[Maria]

I started w/MS Contin back in '01. It worked very well at a low twice daily dose tho I had "morbid constipation" w/it, was terribly thirsty much of the time (cotton mouth) and really bad bilat burning in my shoulders and in my knees by the 5th month on it. Switched to Methadone ( 5mg bid- tid) and have been on this dose for 8 years (still have gut motility probs tho not to the degree w/MS Contin) and have done pretty well w/it.

I don't know whether you'd respond to every opiate drug as you do to Oxycontin tho I can certainly understand how you're not happy w/how feeling in general.

Good luck finding what might work for you.. it's such a drag we have to go there at all, still I hope something will work out for you. Talk it over with your PM/prescribing doctor if you've not already.