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Switching medications:

How much Ms.Contin is equal to 50 mg. of Tramadol?
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356518 tn?1322263642
I did find the conversion chart but it does not include Tramadol as it is not a narcotic. I will try and find one that will convert the tramadol to MS contin.
This is a pretty big increase, how much of the tramadol were you taking daily?
MS Contin is a much stronger medication so if you were switched from the Tramadol to the MS Contin be careful until you know how your body will react.

http://www.globalrph.com/narcotic.cgi
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356518 tn?1322263642
I have a conversion chart I posted a while back, I will find it and re post it for you.
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MsContin is alot stronger than Tramadol.  Tramadol is a mild pain medication and MsContin is for severe chronic pain. Please be careful if you are switching... the MsContin will probably make you sleepy at first.
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hard to compare because MS Contin is a long acting-time released drug and Tramadol is short acting (4-6 hours).   I think you'd have to compare Lortab (also short acting) to it.
Check with a pharmacist, but I think Tramadol pain relief is = to the pain relief of a similar dose of codeine.  
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