2011 30 Mg Oxycodone Shortage (Page 18)

I am a 51 y/o who lives in Florida, suffering from chronic back pain, and have been prescribed to take up to six 30mg oxycodone tablets a day for over two years by my Pain Management doctor. However, when I went to fill my prescription almost 4 weeks ago, my pharmacy told me their distributor had stopped shipping oxycodone to Florida pharmacies. Since then, I have personally visited about 100 pharmacies but have been unable to find them in stock anywhere. As a former paralegal, I attempted to research the situation, but could only confirm that the DEA has yearly quot on all controlled substances (for oxy's is 98 million grams in 2011). From I gather from the Internet, it appears that the ENTIRE state of FLORIDA is not getting any shipments of oxycodone 30 mg. from distributors, but are other states having this problem as well? Also, can anyone confirm whether (and HOW) the DEA is pressuring distributors to avoid Florida?

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Sir I am so sorry 2 hear that. I am a chronic pain patient myself for 12 yrs now & things around where I live i thought were getin bad,but that is just rediculous! I sure hope & pray things somehow gets better 4 at least tha 1s who abides by tha rules & deserve it.

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Where at Michelle I have a prescription right now for 60 30mg oxycodone and can't get it filled nowhere

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I run one of the largest corporate communications companies in Florida and can get a letter on just about any politians desk i may need to ,we need strenght in #s. I know some very strong lobbiest as well. Just so tired of running all over trying to find my meds that are medicinaly needed as i had broken my back and neck.Only serious inquiries please reach me at xxxxx@xxx {edited for privacy} and i will start petitioning Washington. Please serious inquires only, You want to get high climb a building , i need to walk not fly. I need as many signatures as possible and if you are using for only the right reasons contact. I will be posting the petion on the site for your viewing in adobe you can esignature and recieve updates as i am 100% serious and over thinking im living in russia this is the U.S.A . Last i heard we should also be able to drink more than 8 oz of soda as well Governer Bloomberg. What has the U.S.A come to it needs to stop and now. I am on A MISSION & WONT STOP. thewallstreetvoice.com doc" should be uploaded by monday as i am preparing with my own lawyers and my own$. Hippa rules obviosly apply.

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David, I am in the same boat and will be glad to ink my signature. Please advise what I need to do!

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I am not trying to fly; although it would be nice since it is all I can do to walk! With failed surgeries and surgeries that are pending, I can not get the medication oxycodone that is prescribed by my doctor! What do they expect us to do? I believe much of the problem here in Florida has to do with the Wallgreen distribution center being closed down as well as a couple of the CVS pharmacies all in the last couple of weeks.. In my case I filled all my medications at Wallgreens; so whose fault is it that I can not get my medication? I have done nothing wrong so I sure dont see it as my fault! Wallgreen on the other hand is doing nothing to help those of us that they use to fill for find other sources for our medication which they have been unable to get since their distribution center was closed down! I believed for a long time that our oxycodone problems had to do with pill mills and addicts. The latest developments however prove that diversion is coming many times from the very top! My question is ..... how many have been arrested for their actions and what kind of sentence will they receive?

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OXYCODONE STORY BY Randy F

This is my story....

Where to start... other than this so called miracle drug is seriously the worst prescription "medical drug" in the world thisÂMedication is the DEVIL... HANDS DOWN. I personally have been on oxycodone and in massive daily dosages of anywhere from 350/mg-500/mg PER DAY! I had a bad accident on November 21st of 2011 and have been going through hell this past 8 months trying to overcome this drug addiction I didn't even know I had.. my doctor just kept on increasing my daily dosage ignorant seemed like every few weeks it was going up about 80/mg for about 3 months till there was a point I was talking 400-500/mg a day. So long story short I had just got called to work.. I work away from home and I only had about 12 days worth of my pain meds left (didnt realise at the time i had work and my son on my mind hes three years old) and it was a long weekend I didn't even think about getting more not knowing or realising that I would end up running out while about 13 hours from my doctor, so as the days went on I started to realise that I only had a few days of medication left before I was out, so I just continued to stay in camp working and I was just going to try to suffer and bare the pain for the last 4 or 5 days till I was home to see my doctor... so the following morning I woke up with the worst sickness, body aches and pains I had ever experienced in my life... x 1000 (the sickest I've ever ever been I didn't think it was possible for a human to feel this train wreak like in my life) so I just did my regular thing that morning and went time work trying not to act sick or anything I had a great job an I didn't want to lose it... that night I was so sick and so sore and in so much pain I thought my heart was going to explode with flu like symptoms, hot and cold sweats, shaking, extreame anxiety attacks, stroke like symptomes as well!!! So as usual as I always do I went onto Google and looked up the oxycodone withdrawals and so on.. and I Came across a post to get to the doctors ASAP or you could possibly stop breating and every symptom I felt was listed !!!! I packed my bags as fast as possible got into my truck and put it to the floor, then as heading out of town I GOT on my cell and called 911 to ask about my condition.. long story short my doctor had given me enough medication in one day to kill about ten full grown men, and I'm talking taking this about on a day to day basis.. without the meds my body will shut down and I will stop breathing at this amount of mg a day and just up and stop taking them... this was about two weeks ago I was taking anywhere from 350-500/mg a day depending on how sick I'd feel in just as little as a few weeks I'm down to 250-300/mg a day (taking the meds to not be sick and die at this point) also when this had taken place i was getting pretty big into bodybuilding my weight when i was at the hospital was 245 all natural very big and about 6% bf, in just the short time of 6 months after the "accident i call it" i had wittled away to nothing i went down to 155 lbs i was devastated i lost five years of working out before my eyes this stuff is the devil it honestly is the worst feeling in the world yes it is going to be hard to overcome but you can do it stay strong and you will become stronger as the days go on there is hope for you and anyone reading my post it has touched your heart or opened your eyes about this terrible " F***ING MEDICATION" P.S IM VERY SORRY FOR THE LANGUAGE and I hope my story is helpful and you have learned something, please be careful don't take your dosage down to fast as it takes a while even some people up to a year and a half to be "clean" also keep loved ones and family very close tell them what is going on and mention they go to some meetings to learn more about what your going through because from personal experience with my family I literally shut them out of my life because they had no IDEA WHAT YOUR GOING THROUGH!!!!! BE SURE TO TALK TO YOUR DOCTOR ABOUT YOUR PLANS TO COME DOWN WITH YOUR DOSAGE. IF YOU FEEL THEY ARE NOT HELPING YOU TO THE BEST OF THERE ABILITY PLEASE FIGURED ONE WHOM CARES ABOUT what YOUR GOING THROUGH THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT!!!! I wish you the best of luck you can do it :) may gods blessings be with you!! Good luck everyone and take care and one day when your back to yourself life will be so bright and happy! Thanks for reading yours truly Randy!!!!! Also if you have any personal questions about anything along your journey to one day becoming clean or a loved one needs hl.p. and you have questions don't have hesitation! :) best of luck everyone

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I broke an ankle in 2002 which never healed. Couldn't afford meds and didn't want to pay for the ER, it took me 2 years to be able to walk again. The ankle still hurts but I have learned how to live with it even though I shattered it in multiple places and tore tendons and ligaments. My right calf was 28 inches whereas my left one was 41. And I made it through with over the counter pain pills even though the pain was unbearable. Aside for that, I was the type of person who does not even take aspirin. I also broke my L2 and L3 in the 80's and also took maybe 1 week's worth of vicodin and dealt with it with OTC pain killers while I was immobilized in a brace for 8 months.

I had a work injury in 2007 January, dislocated my left shoulder after a 500 pound machine fell onto my head and hit me. WC only authorized a "shoulder sprain" for which I had surgery due to the dislocation. My cervical got accepted 2 years later and I have 4 HNP with 3 annular tears where bone shards are pushing against the spinal cord and constricting the spinal cord. I have facet hypertrophy at 5 levels, stenosis, osteoarthritis, and all the other fun stuff that comes with injured discs. I also have bilateral cervical radiculopathy that prevents me from even cutting my own fingernails, I have no feeling in 3 fingers on one hand. I have bilater CTS as well as ulnar nerve entrapment somewhere between my neck and the left shoulder. I also ended up with post concussion syndrome resulting in tinnitus, migraine, and dizziness and giddiness (not accepted by WC). I have visible protrusions on my thoracic as well as my lumbar. I wasn't paid by WC for 4 years so I couldn't afford anything on my own and never had MRI's or anything else for those. I get ESI's and facet blocks twice a year and the facet blocks get followed by radiofrequency lesioning of the 6 cervical nerves (aka Ablation - 3 on each side). I get my facet blocks say in January but the ablation is rejected by WC. 30 days for a hearing 10 days for a decision, appeal by the opposite party, 60 days for appeals hearing, 15 days for decision and finally in June or July I am authorized for the ablation. But it's been too long since the facet blocks so I need new ones. Once in 4 times I was authorized, the other 3 times I had to spend another 6 months in court to get a decision so I had to wait a year to get the blocks followed by ablation. I need to get a spinal cord stimulator but they want me to be as pain free as I can before I can get it (meaning if my normal pain levels are 8 out of 10, they want me to have it at the lowest possible which is about 5-6 after ablation while on meds). So I have been taking 30mgx6 oxycodone, 2 Xanax to help me sleep and reduce anxiety as needed (I've been taking maybe half on a daily basis and maybe 2-3 times every 3-4 months, I may have to take 2 per day for 2-3 days). I have prilosec for my stomach since I have no appetite and so the pills don't screw up my stomach. I have Ibuprofen 800mgx2 (right now I am constantly taking it since I have no full relief without surgical intervention). I have Soma 350mgx4 and even though it helps sleep as well, it does nothing to me and helps my muscles relax as I have nasty tremors and spasms visible to the naked eye. Once a month or once every 2 months, I get a 6 day regimen of prednisone (6, 5, 4, 3, 2 and 1 tab x 10mg).

I've been on this for 3 years. I'm totally dependent on the oxycodone as well as if I don't take it by 4.5 hours from my previous one, I start getting cramping in all my muscles as well as anxiety. The pain goes from 9-10 to 6-7 on pills and occasionally to 5 but in 3-3.5 hours the pain is back slowly and if I don't take the oxy by 5 hours, the next oxy does nothing to the pain and it gradually decreases by the time I am taking the next oxy. I make sure I don't take it before 4 hours and try to wait 4.5 hours between pills but sometimes I start cramping and literally feel as my heart is going to stop by the time I make it through another hour to the pill time (my BP is about 110/55, with HR 52-55 and at 4 hours after the oxy, I am at 150/60 and HR 90'ish).

I've been getting my oxy at the same supermarket pharmacy for 2+ years. It is like the pill mafia as they won't give it to ppl they don't know since all they get go to regular clients like me. They were out once and they had to send me to another store and it was like an initiation to a secret society. They said to say so and so sent me and this is what I need. I go there, there is a tech. I want the manager and he won't let me speak to her. I explan my situation and he tells me they don't have any oxy. After about an hour the manager came out and after I explained myself I was able to get my refills but the tech was still giving me the evil eye. My pharmacy sometimes doesn't have it so they have a stash for emergencies and will give me enough for 4-5 days untli the shipment arrives.

They called me last week and said they weren't going to be able to fill my 180 and that most they could do was 120. The reason is that the state told them they were going to take harsher measures and that if their names came up on the system that they would not lose their license but also get arrested. The scandal last year with pill mills and Walgreens spread and now there are about 30 Walgreens in the state without med licenses and being sued with their pharmacists arrested. She said she wanted to avoid that and that it was directly told to them to tell me and similiar patients to ask the doctors to "change the pills and take them in conjunction with other pills" for long term care patients. I am not a long term care patient but thanks to WC screwing everything up, I am considered a long term pain management patient since nothing gets done on time. I asked my doctor if I can get something else or if I can lower it and he said "ABSOLUTELY not". We had tried the time release ones and they had not worked, the body drained those too fast. I even wake up in the middle of the night with all the pills I am taking and have to take my oxycodone. I slept 2 hours on Monday night last week, had a Tuesday morning appointment and since no ablation was authorized, I ended up with 42 trigger point shots covering my whole back (12 units of injections) and started my prednizone which also keeps me up normally. I could not sleep until Thursday morning around 9-10 am. The doc says he can't give me anything else until they can get my ablation and put me on an SCS so that they can reduce the pills but the DEA and state threaten to arrest my pharmacist. I asked her why they don't do anything to the doctors and her reply was "they get a slap on the hand but they say 'we are the pain specialists and we should know what is too high for our patients' and therefore they arrest us instead of the doctors because doctors are 'so busy that they can make mistakes in prescribing the wrong amounts'". What a croc of .... And the sad thing is the state is telling them to take oxycodone with the time realsed ones or morphine. I don't want to take 3 separate pills that have a chance to counteract with each other with all sorts of possible effects when my body is used to what I am taking now with NO SIDE EFFECTS. I also get my testosterone levels checked which they say will drop with long term usage of oxy but those are normal as well. At least once a month (sometimes 2 or 3) I get urine tested and the test is 1700 dollars to the WC insurer since it is very specific and looks for oxy only. It is MANDATORY in Florida. They can tell the exact dosage I took in the past 72 hours and if there are ANY VARIATIONS, they are supposed to cut you off or the physician gets in trouble. I have not failed the test once, I can't even leave my house except doctor's appointments and now they want to take away the only thing that provides me some sort of relief.

So right now I got my monthly 180 but starting next month, I have no clue wtf I am going to do.

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I need help car accident broken femiur n messed up back I needavgood doc

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The pharmacies are still getting them. However they are giving it out to the clients whom they know and who are regulars. I've seen many people while waiting for mine to be filled who were told "sorry, we haven't received any in a long time". The numbers they are getting are very limited so they rather give it to their regulars as opposed to people they don't know. It also involves a lot of calls for new patients (confirmations, double checks, etc...) so it is also less work. They also rather give it to someone they know as opposed to having to tell the regular that they ran out after giving it to a new or one time patient. I was sent to another pharmacy as well to get some as mine were out and the manager was expecting me. However the manager wasn't there and the assistant who also had anger problems as well as anti-social traits, kept repeating to me over and over that they hadn't had any in a while despite me telling him I was sent here from another branch and was told to directly speak to the manager as he was expecting me. I wasted 25 minutes talkng to the guy and finally when the manager returned from lunch, he asked me to give him 15 minutes to fill the prescription. I waited the 15 minutes while the ass of an assistant kept staring me down, I got my Oxycodone and since then I haven't had to go back to that pharmacy. However my pharmacist just told me this month that they were told not to dispense over 90mg to anyone who was taking it long term as they were advised to tell them to take other drugs such as "morphine" or the patch !@! Yes, please give us the patch that is given to terminal patients, that's all we need. And this is coming from the state. They don't give a rat's ass about who needs what, all they care is to look good to the media.

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No doctor will give you that amount. You would have gotten busted at the checks they have and would have gotten a visit from the authorities trying to see if you are a user, a seller or are involved in any dealer activities. Your doctor would have lost his/her license as well.

People actually have real diseases and conditions here who can only go through living thanks to Oxycodone. So go make up your stories elsewhere whatever your reason is for coming to these threads and trashing them with BS stories.

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I'm n dc my script ran past the 30days so now I need to find a pharm in md or va that will fill my script of oxycodone 30mg#120 ct. Any suggestions?

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Hello everyone. I was on the same horrible pain meds as y'all. Here in fl, for many, many years. Do y'all realize that the more oxycodone you take, the lower your pain threshold gets. I know, does not matter now! Only matters to not feel sick, not feel desperate, in pain! I remember too well! I know what the nightmare feels like! I lived it! For far too long! Here's the answer -- no! Not stupid "meetings" or anything like that! It is online. It is called "The thomas recipe". We all have very strong minds. If you're sick of this crap yet, do the thomas recipe. You'll need to be strong, especially when "Tapering." but if I did it successfully, you can too! There's nobody I have heard of, read about, etc that took the extreme & outrageously high dosage I did! I never stuck a needle in my arm. I did not ever "abuse" it. I do not care if u did! You can still get out of this nightmare! I promise! I never once puked during withdrawal. I made up my mind I was not going to be the "99%" that does not quit forever! I was & am in extreme pain from a terrible accident. Nothing was/is worse than those evil pills! Yes! It takes a couple of years to feel totally "Normal" again! But I promise it is worth it! I didn't even follow all the "Rules" on the thomas recipe! Wish I had! I was as scared as you are! Likely more! I have never once "Craved" it, even during the worst times.

But, as I said, the "Worst" is not even bad, if you follow the recipe, especially the taper! I went through all this over & over again. (the "Shortages, running out before next appointment, etc.!) " for years & years! The pills "Turned" on me! Made me fat, miserable! I was outrageously overprescribed! You guys make me sad because I know how you all feel exactly! Please! Just try to do the thomas recipe. It's all over the place online! Costs nothing! And, just so yall understand, I have been right where you are & it does not have to be that way! I never have mentioned amounts to but will for you guys! I was taking over 2400 pills (yes. 30 mg roxy's) a month! Yup! Twenty four hundred. A month! Over that amount, actually. Its a miracle I am alive. I will be in debt forever from that! But I do not care because I am free! I did not make up the "Recipe" or "Method". I have no idea who did! Assume "Some guy" named "Thomas." but thanks to him or whomever did, I am f r e e! You can be too! Oh man it is worth it! No more scrounging around looking for my sickness fix! No more "Counting!" (awful!) no more waiting to not be sick! No! No! Never again!

Please! Just try! It's so worth it! I still drink. Still smoke ! But never ever will I ever take a pain pill again! I ruined my life, my kids life, & never thought I could be free. But I am! Never went to "Rehab!" never told anyone I was slowly quitting alone. At home. On my terms. In my time. "My" way (thomas' way, really!) but you get it! I am only posting this to help you all! I will have seven years freedom soon! Do not miss the crazy/sick/desperate feelings at all! Never ever "Crave". Not once! Imho- definitely keep excellent records of the a****** dr's prescribing you these meds! Especially if you're being insanely overprescrbed as I once was! I have not done anything as far as that goes, but should! It is all up to you & does not have to be hell! I swear! It is all in your power. It's just you have to decide if you are sick of this! If so, then please! Believe what I'm saying to you ! I am the 1%! And you can be too! There's a lot of room for us 1%ers! Especially when you think of how many of us have fallen victim to a stupid blue pill! If I help one person here, it will make me very happy! Good luck everyone & I hope I helped you!

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