Please take a look... Medication conversion chart and much more...

[sandee1818]

We have so many members changing medications and I thought this would come in handy. I know when I changed medications I would like to have seen this chart.
There are other tools here as well. Many medical calculators,conversion data,live medical news feeds and so much more.
I came across this while doing further research on false positives to add to what I have found.
I try to keep anything important to us chronic pain sufferers here for us and new members.
We have so much to deal with I try and do what I can to help.

I will include this in the health pages as well as my journal just as I have with the other research I have done.
I hope this helps someone:)

Here is the link.....
http://www.globalrph.com/narcoticonv.htm

[sandee1818]

Your welcome.

Your appreciation and the help the information I post may provide is why I do it:)

[geminigirl1963]

Yes, thank you so much for this information - it'll definitely help when figuring out med changes.

[toolmaker]

Thanks for the info.

[JadedSweetheart]

I've read about that too, "The placebo effect", or the "The sugar pill effect".  Some people were told they were getting a pain reliever and were given a sugar pill and reported pain relief.  
When I first started taking the medication I thought "I've had dilaudid in the hospital and it knocked me out, it's a strong med".  Most people who hear about it consider it very strong.  I have found about a 50/50 of people who have taken it and either found great relief or found none.  I do believe it depends on the dosing and the person.  
I feel that it could work for me at a higher dose, and after dealing with this for a while, I know it's not all in my head.  The chart confirms what I thought, but I know a PMP may view it all differently.
Thanks again!

[sandee1818]

When I seen this chart the first thing that came to mind is Jadedsweetheart.
I read a study done where the patients were told before they were given the medication that it was not effective and it wasn't even worth the effort of taking. The other patients they did not tell anything about the drug.
The half that was told it was not effective was the half that reported the least amount of relief.
Some of our pain is physiological. If your told something is not going to work then we get it into our minds that it will not no matter if it works or not we have made our minds up.
This is a great reference for future medication changes to discuss with our PMP.

[JadedSweetheart]

THANKS!  Seriously.. I have been wondering about that for a long time.  It said compared to the dose of oxycodone that I was previously on, I should be on 45mg a day of hydromorphone.  So the equivalent of 5 x 8mg.  I knew it!  I definetly feel like this med is less than half as effective than the previous.  
I thought it was good that it has the reduction for incomplete cross tolerance as well.  I calculated mine with a value of 0%, because I can't see why they would adjust for someone who is already opiate tolerant, and granted I am now tolerant to the diaudid.
Granted, I know there is a danger in self-evaluating and self-medicating.  I'm not a doctor, but it would be very helpful to show the doctor.
Thanks for helping me know I'm not crazy!

[mellie4]

Thanks, Sandee.  I plan to really look at this closely and bookmark it for future reference.