What is the difference between opana er and opana?

Opana is OxyMorphone pronounced Oxy-more-fone, it is morphine based, were Oxycodone aka Oxycontin is codeine based. Opana is 2 times approx stronger than Oxycodone (Oxycontin) Oxycodone is also the drug in Percocet.

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Percocet is Oxycodone + Aceteminiphen (Tylenol) which tends to kick the Oxycodone as an instant release type pain reliever. Opana they made 5, 10 & 15mg instant release without tylenol, ust the straight drug Oxymorphone. the 20, 30, 40, 60Mg strengths of Opana are Extended Release or slow release thus unless your abusing them you would not want to crush, scrape the coating, or chew. doing this especially with the stronger versions could result in an overdose and death. Opana is much easier to withdraw from, it has a shorter half life in other words does not stay lingering in your system as long as Oxycontin (Oxycodone, Percocet) you will still get withdrawals from Opana but it is just not as rough and unbearable. Dont get me wrong it is hell if you stop taking this medication abruptly. You will break out in cold sweats, hot flashes, heavy anxiety and what not. Day 2 is the worst, and it gets better with time. Your best bet if your wanting to stop taking this medication is to talk to your pain management Doctor and let him know your ready to terminate the Opana he will probably prescribe you something like Suboxone pronounced Sub-Ox-Own. which is Subutex and a very mild amount of Naloxone pronounced Nay-Lox-Own. It is an Opiate Receptor Blocking agent. It lets the Opiate based subutex into your system then puts a lid on the receptors not to allow any other Opiate type medication in. It also Minimizes the withdrawal symptoms by still letting the Opiate Receptors have their Opiate without the euphoria effects. It is much much better than Methadone. It also has pain reducing properties. I am NOT a DOCTOR but have had 4 years experience with pain management due to a skydiving injury, where I had compression fractures of all of the Lumbar Vertabre and crushed disc's. I started out with the ole Norco's 10/325, they were ok for a while, then went to Percocet 10/325's, to the point where the tylenol was tearing up my liver that is when he changed me to the Oxycontin, just briefly until the DEA made Purdue reformulate them to be abuse proof account of all of the street abuse. In Doing that they killed 90% of the pain killing properties. My PM doctor wont even prescribe Oxycontin anymore, he will just use Opana. They are way easier on your system and you don't the nausea and what not that you do from the Oxycontin. So with that said, Hope this helps you and your pain issues. I am on 1 40mg Opana every 12 hours and it works wonders. Due to the high cost of Opana since I am low income/no Income they are providing me the medication at no charge through their Patient Assistance Program, you can call them at (866) 824-4747 just let them know you need a PAP form mailed to you and they will mail you the info. Your doctor has to fill out his portion you have to fill out your portion and attach a valid copy of your State ID, your 1040 IRS tax for the most recent and if you are on SSI like I am send a copy of the most recent payment schedule letter you would have received from the Social Security Administration. I overnighted it to them via US Mail for about $18.00 they will verify all of your information and if they deem you unable to reasonably pay they will approve your application, it stays on file for one (1) year and from then on you just need your doctor to write you a prescription for a 30 day supply every month. be sure that it is early enough to allow for processing and mailing the meds back believe me you do not want to run out!

With that said I hope this helps anyone that reads this.

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