Question:
What alternatives are there to morphine and demerol?

The last time I had surgery, I coded on morphine. Demerol didn't really help much either. My surgeon doesn't use epidurals. What are my alternatives?    — [Anonymous] (posted on August 9, 2001)

August 9, 2001
I don't know much about pain meds. But my doctor prescribed oxycontin for my severe pain. I haven't taken it yet because he did say it is highly addictive and I'm waiting on a pain doctor to do an epidural for me now. You may want to try oxycontin
   — [Anonymous]

August 9, 2001
There are several pain medications, however the most important thing is to make sure that you do not repeat morphine or any of its relatives. Demerol is a very short acting drug and rarely provides good relief for very long and cannot be given frequently enough as it lowers seizure threshhold. There are lots of good narcotics and non-narcotics other than morphine, such as percocet, vicodan, duragesic, dilauded, etc... but make sure that someone is monitoring you closely since you had the previous problem and make sure to stay away from morphine, ask your doc for advice.
   — [Anonymous]

August 12, 2001
I chose not totake anything narcotic. I have found that Toradol( it is a non-narcotis imposter of Demerol) works very well for me and doesn't make ma feel "high". Thank You, but I like being in control of my faculties. LOL.
   — [Anonymous]