2012 Oxycodone 30mg Shortage In Florida (Page 9)

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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yeah thay did same thing to my mom but my friends have no problem filling it at walgreens!!

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Hi Lisa.....sorry you, too, have to be joining this mess.....dont have any suggestions for you, just read the posts slowly and try to put together a game plan....the advice from disabled999, panicpain,mike,and howie have been helpful to me, even if I have been without the oxy30 for 4 weeks, at (i still have methadone-thank god)least I do not have to suffer this alone ,also, there is a Face Book page for Donna Ratliff, (i finally found it) and message her and sign the petitions and all . Just put in donna ratliff, she has a blonde pony tail and glasses and it says her groups are pain affiliated stuff.....it took me a week to find her but she is there and she is organizing a trip to Talahassee.....which instead of rolling into a fetal position and allowing these pharmacies to demean us, at least it is proactive! Good Luck K

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Hometown pharmacies are always your best bet. Big box/chains are on the run from the DEA. If my pharmacy does not have them, they will order and have them for me the next day. I recently moved from FL to GA and have found that the small 'family' owned pharmacies are not only willing to help you out more, but are also pleasant with you when you do business with them.

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I'm a T ampa resident looking for a pharm to fill 120 30mg. roxys. I"ve heard of phamacies that you can ship your script to and have it returned within a few days, but I don't know how to filter the bad pharms from the good or how to ngon about this? Any idea or persons whom have used this as a solutio?

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There are no legit mail away pharmacies unless your using one of the ones associated with a major health insurance company. I'm going to call some on Monday and see if I get say Blue Cross cheapest plan for 27 dollars a month that I can then use their mail order pharmacy even if my doctor isn't in their group, I could care less about the medication being covered if I can just get it filled.

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The mail order pharmacy with my insurance as well as a lot of others either 1. Don't fill narcotics in large quantitys or 2. Your script has to be for a 3 month supply. It is a Loose Loose situation!!! This state Sucks!!! I'm ready to move back to NY and get the correct quality of care then what these "Pain Drs" are giving me...and also be able to get my RX's filled every month without a hassle or having to pay out of my ass for them and then fighting with my ins to get reimbursed. It is really not fair to us legit pain pts.

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Seems to be the epidemic here in the great US of A... I say it's not right. Last year my doctor cut me off 9 different scripts from pain meds to asthmea, and red flagged me because in 2 1/2 yrs she had made 1 appt with me. It's who's fault that I was always over looked, my point here, this isnt fair as to many pharmacys are cutting off the availability of the meds if the doctor isnt perscribing, so we are at no win no win. I said a year ago Herion would be the up swing to what all the doctors are doing. Some of us (as me) cant take anti inflame and O.D. on Tylenol and asprin is bad gave me bleeding ulcer. Born with sever food allergies which had Migraine bad as a kid I was eatting hand fulls of tylenol or asprin, so I can only take Norco or the Oxycodone, now 50 plus I find myself hardly able to walk yet the doctor cuts me from even daily prednisone after 12 yrs, I almost died, and to to today I have not been given a new script, so I deal daily with this issue. The ER gives 2 yes 2 pain pills no shots and your lucky to walk with out one doctor calling you a junkie, so this world really sucks as far as this goes, so dont come to my town not if your in pain I feel for all of us in any type of pain that includes the child that may need a ritalin or a codeine cough syrup you will NEVER get it here.... So Now Herion on the rise... Smart these officals huh.... good luck mail away it's the best in my eyes but send to a place an id is needed to be left as everyone doin mail away is getting ripped off.. Happyier days....

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@disabled999...I'm so glad to hear that you found your oxys...there are so many rumors going around regarding which pharmacies carry the oxys, and which ones do not....I have been told by several people that CVS does not carry the drug at all anymore, but after reading your post, I see this is just another untruth....I wasn't even stopping to check at any CVS, believing the rumors. My next appt. Is on the 25 th. I'm thinking about going back on the oxys, I'll take one week to find them, if I'm unsuccessful, I'll go back on the morphine, which isn't nearly as strong...if I find any, I'll post it...did you try the place I told you about?

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This is an interesting look at the pharmacists/tech perspective about lying about not having the meds in stock:
forums.studentdoctor.net/showthread.php?t=924519

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I've had my roxycodone rx for 6 days now. Went out again today. The pharmacy the dr recommended said he'd have them in 2 wks, said I could leave script there and he wants to see mri's before he wojld consider taking new patient. I have mri's to show I have problems with lower back and neck. I think it's a violation of my privacy to have to present this to him. My Dr is a board certified anesthesiologist with specialty in pain mgt. I'm so over this bs. Last month I was switched to opana 10 mg. 150 for a month. The pharmacist would only dispense 90. It's a month tomorrow, and I have a few left. Been in a lot of pain, but I didn't want to got thru w/d. I stopped there first, and he was sketchy with me, said if I got the roxycodone switched, he might be able to fill only 90 again. These pharmacists are pissing me off playing dr and or God. It is like riding a roller coaster, bc I can't keep pain under control with 3 a day. They only last 4-6 hrs at best. I have insurance, same pain clinic for 2 yrs,1 pain med prescribed. Im also taking flexeril and lyrica for spasms and sciatic nerve pain. It's ridiculous. I'm tired, and have emailed my state representative and Senator. No response of course. God bless.

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Anyone have any luck in Miami ? Got my script today, and will go on my search starting in the AM, I went by three walgreens so far today.. nada same story.. ahhh, these are for oxy's.

Last month I could not fill my script b4 my vacation to Italy. So, in hope, I took it with me, and surprisingly I had no problem getting it from the Italian pharmacy from a script from a dr so far away... crazy!!

so please help if you can.. I can deal with mom and pops too.. I'll have the insurance still cover it! Get this before my vacation I went to my mail-order pharmacy with my script, to speed up the process, they refused to fill it and put a note on my account not to fill any Controlled meds!!! I appealed the decision but have not heard anything back yet....

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There must be somewhere you can report this pharmacist, he is NOT trained as a Doctor!! I would go elsewhere, this cannot be the only pharmacy in your area...and I wouldn't leave my script with any pharmacy...keep trying, I'll be looking again in a couple weeks, I'll be damned if I'm telling anyone why I need my meds,, they can call my Dr.!!

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Believe me Miss Karen, I've been to every pharmacy in my area. Forget the chains, I gave up on those. This was a small mom and pop chain. He said that's his way of screening patients. He can kiss my a**, bc I'm not going to leave script there and show him mri's. I feel the same way, none of his business. He had them, or how would he know he'd have them in 2 wks? Maybe he has a crystal ball in the back. The pharmacy who filled my opana last month told me to call tomorrow and he'd let me know if he had them. I said you filled for me last month but only gave me 90 out of the 150. Yes, he will do the same tomorrow... if he has them... another pharmacist playing Dr with me. Now, I have 2 choices, get the opana again, or another pharmacy at least told me he has morphine. So those are my choices. Take away the roxycodone and morphine is my option. DEA.. real good work you're doing. I'm so scared of morphine, and 3 opanas a day leaves me in a lot of pain. What the hell should I do?? I'm going to switch script in the a.m. any suggestions would.be so appreciated. God Bless and thank you Miss Karen

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Panicpain, the pharmacy wouldn't happen to be in north port, fl.would it? I went to one there as a new customer and they required an mri as well. Was able to provide the info they wanted and got my scripts filled, but aren't they in violation of hippa and privacy information act. Anyone run into this problem? I'm not sure, but I believe it's against the considering they ARE NOT DOCTORS.

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Marinevet, you got it! It's in N.P. FL. ! If I show him the mri's, do u think he'd fill it for me? I'd do it to get the roxycodone. I've been so sick from the opana and morphine scares me! Your reply is so appreciated! Thank you

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Miss Karen, how did u make out??
Yes, CVS DOES FILL. However, they can and will abuse their power and tell u whether they "feel comfortable" with it; which is complete BS. Let me know how it goes.

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Thanks inagony, I just read your post about methadone. I have a severe panic disorder, and have been on benzos (xanax) for over 10 yrs. Methadone and xanax are a deadly combination. I never knew that until I researched methadone more. I appreciate everyone's input, I only wish we were interacting about something good instead if this nightmare. God bless

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Switched my rx to morphine. Able to fill that no problem. There's really something very wrong with the system when you're able to get morphine but can't get roxycodone filled. I'm nervous about this med. At least the pharmacy took me as a new patient and said no problem coming back. God Bless

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For anyone who is gonna switch to Methadone! You need to do the research, cuz not only is the 1 person correct bout xanax and dones are deadly combo, cuz I have know people when I was a teenager die from this mix! I am 36 so long time ago! But I have been put on this cocktail of Methadone, Roxy, and xanax bars! I had no idea I was a severe car wreck where my bf driver passed away! And I was in coma but, I lived but with fractured vertabre in Neck and broken ribs and wrist bla,blah! My point is a very well respected Dr, where I live was giving me a ton of pills 40mg. wafer methadone 6 a day, 280 30mg. roxy's, and 120 2 mg. xanax! Which is rediculous now that I know more! But, after my surgeries and getting to where I could get around. I started lowering everything on my own, well today I am still in pain but I have dropped down to 4-10mg. dones and 6 Roxy 30 a day! Which its good I have the methadone since I cant get roxies! My point of this dragged on story is I tried to get off the methadone, but it is 30 times worse then heroin to kick it says on the internet! I have stopped taking roxy at 1 point and it was horrible for 2 weeks, but when I have tried with Methadone it was 100 times worse then the Roxy withdrawl! Where I quit trying after 9 days I did not sllep 1 hour the whole time I started seeing things and it was just crazy! So I would not suggest anyone go towards methadone if they do switch, methadone gets in your bone marrow, it is basicaly synthetic Heroin! Just thought I would throw that info. at you! God Bless all of you! I was just in a car accident 6 weeks ago when taking my son to school and an f-350 did an illegal u-turn and cut in my lane I was able to avoid the truck and then I noticed he was pulling a 20ft. trailer and we smacked into it going 45mph. My son was fine thank god just bad whiplash! But, I am in tons of pain and I cant even get a neurologist in my town in Naples to see me cause they dont want to take car accident insurance! So I am still looking for 1! Well thats my 2 cents

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hello, i just read the post, really!!! Im not on methadone but was born with Chronic panic disorder been on benzos since i was 13 cuz nuthin else works for me, tho i dont take the methadone i do Norco, i have been on for gosh long long time im 52 n i cant take anything else for pain besides tylenol which shouldnt i had an O.D. reaction when i was 40 i took alot cuz severe pain n passed out. I was then put on norcos, i take 6 a day does this article you read have to do with as well... great share. I had this really great self help book for panic it helped me for alot of yrs till i think brain n age set in and no more fight for now but i have been using again the knoweledge i think was called I have panic disorder, help for me and family members. It was a small paper book i got at physcs office n i found later at the libary. Maybe the tools can help you as well. I will look for the real name...(oh i started Kereoke in public) this was a great help, tho the first time i almost past out i did win the competition. I later took 3rd all round and tho i dont feel i sing this well i over come a fear i never thought i could... just sayin....Lori

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