Oxymorphone and Irritability: What Users Say

• Pro...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• February 15, 2016

Oxymorphone for Pain "Opana 20 mg doesn't take away all the neck and back pain but does about 90%, so I can function. However, also for the first time in my life, it gives me headaches, hot flashes, warm blooded 4-5 of 7 days a week, and slightly edgy/difficulty with stress/adversity sometimes too."

• Two...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• November 11, 2012

Oxymorphone for Pain "I took one dose of 20 mg of Opana ER. I became dizzy, woozy, lightheaded. I developed a pounding headache! I became extremely agitated and anxious. I became very shaky. My lower back pain increased, not decreased. Seven hours after taking this one dose, I had projectile vomiting."

• sue...
• January 3, 2011

Oxymorphone for Pain "Seems to be working okay. The buzz is calming after taking for 2 weeks. I'll not take the morning dose if I have to function during the day. Does help with chronic back/cervical/knee pain. Side effects are easier than morphine. That made me irritable and didn't touch the pain."

• jus...
• April 13, 2017

For Pain "I have spinal stenosis, DDD, bone spurs, ruptured discs, double laminectomy at L5-S1, L3-L4 in 2013. I've been on oxycodone for over 4 years. That worked great, but I started at 100 mg a day and even now only at 80 mg a day, so I think it is not out of the ordinary to have a built-up tolerance. Dr. switched from four 20 mg oxycodone to four 10 mg oxymorphone. He said it is equivalent to 25 mg oxycodone. It worked a little better on pain, but the side effects were awful! I was very sedated, moody, irritable, and grumpy. The worst was at night, I had a restless leg syndrome type of pain in my legs, and I could NOT stay asleep, even with sleep meds! I do NOT recommend this medication! I'm looking into this genetic test I keep hearing about!"

• jus...
• April 13, 2017

For Pain "I have spinal stenosis, DDD, bone spurs, ruptured discs, double laminectomy at L5-S1, L3-L4 in 2013. I've been on oxycodone for over 4 years. That worked great, but I started at 100 mg a day and even now only at 80 mg a day, so I think it is not out of the ordinary to have a built-up tolerance. Dr. switched from four 20 mg oxycodone to four 10 mg oxymorphone. He said it is equivalent to 25 mg oxycodone. It worked a little better on pain, but the side effects were awful! I was very sedated, moody, irritable, and grumpy. The worst was at night, I had a restless leg syndrome type of pain in my legs, and I could NOT stay asleep, even with sleep meds! I do NOT recommend this medication! I'm looking into this genetic test I keep hearing about!"