Generic Opana-people Speak Up (Page 6)

They are saying that the new opana works as well as the old. There are so many peoples statements that I have read saying the new don't work as well but yet Endo states their research don't prove that. All people who have a real medical problem that causes pain and takes new opana and it doesn' work as well as the old needs to speak up. One person can't change anything. People who are being treated awful by medical doctors and pain clinics because they have pain also need to speak up.

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I just found out the FDA is taking pans Er off the market!!! People were misusing the new formula, so where does that leave real pain patients that it works for!!! Fentanyl should be removed before anything else!!!

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I take opana ER for severe pain. I do not abuse it. I am in a pain clinic. I have tried the generic brand and it doesn't work for me if it wasn't for my medication I would not be able to walk. My leg was ripped off in an accident. They reconstructed it. I got to keep my leg and without the opana ER I would not be able to walk. I have been through physical therapy twice for it but it didn't work. I also have severe back problems. It's not right to take it away from people who really need it. It's not our fault they share needles and get aids. Lock them up and teach them a lesson. Don't punish the people that need this medicine.

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I agree, until they were taken off the market. Also, yes the best pain relief I have ever had. Now here we go again. They are taking them all off the market. I have been on opana for years. One pain management Doctor the whole time. I for one am sick and tired of being a victim from people who abuse their medication or people who sell their medication. Those of us that REALLY are in chronic pain and suffer drastically are victims, bottom line. I have had my dose raised one time only since taking opana generic at this time. Now there taking it completely off the market - all opana & all oxymorphone. I have no idea what I will be put on, but I do know it surely can't give me the relief I get now, like someone else said. I also get the epidurals and other products along that line. 72 shots to be exact. I've been through physical therapy. I don't get, nor am I looking for a buzz. I just want pain relief. So I do not know a lot about other pain medication. I have taken Vicodin & Percocet after my first surgery. It surprised the surgeon and me that it was cancer, not what I went in for. Not to mention fibromyalgia, degenerative back disease, R. Arthritis. I can go on but won't. So anyone that can give me an idea of what works and what does not, thanks. Very angry all opana/oxymorphone is being pulled from the market.

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I have been taking generic oxymorphone ER 20mg twice daily for only a couple of months now but after years of oxycodone instant has proven ineffective, this was the best option I had and it has worked very well. I can't see how an extended release medication can be abused, but I am very upset that now, since I've finally found a regimen that actually works, it is being taken away. I've tried everything else and nothing else works as well. Is there nothing that can be done? Can we not petition? Oxycontin ER isn't available in a generic and costs me $50 a month even with insurance while Opana ER is available in generic form and only costs me $6 a month. What can we do?

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I still have not seen anything that cites a reliable source saying generic oxymorphone er (currently, the only manufacturer making this is Impax/Global Pharma) is also being taken off the market. It seems the FDA directed its demands to Endo, specifically. No statements have been issued by Impax indicating an intention to discontinue producing oxymorphone er... Can they keep making it?

Taking this one step further, Actavis had to discontinue making the generic version until 2023 due to patent infringement with Endo. Now that Endo no longer makes opana er, (and assuming generic version can still be sold), can Actavis begin producing generic again?

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You want to know how I feel about the people misusing and overdosing on Opana ER? I DON'T CARE!!! Nobody forced it on them. I need it, 20 mg Opana ER and Percocet 7.5/325 mg is all that I was taking. June 6, 2017 my dr stopped ALL of my meds that were required for a failed back syndrome and severe sciatica. All of my other lumbar vertebrae are herniated. I never failed a U/A and never called for an early refill. I'm very bitter and nothing helps this pain.

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Oxymorphone IR 40mg. Are available in generic form! I have been taking it for nearly a year now! I take the Orange 40mg. 3x a day and I take the oxymorphone IR 10mg. generic (pink in color) 4x a day. Have had no issues besides my pharmacist having to order them Wich has never taken more than 24 hrs. (In Florida anyway). So it IS available people. Look it up on your insurance or call them and check if they cover them. Mine are about $80 for the ERs and $10 for the IRs. So don't let your pharmacist tell you that they do not make them! Have been getting them for a year now.

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Everyone who is in need of opana er please sign this petition and share it!! Idk if it will work but I'm willing to do whatever I can to try to get my pain relief back!

thepetitionsite.com/449/906/823/demand-that-endo-pharmaceuticals-keep-opana-er-on-the-market

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Re: Doreen (# 106)

So sorry to hear about what happened to you, but you are right! The honest people that are in true real pain and take their meds as directed are the ones that get punished because some ***** overdoses or is taking them recreationally. I truly hate those people, and I know this is horrible to say but if they OD then they got what they deserved. It's these dumb people that take 18 different medications at the same time or eat 25-30 Opana 10mg at the same time and wonder what happened, how did they OD. In Florida it was bad but it has gotten a little better now. I really hope you found a new doctor or found a way to fix the problem. It's horrible to be treated like trash or a drug addict because of something someone else did. Take care and God bless.

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Re: Psl772 (# 109)

I agree totally. I'm going through a similar situation. I hurt from my neck down to every muscle in my body. My doc scheduled me 5 weeks out, not four, and said to make them stretch. What? I still work 12 hour shifts and my whole body is swelling now from another condition, and pain is horrific. I can't take it.

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Re: Dave (# 107)

Be quite. Then u spread it and then it will be taken off the market too.not many pharmacy s carry it.shhhhh

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What are you talking about? Don't you know that they have stopped prescribing OPANA in all forms. Generic or name brand. Believe me I was on both of them and both helped better than what I have to take now. There is no sense in making a argument about a drug that's been pulled off the market.

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First night on new. Guess will see if it works. Only ones that worked for me were the original red " stop signs "

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Re: Doreen (# 106)

were you seeing a pain doctor or getting it from your PCP? Most PCP's will no longer prescribe narcotics and refer out to pain clinics.

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Re: Jenna (# 101)

I said the exact same thing! It's not our fault real people in pain are being punished for their ignorant drug addiction. So take away a reformulated pill that works instead of fentanyl, it should go help the illicit drug epidemic they don't seem too concerned with, trying to make us suffer. Unbelievable... We should be able to sue someone since the Government was suing endo and the big pharms will know about us!

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Re: Cactus Arizona (# 112)

I am still being prescribed the generic form oxymorphone Doctor has to write it as that not opana I have bwen taking these for 6 years now. Yes original opana ER was pulled a few months ago.

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Re: Cactus Arizona (# 112)

I'm still being prescribed Opana. Just got 3 months of scripts from the pain clinic.

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Re: Rebel57 (# 113)

Get the immediate release. And don't drug shop for certain pills.

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Re: Justin (# 104)

You can still get generic form just not Opana at least here in Iowa cause thats what I had to switch to this week

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Re: Pained (# 115)

When you see one of your friends selling pills, turn them into the cops. That would help.

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