2012 Oxycodone 30mg Shortage In Florida (Page 31)

My 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.

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@mouth, I tried morphine 30 mg ir 's. Didn't work for me at all. Dilaudid would probably work better. Look at drug conversion sites on the web. That's your best source of trying to get med that's closest to what you were taking. I know you were taking roxycodone 30mg ir. People like to ns, but the conversion charts give the best info. Went to my Dr today, I told him the opana is so expensive, said he would switch me to dilaudid or morphine, or back to the roxycodone. At least he takes the time with me, and offers what he and I would work best. I was on a dilaudid pump in hospital from surgery, and it made me nauseous as hell. The morphine did nothing for pain but made me nauseous too. I'm very limited as to what I can tolerate too. He was shocked with insurance how expensive the opana is. Thanks dea, fda and the whole system for screwing legit cpp.

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Panicnpain... It's been awhile... Hope ur doing well.
After over 8 yrs being on 30's (needed for chronic pain), as some of u on here are familiar with my history, my Dr suddenly cut my 30's to 15's, saying that he's doing to all, unless they have cancer. 2 weeks after he decreased my dose, (on top of all my other major medical issues), I was brought to ER for an emergency "complete" bowel obstruction, and after 10 days in hosp, 25 staples, and the additional pain that came with
it, I'm suffering ridiculously. I've been on numerous pain meds, one of which were the 30 mg Roxicodone, for going on 9 yrs. But for this Dr., who I've only been seeing for about 10 mths (due to a recent move), to decrease my dose because he feels "strong-armed" by DEA, is obsurd! I need to find another Dr in the
Sarasota area that isn't chicken s*** to still write for 30's. I have no problem filling them (usually), because of my medical history, but Icant fathom that this Dr would simply cut my meds (along with all his other patients, who dont have "cancer" ), in HALF !!! I'm guessing that maybe he's been "over-prescribing" or some other s***, and now he's trying to drastically cut back do he doesn't lose his practice. Can anyone
suggest a Legitimate Pain Dr in the area?? If so, I would greatly appreciate. Thanks

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I tried morphine sulfate before and it did Nothing for me. I tried dilauded like I said about 5 yrs ago and had an allergic reaction. The same thing happened with Opana. My pharmacy said they never have Opana...so I'm not gonna even try the rat race again trying to find a pharmacy that does. Figured I would give something another try because All of us know....Something is better than Nothing when you have chronic pain. I go to the DR 2morrow and will have my percs d/c and probably go with the dilauded again and see what happens. The percs hurt my stomach as I can't tolerate too much Tylenol because I have a bleeding ulcer as well. U would think I am 91...Not...31. It's Life....what can 1 do but TRY to make it work!! Thanks for the help :)

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Not true. Some Walgreens were red flagged and THEY cant sell them until investigation is over, but not all of them were missing thousands of pills!

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All you Floridians need to go to flsenate.gov/senators/find and type in your zip code. This will give you the names of your Florida State Senator and Florida State House Representative. Then take a out a piece of paper and write them a letter. Be polite, but get your point across.

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The red flagged Walgreen's were in Sanford and Houston, Fl.... mine is in Orlando and they can sell them if they can find a source.
I have had the same pharmacist for over 10 years... she is not lying to me.
The DEA has nothing to do with the "shortage" other than the fear they impose on the individual pharmacy. The Pharmacists are self regulating to stay under the radar.
Meanwhile, we are suffering!!!

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the DEA is the reason for all the shortage because they allow pill mills to remain open-if it wasnt for pill mills handing out 240 30mg oxycodone to everyone that walked in there office there would be no problem right now,has long as they continue to allow them stay open soon you wont be getting no pain meds of any type in this worthless State cause they allow the pill mills to remain open,Florida Should be like the rest of the States they wont allow them to open to feed Drugs to these young kids,F DEA workers Have no brains at all,They close pharmacies for handing out to many pills an its the pill mills that is writting them,no regular Doctor or real Pain clinic will give them no 240 a month along with 60 oxycotins,So until the so Called DEA office closes them Down this State will go under an no one will be able to get nothing within the next 6 months,Hell I cannot even get Opanas

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actually your information is not true because a few of the Walgreens here in Pasco County have been visited by the DEA and they also lost their ability to distribute C2 narcotics.

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although maybe I miss read your post. however the DEA is responsible for the shortage because they've also shut down to other distribution centers in Florida besides walgreens distribution center in Jupiter. that is why all of the pharmacies are having a difficult I'm filling prescriptions here in Florida. if you go to another state they don't have the same problems we are having.

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@Howie... The distribution center in Jupiter was the only one restricted... it supplied all of FL and some of GA.

I know of no one getting 240 as there is a restriction of 180 per 30 days.

The "pill mills" are pretty much shut down.... each legitimate PMC has a $100,000.00 bond and are inspected by the DEA. Each patient must have an MRI on file no more than 2 years old and can only be accepted if referred by a PCP. It is not all that easy to get into a PMC in Fl nowadays.

My info comes from articles in the Tampa and Orlando newspapers and other web related articles... and personal experience... conversations with a member of the Florida Board of Pharmacy and its Executive Director.

Your info is incorrect and more of a rant. The DEA is only indirectly responsible... it is misinformation and fear that has caused this "shortage".

You can get the Oxy 30 and Methadone because I have.

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As post 583 had a article link there. You need to contact this reporter and tell her your story. I am so sorry that this has been happening to you. For everyone also. This is inhumane. People have the right to not be in pain. You are not children EVERYONE needs to come together and tell their story to Amy Pavuk, Orlando Sentinel. She thinks that there is no problem out there, but there is a HUGE one. I have a loved one that is suffering with horrible pain.... and just like you all, NOT able to get his LEGAL pres. filled. His Dr. and Chiro. are at there witts end with this also. This has been ruing his life and our family life. It is a domino effect. Why should the ones be suffering who take the medication the way it is suppose to be taken. I could go on and on, but I wont. Everyone gets my point. You all are not alone. We need to all come together and contact this reporter.

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@howie,all the pill mills that are not lagit an do nothing but push paper to any age people will take anyone in there office,No Matter Age as long as there 18yrs old an say pay 500.00 up front an then 350.00 for a MRI then take it to the pain clinic who dont know how to read a MRI an will tell them whatever they need to to start getting there 140 each month,until they close every non lagit pill mill who charges a 500 fee to get into there office,The State of florida will soon not be able to give no one meds like morphine or nothing when the pill mills are allowed to continue to take anyone off the street in there office-Why do you think all the people from kentucky-tennesse-ohio was Driving all the way to florida to get scripts,thats why Florida is not carrying type 2 medications no more,Cause all the pill mill paper pushers was giving out 240 to 300 oxycodones to every person thast walked into there office,If it were not for the pill mills this State would not have no shortage an no reason to stop pharmacies from filling any scripts now,They are suppose to fill your scripts when you take it to them,But the DEA here Have the Dumbest people there is working for them,Instead of taking pharmacies controlled substance licenses away from them they should close the offices that is writting them out to these punks who are just out of school an never worked a day in there life an are selling them on the street so they dont have to work,now if they got them you will pay 30 each for them,so they can get rich quick just like the low life scum thats writting them out to them,while the rest of us with real chronic pain have to suffer because of them

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I did my part and contacted Amy with the Sentinel in Orlando. Now if more of us will just do the same it may open her eyes...

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-Tater-Salad I have read many of your posts and I have tolerated them but it is getting to the point that you are just ranting on and on. The days of pill mills handing people scripts for 240 are long gone. When the database kicked in in 2011 most of them moved to GA. I'm not saying there aren't shady docs still but you act like all these out of state people are still coming to FLA and getting hundreds of pills and thats what is causing the shortage and you are flat out wrong. When the pill mills were open it wasn't hard to fill a script then you could go into any chain and most mom and pops were still $2 or less. Now days if someone is coming from out of state they have to have a FL id and to get one of those isn't exactly easy thanks to the real id act. Now there are still plently of FL citizens who are still getting scripts that don't have much wrong with them and who really don't need the meds simply because when they started going to the doc 3 or 4 years ago the pill mills were open and handing them out to anyone. Those same people now have 4 years of script history and as long as they have kept going to the dr they still get the meds. The shortage is simply caused by pharmcists trying to cover there own butt. Sure I believe that many of the chains have been cut back on what they can order but they still get the meds they just keep them for there regular customers who have been going to that store for along time. The regular customers at walgreens got screwed this month because of the distribution center shutting down and all the regulars who were getting them from walgreens are now screwed until walgreens can get the situation fixed. Even the mom and pops that charge ridicolous amounts of money are still getting them for there regulars. So the bottom line is unless you want to drive around endlessly or you were/are one of the lucky people who has been going to a different chain than walgreens you are simply going to have to switch meds. It sucks but that is how it is.

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Well said Mike!

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I was talking with my doctor today. The DEA needs to look at the private pharmacies that are charging outrageous prices to their cash paying customers. The only ones who can afford those prices are the drug dealers who are selling them for $30.00 a pill. THE DEA needs to investigate those pharmacies and leave the true chronic pain sufferers and chain pharmacies alone. Why do the private pharmacies get away with price gouging?? How can they continue to fill prescriptions at high prices???

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FrustratedCPP post 616......I have been all through this. The price gouging is not handled by the DEA or the Attorney Generals Office. If you want to file a complaint, this is where to go: The Department of Health/Pharmacies at myfloridalegal.com The phone number is 877-425-8852. You can do a formal complaint and they will investigate.

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So sick of the repetition of 1 poster on here. Do the research, bc it's not all one agencies fault, it's a number of factors. The one walgreeens I used for 2 yrs, started that " I'm not comfortable filling" bs story. The other walgreens 2 miles north, said they no longer carry C2 meds. The others say they only fill for regular customer's. Wtf, their system is nation wide, so that's another bs story. As far as the pill mills, if you weren't referred by primary Dr and have and MRI, and a resident of the state of FL., you're not getting any pain meds. It's the fda, the dea and new laws that has most of us cpp suffering. Just got opana filled, went there this morning, told me come back this afternoon, I did, and still have to go back again tomorrow for remaining prescription. This is a small pharmacy, and am lucky he's helping me. He is also accepting my insurance, but still costing close to 100 with it. Im not complaining, but it pisses me off that roxycodone helped me more, and cost me and insurance co a lot less. I stated in a previous post this pharmacist said he would fill this for me, but told me flat out, no roxycodone or dilaudid. Is it the money he's making or is it because roxycodone has been so over written and so cheap, it's not worth it for them. Dr explained something further to me also. For every bottle of narcotic the pharmacy buys, they must buy other meds to keep the narcotics stocked below a percentage. That would explain the price gouging, at these mom and pop pharmacies. They're passing along their costs of meds they might never dispense to the customer. If you don't know what you're talking about then kindly shut up and stop the ranting. Most of us are sick of it. Ffpcan org ratliffe donna fb. Be proactive. Peace

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So sick of the repetition of 1 poster on here. Do the research, bc it's not all one agencies fault, it's a number of factors. The one walgreeens I used for 2 yrs, started that " I'm not comfortable filling" bs story. The other walgreens 2 miles north, said they no longer carry C2 meds. The others say they only fill for regular customer's. Wtf, their system is nation wide, so that's another bs story. As far as the pill mills, if you weren't referred by primary Dr and have and MRI, and a resident of the state of FL., you're not getting any pain meds. It's the fda, the dea and new laws that has most of us cpp suffering. Just got opana filled, went there this morning, told me come back this afternoon, I did, and still have to go back again tomorrow for remaining prescription. This is a small pharmacy, and am lucky he's helping me. He is also accepting my insurance, but still costing close to 100 with it. Im not complaining, but it pisses me off that roxycodone helped me more, and cost me and insurance co a lot less. I stated in a previous post this pharmacist said he would fill this for me, but told me flat out, no roxycodone or dilaudid. Is it the money he's making or is it because roxycodone has been so over written and so cheap, it's not worth it for them. Dr explained something further to me also. For every bottle of narcotic the pharmacy buys, they must buy other meds to keep the narcotics stocked below a percentage. That would explain the price gouging, at these mom and pop pharmacies. They're passing along their costs of meds they might never dispense to the customer. If you don't know what you're talking about then kindly shut up and stop the ranting. Most of us are sick of it. Ffpcan Peace

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@Panic npain.....I have been told the same thing as U stated with the pharmacies having to get other meds to balance out the controlled substances. I was also informed that they only are allowed to dispense a certain amount each month that is reported to the FDA or DEA..one of them. So some pharmacies reach their quota by almost the 1st week of the month depending on how many patients they dispense to. That's why a lot of the small pharmacies won't take any new patients. So...now that U found a place...stick to it!! Good Luck :)

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