2012 Oxycodone 30mg Shortage In Florida (Page 2)

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My spouse, who is in severe, chronic pain, has been a customer of Walgreens for many years. We live in Pinellas County, Florida. Everyday this week we have driven from Walgreen's to Walgreen's trying to fill his prescription for Roxicodone 30mg, to no avail. I cannot get any help from his regular pharmacy. I know that it's dangerous for them to tell a total stranger which store has them in stock, but I don't understand since they know him, why they can't call around or give us any assistance. I am at a total loss as to what to do & would appreciate any information that you could provide. It is so hard to see him in so much pain. Thank you.

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My advice would be to just be persistent,don't shop.around all day looking this just is a waste of time.if you have been goin to a pharmacy for a long time they will take care of you once they have them. I've been going to.cvs for two years and sometime they are not in stock but I go back everyday no matter what they tell me.I never wait more than a few days......good luck

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heard the same thing from a pharmacist at Walgreens about their shipments coming from Mississippi now. my appt. was monday and I still have not been able to fill anywhere. even tried the mom and pop places that I know price gouge out the ass... sad times!

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@UFC - thanks for the post. Next month has rolled around and I'm still having the same problem. Appt. was MONDAY and it is now WEDNESDAY. Last month when I posted, I had went to my main Walgreens during lunch and was able to finally fill them. Was hoping I would have some of the same luck as last time - however, now I am being told (by my main Walgreens pharmacy) that their location will no longer be receiving in shipments or filling prescriptions for the oxycodone 30mg. Pretty sad. I received a law suit settlement recently and I lost my job. SO for right now, I am un-insured and will be forced to pay cash. Walgreens (of course) is the cheapest place to fill - but I'm getting pretty desprate enough to try a mom & pop place and pay out the ass just so I can feel NORMAL again. I think I will try Kay's today - heard of them from a friend and think he had been successful filling is medication also. I really appreciate the tip. :) wish me luck!

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Try CVS and or wal-mart you may have to be persistent but patients and manners do still pay off

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Let me start by stating that I'm a retired US Marine that because of my service, I do have legitmate injuries to my upper back and legs from humpiing and grumping an 80# pack, produce delivery driver for 15 years handleing a hand truck with up to 350# pounds on it, jumping in and out of truck daily, plus, had a rear end car collsion. Our everfaithful VA won't touch me so I go to a liceinsed pain management office for years, and don't dr.shop.Yeah same story in SW Florida, Been from Port Charlotte, North Port, Englewod, Punta Gorda with same script in wallet for 2 weeks now. No one has any and when they do get them, it's first come first serve if your lucky. This the work of the DEA and I don't know why?. The scripts are barcoded, the dr. is registered with a DEA number. A copy of the script is automatically transmitted to the DEA as soon as they are printed (now from laptops, in case no one noticed). It is up now to the pharmacist! They ARE GOD when it comes to saying yes or no. I'll sometimes agree that they when they say they don't them, but when they tell you "I don't feel comfortable filling it" That is plain bulls***!. They have then but don't fell comfortable? Come on, I' not stupid, they have them they like the POWER OF BEING ABLE TO SAY NO!. But what can you do? Can't argue or DEMAND them that would be stupid person who does and I've seen it done. Now I'm not stupid and it is the idiots that abuse and or sell them (which is means us). Have heard dumbass people IN office setting up deals over phone, really! So the legit people are turning illegal to get their meds. Why can't they leave us alone? Seriously, with the new laws, some stated here- you can no longer be an out of state resident to be seen, nor under the age of 25, Need to have it filled within a 50 mile radius of the issueing dr. Only 2 pain meds now- one is a quick release and the other must be a timed released. No more Xanax unless from a Psyciatrist, only Valium. The Florida Drug Discount Card is life saver at Walgreens/CVS ($100-150) but they say that they no longer have them. Checked thier wbsite for places that take the card- even though they list them, it's mostly for everything OTHER than the pain meds. If a mom&pop shop have them, prepare to pay an arm&leg for them and then guess what, you'll probably HAVE TO SELL some to get the price down, so NOW we are guilty and have had to short ourselves to offset the cost. One mom&pop shop in North Port had them and the person actually paid $1,080.00 for 240 of them! Why? Because of the DEA, also Gov. Rick Scott is the driving force behind this senario becuase HIS BROTHER is a PILL HEAD!! And he is taking it out on his own people. So be smart in the next vote and get him the HELL OUT OF OFFICE. Enough is enough. Keep checking this site as I'm going to figure out how to start a petition against this. WE NEED TO STAND TOGETHER AGAINST BIG BOTHER.

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Well I hope none of you live in Jacksonville Fl cause except for the Mom and Pop's it is virtually empty. I have had my brother's script for 3 weeks, have driven to every possible pharmacy in town : CVS,Walgreens,WinnDixie,Publix,Target,Walmart. Noone has any. And the sad thing is that he, like alot of the rest of you, need this just to function. He was in a terrible auto accident a few years back and when they came out with this medication, it was like a miracle to him. I just think it is very sad when you have been with a pharmacy for years and cannot get your medication

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all day seach here tell u ...county line rd. & burce b downs blvd. pharmacist there jill is the rudest person ever BEWARE and she had (anyone else havin problem filling methdone like really)but said it wasnt a long-lastin med. we all kn it is

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Cardinal Health, The distributor to 2500 pharmacies in FL and beyond has been shut down for two years as of May 15, 2012. That is the reason for the shortage. Call around and look for pharmacies that use McKesson as a distributor instead. Check out this link for more info:
bloomberg.com/news/2012-05-15/cardinal-dea-settlement-calls-for-two-year-shipping-halt.html

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To verify some of the posts I read last night, let me add this. I saw my Dr. at 9:00 am yesterday morning. I went to the CVS in Sarasota that I've always done business with and presented my Rx. There was a substitute Pharmacist and sub tech, too.
The tech took the Rx over to the Pharmacist. They whispered a few words, then informed me that they had no oxycodone and had no idea when there would be any in stock.
I am not a conspiracy freak, but I felt that something was not "right".
Early this morning, before any delivery could be made, I went back to the same pharmacy and the regular Pharmacist was there and she knows me very well. She said, "Good mornin'," then took my 'script and simply told me I could pick it up in 30 mins.
Thirty mins. Later I returned and picked up my Rx of 30 mg. oxycodones.
I have no idea why the pharmacists are lying to people. But they do and it's disgusting.
She took the script

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Thanks Zira for the info. I had heard from my regular pharmacist this morning that someone else had lost their license. And Telecaster yes you are right!! I went to my regular Walgreens this morning to find my head pharmacist who had been on vacation ( he's is one of the very few here in Jax that does not lie) and discussed this situation with him. Well long story short one of his associates has been lying to people and I reported her today. I am sick of being treated like some crack head when all I am doing is trying to get my prescriptions filled. Also my whole family deals with this pharmacy, we shop in the store all the time and have probably between all of us 10 different meds that we get filled here THAT ARE NOT NARCOTIC!! Again as I told him this morning, we as a customer should be able to come in and get our prescriptions filled, no matter what they are

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Jax, FL Question - I noticed that some of you mention that you will be trying to fill your script at a "mom and pops" shop because of Walgreens inability to fill your prescription. As expected, I am experiencing the same issue filling only 60 of the 30mg oxycodone. Can anyone recommend pharmacies to try that aren't over $3.00/tablet?

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Where is "Kay's" ?? I have a similar post about this same thing and..... I am willing to go to any Mom & Pop, out of area/county pharmacy as long as I know it will get filled! This is getting ridiculous and I can't miss work, I have to be able to function...the bus is my form of transportation, due to my injuries, and I have been suffering for weeks! HELP - anyone!

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...Are you in Jacksonville? I'm in Orlando and having the SAME problem! I don't understand what's going on but it has brought me to tears that these pharmacies are frivolously playing with our healthcare with the simple yes or no that they are choosing to use...one word over the other will determine whether we are in pain, miss work, end up losing our jobs and are not able to function around our homes...I'm a single parent and head of my household...this isn't a game and it's unfair treatment to those of us with valid scripts and health issues...I'm at a loss...have resorted to posting on blogs in search of any, ANY help or tips whatsoever where I can get my Rx filled.

My post: /Discuss/Please-Help-Me-Find-A-Pharmacy-In-Orlando-That-Has-Oxycodone-30mg-Stock.htm

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I'm in the same boat and I don't know what to do. I'm tired of going from pharmacy to pharmacy only to be told no. Half of the time they don't even look in inventory or check the computer, they look at the script and immediately say they don't have it. I've traveled from Pinellas county to Hillsborough and Pasco with no luck.

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good luck with that if your not on death row forget about it you wil be rolling all around town and not to be rude or anything but I seen a guy use a wheel chair just so he could get his script so sooner or later the are going to want to see our medical papers which I am almost sure that is against the law.but let me tell ya theses kids out there have ruined it for everyone as far as I am concerned the ones that died should be dead cause they should have not been misusing them in the first place.

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first of all you cannot fill a narcotic if you leave the county wherefyryf your doctor is so why are you traveling all over get your doctor to change your medication because you are wasting your time and I am sure you are employed because that is what they should check one how are thes e people paying for their meds.

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HAVE ANY OF YOU PPL HEARD OF GETTING YOUR SCRIPT CHANGED,I BEEN ON ROXIS FER 6 YEARS AN SOON AS I COULDNT FIND THEM WENT BACK TO DR AN GOT DIALAUDIDS,THOSE SUCKED SO GOT OPANA 10MG INSTANT REALEASE WHICH IS OXY MORPHONE,ITS STRONGER CALCULATES OUT TO A 30MG ROXI... WHY R U GUYS KIILLING YOURSELVES..SOON AS I WENT TO OVER 10 PHARMACIES,I WENT BACK TO DR. SN SAID CHNGE THIS S*** SOMETHINGS UP,ILL SWITCH BACK WEN S*** GETTS NORMAL AGAIN,BUT WTF ARE U KILLIN YOURSELVES,ROXIS AINT ALL THAT AFYER U BEEN ON EM FOREVER EVERYTHING BECOMES A GLORIFIED ASPERIN...

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I have insurance that pays for my medication. I know some of those that are on the medication aren't fortunate enough to have insurance. There are those pharmacies that are worst than the drug dealers that charge outrageous prices because they know that the drug is in high demand. I know of a couple of them where I can get my script filled right now but I refuse to pay for it when my insurance pays for it in full.

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A Walgreens pharmacist told me that because of dea, Walgreens will not fill prescriptions for pain management customers past 6 months. I have been on these meds (oxycodone 30mg) and others for over 6 years. Despite having a legitimate script from a legitimate doctor. I have even spoken to a district manager, hoping they would understand I am not from a pill mill. I am incensed. There has got to be something done about this. Is there some kind of petition or anything as a group that is being done?

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Proud Mama..No 5.00 and up at Mom and Pops and that's if your lucky. Also to the poster about changing med's yes we have tried that also, and cannot find the Opana 10 mg IR either. The new ER's are making people really sick so they don't help the situation either. Update on Jax Walgreens, today we got stories " Oh you have to live within 6 miles of the pharmacy". O.K. now that's a new one!! And of course our pharmacy that we try to deal with all the time did not get anything in this week again. I have started taking names, times, dates in hopes that if something is done about this legally, will be able to help others.

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