(2) 15mg Oxycodone's Vs. (1) 30mg Oxycodone (Top voted first)

My doctor prescribed me (60) 30mg. Oxycodone's. But my pharmacist gave me (120) 15 mg. pills as a substitute. My question is will (2) 15 mg. pills have the same effect as (1) 30 mg. pill?

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Roxanne,
You should not judge people who take pain meds. You do not obviously understand how dangerous it can be for people who have Legitimate Pain Management Dr. Prescriptions. How would you feel if your mother had knee replacement surgery and is now suffering because she cannot fill her prescription for pain medicine. This attitude and people like you who judge everyone because of the actions of few are quite literally killing people. The stigma is real and the problem needs a real solution. Regulating the crap out of doctors and patients will NOT stop illegal activity! Just costs patients more and Doctors feel harassed.
I bet you voted for Obama too.

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To Roxanne - why dont you mind your own business you must be here for a reason.

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@Roxanne Wake up not all people are drug seekers , I would much rather not be on meds. But some out of state A-hole driver a Armored van decided to make an iilegal left hand turn into my little car. Im 32 have 3 kids that I cant enjoy because of constint pain. So go F yourself about Cancer patients. You sound pissed that ur junky ass cant get meds imo

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yes,, on paper taking two 15mg roxys should equal 1 30 mg roxy... ON PAPER... BUT BUT BUT,, i know this from my personal experience,, but for some reason the 15's dont help me at all! i mean its not even close to the 30's for some wierd reason. I know it doesnt make sense to me,, but i swear its true in my case.. taking a half of a 30 actually seems to help me more than taking 2 15's.. lol i know on paper that makes NO sense but like i have said,, thats in MY case.. dont know why,, wish i did.. if anyone does know i would love to know why.. thanks

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Hey RoXanne -- u and all these other mf... and other organizations, You critisize people that have legitimate problems and legal scripts.. Hey queen b**** -- ask yourself. I you ever got hurt bad (whch i dont wish on anyone if god forbid you did -- I bet a million dollars u would feel very diff about this situation.

I feel the way you do if a person does it illegal without a legitmate injury/diagnosis....

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First of all impersonating a federal law enforcement officer is a federal offense. Secondly people take meds for legitimate reasons as well. Thirdly the DEA is cracking down on rogue pharmacies and pill mills not patients who are legally and rightfully prescribed opiates. Fourthly a position with the DEA requires a bachelor's degree which by your spelling you definitely do not have. Its actually spelled possession. Bye bye

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Your not the dea and even If you are you aren't doctors soo mind your business. who are you to say who is in pain or not? I'm 26yrs old and take 6 30mg oxycodone IR a day. I was in Iraq protecting your ass. And got hit by a IED 2 of my fellow soldiers died. And I was thrown 60ft in the air. I broke my back in 3 places and will never be the same. The pills are the only thing that makes life livable now. And i still have to deal with s*** from dumb f**** like you from time to time. I don't have cancer and I dare you to say I dont need my meds. I hope you feel real good making it hard on pain patients to get the meds they need. I earned a purple heart for my service. And guess what I still work a full time job even know I'm (doped up) as u say. I think I've proven you wrong forward and backwards up and down.. The least you can do is apologize to us pain patients for your rude, Obnoxious outlandish insensitive comments and ridiculous views on drugs.

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J it makes perfect sense an is true. Only certain generics work for me, mainly actavis an core pharma. I Take mallincroct methadoneno issues. But i also take 15 mgs of roxicodone which is going up to 90 30mgs. 2 15mgs. are not as effective as 130, in my experience.

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i wish the last guy didnt throw in i bet you voted for obama too, that made them sound really dumb, but roxanne is obviously a person who doesn;t have a clue about the real world and only kows what she reads in reports and statistics distributed by the people trying to stop the distribution of necessary medicine. I have had a lubar spinal fusion in 4 discs in my back and am only 26 years old. I just moved to Florida from california and have had the worst tie trying to get my prescriptions filled for any and all pain pills. so Roxanne should i tell my baby that I cant work because I cant fill my prescriptions because roxanne is just doing her job.

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its not the same hes right i was prescribed 4 15mg roxi ir and ive tried everybrand from the a 214 m 15 k8 etc and when i got switchedto two 30mg a day it was a big change

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First of all what your pharmacist did is illegal.the answer to ur ? Is yes two 15 will do Same as one 30

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Some people had a real job serving the front line of this country and got really screwed up to the point they can't walk without painkillers jerk. Wait until you're injured and permentally disabled. The guy who posted got perscribed them by a doctor, you have no idea what's wrong with anyone taking them, even the people who said this or that one worked better.
Your day will come and you'll eat those words, pr!ck

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I TOTALLY agree with J!! It is the same (almost) for me. I have been prescribed these medications for almost two decades now and the 15mg tablets have no where NEAR the effectiveness that the 30mg tablets have. I agree that this makes no sense what-so-ever but there you go... I can take four 15mg tablets and NOT recieve the same relief as taking ONE 30mg tablet. For whatever reason, my metabolism does not react to the 15's as well as it does to the 30's. I have discussed this with my Dr. and he just gives me the hmmm! Good luck and I hope that this helps.

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First off the damn pills havent been around 20 years dude so ur wrong right there! Also 2 15 mg is not the same as 1 30mg with 15 mg ur only getting 15mg inside of that pill and even if u take 2 its the like taking 15mg dosage bc thats whats in the pill the mg is lower all toghter!! there is a difference

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@Roxanne, first off, the DEA has no business sticking its nose into our personal thoughts and ideas. if that is the kind of control your seeking, you will find yourselves in the middle of a civil war.

in my thoughts, the 30mg seems to have a longer peak than if i take two of my 15mgs. I dont know why, but i would have to agree with the others that say the same. I have cut one of my 30s in half before and taken it and it seems as if it still has the same peak duration just less pain relief.

and of course, if your not prescribed the 30mgs i would suggest you dont abuse them and vise versa with the 15s. I have seen a few people abuse these medications and almost die. be safe always.

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Maybe! Just maybe you should have a chronic disease and go through surgery after surgery and go through almost every medicine and not be able to find anything that works except what YOU are putting down. Yes there are people who abuse it and then there are people who really are in pain and can't and shouldn't live with the pain. I wish more then any thing they would find something all natural that truly helps with pain. But from now on we all get to sit here and be judged.

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So...say you're a doctor (this is hypothetical, though the situation and injuries are real) and two patients come in after a car accident. One person has a dislocated shoulder, a concussion, a torn trapezius, and two herniated disks in their neck. The other has a broken nose, a concussion and their leg is broken in two places which would get infected. Both have to stay for an extended period of time in the hospital and multiple surgeries ahead of them. Are you proposing in this situation to send both of these patients with nothing but NSAIDs and Tylenol?

People forget that extreme pain can cause major problems including fever, dangerously elevated blood pressure, elevated pulse, dehydration, and shock which can cause death.

I believed similarly to Roxanne before the accident, although not quite to her extreme. At the young age of 25, I have discovered that pain meds have an extremely place in medical care. They make what could have been a fatal or bedridden condition 100 years ago, (due to shock or other complications) something that not only you can live through, but actually have a life afterwards.

There are always people that abuse what is in front of them, just take alcohol as a HUGE example- prohibition obviously didn't work! But pain medication cannot be banned because some abuse it. Perhaps there should be limits on amounts prescribed at one time, or tried along with holistic approaches of pain management, or stricter guidelines on when doctors can prescribe what. But drugs such as oxycodone are critical tools in preserving patients' lives.

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Did they teach you to spell & to rant & rave at people you don't know or have their medical files in front of you (being your a licensed MD) to read and thus properly diagnose? I gotta say, your life must truly be the worst out of anyone's I've ever heard or seen. I think you have serious personal issues, & I also think you work for the DEA about as much as I do NASA & am currently in putter space w/ Mr. Kelly writing you this message. You are truly a sad example of a mother who's child started taking YOUR MARIJUANA & then moved onto more heavy drugs & now is on smack or has been through a dozen rehabs, or even lost your child (for this I'm very sorry & send my condolences) but you have no idea my friend what true CHRONIC PAIN EVEN IS, more less what it feels like to deal w/ this every day of your life. I will agree w/ you that this particular thread/discussion is truly BS & should not even be talked of, but the beautiful Constitution of this great country allows folks to freely discuss issues which don't harm other folks, & in this case the only harm I see is your threats & attitude which resembles that of a teenager. If you truly were a DEA agent you would know the problems people are having with their pain medications is because of your group of bullies & your streets that you have flooded with opioids to make money for you so called " WAR ON TERROR " which has only given the US rights to Afghanistan's Poppy Fields & oil supplies. Let me guess, your desire to lock up these innocent people is to somehow get back at the unknown drug dealers that destroyed your child's life, & I ask you, do you feel that, that is making the issue better?, or is it making it worse? I'm trying to work with you here but I just don't see why locking up the obviously legit pain sufferers is going to help you live a more productive life. I ask you since your so bold in stating why innocent people should be inprisioned, & that your an active DEA agent, etc, etc. to PLEASE TELL US THE PEOPLE WHO PAY YOUR SALARY AND PUT FOOD ON YOUR TABLE, what is your Badge number & what is your Real Name, & I challenge you to let your superiors read the post you left to these innocent people. If you do this, myself having fussed ( shattered ) discs & hip replacement surgery that went wrong & several other issues that require me to also have to take pain medication in order to get up out of bed each & every day, but back to what I was writing, if you give us both your badge ID & your correct name, I WILL GO TO SOME SORT OF REHAB (against my doctors will) & get off the one medication I take to help me to live a more productive life, & thus I will give up this peace of mind to not only my body which is a wreck but both my mind, & my physical body, again big bad DEA agent, just tell us your badge ID & your real name & post it beside a copy & pasted form of your most hanious of posts I've ever read & you can have what little bit of life I have in your back pocket, now we all know the next move is yours. Cheers, Nadine

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I work 60 plus hours a week, on my feet all day with severe back issues. These are the only thing KEEPING me working and a productive member of society. It IS the abusers, however, that sometimes make it hard for people like me to get the relief i need. Mind you, they only take the worst edge off my pain. I'm still in pain every hour of every day. But they help me keep going. Without this medicine i would be home living off government checks which barely cover necessities. Everyone has different levels, and different tolerances for PAIN.

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@ROXANNE,

IF YOU HAD FORECLOSURE ON YOUR HOUSE PROVIDING FOR 3 CHILDREN~ HAD A SURGERY WHERE A SURGEON CUT YOUR NERVES (APPENDECTOMY NEAR FATAL) TAKING 25 200 MG IBUPROFEN'S TO GET BY DURING THE DAY TO PROVIDE FOR YOUR KIDS, KEEP A ROOF OVER THEIR HEAD (DESTROYING MY KIDNEYS BECAUSE YOUR CLAMPING DOWN ON 40, 50, AND 60 YEAR OLDS TRYING TO JUST PLAIN LIVE AND DO RITE BY YOUR KIDS......IM ASHAMED OF YOU AND PRAY FOR YOUR SELFISH, UNKIND, UNCOMPASSIONATE SOUL DOING YOUR JOB....WHAT ABOUT MY KIDS AND DOING MY JOB!!!! CANCER VICTOMS ARE NOT THE ONLY PEOPLE THAT NEED THESE MEDS...I WISH NOTHING BAD FOR YOU ROXANNE~BUT SINCE YOU AND YOUR JOB ARE SO IMPORTANT~I WISH YOU COULD DEAL WITH MY PAIN 5 MINUTES...ONLY 5 MINUTES~ AND I BET MY LIFE ON IT...YOU WOULD SHUT YOUR PIE HOLE~ NOT ALL ON HERE ARE SAINTS~ BUT YOU ARE ONE UNCHRISTIAN, NASTY ONE WAY, TULLEL VISION PERSON CALLING "ME A DOPE ADDICT". TAKE 5 MINUTES OF MY PAIN.....NOW THERE IS CYSTS ON MY KIDNEYS FROM THE IBUPROFEN. YOU THINK IT'S ALL I NEED!!!!.......THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX BEFORE YOU BRAG ABOUT TAKING MY TAX DOLLARS.

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