wife keep it locked up in a safe except for what I need each day so that
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Reviewer: mikesmithfl, 45-54 Male on Treatment for 1 to 6 months (Caregiver)
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While the pamphlet included with the bottle had loads of info for the doctor, it had nothing for the consumer/patient. Directions of "HOW" to use it and what to expect would be nice. People who are going through something in their life that requires medication like this are usually hit with the "deer in the headlights" syndrome, and it would be nice if the companies that char
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Reviewer: Bette, 55-64 Female on Treatment for less than 1 month
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My Mom was given this drug following hip surgery at the nursing home. all the nurse had to do was to call the physician and it was prescribed. She was given 38 doses whether she was in pain or not. She was so dopped up that she could not even partake in PT or OT. I was furious when I found out that she was even on the drug. I did not find out until I took her for her post op visit and it was on th
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Reviewer: fedup, 35-44 Female on Treatment for 6 months to less than 1 year (Patient)
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While the drug works effectively, it has been almost impossible to buy this drug. Both chain pharmacies, Long's and Walgreen's, say that the manufacturers either stopped making morphine temporaro;y or even permananently after the FDA's enforcement order. Even if this is just a "scarcity in the market" that can be resolved, it has not shown any indicatiobn of change in 6 or
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Reviewer: 25-34 Male on Treatment for 1 to 6 months (Patient)
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I have chronic kidney stones that just began last year as a result of Ulcerative Colitis. I have been given numerous drugs fom Vicodin, Oxycontin, fentanyl patches, and now morphine solution. It was frustrating finding pain relief until I began taking the Morphine, it was more effective than anything that I took for severe pain, this stuff works within minutes and I can go from being in agonizing
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