I HAVE STARTED HAVING TERRIBLE HOT FLASHES AT 66 YRS. OF AGE. YEARS AGO I HAD A HYSTERECTOMY. I DON T UNDERSTAND THIS. I GET SOAKED WHEN THIS HAPPENS, MY HAIR, AND PERSPIRATION RUNS DOWN MY BACK AND THE FRONT OF ME. IT IS TERRIBLE. I AM ON PAIN MEDS THROUGH A PAIN CLINIC. LYRICA AND MORPHINE. I RECENTLY HAD IT DECREASED DRASTICALLY, BUT I SEEMED TO HANDLE IT VERY WELL. I HAD SLOW ACTING MORPHINE AND MORPHINE FOR BREAKTHROUGH PAIN, IMMEDIATE RELEASE. WHEN I FIRST HAD THESE SYMPTOMS, I THOUGHT IT WAS DUE TO THE DRASTIC REDUCTION IN MORPHINE AND LYRICA. I WAS ALLOWED 6 PILLS OF MORPHINE A DAY FOR THE BREAKTHROUGH PAIN. WHEN I TOOK ONE, IT SEEMED TO HELP THE HOT FLASHES TOO, SO I THOUGHT THE HF WERE FROM WITHDRAWL OF THE HIGHER DOSES OF MORPHINE. I WENT FROM 30MG 3TIMES A DAY TO 15MG. TWICE A DAY. THE LYRICA WAS 200MG 3TIMES A DAY CHANGED TO 75MG. 2TIMES A DAY. THEN I HAD 6 15MG PILLS of morphine I COULD TAKE A DAY, ONE AT A TIME EA. 4HRS. FOR BREAKTHROUGH PAIN. THIS WAS BACK IN AUGUST. BUT THEN MY DOCTOR DROPPED THOSE DOWN TO ONLY 1 15MG PILL A DAY FOR BREAKTHROUGH PAIN IN SEPT.. I HAVE BEEN ON THIS lower dose amount of slow acting morphineAMOUNT NOW SINCE AUGUST AND I HAVE BEEN ON THE 1 PILL A DAY FOR BREAKTHROUGH PAIN SINCE SEPT. I WOULDN T BE HAVING HOT FLASHES FROM WITHDRAWL THIS LONG WOULD I? MY PAIN DOCTOR FINALLY RAISED MY SLOW ACTING MORPHINE TO 30MG. TWICE A DAY AND LYRICA 75MG. 3TIMES A DAY. THAT DID HELP MY PAIN WHERE IT WAS MORE BEARABLE BUT I AM STILL HAVING THESE HORRENDOUS HOT FLASHES ABOUT TWICE A DAY AND IT HAS BEEN ABOUT A MONTH SINCE MY DOSES HAVE BEEN RAISED. I NEED HELP. THANK YOU.