Oxycontin Original Formula

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I just filled my prescription for OxyContin and much to my surprise got the old formula. I went online to confirm and sure enough it is the old formula with "OC" on one side and the number n the other. Is Pharma going back to the old formula or was this just a "one off" circumstance?

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No, they aren't returning to manufacturing the old formula, but if a place still has some of it in stock, they are still allowed to dispense them. Thus, you probably just got a fill of some that were still lingering on a shelf somewhere.

Learn more Oxycodone details here.

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What is "the number n"? Quit putting that crap in your veins and take it like youre supposed to then we ALL would not have to suffer the consequence's of dope fiend's problems (IE companies changing formulas because less than 2% of their customers have overdose problems)...just my "letter 2" cents.

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Its pretty much only the USA also. I am a chronic pain sufferer and the feds are making pain doctors nervous, so legitimate people are suffering.
Other countries which have it have the old formula. My question is does any one know if it availiable by prescription in Argentina? Any Buenos Aires pain doctor references would be helpful.
Any info on where in the world it is cheaper would also be helpful as I must now travel out of the country to get it. I declare it legally and photocopy my script for customs and that is all you have to do.
I would venture a guess based on my experiences and others that they get flagged on any large credit card purchases in customs. If you put a large charge on your credit card in a pharmacy to send you to secondary. In secondary is your last chance to fes up and admit or it will get siezed or worse.

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I was told by my doctor several months ago, that the old formula (OC) would be coming back.. He stated that there were two or three companies that were trying to get the patent for the original OC's.

He did say that it was possible that they could be back sometime towards the end of the this year, or early next year.

In my opinion, he's been a wonderful doctor who has been practicing medicine for many years. He has to be somewhere in his late 60s or early 70s, and he says he has no plans to retire any time soon.

Therefore, I would almost trust that he does know what he's talking about. Would you mind telling us where you are from? what state? and which pharmacy?

By any chance, did you ask the pharmacist if they are already back out?

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@charles- I'm interested in hearing details about this. I am in the middle of my PM physician working with me on trying to locate some originals due to the illnesses and digestive diseases I have that the OPs are creating havoc on my health (which is being documented and sent to FDA, Purdue, etc.) Any info would be great, thank you!

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Yes..the old formula oxycontin will be available in generic in April. Purdue's patent on the new formula op is set to expire next month in April and generics are ready to come out.

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From where?what state?

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snoop..where? I Is your prescription a generic? I had high hopes that the generic form of oxycontin would be out on the markets in April but at the last moment Purdue got their extended patent for the new formula and some members in congress blocked the old formula from being available. Oh well,since taking the new formula I have completely lost my appetite,endure weird stomach and intestinal pain, and lost 30 lbs. Does anyone else feel a hot flooding in their stomach after they take their dose and a feeling of fullness that last for hours? Its a sick feeling that happens at every dose. The FDA apparently has very deep pockets to allow so many meds that cause cancer and other illnesses.

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The originals have always been available. The pharmaceutical company Ethics is the only company with the rights to the original formula. Your doctor can specify generic oxy contin/ Ethics brand and if Walgreens has them they'll fill them and if not they tell you when. The funny thing is they still say oc on them. I was told purdue bought out that company. They are sold exclusively at Walgreens only.

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The company Rusty is talkin about is Ethex. The original OC's were being sold by several pharmacies for a short while after they were reformulated.Purdue subcontracted to Ethex and Apotec (and for just a couple months Actavis) to allow them to sell(as a generic) the original Oxycontin manufactured by purdue, that were still in existence.They wers only available for a few months in most of the US. Purdue sold, or gave and split profits, the rights to those two companies to be able to sell but not manufacture the remaining original oxycontin tablets that were marked with Oc on one side and the strength on the other.I don't think that Purdue actually manufactured (legally anyway) more of the original formula pills but only sold what they had in stock.

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Can you please tell me if the oxycontins damaged your GI?

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Yes! THANK YOU! Those of us in the real pain who truly need these are now suffering because of drug users. However, drug users don't care who they are affecting or who they're hurting. It's very sad, I lost a best friend to Percocet. :(

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Yes they did mine. I had surgery to get 20 lbs of fecal matter taken out if my colon.

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I just traded my OC for Morphine because my OC was $360 with two insurances! I think this Morphine is going to be very temporary because I can't stand to be constipated at all times. Not cool. Any suggestions on anything else close to OC and what are you talking about a generic? I was told there was no generic for it!

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Does anyone know if the A333 oxycodone pill is off the market or did they keep the A333 pill? I used to get them filled at Walgreens.. Awful side effects with A333!!!

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We have the original formula back available in my country we only had the OxyContin reformulated out here for 6months before they allowed the original formula back in :) so good no terrible side effects and great pain relief

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What country are u located in I may consider the move

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Cheapest Oxycontin I know of is manufactured in ROMANIA. The only problem is that only certain strengths are available there. No 15, 30, 60 or 120mg tablets, only 5, 10, 20, 40 and highest 80mg. HUNGARY is also worth a look. It is also surprisingly cheap in Belgium, but avoid Germany like plague. The only med which I am prescribed which is cheaper than the UK in Germany (& Austria) is LORAZEPAM 2.5mg, the original Pfizer (ex-Wyeth) brand TEMESTA (branded TAVOR or ATIVAN in some countries) being cheaper than the pretty poor Genus generic dispensed in the UK, where almost no original branded meds out of patent monopoly period are available at all. We just lost Roche RIVOTRIL for the poorest generic I ever saw, and only XANAX is still on the shelves, there being no generic alprazolam at all here.

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Worse than that ....that hot feeling you describe is all iver my body from head to ttoes. Can't eat.... constant stomach issues....and the pain!!!! Still there

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obviously that is not true. The federal govt has made it a LAW that the old formula cannot be manufactured.

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India the original oxygen formula can be obtained, my boy gets 80s at 5 a piece and Xanax bars at .15 cents a piece

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Your 'OC' pill is going to be over 5 years old; real OxyContin has been completely banned in the US since then. You will have to obtain OC from countries where it is NOT made by Purdue (Bard Pharma make most, distributed by Napp, Mundipharma and Qdem) & you're looking at sourcinb from outwith the Americas, though some Canadian generics (but NOT Oxycontin brand) are the real deal. Just do not touch their 'Oxy-Neo'!

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