2012 Oxycodone 30mg Shortage In Florida (Page 3)
UpdatedMy spouse, who is in severe, chronic pain, has been a customer of Walgreens for many years. We live in Pinellas County, Florida. Everyday this week we have driven from Walgreen's to Walgreen's trying to fill his prescription for Roxicodone 30mg, to no avail. I cannot get any help from his regular pharmacy. I know that it's dangerous for them to tell a total stranger which store has them in stock, but I don't understand since they know him, why they can't call around or give us any assistance. I am at a total loss as to what to do & would appreciate any information that you could provide. It is so hard to see him in so much pain. Thank you.
Just thought I would pass this on . . . Caremark will fill your prescription by mail for Oxycodone as long as you have a valid MRI that your doctor is willing to send them. I gave up driviing all over town because I went through the same thing. Hopefully mail order will work for you : )
try wal-marts they can help u better thin walgreens.u may have to go out 2 or three hours to find,i no sad for me and u.some places will tell u on the phone but most will not.gd luck hope i could be of some help,i olny had to wate 12 days befor i found them.
YEP! I got the same response from Walgreens I've been going to for years...was very upset since they're the only pharmacy that has them!!
shiLark - my Doc has been trying to get me to use morphine instead of oxys because of all the issues right now but I was under the impression that they make you xtremely drowsy, non-functional...is this not accurate?
Just an FYI - the Walgreens on 436 (Altamonte Springs) finally got oxycodone 30mg in today, after waiting 3+ weeks for them...BUT, as of June 1st they have a new restriction - they now have a 15mile radius, or was it 5mile, where they will no longer fill Rxs if your ID address is not within that radius...I've been going to this pharmacy for 2 1/2 years and today I was refused...this is the ONLY pharmacy I've found that even has it and the Pharmacist, who has assisted me many times in the past, was not budging on this new "rule"...so they are making it more and more difficult to get oxycodone scripts filled...and a customer ahead of me was given a hard time because he didn't have a long-acting, or extended release, medicine to go along with the short-acting...so this is another new restriction as of the 1st of June....unbelievable!
Thanks Scratchy for the info. Will check into that. So the filling of the scripts within a certain perimeter seems to be happening in other places as well.WOW!! I can only truly hope that the powers that be do not ever get a loved one that needs some sort of medication and cannot get it. What goes around comes around. We are trying Target this week, been waiting for the pharmacy manager to get back into town and speak with her. You would think that a town as big as Jax there would not be a problem.
Felice I think it is like any other drug, it depends on how your body reacts to it, you know. I would suggest doing some research on it and maybe get your doc to write you a small script and see how it works for you. My brother cannot take them and I do know you have to eat before taking as they can affect your stomach acids quite badly. I see the whiplash of the DEA with Walgreens is effecting us all everywhere.
nah man,they dont make me drowsy they make me just like roxis like a robort.. what can i do,what ta do.. heh like im game for anything and feeel grrreeeeaaaat.. better then roxi's ASK HIM ABOUT OPANS they only have generic in instant release formulas,the extended release ENDO still has patent so there like 600$ for 60 pillsbut the generic opana IR's are only like 40$ w.o insurance,so good-luck.. cause after i went to 10 pharmacies about a month ago i went straight baCK an got a different script,he might wanna put u on dialaudids which is HYDRO-MORPHONE instead of OXY-MORPHONE but its just as good.. MY PAIN FREE DATYS LYE AHEAD -shiLark
Thanks, shiLark!! Are you in Orange County (Orlando)?
I can help you if ur dr. is in Naples if out of county even bonita I am having same problems! I was using walgreens mail service for past 6 mons. then they stopped unless u have blue cross medicare! Then I found a place in naples dea shut down! But I know 2 others in naples but has to be naples dr.! I know how it is I am in such pain have been on for 8 yrs. bad car accident! Now I have been in 2 more in 6 weeks car flipped 8 times neither my fault! But my dr, is in ft.myers But I cant find dr. in naples exepting new patients! So seriously hit me up!
I dropped my prescription off at a Walmart grocery store pharmacy. The pharmacist and his entire staff were very professional and courteous. I had been told by every other pharmacy including larger Walmart's that I couldn't drop my script off because it was a narcotic. However this is the second Walmart in a year to allow me to drop it off and guarantee when I would have it. Safe to say I've found my new pharmacy.
WOW! The Wal-Marts here (Orlando) tell me they don't carry this pain med - Oxycodone....hmmm...if anyone knows one that does, PLEASE let me know!
I just heard they ar4e doing this all over florida. it is because of the Dr. who wrote script. they will not fill for some Dr.'s they feel are bad...
The same thing happened to me but at CVS. The pharmacist wasn't "comfortable" filling my script. I go to Kmart as a regular customer for over 3 years & when they are out Walgreens normally has them. In years only once was I denied. I have spent 2 days 10 hours a day looking. I was told I was the 500th person today....I don't understand what is going on. I thought that only legitimate pain sufferers would be writtin scripts. So there shouldn't be an issue, should there?
The junkies are going to obtain their drug by any means necessary, you can believe that! Robbing banks, pharmacies, this just creates crime...which does pay if your the state. They make money off of ppls misery, pain & suffering!
If you have ins. ask them if they have Express Scripts.
I have staywell insurance. All the Major Chain Pharms around here now say we welcome Express Scripts, what is it?
It is were you get your meds either at the pharmacy or they can be shipped to you too. check it out. good luck to you. R
Thanks Rope, I will def check it out! Ill wait a few days to have them shipped! :)
Thanks for the advice!
It is actually against federal law for a pharmacy to deny to fill a script if u or ur doctor aren't from the county from which u are trying to fill in. This is just a Florida thing and I'm not sure how they are getting away with this. I live in Florida but travel to ny once a month. When I can't find my meds in Florida I just bring my script to ny and get it filled with no problems. I found this out around a year ago when I couldn't fill my script and was leaving for ny. When I called the local pharmacy in ny I was told that a pharmacy in any of the 50 states has to fill a script from any doctor in the 50 states since the doctor is lic. By the dea. So my question to everyone is how Florida getting away with this county restriction? Food for thought!
The're just doing it.
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