Oxycodone 30mg Shortage In Florida (Page 3)

This is a nightmare!! I suffer from multiple auto-immune diseases such as Connective Tissue Disease, R.A, Livedo, Raynauds, & traces of Lupus. All of which cause EXCRUTIATING PAIN!! On top of all of those, my body attacks itself 24/7!! Over the years the doctors have tried a ridiculous amount of different pain medications. I called it the 'medication game', & it was anything but fun!! Either there was minimal to no relief with them, or they made me feel awful! They tried everything from Percocet 10mgs, Endocet, Methadone 45mgs per day, oxycontin, Hydromorphine 4mgs tablets & 8 mg tablets, & all medicatons are/were accompanied by Ibproufen 800 mgs capsules. During one hospital visit they even had me on a conjunction of Dilauded 8mgs PLUS oxycontin 20 mgs, every 3 hours. It was hell!! I finally saw light at the end of my tunnel when they tried me on Oxycodone 30mgs. I was so greatful bc it was the first medication to give me fantastic pain relief & not make me feel high or stoned what-so-ever!! I was able to get out of bed, function like a human being, & most importantly, be an involved, hand on [parent with my son again. He was just as greatful as I was bc he has his mother back. Fast forward 3 years, & I feel like im back to square one again! The uncompassionate, inconsiderate, ignorant beings who are responsible for the suffering that I, as well as millions of pain patients, should have to walk TWO DAY in our shoes!! I say 2 bc after the 1st full day of unbearable pain, that actually makes you ask yourself, " Would I be better off ending it all??", after this full day of pain is over, they can go to bed, & wake up to find themselves in the same condition the next day!! For a real pain patient without PROPER medication there is no 'It'll get/be better tomorrow"!! You would think after a bold move to stop all distribution of such a successful & life saving medication, they would've done a little bit of research! But no! They took the only bit of information they knew, which is the 'Street Drug Perspective', & ran with that!! Something has to give! I went to my dr yesterday & was given a script of Dilauded 8mgs. I HATE IT!!!!! Im nauseas, falling in & out of sleep ALL DAY, & it in no way, shape or form, gives me the comfortable relief that mysuccessful pain regiment of Oxycodone 30mgs 5-6X a day, as needed, gave me! On top of the dilauded making me feel like the walking dead (what do you expect fro morphine), I have unbearable sweats!! I dont know if its from the dilauded, or if its withdrawl from the oxycodone that i have been on for years. If anyone has ANY information as to when or if this shortage will end, please advise. I was told by one pharmasist last month that the state would start recieveing the medicationagainat the end of December. Is there any truth to that???

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I was in a bad auto accident back in boynton beach nine months ago and dislocated my L-5 & L-6 disks and started on oxycontin 40mg twice a day and dilaudin 6mg 6x a day (30s are harder to find just go to 40) and from day one i went to a CVS in Boca Raton (where i was living BUT my license showed a Delray Beach Address over 20 miles away) i had no problem. I then moved to Fort Lauderdale, still, with the same license to my local cvs. Just handed her my new script from my new pain managment doctor (just showed him past records and he put me back on everything cause i am allergic to Tylenol and ibprofin*hint*) and my oxycontin discount card from perdua pharmaceutical. They didnt have it this was on a friday so the pharmacist said come back monday when they get it in. So because my records with cvs showed me filling oxys and dilaudin before, they ordered them for me. Asked how many i need per month and said to fill it on the same day each month and they will keep it stocked. Im a 30 year old real estate agent with purple hair lol. No judgement was made. As long as u have a valid reason and records you have taken these types of meds before you should be fine now. Things have calmed down

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I was in the same situation trying to fill my prescription for Oxycodone 10 mg every month. I finally filled a complaint with the ADA and the next time I went to Walgreens, the Pharmacist filled it with no problems. I told her I would be back again in a month and to please order it for me so that I don't have to drive all over Miami again searching. The next month, no problem, they were actually waiting for me and even asked if I was planning on using their store on a regular basis. When I said, of course, the pharmacist I saw this time quickly informed me that he would be sure to inform his manager so that another order would be placed so that they would have it in stock. I have also heard that drug abusers were so bad in Florida not long ago that pharmist were actually being blackmailed, robbed, and even killed for oxycodone. My suggestion is that if anyone is having trouble getting their legitimate prescriptions filled, go to the pharmacy earlier in the morning (most drug abusers go late in the day), let the pharmacist know that you want that particular store to be your regular store so that they can order your medication, have it in stock when you are scheduled to fill your prescription and you don't have to go on a fishing expedition. Good luck

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To the poor lady in Florida , iam in Nevada and my heart goes out to you. I like you suffer from a connective tissue disease, oxycodonevis the ONLY DRUG THAT TAKES AWAY ALL MY PAIN AND I CAN FUNTION , IN A HOSPITAL NO LESS, IN LIFE THREATING SITUATIONS CUZ U DONT FEEL STONNED TIRED U FEEL NOTHING EXCEPT YOUR IN NO PAIN. PLEASE WRITE TO YOUR CONGRESSMAN, AND SENATOR. IT WORKS.

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Obama representatives passed law decreasing all narcotics 25 0/0 starting 2017. Supply demand will increase cost. We will all pay as citizens. It will be worse than prohibition. More organized crime and general deaths resulting from street drugs. I am so sorry. Im a disabled R.N.. My spine is very unstable, only treatment palliative (MS) just to aid activities daily living. Mother is 85. All of my family lives together and will not become criminal or alcoholic to relieve pain. Will not have my mother destitute due to med costs. Only solutions are to please call, email or write Pres. TRUMP to reverse law. FDA report states misuse of opiates is down, but deaths are higher due to street use. My severe pain and muscle spasms have led to the only solution for me. Choice of end of life. Not depressed nor trying escape desperately. Just cant have my mother destitute. People who have nerve pain do not have the same biological problems or assimilation of meds. Surprised me. Taking less to save money. Result: a substantial increase in nerve pain, muscle spasms, more instability problems of spine. I pray for all of us and our nation's democracy. Please pray for my soul. All faiths. God bless, hanging on as long as possible. It won't be violent or med overdose from narcotics. All will be peaceful and quiet. I will be listening to religious music. Place and time picked out. Have given gifts loving to all I love. Will done. Have pre-addressed envelopes with poem The Parting Glass included. They will be mailed by my attorney to notify them. Have had conversation with my mother. May God open his merciful heart to me. Catholics believe mortal sin of suicide. I hope our lord sees sometimes there is no other way. Thank you for reading. Im praying for all of you, friends and family that are affected. I know most of these posts are from people like myself who are not junkies. We just are being painted that way.

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I am in Florida also.. have gone through it all too! It's terrible that we who legitimately need it have to put up with the state crap because of those pill mills they shut down all over Florida! I use to get 180 pills per month until the drug stores started telling the doctors how many they would dispense! They cut mine to 120 took 60 pills away from me! So now I can only have 120 of the 15 mg. Absolutely useless! The only reason I keep taking them is to prevent withdrawal! I hate this crap too! But no one cares!!

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Please without anymore judgement as I've had enough already. I will just say my pain from back problems is so bad I have thought of giving up. I am on two hundred mg of m s continue brand name once a day. I was on 400 and choose to have only 12 hours of pain rather than fight the dea and congress and pain doctors too. This consession is not good enough for any doctor here in Florida. What can I do? I will not go back in the pain I've endured. When will they allow for quality of your life to matter here in St Augustine, Fl.

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You need to get informed. I have had lupus since 1999 and founded a support group. There is no such thing as "touches of lupus". You either have it or you don't. A simple blood test would have given a doctor the answer. Second, I'm a chemist who worked for pharmaceutical companies for a number of years. OxyCodone is the same as Percocet. Percocet is the label. Doesn't make any sense that you have side affects from Percocet and not OxyCodone. Also it is NOT morphine. They are all opioids but that's where the similarities end. I have been in pain since a very serious auto accident in 1988. I was out of work for 18 months and had 1 emergency surgery followed by 4 more prior to being moved to an in-patient rehab facility. Then in 1999 I was diagnosed with lupus. I'm very familiar with chronic pain. I find it difficult to believe that you need that much pain medication to "survive". Even with all my chronic pain issues I don't take nearly that much medication. Everything you posted sounds over magnified and a way to justify a dependency on opiate drugs. Perhaps you should check into options for stopping the controlled substances.

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