Greek mythology also includes a number of monsters and strange creatures such as the one-eyed Cyclops in the Odysseus story, a gigantic boar in the fabled Kalydonian hunt, sphinxes, giant snakes, fire-breathing bulls and more.
Best Answer: No they aren't the same. I was prescribed Oxycontin and Oxycodone because I have lung cancer. The Oxycontin was taken twice a day every day, and the Oxycodone was taken whenever I had breakthrough pain in between. The doctor switched me to Morphine Sulfate because the Oxy's weren't working that great.
Tapentadol does not have the same mechanism of action as morphine; it has a dose ceiling whereas morphine does not. Therefore, it does not make sense to classify it as a morphine-equivalent analgesic. The authors assert that fentanyl, hydromorphone, methadone, oxycodone, and oxymorphone are stronger than morphine. While it is true that a smaller dose of these drugs may be required to obtain the same analgesic response as can be obtained with morphine, that fact does not mean that they have greater effectiveness.