Dea Cutting Opioid Supply In 2017

My PM Dr is telling all patients he can no longer write Oxycodone beginning Jan 2017 because the DEA is controlling the supply and it will be virtually impossible to find. Does anyone know more about what is going on? I'm in Atlanta GA and I have had chronic pain since 2009 and have no idea what I will do.

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This is correct, the DEA is reducing the amount of almost all schedule 2 pain medications manufactured and available in the U.S. by 25% or more starting in 2017, this information was published in the Federal Register and a press release from the DEA itself.

That doesn't mean it's going to be impossible to find, but it may become much more difficult, since that will also further limit the supply that any pharmacy will be able to have in stock each month.

Sadly, I can only see this creating more problems for legitimate pain patients.

Has your doctor suggested any other medications for you to try?

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Yes he has and I know nothing about them. It took so long to find a medication combo that helped me and I'm afraid I'll be in agonizing pain for months until we find the right meds to work for me. As a chronic pain patient I feel as though we are all lumped together as junkies that have 1 foot in the grave because there are so many overdoses in the country but we should be treated as individuals, obviously. The DEA knows what they're doing to us by cutting distribution and there's no way to fight it. I'm so frustrated that it took years for me to get on the right med regiment and now I'm back to square one.

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