2012 Oxycodone 30mg Shortage In Florida (Page 7)

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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I am not 100% positive, except they had them last month, when they told me what day to come in, when noone else did, last Thursday when I was there waiting for them to fill my morphine, a guy from my pain Dr came in to fill his roxys, the pharmacist told him to come back next Tuesday...when I heard that, I was tempted to take my ms RX back, and run back to my drs. And have it changed back to roxy's for the month, but I'm so tired of running back and forth, afraid to run out of drugs....I just bought the morphine...I was really tired on it the first few days, but my body is starting to adjust...they're not supposed to be as strong as roxy's, so my doc wrote the RX for more pills than normal...it's hard trying to change my body over to another med....yes, it is upsetting, it almost seems illegal what the government is doing, limiting production on oxycodone....I wish the government would stay out of our medicine cabinets, and so much for the hippa law...what a joke, I have no privacy when it comes to the DEA sticking their noses into my medical files...

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Oh, and by the way, this pharmacy opens at 8am.

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Miss Katen, I'll "post" you in the am when I am able to leave the house (my daughter had 102 fever today). All I can do is try... again...
If I can't find, I'll have to do the "switch" as well. Just cannot bare the thought of being in pain and/or "drowsy", while acclimating to a new one. Can I ask what the alternative that you are taking now and how It differs? It's DEFINETLY ridiculous how the govt gets to dictate and regulate, what people with Chronic pain take, to try and manage and function through daily life. Maybe they should have somehow "grand-patented" the patients who have been using for relief, for more than 18-24 mths or something, and just stopped writing new scripts out... Who knows. Just so frustrating.
I'll reach out in am. Thanks

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dave - I have insurance use Walgreens 99.99% of the time for ALL our prescriptions -(kids, parents, partner) & I've been to all the Walgreens from I-75 University 41 to Clark 41 Exit to Exit and all in between. Walgreen on 41 & BeeRidge says they have never carried roxy or OC & never will the 1 on Cattleman & BeeRidge "if" she has them will only fill it if she "personally" knows the Dr. The 1 on University & Lockwood you "have to look" over 35 & be the right shade. Lockwood & 17th doesn't carry them. 3rd tank of gas and still NO - but their are some out their and if the pharmacist is in a good mood & likes you & has them You'll be in LuCk.
By the way I'm 50 yuppie middle class CPA mom and along with my pain script I have 6 other non pain scripts - everyone wants to fill those - Pretty soon I'm not going to have a choice with them - THEN they'll have the oxy's but wont do it because I don't have anything else to fill lmao - cause my head smurts too much
Glad I don't have a gun-so I can keep my head

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Miss Karen, Here we go again....I'm about to begin my hunt.. Oh, and FYI, pretty much every Pharmacy opens at 8:00am. Can you suggest somewhere?

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LizzyLegs; you sound just like me, to a T. I continue my "hunt" this morning. If I find, I'll share the info. If you come acrossed, please do same. So tired of all this BS

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Karen, I've spent last 1 1/2 hrs driving around again, trying every Pharm I can. Can you please tell me the info you had. About to call off search... Very depressed

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Try Lakewood ranch hospitalmedical bldg.

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Kays lost their wholesalers a few months ago and hasn't had the medication for quite a while. They USED to what you said but know they are unable to get oxycodone and rarely have methadone.

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PLEASE EVERYONE on here looking or needing their medications should be signing this petition. ONLY 12 signatures? WHY if there are so many of you?
ipetitions.com/petition/oxycodone-shortage-myth-created-by-the-dea/

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**FYI - HEED THIS WARNING!** They are phasing out Oxycodone altogether which is the reason behind these mysterious shortages and new regulations with having to live within a certain mile radius, having to also be prescribed an extended release pain med in conjunction w/the Oxycodone and also (Walgreens) being required to have them both (ER and IR) filled at the same pharmacy, otherwise you'll have to present proof, in writing, from the other pharmacy that you have had an extended release med filled somewhere else...there are reports online, and have been for a while, about this but I didn't think it would happen so quickly..there is a new med in production now that will take the place of Oxycodone...there will be NO MORE Oxys within months! Please please, for your health and sanity - ask your Dr.s now to start preparing you and your body for this huge change because it will seem to happen overnight....a suggestion would be to switch meds and/or start taking other sched.2 medications that aren't as stigmatized as Oxy, like Percs..I know, I know..once you've been on Oxys for so long they're no longer effective for your pain..believe me I know, because I've been going through this for the past month 1/2..I've downgraded to Percs w/Oxycontins and although it took a while for my body to adjust, it wasn't painful and I did not experience any serious withdrawals...the best part was I was able to still function - go to work, take care of my home and my daughter, run errands...I think we can all agree this is a horrible inconvenience and will be close to deadly for some, but all this running around hunting and begging for places to fill these scripts is crazy...I took a look at myself and thought about all the hassle I was going through each month and started taking all those blogs and articles seriously....it's time we move on to something else because this isn't just an odd occurrence, this will be the norm moving forward...and soon, there won't be anymore Oxys to prescribe OR fill...I pray all of you make it through this...I know it's not easy, I'm just like you.

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that doesn't make sense because the manufactures are still producing them. In reply to the post that says bazinga out oxycodone. it's just that the DEA has shut down 2 wholesalers in florida.

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Also to straighten out a little mis-information. earlier there's a post where someone said after October 1st you can only get 3 days of medication at a time. Well, NOT TRUE. I went onlineSome of the key points in Florida's pain clinic law include:

I'll copy/ paste highlights from webpage.

Some of the key points in Florida's pain clinic law include:

• Pain clinics must be owned by a physician or licensed by the state. Operating an illegal clinic is a third-degree felony.
• The state will inspect all pain clinics starting this month.
• Clinics cannot sell more than three days of pain medication to a patient paying with cash or credit. If a patient needs the remainder of a longer spanning prescription, he or she can fill it at a pharmacy.
• Physicians must examine patients the same day a prescription is written for pain medication.
• Only board-certified or specially trained pain management physicians can practice in pain clinics after July 1, 2012.

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What web site did this info come from?

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These laws went into effect 7/1/11 and 1/1/12. Search Fl new pain management laws. I also thought these laws were to take effect on 7/1/12. There's a lot of information online.

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Been searching, thats how & why I'm following this forum because I was looking for an "official" site that says it. What is the site name/address which neither of you could provide. Like dea.com or myflorida.com/???

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The only information that I've found regarding phasing out of oxys, was about Canada phasing out oxycontin, the long acting oxycodone, due to the dangers of abusing it. In Europe, narcan is added to oxycodone, making it similar to suboxone, so if it is taken any other way except orally, the drug won't have any effect. I think rather than phasing oxys out, they will tweek the formula to make it less appealing to abuse. Too many people depend on it for pain relief....and drug companies and pharmacies love to make money from selling it....

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I agree, they just won't get rid of them, probably make them like the gummy OC's now.

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They've shut down wholesalers and will continue to do so...I'm just trying to help and thought this information would be appreciated...I'm going through the same situation as most of you...it's not about who's right or wrong or how you can prove one or the other...we're on here to seek help from people going through the same experience and not getting answers or resolutions...more and more posts have popped up lately where pharmacies that we have been going to for months, years, weeks are now either refusing to fill or are out and will be out for a while and this is not just some short-term problem...it's just going to get worse and start reaching farther across the US...it's been on the news and in newspapers since the middle of last year - oxycodone is being replaced, due to the mass amount of people misusing it and dying from overdoses...the FDA has gotten involved...let's stop kidding ourselves and do some research.

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Ms Karen you're probably right...but idk... I wouldn't have believed it either if my Dr and Walgreens told me....only time will tell...either way, I can't continue to search high and low and be filled with anxiety and fear that I won't get my scripts filled...running all over town and searching sites like these wears on you...I don't see it getting better only worse..and from reading this blog and others online, it has gotten worse than it has ever been.

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