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morphine vs. methadone

does anyone know if morphine sulfate 30mg. can take the place of methadone 20mg. per day til Monday when I can call the doc.?
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3mg of morphine = 1 mg of methadone but you also have to take in account the long 1/2 life of methadone..
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morphene has a short half life whereas methadone has a half life of like 36 hours so you would need alot of those morphene tablets just to get it to last as long, just a thought
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Call the pharmacy
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