Oxycodone Shortage Scam (Page 6)

Guys, i hate to tell you this but its all bulls***>>> after 3 weeks trying to fill my Oxy 30, 140, i finally got to speak to my Pharm Manager who Ive used for 12 years. He told me straight up, that all the calls and people have hurt their regular business, so they decided to stop ordering Oxy in any amout to avoid the crap I was floored as all of a sudden he filled my script on the spot not 30 secs before they were all telling me they didnt have any. He told me last that would be the last one filled as hes not ordering anymore. I discussed with him about just oredering for me, as I'm legit and trying to follow the rules by using only one doctor and one pharmacy. He said he"ll consider it just for me. What a bunch S***!!! This from a guy Ive known for 12 years. It is a Walgreens, This is a conspiricy to avoid all of the drug seekers at our expense. They should go back to getting it off the street and leave us alone. How many more of us have to suffer? Im dag gone tired of being looked at as a druggy as I limp up to the counter. I spent 30 years as a cop on the job in New York, shot in the leg and arm for the citizens I swore to protect and now to be treated like the guys I put in the slammer? Im sure there are plenty of us on the blog. What the hell? Anybody know a good attorney? I guess I should start taking Morphine or Herion and sleep all day since I cant get the medication that works and this is America? Sound off you guys its the only way were going to be heard. God Bless you.

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The people in FL who are complaining about not being able to fill there oxy 30mg RX. HE is what im going to tell you. You first need to stop using a pain management doctor. And use a real family M.D. Because WALGREENS/CVS always have them they are just prejudice about who they fill for based on what doctor your using. Also.. its been hard to fill the last 2 years not because of a DEA shortage but because of these pharmacist not wanting to fill for PAIN MANAGEMENT clients.. Not saying its not possible.. But If you were to switch to a reputable family M.D. preferably one who doesent prescribe this to a lot of people. You wont have a problem. Also it helps if you have a 2 year + re-pore with your pharmacist. MY 2 cents sorry.

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They are being robbed for this drug thats why they do not want to carry it.My Pharm told me the same thing iv'e been going to him for 8 years. He only had 60 30 mg oxycodone he had to order the rest.The G.O.V started this s*** saying to many people are dying taking oxycodone with Acetaminophen.So now you can only get 10-325 oxycodone and they flood the drug market with 30mg oxycodone.Teenagers are abusing this drug bad smoking them what my 19 year old son told me.10 of his friends are in jail from this drug.Thanks to big brother looking after use people that use it the right way can not get it.The G.O.V screwing up again !!!!!!

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I totally agree with you. Every time I read about how people in pain are forced to suffer and practically beg for basic fundamental treatment of a medical condition called severe pain I am filled with compassion and fury at the same time. This is absolute mindless treatment of those who suffer. It seems that only those who have suffered with severe chronic pain understand and are willing to help--others care more about the hassle they get from DEA and AMA and pharmaceutical licensing authorities than they do for those who are truly incapacitated by the pain that is chronic. It's not nice, maybe, but I often tell them that they will be in our shoes one day. One day a truck will T-bone them, or maybe they will get a "mysterious" autoimmune disease, or cancer, and then some botched back surgery, and then they will understand the situation that the rest of us find ourselves in everyday. They too will feel the frustration and pain and if they think for one second that their "history" of being a health professional will get them better treatment, they are foolish beyond measure. Plenty of health professionals have written about how poorly they are treated because they are now a "patient" begging for compassion, drugs, treatment...I am not sure what we should do. You talk about buying off the street. I wish we could get our drugs off the international market, from India, complete with a prescription, like you can with other drugs. What's the harm with that and why in the world should that be illegal. They should give us awards for finding a better place for treatment and not putting any AMA doc or pharmacist at risk. That is what we should push for--the right to purchase drugs that we medically need from wherever we prefer--that should be a fundamental right to privacy and a right to freedom of expression. Big pharma, DEA, AMA et al. should not be in control of our personal freedoms and our right to live a life worth living-one free of severe chronic pain.

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IVE HAD FOUR BACK SURERYS IN 2YEARS # 5 FEB 2015 I HATE MY WAY OF LIFE PAST FAMILY VACATION JULY 50 YEARS OLD LIVE MY PAIN 1DAY NOT 2 MAYBE YOU WILL KNOW HOW US DRUG ADDICTS FEEL 1DAY I WISH YOU FELT LIKE US 1 DAY

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I hear you; I got my shoulder busted apart as a regular citizen breaking up an assault between some drunk and some poor guy who was just minding his own business. Yet the way the rules are changing it makes us out to be the bad guys. I take my scrips just to live as normal a life as I can with my 4 kids.

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I also am as frustrated as you are. Since they raised hydrocodine up to a class 2 drug, to make it like it's a high bad pain medicine, I couldn't fill my presriptions for it. my doctor then wrote me Methadone to help me, and I found out that it is now almost impossible to get. I am guessing patients trying to not go threw bad withdrawals decided like me to use methadone to try and get off pain medicine and go threw life in bed, and suffering. But then I found out threw the same pharmacy i had been using for 2 years are having a hard time getting methadone to fill for there patient/cust. " I then tried publix, and cvs and couple of other's and there spill is, they already have as many patients they can take that use pain medicine. so sorry. good luck finding it". Wish we had a voice. I am about to hit serious withdrawal. Maybe if someone dies from not getting there medications, we will get a voice. for now it's the whinner's who's relative over dosed on it, so they want no one to have any. How about understanding that your addictive behavior which lead them to take crazy amounts and overdose is the fault of the addict. If it isn't a prescription drug they use, a addict will use what ever he can find to over dose with. Punishing Patients with legit needs should not have to be labeled as a druggy, and suffer for the rest of there life because of a addict who chooses to use prescription drugs in a large dose recreationally.

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As former LAPD ALSO injured on the job and have a lifetime pension now getting pain meds from pharmaceutical s like KVK THAT CREATES MORE PAIN, I AM IN TOTAL AGREEMENT. Mallincrodt WORKS BUT I CAN RARELY FIND IT. I reside in Arkansas now where no pharmacy gives brand information via tekephone. So thanks America. Thanks Arkansas where everyone is treated as a drug addict even if you have a board certified pain management Doctor. I am disgusted and feel robbed of proper medical treatment.

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I totally sympathize...just read this post. The govt., the CIA can protect all those poppies in middle east, can ship in drugs to feed to congress, the judicial...but keeps honest people who are in pain, in intense, chronic pain...from getting what they need. I am so anti-govt...so done with this cartel called govt...all connect to The Mob anyway...

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I understand the feeling of everyone..if you chose a small pharmacy they will not give you the run around. I have spinal stenosis and M.D. so have to take pain meds is apart of my life. I deal with only on pharmacy and it is a little privately owned I my local town. They do not look at me as a drug addict and really work with me. I have been doing business with them now for 10 years. Hopefully you can find a small pharmacy and after they get to know you then you won't fèel so judge. Good luck and I will keep you in my prayers.

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There is a HUGE difference between dependence and addiction. If you take oxycontin for legitimate pain as I do (only raising dose once in 8 years).You cannot become addicted. ..addicts need more and more for a fix.. true pain patients need it to maintain their pain from getting out of control...and are on a REGULATED DOSE!!!! BIG DIFFERENCE!!!! SHALL I also say that it was a DOCTOR that prescribed the medication in the first place...legally and legitimately!!! I am so tired of the ignorance of people making statements of oxycontin. I don't drink, take marijuana, or any illegal drugs EVER in my life (52 yrs) and yet some people want to rope me into the street users who abuse my type of medication, giving me a bad name and looked down upon. So wrong!!! Before medication I was curled up in a ball in bed in pain, wanting to die....until PRESCRIBED medication that was MADE for me (and others)...NOT the druggie on the street. It's been 3 weeks and I can't find a pharmacy to fill my script in Ca. I am in pain and feeling very angry that I cannot get my meds bc of people that are illegal. It's simply inhumane...especially when I go to the emergency room in pain and withdrawls soon since I cannot find someone to fill it. Walk in my (our) shoes and then judge.

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FIRST THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AND IM IN THE SAME CONDITION LEGIT and being treated like scummy bottom dwellers.
USE THAT ARE LEGIT ARE TREATED LIKE CRIMINALS AND THE CRIMINALS ARE TREATED LIKE GOD'S. Once again. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICES

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The pharmacists are straight out liars. They are playing -GOD! ONLY THING WE CAN DO IS PASS NEW LAWS! :FDA IS THE PROBLEM. OBOMA PUT THE POWER IN THE PHARMACISTS HANDS THEY CALL THE SHOTS PERIOD.

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I agree with the one lady..go to a small neighborhood pharmacy. ..but don't call ahead...take your script with you .Let them see your face..see that you are a pain patient not a street druggie.Here's the new law...you must have all your pharmacy prescriptions AT THE SAME PHARMACY THAT FILLS YOUR OTHER MEDS TOO....and then no problem filling it. after 3 weeks I did find a pharmacy fill it as long as all my meds are filled there...hope this helos!!

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The pain you suffer from compression fractures is real. I had to walk bent over for three months no relief from pain. I came real close to ending my life ..Tears would shoot out my eyes from pain. The only reason I didn't end it were my kids but came real close several times then found pain management. Walk one day in my shoes (jerks) most couldn't. It caused me to fall a lot. I had no control over my left leg. You can't function at all in that much pain!!!

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Today was a very painful day. I was trying to fill my short acting pain med. unfortunately, I live in the suburban north NJ area. The seven pharmacies I visited all denied me my mess. This is a valid ex from a licensed physician etc. This is all a huge conspiracy due to, the good faith dispensing policies that Wallgreens has instituted. The 30mg oxy ir is no longer available to me. I also followed the rules, use ins. Never utilize another pharmacy, and try to make 60 pills last me nearly a month. A month ago the pharmacy manager said this is the last time we will fill this prescription. She had the audacity to question me and imply that I may be diverting this pill. I'm now cut off from every Wallgreens pharmacy in the U.S. And now Europe. Boots alliance was bough by this monopoly drug chain. i digress, the saddest day was when I was talking to a very handsome 23 yr old man, he told me his life story. 16 yr old he tries oc pill stolen from family members. Then, by his 17th bday he had a heavy opiate habit. I believe this all culminates from his inability to obtain proper pain management when his femur was shattered in an auto accident. Purdue Pharmaceutical should be on the same list as any active terrorist organization. I also believe corporate profits drove great people, healers, chemists, and pharmacists to turn a blind eye for a free lunch/bonus. On this Memorial Day I will remember all the men who fought for this country and thank all who serve today. Again, I have no recourse, I have pins, screws, and six big titanium screws in l4/5 to S1.

If anyone reads this message please don't share, leave out for teenagers to "experiment" with opiates., they all try it and some just cannot stop. Fifteen-twenty five years in age is the most pivotal time for adolescents to become adults, I'm witnessing a generation wasted on opiates; this is not pretty as I begin going into withdrawal. This is May 2015, and my hopes and dreams have eroded since my accident. Note to all: just be careful so you won't need pain pills. Finally, call Senator booker 973-645-3030. Tell him to watch the corporations, pentagon, the local pharmacy chains. These are the nest battle we all must join. Call 973-575-1299 ask them to help not hurt.

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Your husband should be on SS disability.

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I hope you never have to deal with chronic pain, because someone like you will call you a drug seeking addict. Unfortunately, I've been in nearly constant pain for over 30 years. I follow the rules, use one doctor, one pharmacy, get monthly drug panels (if I fail even one, no more doc for me!) despite my 15 year record there. I bring in all narcotic meds with me each month, so the office can independently verify that I have not taken more than prescribed. Sadly, with all of these precautions, I still run into pharmacy issues. For example, meds that I have filled every single month for 15 years suddenly aren't available. Occasionally, my insurance decides to cut pharmacy limits, a problem that can take weeks to resolve. A few months ago, they decided to add a pre-authorization to a medication I've been taking for years, that took 10 days to straighten out. Yesterday, they decided to limit that anti-nausea medication that I take 3 times per day. Now, it's 2 a day. Believe me, between doctors, hospitals, insurance and pharmacists I jump through plenty of hoops. I truly don't need approval from the general public, or people like you. The world at large would never guess I take pain medications on a regular basis. It doesn't alter my behavior or ability to live. You know what does? Never-ending pain, and it's side effects like depression, inability to rim coherent thoughts, constant nausea and vomiting, and the need to live in bed, in the dark until the level 10 pain slips back to an 8.

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My husband is in chronic pain. He went to one CVS for 8 years. Then a new person told him he didn't feel comfortable filling it. He said he had to call doctor. He called, I heard the pharmacist arguing with the doctor! The doctor won. My husband got his prescription. After that we found a small independent pharmacy. We haven't had any problems. Also try going to a pharmacy near a hospital. It is awful that pain patients are treated this way

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Bulls***, so many of us a truly need the medication and take it as directed.

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This is 4 years later since u posted! & I'm running into the same problem! I have MS, n suffer from horrible chronic pain. And I've had MS FOR OVER 20 years, so my tolerance has gotten very high- I've always gone to the same doc & pharm. But all of a sudden the pharmacy has been having 'trouble' getting my Roxi 30's- and congress n Obama himself is on some campaign to curb the use of Opiates to treat pain?? Why, there r those of us that can not function and have a normal life without them??

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