Hello all, I haven't posted for a long time. I was wondering the difference (strenghtwise) between oxy & hydromorphcontin ( long acting). I was on hydromorph last year and switched to oxycontin & oxy IR this spring in an attempt to keep overall dosages down. The oxy seemed to escalate quite rapidly vs increases needed when I was on hydromorph products. Which is stronger? Which is slower to build up tolerence to? Is it different for different people? I stopped taking oxy on my own, & basically brought them
to the dr. & said I wasn't taking these. I had had a very very strange week of no sleeping, confusion etc. .. My husband & I figured it out to be the addition of lyrica. Before then I had never had any "stoned or high" behavior. I'm on a much lower dose per mg than the oxy (30,20,30 and 10 mg of oxy IR up to 3 a day). Now I'm on hydromorphcontin 9,6,9 mg & 3 mg twice a day of hydromorphone. We're still working on the exact dose as I'm having quite a bit of discomfort still. I'm on all this because I have crohns: don't respond to most meds for it & it's caused arthritis like inflammation in my low back & larger joints. I can't take anti-inflamatories mostly I wait till the flare up is really bad then treat the symptoms & take prednisone (which is awful stuff). I should add that I had almost a foot of bowel removed and am probably going to have more surgery in the next 3-4 yrs. Sorry this is so long I didn't know how much back ground is needed. But the basic question oxy or hydromorph which is stronger, which is slower to build up a tolerence for? Thanks