New Opana Is Out Now - March 15 (Page 5) (Top voted first)

I got my new Opana Prescription this week and it is the new formulation. The old ones were six sided and the new one is round.

The new formulation, that the FDA approved, is supposed to be the same quality as the old Opana we are used to. I hope so.

I am going to include the links to the articles that discuss this at the bottom, the latest article is directly from the makers of Opana and is from February.

The old stock of Opana is all supposed to be gone from the shelves by now and the pharmacists are all supposed to be using the new formulation.

Let us know here how you think the new stuff is working for you. Is it the same as the old stuff? IS there a coating on the new stuff that changes its effectiveness like the way the new formulation of Oxycontin did when it came out in 2010? Let us know.

Mine only started a few days ago so it is too early to say. It is the Opana long acting. They had to change it to stop people from crushing and abusing them.

Let us see if it works.

here are the article links;

This one is from Endo Pharmaceutical directly, the company that makes the drug;

Crush-Resistant Formulation of Opana ER® Approved by the FDA

Here is the second one ;

Endo Announces FDA Approval of a New Formulation of Opana® ER Designed To Be Crush-Resistant

Hope it helps everyone!

Peace, Keith

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Also, since your so worried about my health, I am taking the generic Opana ER manufactured by Actavis and it works GREAT! Also my information came right from the U.S. patent office. Here is the link to the INTAC technology patent.

patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-adv.htm&r=112&f=G&l=50&d=PTXT&s1=oxymorphone&p=3&OS=oxymorphone&RS=oxymorphone

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I agree with what this post says...please don't assume that because the new Opana doesn't work, we are all addicts just chasing a high! I'm a legitimate chronic pain patient who has used several different types of medications. Unfortunately, I lost my insurance and I had to go on patient assistance. I'm taking 40 mgs and it barely brings my pain down to a 7 (with breakthrough meds)...I'm frustrated and want to be "me" again, not someone who has to lay flat by noon. Going to try and change medication. Good luck to everyone who REALLY needs pain relief.

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I too am on the IR. If u are afraid of everyone finding out about them then shut up!!

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Why not try fentanyl or ms contin? Why fool around with these plastic coated Oxys and opanas? Ms contin has always been the staple drug of choice for chronic pain???????

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I do feel for you. It's working so well for the pain and no fuzzyheadidness....(i realize this is NOT a word =) At any rate, bless your heart. You realize you are in a very small minority of people that take these medications exclusively for pain. You don't want the high, I commend you. Some simply don't like the high or "buzz". I wish so much I was one of those people. But, the getting sick to your stomach can actually be managed fairly easily. Promethazine or Phenergran (both the same but Phenergran is the name brand the other is generic. No difference. But, the may help. They make some people drowsy. But I did take it for a while and it seemed to take away the nausea and the drowsy feeling went away after a week or so. May or may not work but I feel so bad for you. You're trying so hard to JUST have some relief. And you deserve it. No one should have to live in that kind of chronic pain if there are alternatives. So you may want to discuss with your doctor. Like I said, it may or may not work. I just want to try and help. I hope you feel better and get this medication thing straightened out as best as you can. Not all pain can be taken away but there is no reason, in this day and age, that you can't be made as comfortable as possible. You have been patient and honest with your doctors. MAKE THEM KNOW THAT.....
The best of luck.

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The FDA didn't make them change the delivery system, they did it because of the large numbers of abusers that were overdosing...They didn't want any liability...and I don't blame them... If there weren't so damn many pill abusers, then this wouldn't have happened. It's estimated that their are about 2 million pain med abusers in the US! That's just nuts! What a shi**y life to choose to live!

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Exactly! I'm astounded at the number of people saying they don't work. They didn't change that part. It contains the same amount of the same medication. You just can't abuse it and get high! The pain relief is omg great! People just need to get a grip and stop the abuse!

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To James:
There is no "plastic" in Opana! If it was plastic, then it would go right thru you, and do nothing!
I have the manufacturer's bottle with ingredients, and a 2 page document all about the medication information.
So, you sir, need to get your facts straight before making an ass out of yourself! Now, some of the binders did change, but none are plastics of any kind. The worse thing that would happen, is a allergic reaction to this, but the meds would still work... So... change to something else if that is the case...don't make ignorant claims!!! Enough said!

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Your wrong James... There is no plastic in Opana!
Read the manufacturers data sheet with the ingredients...
And change meds if you don't like it, there are plenty of other drugs out there! You need to get your facts straight. Where did your info come from? Mine came from Endo!

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"Change meds." I needed to stop the stupid crap my doctor gave me because she was afraid of the DEA, "knocking on her door." Which they DID anyway because she kept crap records! I am a three-time, cancer, 27 surgeries, including back. The medication I had was not working and my new doctor said,"That is not right and we will fix it." He gave me 10mg Opana IR and 20mg ER, twice a day. I am MISERABLE. They are barely affecting me and the ER are not even dissolving and I see them in my STOOL! I put one in water to see what would happen. 48 hours later, it was a solid "stone" with a rubbery coating around it, i.e., in 48 hours, it did not dissolve. No wonder it just comes right back out. I do not feel "high". The DEA has made the new rules FOR the doctors. People that want drugs still get them. Those of us that suffer and depend on our physicians for help are being "told" how to feel, how long to feel it, and what to do to "not" feel that way. The problem there is obvious. How do you explain to your doctor when they are programmed to call you a "drug seeker" if you so much as say, "It hurts here." I need another cancer surgery and I just cannot do it. If it spreads - I guess my only option is Death with Dignity. I want a life! Not a nursing home and wheel chair. But, you cannot be happy in your own home in America - unless you do it illegally. Until the patient AND the doctor stand up for our rights together, we are doomed. Cancer will kill everyone because the only time you will be out of pain is when hospice decides you are on your last breath (YES, they don't want you to become "addicted" or "high" when you are about to die!!). F*** them.

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Got mine today, it did make me a little sick-not to bad. What I experianced most was being shakey, aggravated feeling, VERY moody? Don't have the upset stomach like I did when the oxys were changed over to the OPs I'm going to give it a week to see if my body adjusts to them before I call my PM doc.These just seem like they should be generic to me anyway, but NO they change them to crap and we still have over a $700 bill. Thanks ENDO. If they keep making me fieel I'll endo lost me. Will keep all updated. Really hope everyone has a great evening ;)

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