When Will Opana Er Be Resumed

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Has anyone heard when novartis plant will start making opana ER again? This was my best pain med.

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Hi Donna,

Some information that I've gathered on the topic has led me to believe that it shouldn't be more than a year till they reopen:

"Novartis Chief Executive Officer Joseph Jimenez said the drugmaker is in discussions with the FDA about restarting production at its Lincoln, Nebraska, plant. Novartis temporarily suspended operations at the facility after consumer complaints about broken pills and packaging mix-ups, the Basel, Switzerland-based company said Jan. 8.

While Jimenez declined to comment on when the plant may reopen, he said analyst reports that the plant could be closed for a year were a 'big surprise' to him."

Referenced from:
Endo Sees Drug Shortages Because of Novartis Plant Shutdown

I hope this helps!

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DO NOT FILL YOUR OPANA SCRIPS ANYMORE THE NEW 1s DO NOT HELP PAIN AT ALL!!!!!!

ENDO AKA OPANA.... YOU HAVE JUST LOST MY $$$ I TAKE OPANA ER 20MG 2Xs/DAY & OPANA ER 40MG 3Xs/DAY & W/O INSURANCE IT COST ME 1280.00 & 480.00 JUST FOR THESE 2 SCRIPS. WITH THE NEW FORMULATION THEY DO NOT HELP MY PAIN @ ALL! I HAVE LUPUS & I AM IN CONSTANT PAIN EVERYDAY & IF ANYONE ELSE IS HAVING THE SAME TROUBLE AS I AM JUST GETTING SOME RELEIF ENDO WILL BE BANKRUPT WITHIN 3MOS BC IM NOT PAYING FOR OPANAS ANYMORE BC THEY DO NOT WORK ANYMORE.

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Theres a new way they make the opana now??? Is it like the new OP Oxycontins? This is ridiculous! Thats the only pain medication that would actually work, just like before with the OC Oxycontin and they switched that so its garbage! And now they are going to do this with the Opana? CRAZY! Will they at least make the same instants??

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The new opanas are out...found out today when I went to pain management and asked the same question.Was so happy to have the script for them again as this seemed to be the only med that worked.Only the 40's aren't available. Hope this helps.

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Exalgo 16 mg don't work as well as the old opana 40mg. I have had the runs for over a weeks and my stomach has been upset the whole time.
My pain level has gone up abd I stay in bed more then ever.

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I would recommend that evryone start complaining about these. These are the worst. They don't work at all. If they thought being shut down hurt there stocks then they will go broke for sure with these new ones. The reputation of Endo and norvartis will be ruined. I also know that are planning on changing all pain meds to this horrible filler. They catering to addicts by making these meds this way because ther sure as hell aren't helping pain patients. Why do they worry about a minority that isn't supposed to be taking pain meds anyway? They should be worrying about the people that need these meds. Yes I am on a rant! This country is worried about addicts! We are the majority and we are the people that being hurt by these changes!!

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I agree and the addicts will be fine because they can go to herion,crack,cocaine,molly anything to get their high and FDA can not stop that so why are they messing our lives up, I have responsibilities and Ican not keep changing medications and futher more my doctor is frustrated as well because everyone isnt the same and you have to try suffer change until your body fits and I have no idea, I am scared of trying different medications FDA will be sorry because I get depressed and I will not go through another withdrawal its not worth it I rather just give up then keep suffering and pharmacies at like I am a junkie because my doctor changes my medications until we find something that works and finfing a pharmacy to fill it is another problem because the FDA has also told them not to fill certain medications, God be with us

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I dont understand, the new reformulated opanas are out and you are happy because they do nothing for me, its like I took a sugar pill. i have no pain relief at all.

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my last rx of 40er opana pharmacist said they are all out of old ones , there are a few pharmacies that have stocked up with old ones but will only dispense to certain clients, is that even legal, who can I call to report/complain

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you r so right they do noting noting at all im in so much pain what else is out there not a thing that i know ofTN

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drug works great for me see no difference in new opana er I have severe Psoriatic arthritis, osteoarthritis, and osteoporosis and 6 herniated discs and take panana er 20mg 2 times a day.

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Tell us the big guys about opana (New don't work ? We're all suffering and that was the reason it was made for us Real Chronic Pain Paients ! ! Tot 14 yrs.Ive seen so many Really good lasting MEDS all long term have been patch change to OxyContin to opana & the plastic long term dauldid (EXALGO) HA HA HA. IF YOUR PAYING THE COST. IT'S A CRYING SHAME WHAT INSURANCE CO. & MANUFACTERS ARE DOING TO US REAL AS LIFE CHRONIC PAIN PATIENTS MUST SUFFER NO THAT THOSE PINHEAD PHARMICUTICAL DR. (?) r doing to us but due to the fact that we don't suffer w ( CANCER) WE DESERVE TO SUFFER W NO ONE TO SPEAK UP FOR US. ????? WRENT WE HUMAN WE SUFFER THE SAME! !

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Well they took Opana off the market now so they're given Morphine now. At least there giving the same amount of morphine as people were taking Opana so that's a plus. I was taking 50 mg a day of Opana and it didn't help my pain that great. It was the new formulated version tho. Now that I'm on morphine I see more pain relief. So I'm taking 60mg of morphine which equals like a 20mg of Opana. I mean I prob will need a increase but for now it's helping. I think it only lasts 8 not 12 hours though. I still have my break through pain meds to. I was skeptical before the switch but I am pleased to say that I think it helps. I grew a tolerance to the Opana maybe that's why the morphine is working better for me than my previous dose of Opana. Good luck. Hope you get some pain relief. Really wish Opana was still around

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I take Opana ER 20mg (2 pills = 40mg) every 12hrs. & I have had great results with dilaudid 4mg 3x a day for breakthrough pain. I have called the manufacturer myself because I am allergic to sulfates, regular morphine (unsure if it would be an allergy not when administered intravenously). The company told me Opana ER will still be available until at least Sept. if not until the end of the year. What I need to know is if they have stopped, as in anyone having issues getting their RX filled yet? & or what I can I take instead? I also can't take anything like Nucynta ER because of an adrenal issue. So what are my other options? Does someone other company make the generic? I am so mad because this is the only thing that has helped me so far & I have been told that nothing else is equal to this. I am mad because of the *****s who abuse drugs they will start taking more off the market. 2 people, that is it, died from abusing this drug. Why they want plastic in them is beyond my comprehension & they are going after more people who use OxyContin & lower costing drugs, then they do Opana, so it frustrates me because us disabled people w/ allergies have to suffer. If anyone can help with an equivalent without sulfate also please let me know, or if you know if they stopped selling altogether yet & if there is a different version made by someone else? TIA.

If we all speak up (the ones that are truly in need of this medication & don't abuse it) maybe the FDA will listen. I am one person but if the people taking it fight for it to stay on the market we might be able to make a difference. If we don't we will be left to suffer in pain when they start pulling all of it until u need it in the hospital or death bed.

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When did you find out Opana ER stopped last month I got my RX filled & everytime I ask the doctor about it he says we will deal with it when it is no longer available? That makes no sense he is not even warning me down? He brought up a patch which I can't use because if allergy to adhesive do meds don't break my skin barrier when I looked it up it is an opiate blocker. Smh I am lost because there is so much I am allergic to & he is no help at all.the last time I wanted to change meds he but me in Vicodin & it was not equal to my 40mg Opana ER 2xaday I was in withdrawal in 4 hrs of the change. I am still reading that docs are prescribing it In the forums which is confusing knowing that it will be on the market. I have called pharmacy everyone no one seems to know when it will exactly. It's when they run out of product from what I was told from the company. I read that there is Normorpine which is Oxymorphone only but unsure who makes it and if it comes in a pill. Anyone with knowledge he was not getting the script filled or doesn't have a million ideas like me. Please let me know I don't know if I can take morphine because I'm allergic to it in IV form. Ty for any help

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I live in Omaha and have had a hard time finding doctor to prescribe me anything besides hydros. I was in a horrible car accident And now I am in constant pain and can't get anything that will help from doc. A family member of
Mine is prescribed 30mg opana and helps me out when possible, but sometimes is
Not enough. This works for her due to the fact of the hospital raping her for her cancer visits, so without a little barter there is no way she could afford treatment. Any advice on a good doc or something else I can do? Thanks

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I just got off the phone with the makers of OPANA. I was taking 50 mg a day of it and Norco for break thru pain. My PM doctor told me that I could not be prescribed it anymore. I have chronic pain so bad. I got pancreatitis at age 16 and I never ever drank. Since I am age 47 now, over the years my health has declined into multi skeletal problems. I have chronic pancreas pain, degenerative disk disease, herniated and bulging disks, I have had nerve blocks, doing physical therapy, I have osteochondritis also known as "tietz syndrome" and frankly my list is much longer. I was switched to MS Contin 30 mg twice a day so a total of 60mg a day and my three 10mg Norco per day as needed for break thru pain. Well, I have never felt so sick, so useless and so depressed from the pain, the upset stomach and nausea from the MS Contin. So I called Opana. NOW LET ME REPEAT, THEY WILL NOT COME BACK OUT WITH THAT MEDICINE. If I see one more post about ways to abuse Opana IM GOING TO SNAP!!!! Some of us, me, for instance, wasn't using my Opana to "FEEL HIGH". I had a quality of life with that medicine. I am a single mom of two girls in constant pain and now it's off the market. Thanks to the abusers. We get to suffer now and have absolutely NO QUALITY OF LIFE ANYMORE because of having to be taken off Opana. If anyone wants to respond to some stuff about how to feel high, I dare you!!!! I'll respond to you to tell you that if you were in that much pain you would treat your medicine like gold for you know that your pain is unbearable you would not care about getting it shot into your dam veins or up your nose. PATHETIC. I am going to have to try different medicine now and believe me I was on pain meds for years, even the fentanyl patch, so ya I know what I'm talking about. Opana was a great drug and is now a thing of the past. Heard it right from ENDO.

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PRAY - that's what I would do. The abusers made the Opana go off the market. I take MS Contin now. I feel so sick from it. The Opana gave me a quality of life and well now huh! Forget about it. I was on pain meds for years due to chronic illnesses all pain related. I have to try and find something that works as good as Opana did and I'm finding myself feeling hopeless for I was even on Fentanyl patches at one point. Opana was a great drug and not to feel high but to live a half way decent life. I say Pray because God helps the people who truly suffer daily with pain. I hear these junkies on here and it makes me even more sick than I am now. Good luck. Look online for pain doctors. There are fewer and fewer to come by.

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Opana even oxymorphone generic won't be available. I called today. I called the makers of Opana. ENDO!!! Nope no more. Doctors aren't being jerks it's because the abusers forced the drug to go off the market. So no more Opana and as far as generic there also being taken off cuz of them copying the brand name Opana. All about money. They don't care about us

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Cactus Arizona, I also called. My post should be a few below yours & they told me it is only the ER being taken off the market & it should be available until the end of the year but starting sept. 1st you might have to hunt for the ER depending on where you drug store orders from as for Opana IR is what they called it will not be taken off the market but most insurance (myself on SSID) don't want to pay for it. I don't have many options left due to many allergies to pain meds this & one other is the only thing I can take.

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Cactus Arizona, I am still at this time getting Opana ER well at least last month I take 40mg every 12 hrs. & Dilaudid for break through pain. I don't feel like listing my many ailments, except my new one if frozen shoulder which came from Levaquin (never take this medication again) my pain doc feels it is not painful yet my Ortho said it is extremely painful which I'm duh I already know it is. The PT is excruciating because they stretch you until you scream & the next day all I can do is cry. At this point I am still able to get my Opana ER but when I ask him about what I will be changed to I don't get an answer. I'm very frustrated he is not tapering me & just says oh we will deal with it then? I too am frustrated with the people who misuse and post on here and answer questions. It is annoying and has destroyed many of us who need it. For those that are disabled & need this medication, who don't abuse or trade with people because that also hurts us as well, it matters if you're in pain or not, there is a petition on change.org right now that needs many signatures from the disabled to fight to keep our pain meds. In 2018 they will be cutting even more meds out. Please I don't know if I'm allowed to post it on here the link go there and sign it. It needs tons of signatures. Thank you for the information you posted, if there's anything I can do to help let me know. I've talked to the makers also more than 3x already. I might be hunting for a new doctor at this point.

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