2012 Oxycodone 30mg Shortage In Florida (Page 46)
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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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The post below I posted on another thread just wanted everyone too see it. The best advice I can give for people that are still having trouble filling is first off you need to be a regular and use the same Walgreens every single month. I did that for over a year and never had trouble. Now days they are always out so they say. But I have personally seen someone who is a friend walk into the same store 15 minutes after I was denied and get his 180 filled. If you were a regular at Walgreens and that is happening to you then I would suggest trying to find another chain and I know that is alot easier said than done.

I also believe that Walgreens gets a shipment of oxycodone every single day which they save for their regulars. It is possible but a very slim chance that you can walk into one and they will fill for you. It does happen but not often. The best way about using your regular Walgreens or anyone for that matter is to get there around 9:30 in the morning that has worked the best for me. Also if you have a Sweetbay near your house I would suggest trying them. I heard they have a policy where you have to live within so many miles of the store but I have a buddy who uses sweetbay and they actually put his scripts to the side and hold them until he is ready to pick them up. He calls about a week or so in advance and he gets them there every month. It is the sweetbay somewhere around Crystal Beach/Palm Harbor area. Also Walmart does get shipments in and while I have never personally had any luck filling there they do actually check the computer unlike most Walgreens where you walk up and the pharmacist or tech is very polite and respectful until they see your script , then their whole demeanor changes and the majority of the time they just automatically same we don't have this medication in stock without ever even checking the computer. Like I said they save for their regulars. If all else fails you may have to just find a mom and pop and pay the $6/each and they will have them for you every month.

I got sick of playing the run around game and simply got my script chagned to Morphine Sulfate 30mg IR which is generic for MSIR. I personally think they help more for pain than oxycodone 30's do but it does take your body a little time to adjust. At first they tend to make you very drowsy but once you become adjusted they work better than the oxycodone did at least for me. And they are super cheap too even at the mom and pop that charges $6/each for the roxys I pay $60 for 180 of the MSIR 30mg

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I'll just tell you that almost every single Walgreens if not eveery one that you walk into has them. They just will tell you they are out if they don't know you. And now even if they do know you then they probably have different policies that they will bring up too use as a reason they can't fill. I have heard other posts where people said they were told they had to have an IR and an ER med. I read another post where you had to live within so many miles of the pharmacy or you had to use a pharmacy within so many miles of your doctor. The Walgreens on 54th and 66th who long ago stopped having the oxycodone in stock (at least for me.... LIE) told me yesterday that they could no longer fill my 60 MS-Contin because my doctor doesn't accept insurance. The pharmacist there said he had a whole list of doctors that only take cash that they will no longer fill for as of July 1st because of that reason. I then asked if he had a list of Doctors they would fill for which of course he didn't. When this whole mess started at the beginning of the year I was given a list by Medicinnce Shoppe on East Bay of doctors that they would fill for. If you have a regular Walgreens I would try them every day in the morning time. If not I would suggest trying Target and Sweetbay and maybe Walmart or Kmart. Otherwise you will have to go the mom and pop route which is now at least $6/each.

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Truthfully, I'm at the end of my rope. Besides the severe back and neck pain, my cluster headaches have returned after 8 years. I went to Dr today, explained the opana makes me nauseated, and offered either morphine or dilaudid. He said the opana is half dilaudid and half oycodone. No way can I take that. I was gi en morphine once in my life when I went to ER for a cluster headache. As soon as it was administered, I vomited. He gave me prescription for roxycodone. Drove all over again, no one has them. Im just so tired, sick and upset. The only med that doesn't make me sick and able to function. The last 2 months have been a nightmare, feeling so nauseous and out of it. 50 something yrs old and I have to suffer. I'm so angry, thanks to all the junkies who screwed legit cpp. Dr also tole me heroin is on the rise. Wtf.. I bet I could get that on the street. I'd never touch it. I bet I could but roxys on the street too. As the druggies call them. I need to vent, sorry and thanks.

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Hey y'all (panic pain, disabled999, awww, and u too miss karen(i like you when you r nice)....thanks for posting u guys.....it does really help to read that I am not alone in this.Just wanted to say a bit about your ? panic... Methadone In VERY small doses can help a great deal with pain management, however they are HIGHLY addictve. When I have absolutely NO alternative I take 20 mgs per day and it truly helps with the withdrawal.Never ever run out of this!....probably a crappy idea, but if they really arent going to give us our meds,what is the alternative?Was able to fill methadone the other day,and it has been helping, however I am still in excruciating pain. In small doses(methadone) it can be used as a long acting pain reliever, however, it blocks the opiate receptors in the brain, so if you have breakthrough pain it is not any help whatsoever to take the oxy-30. Then the methadone is terrible to detox from so it probably isnt worth it. I just suggest this cause while we live in constant pain, for God's sake, we should not have to deal with withdrawal as well. Maybe talk to DR about this and I swear we all need to band together and help each other.....I have no earthly idea how to send my e-mail address over this thing, but you can bet Ill share if I ever get these things filled. I kinda was hoping after July 1st it would get easier, but that does not seem to be the case. I am so sorry you are all suffering so much.So sorry everyone is getting sick on Opana.I wish so much that I knew what med to change to that would actually work. I have tried them all and Oxy 30 is the only thing that works.....Dont any of you give up and do not ever let anyone deny you your right to live pain free...

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K, thanks for the info, I'm n playingot arguing just looking for the facts and that includes most everything we've heard about shortage, new laws etc. ones that I'm wanting to find is the legality of pharmacist "god" by each one being different and making it up as they go. I've been on the 30's for a few years, used walgreens religiously, then out of the blue no luck. I understand the crack down of the manufacturers, spent 3 weeks and drive 400 miles just to be turned down EVERY WHERE! Made switch to dilalids this month, ran into problems at the chain pharmacies the first day. Funny to that I kept running into same people with same problem at each one. Lucked out and found a mom $ pop place and got the
Dilalids filled asked about the 30's and they didn't have them either. Question I have now is will there now be a shortage of those from everyone switching? That is my answerer

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My pharmacist tries to keep educated regarding the situation, and It's a complex one, but he has never mentioned that oxycodone will stop being manufactured, but it will be. Awhile before the shortage is over, so we do need to have our drs put us on alternative opiates to get by....now, there's a dilaudid shortage, due to drs. Changing people's meds. To the next strongest option....if the government wants to cut off a dangerous drug because It's hurting people, they need to begin with alcohol....I for one want the DEA out of my personal medical files!!!!

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To Marinevet, I don't have my computer in front of me to tell u the exact website. All I did was search "floridadrug new pain management law" & "florida's new medication law" , bcus I was trying to veryify info from previous post where someone said law was changing to no more than 3 days medication a day, which sounded ridiculous. And its was just that they either misheard or misread bcus that wasn't correct....
As for post about arguing, I wasn't trying to argue. I just wanted to correct misinformation that was given bcus all of us hear are looking for info, so shouldn't it be correct?

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Youll need to look up new pain mgt laws in fl. I've tried to post site, and forum says it needs to review it before they post it. Use the most popular search engine and go to page 2. Its a FL attorneys website. Now I'm waiting to get booted out of here for trying to post.

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Thehealthlawfirmblog.newsletter.com look under FL recent pain management laws. It gives a lot of info on the subject. I too researched the oxycodone subject. Could only find Canada, nothing on US.

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this is where I found info: thehealthlawfirmblog.wordpress.com/2012/03/15/orlando-health-attorney-featured-in-latest-issue-of-medical-economics/

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Ms Karen you're probably right...but idk... I wouldn't have believed it either if my Dr and Walgreens told me....only time will tell...either way, I can't continue to search high and low and be filled with anxiety and fear that I won't get my scripts filled...running all over town and searching sites like these wears on you...I don't see it getting better only worse..and from reading this blog and others online, it has gotten worse than it has ever been.

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They've shut down wholesalers and will continue to do so...I'm just trying to help and thought this information would be appreciated...I'm going through the same situation as most of you...it's not about who's right or wrong or how you can prove one or the other...we're on here to seek help from people going through the same experience and not getting answers or resolutions...more and more posts have popped up lately where pharmacies that we have been going to for months, years, weeks are now either refusing to fill or are out and will be out for a while and this is not just some short-term problem...it's just going to get worse and start reaching farther across the US...it's been on the news and in newspapers since the middle of last year - oxycodone is being replaced, due to the mass amount of people misusing it and dying from overdoses...the FDA has gotten involved...let's stop kidding ourselves and do some research.

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I agree, they just won't get rid of them, probably make them like the gummy OC's now.

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The only information that I've found regarding phasing out of oxys, was about Canada phasing out oxycontin, the long acting oxycodone, due to the dangers of abusing it. In Europe, narcan is added to oxycodone, making it similar to suboxone, so if it is taken any other way except orally, the drug won't have any effect. I think rather than phasing oxys out, they will tweek the formula to make it less appealing to abuse. Too many people depend on it for pain relief....and drug companies and pharmacies love to make money from selling it....

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Been searching, thats how & why I'm following this forum because I was looking for an "official" site that says it. What is the site name/address which neither of you could provide. Like dea.com or myflorida.com/???

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These laws went into effect 7/1/11 and 1/1/12. Search Fl new pain management laws. I also thought these laws were to take effect on 7/1/12. There's a lot of information online.

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What web site did this info come from?

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Also to straighten out a little mis-information. earlier there's a post where someone said after October 1st you can only get 3 days of medication at a time. Well, NOT TRUE. I went onlineSome of the key points in Florida's pain clinic law include:

I'll copy/ paste highlights from webpage.

Some of the key points in Florida's pain clinic law include:

• Pain clinics must be owned by a physician or licensed by the state. Operating an illegal clinic is a third-degree felony.
• The state will inspect all pain clinics starting this month.
• Clinics cannot sell more than three days of pain medication to a patient paying with cash or credit. If a patient needs the remainder of a longer spanning prescription, he or she can fill it at a pharmacy.
• Physicians must examine patients the same day a prescription is written for pain medication.
• Only board-certified or specially trained pain management physicians can practice in pain clinics after July 1, 2012.

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that doesn't make sense because the manufactures are still producing them. In reply to the post that says bazinga out oxycodone. it's just that the DEA has shut down 2 wholesalers in florida.

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**FYI - HEED THIS WARNING!** They are phasing out Oxycodone altogether which is the reason behind these mysterious shortages and new regulations with having to live within a certain mile radius, having to also be prescribed an extended release pain med in conjunction w/the Oxycodone and also (Walgreens) being required to have them both (ER and IR) filled at the same pharmacy, otherwise you'll have to present proof, in writing, from the other pharmacy that you have had an extended release med filled somewhere else...there are reports online, and have been for a while, about this but I didn't think it would happen so quickly..there is a new med in production now that will take the place of Oxycodone...there will be NO MORE Oxys within months! Please please, for your health and sanity - ask your Dr.s now to start preparing you and your body for this huge change because it will seem to happen overnight....a suggestion would be to switch meds and/or start taking other sched.2 medications that aren't as stigmatized as Oxy, like Percs..I know, I know..once you've been on Oxys for so long they're no longer effective for your pain..believe me I know, because I've been going through this for the past month 1/2..I've downgraded to Percs w/Oxycontins and although it took a while for my body to adjust, it wasn't painful and I did not experience any serious withdrawals...the best part was I was able to still function - go to work, take care of my home and my daughter, run errands...I think we can all agree this is a horrible inconvenience and will be close to deadly for some, but all this running around hunting and begging for places to fill these scripts is crazy...I took a look at myself and thought about all the hassle I was going through each month and started taking all those blogs and articles seriously....it's time we move on to something else because this isn't just an odd occurrence, this will be the norm moving forward...and soon, there won't be anymore Oxys to prescribe OR fill...I pray all of you make it through this...I know it's not easy, I'm just like you.

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