2012 Oxycodone 30mg Shortage In Florida (Page 50)

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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Brim- well said...a dude knows less than my dog about chronic pain, who should write the meds, etc. Hey moron(dude) in case you didn't know, a pain clinic/dr looks over mri's and has to be qualified to treat pain by taking several courses beyond a regular md doctor for pain management. Oncologist are strictly cancer doctors and there not going to see different people as they are busy enough dealing within their "scope" of care...just as pain doctors seek to help on individual basis for different conditions that apply for that patient. MORON

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Amen Iblixa, most of the time, morons that know the least, speak their stupidity the most. I'm positive all pain mgt drs are anesthesiologists. They have much more education. I know that's why my family member w/ stage 4 cancer was sent to pain mgt by the oncologist. You're right, the oncologist is focused on the treatment, & PM Dr is focused on controlling pain in patients. This is the course of how system operates. regular MD's don't want to prescribe narcotics on a regular basis. I know pain mgt requires an MRI before they will prescribe any pain med. All this BS this moron speaks of, shows he knows nothing. I'm trying not to let people like that get under my skin. I'm sick of not only living on chronic pain, but also having to defend myself. MRI's don't lie, they show everything. So go harass another group and stop posting your negative BS.

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Where was this pharmacy? Perhaps I can get them? But this was posted last year and 2013 It seems impossible to get the 30's now. The DEA shut down Walgreens from selling them for 2 years. And the 80 million fine. Now no other pharmacy want's to deal with them anymore, for fear they will be attacked by the DEA.

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No pharmacy will dispense 30 mg roxycodone anymore. A family member w/ stage 4 cancer is dispensed 2-15mg every 4-6hrs & not in this state. That's reality. We can thank certain agencies, & loose pain mgt drs for true CPP not able to seek this medication in this strength. It sickens me someone is able to get them thru mail order, along with a long acting med. They also do bad stuff to boot. Then we wonder why legit people can't access med. It's over, too many kids addicted & dying BC of it.

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I am really surprized he is still getting oxys -but walgrens is thew worse to go to now days,they had the one in pasco shut down from handing out any pain meds now-I dont understand the DEA will allow pill mills to stay open an write scripts for 240pills of one type an 60 of 3 others an thats what pharmacies are in Business for I thought was to fill your scripts,But the State of florida is the only State that allows pill Mills an you Don't have to be referred by no primary Doctor which should also be a Direct single for someone walking in an paying 350 to 500 to get alot of scripts,I feel your Husbands pain believe me,I know what real pain is 24/7 all week long,an they would still be filling everyones pain meds if it wasn't for people who have no pain an not a thing wrong with them going to a pill mill an making them Rich to get Drugs to get High with oe Sale so there lazy ass Dont have to work for a living,they make more then a couple who works all month in one week from selling them,it would be good if the DEA wasn't taking a pay off to let them stay open an making 40 to 70.000 a month just to hand anyone who comes into there office scripts to sale or Take it Don't matter to them either way what you do with them as long as you pay there fee each month,people come from every State to florida to get scripts from the pill mills an then people in severe chronic pain have to suffer cause of all the junkies the pill mills got started on Heavy duty Pills that they give Cancer People an not even a cancer person gets as many pills as the pill mills give to you.until the DEA stops taking the payoffs from them an they close them Down then its going to get rougher an rougher an soon the only people that will be getting pain meds is the ones in the hospital because the So called Sunshine State allowed the RifT RAFT to come in an Destroy the entire state,there is alot of us who has real pain while others just do it to get high an sale an soon it will make everyone have to leave this state to get rid of pain because of pill mills ruining it for all of the chronic people

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ever needs to stop using walgreens CVS an any place else that wont fill our lagit perscriptions. dont even buy toiletpaper. show our appreciation. im done i wont use them let lie,an go out of business

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I AGREE. HES TALKEN S***. THEIR AFFRAID OF LOOSEN LICENSES. ITS NOT ALL THE DEA MOSTLY THE PHARMACY. EVERY ONE NEEDS TO COMPLETELY STOP GOING,I GOT CRUSHED BY A CAR. I CAN NOT MOVE WITH OUT MINE

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@jvk-right on-just as I tell people but they think I am crazy-

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who do you think is controlling the pharmacies from filling alot of scripts-the DEA-they Had Walgrens licenses taken for handing out so many an even took them to court-they cannot fill no pain meds now-thanks to pill mills writting 240 oxycodonesto a 18 yr old an up,they dont care who they write them for as long as you pay them 125.00 to 250.00 each month an make them rich they could care less rather you need them or not,the main thing is your making them rich for giving you 4 scripts -as I said if you dont have Cancer-or anything else wrong with you at all you shouldn't be allowed to get these pain meds,but no one sees my point an what its cost everyone who takes them because of chronic pain each day,there are hundreds of people who there is nothing wrong with at all who are getting these pills just to sale on the street-just like a sheriff buddy of mine told me he went on a call an a 2yr old had oxycodone powder all over his lips,his 21yr old mother an 22yr old father both had 240 oxys in a bottle an they tested both of them an neither had pills in there system cause they get them to sale,why work when you can go to a pill mill pay them to write you scripts an you take them an sale them on the street an make more then 4 people do working from them an causing the people who really need them to suffer an it is all the DEA fought for allowing them to remain open an then turn around an check pharmacies to see how many there giving out an closing them down for giving out what a doctor wrote to you,so they will close a pharmacy an leave the pill mills open,only reason that can be is because there being Paid off

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I was going to small pharmacy for a yr now. The 1 pharmacist was filling my 1 RX for opana. I go last WK, pharmacist no longer there. I hand my RX to another 1, hands KT right back, we don't have it, don't know if or when either. Went without for 10 days. Turned away like an animal. I felt so horrible, I'm not a young spring chicken anymore. The same thing happened a yr ago. I stopped at another small pharmacy that day. This pos pharmacist took RX, I sat there for almost an hr. Tells me " I need mri or letter from Dr about your pain". I said fine. I was burning inside. He then tells me " your I insurance is garbage, & it will COST me $50-100 to fill this RX, I can't help you BC it doesn't pay for me to help you"! I wanted to spat in his face. My insurance pays over $500 for med in addition to the $150 copay it costs every month. It makes me sick, that my life is played with time & time again. He tells me go to a "chain" BC they don't care about the fact that you're a losing proposition. Really??? I found them 10 days later somewhere else. I was told they'll try to stock for me. It's bad enough I can't access the Roxycodone anymore. I vomited everyday for first 5 days back on opana. They make me severely nauseated. I have go to thru hell to get the RX filled, pay thru the nose, get sick as a dog from the med. I'm so tired of the sick game, the suffering. I'm seriously considering weaning off med BC I'd rather suffer than live life like this. It's so wrong. I'm put thru hell to get some pain relief. I'm still adjusting & haven't been right in weeks now. All while I know other's are doing terrible things with their medications. They have no problems filling them thru mail order, living off the system & getting them for free. Other's go far away from where they live, see a quack & fill their meds with no problems. Where's the fairness & justice for us? Where's the d e a for these horrible people? I'm tired of it. I'm tired of playing by the rules & getting screwed. It's a disgrace. it makes me crazy mad some think this is a game. This is a last resort, not to be taken lightly or to ever think of doing things with these strong meds that people should be put in jail for the rest of their lives for not doing the right thing. If I ever knew anyone was taking or anything other than what's prescribed to that person, they deserve to rot in jail forever. Thanks to this state, the pill mills & the junkies, the real CPP will continue to suffer BC of them all. I'm close to living in agony. I think it would be more humane than living like a puppet. Living in constant fear everyday that sooner or later, the rug will be pulled out once again. I'm tired of living on the edge. I'm tired of fighting for a right I'm denied. I feel like I aged 10 yrs with this last round of no one can help. When you live in constant pain, & then add the mental anguish on top of that, only those who live in severe pain can understand how I feel mentally, physically, emotionally & spiritually. God bless those who understand me. To the abusers & junkies, I hope they're dealt with as they should be, in jail or rehab.

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I'm in a time warp, It was several wks ago, BC I was without med for 10 days. I also asked the person who worked in pharmacy what happened to pharmacist.. he was fired! I bet he was fired BC he helped only a few patients every month. We had developed a trusting relationship over the last year. A good person who helped a handful of people. I look @ pharmacists a little differently now. There are some who want to help us. They're losing their jobs in doing so. They're also being punished along with most of us. This last nightmare taught me that lesson.

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@jvk-I know how you feel-opanas never did anything for me-you should tell your Doctor to give you imed release morphine 15mg an some long acting 30mgs they do better then opana-I wouldnt waste my time trying to fill them-I see you think like me an we are going through the same thing-I am 54yrs old an have had 2 major back surgeries an plates an screws in my neck an the 2nd back surgery the SOB cut me open 6in for some reason an nurse got me up 5hrs after when i couldnt even move in the bed an when I went to get up I felt something tear in my back an when I went to lay back Down I screamed the pain shot down my right leg an I told them an they walked out-after 2weeks I go to the surgeon to get the staples out an they send me to a Hip Doctor cause I wasnt able to lay on my back nor my right side an it took 6months to finally be able to an now my leg is numb,an my back is no better-I had a friend tell me to go to this pain management an they gave me 240 oxys-60 40mg oxycottins an 60 soma-plus 30 valium thats what they hand out to every person who walked into that office no matter how old there were,I saw kids 18 an 19 coming in there an getting the same scripts an they walked in just fine smiling an then I seen them run into the pharmacy when I was slow going in,they can run into the pharmacy-run on the beach-talk about all the Sex they Have an how they like shooting up the pills to get a High quicker,an its the Pill Mills that Florida is the only State that will allow them to stay in Business an pay the Dea office to stay open an then the DEA goes to pharmacies an checks out how many pills there giving out an then the walgrens I used was Banned from filling any pain meds cause they were giving out so many an even taking them to court,they put pharmacies in Business to fill scripts an then allow pill mills to write scripts of 240pill of one kind an 60 of others an then instead of shutting them Down they act like it the pharmacies fought cause they filled what a Doctor proscribed to people,so then they go everywhere to fill them an the DEA starts going to every place in town thats giving them out an checking the quality there handing out an they are only given so many now-in the 20yrs I was using the pharmacy I never had no problem filling any scripts until they let these sorry ass Pill mills set up an you don't even have to have a primary Doctor to send you to them like a real pain clinic has to have a referral from your primary,When the DEA office an whoever else allowed these paper pushers to get into Business is the only reason no one can no longer get there pain meds filled on a normal bases an not have to run all over from town to town to be told they Don't have them.they wonder why the courts are full of street level drug trafficing kids,well if they wouldnt have allowed the pill mills to open an get rich quick charging people 125 to 250.00 each month to give them 3 or 4 scripts with enough pills to kill a Horse,they could care less about the 21yr olds that have died from over dosing from the pills they gave them to take an then drink on top of them an drop dead,the parents should go after the pill mill for Murder 2 for giving there kids 12 to 13pills to take a day,thats more then Cancer people get thats dying-my son died an I was giving Him 2mg morphine every 20min an they will give these punks that there isnt a thing wrong with at all an have never worked a day in there life 12 to 13 pills to take a day that totals up to over 400mg a day,Soon there will be no pain meds in this State as long as the pill mills get to stay in Business an pay the DEA agents off every month that come into there office so they can stay in Business-when there making 50.000plus a Month from everyone they dee they can afford to pay them off to let them stay in Business an making all these Kids who have no Business taking pain meds just getting them to sale so there sorry lazy ass don't have to go out an get a job like the rest of us had to do,there are kids in all childrens Hospital an people with Cancer that don't get the amount of Drugs they Hand out to people,You can Drive around anywhere now an see young kids on the beach running an swimming an being on these pills -I cannot run or swim like I would Like to,I am lucky to get out of my Bed,Just Like others on Here that think I Don't have a clue what I am talking about,they only say they Treat Drug addicts that come to see them-I ran a Business an went through over 50 young Kids moving furniture ages 19 to 26 an every single one was on oxys an then when they couldn't get them they would shoot whatever they got there Hands on,an i was told the Bulk of people on them are 30yrs old an I know Better,I guess if there treating addicts then they must not be in pain or they wouldnt be in the program for being an addict now would they,the pill mill I went to was giving me before I left when I found they Didnt do shots I was taking 4 oxycottin 80mg an day an 14 30mg oxycodone an it took some of the pain away but not all of it with all that,people who knew what I took said thats enough to put a Horse Down-I didn;t have no High feelings an wasn;t taking them for that reason,after back surgery I stopped the 30s all together after the 2nd back surgery i stopped the 80s even though I was still in chronic pain cause all I wanted to do was take my gun out an get it over with,so i got off on my own,just a Mind over matter,now I am on morphine 15mg an 30mg an I am always in pain cause I only take 2 15 a day an one 30 cause I dont want to mess my heart up any more then it already is with conjested heart failure,These Punks thinks its all fun an games to get High an Have a Laugh an after there Hooked an they Didn't have pain they will when they dont have them from the s*** thats in them,then they will feel real pain an wish they never started going to pill mills to get the Drugs if they live long enough to talk about how stupid they were,I wish to God I wasn;t on anything because it Does destroy your Body an your Brain an Drives you insane when you cannot find them,an the longer they let pill mills continue to stay open the worse its going to get-you cannot get Mail order pain meds in florida No more that stopped 7months ago or more,

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Flatom...you've been posting & reposting the same story over & over again for quite a long time now. What are you using the copy & paste? I'm pretty sure we got it the first 16 times you posted it. Surgery gone bad, mean nurse made you walk, rip sound in your back, junkie young adults never worked & don't know what pain is, .....boy oh boy. Join a support group or something. Please. I'm tired of having to scroll through mini-novels to read other peoples posts concerning what the topic is actually about. I've been reading this forum topic for almost a year & keep getting emails alerting me to a new post, every time it's the same thing rather than new info pertaining to the forum topic. Maybe you should start a new forum topic....just a suggestion... I'm 35 look younger, have a long list of medical problems including fibromyalgia, RA, Herniated discs w/nerve compression & was recently in a bad car accident. If you looked at me you would judge me as unfit for pain relief! Thanks to ppl like you many younger CPP are looked upon as junkies. I have no idea what's going on out there in the streets, IDC! I have never went to a pill mill. I am aware there was a problem, but the government has taken the steps necessary to curb the use & abuse of illegitimate docs prescribing unnecessary meds. It has worked! I believe the problem with infesting meds is now the pharmacists judging & denying everyone they don't know well based on looks & age as well as fear of repercussion from the DEA who limits what they can fill weekly/monthly. The DEA is crooked but what sense does it make that they would take bribe money from the docs just to turn around & place strict limits on the pharmacies.
Another thing, swimming pools kill x amount of kids each year as well as cars, OTC meds, fires, tobacco etc.... But no one is.crying foul & signing bills to make these things illegal or limit the amount of lighters, vehicles, pools, cigarettes & Tylenol you can sell each month. The responsibility lies with the consumer & in this case the patient, it's not BIG BROTHERS JOB to pick & choose what they will "ALLOW" to "KILL" us! Is our responsibility to use these products, items safely... Period!! If young adults are dying from overdosing on prescription medication they are to blame as well as the doctor because they are responsible for themselves & it's the docs responsibility to identify the signs of the abuser. FYI I have little no problem filling my scripts at Walgreens. I need my meds to take care of my children & husband, household etc... Sounds to me like if you were on the other side of the pharmacy counter I'd be SOL...and it would be the wrong judgment call on your part.

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941 BTown: I couldn't agree more! Flatom is very ignorant and judgemental, not to mention an ageist. It sounds like he's bitter and takes it out on everyone else.

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Flatom: I've seen drug addicts in all walks of life, not just at a clinic. You think because you owned a furniture moving company you know more than someone who works with addicts every day?? Your long rants aren't even readable. You don't know As much as you think- not even close. No one is impressed with your grammar, nor your "experience". Moving furniture is absolutely not relevant to experience with people addicted to pills. Ridiculous.

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I agree with you mostly. I saw the other comments (yes you are right, lengthy). I have similar issues as you, as well as major back surgery, and I understand your type of pain and sympathize. I though have also had some problems with pharmacy's, eventually have them filled, but ugggg. I've shopped the same place for 20 years, meds changing, body changing. The pharmacy's have taken on more responsibility (which I understand), however I still believe the majority of the problem is with our state laws. They make it easy for those who don't need pain meds to get them. It has improved some (as you stated), however we have a long way to go. I think that the pharmacy's are afraid, understadibly, and it's not the best way to go. I also understand that If I were working there, I would not want to be robbed, or threatened by the dea. Seems much easier ways to control this issue, as many other states have implimented. I'm glad you are getting help to take care of the family, it's a chore. (smile).

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@Lawlady-what i would Like to know Miss Mouth of the South-for one you say you Treat addicts so why the hell you on this page anyhow-you are not taking them or treating your so called addicts with them right,but you seem to think you know it all-it seems to me your Here for one reason is to find out where people can get there meds so you know where to go get yours,Cause if you say you treat addicts that is on pills then why are you even on Here,an I am sure I know more then you will ever Know-if you think that most people are 30yrs old has you said an like no 18 to 25yr olds have no problem with taking all these meds then you need to be seeking Metal Help Lady-I never ask you to read my messages an answer me back-because I could care Less what you think an really if your treating addicts B you have no Business on Here at all-this site is for people in chronic pain trying to get meds an then we get people like you coming on Here trying to say people younger then 30 Don't Take them-the Bulk is 30yr olds you say,well your the only personj on this Site that thinks that I know that cause everyone knows there are 18yr olds an up that are hooked on the pills or sales the pills,Period

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@941btown-maybe your just like lawlady who thinks they know it all. Moving furniture you say has nothing to do with it,But if you weren't so F Stupid you would read what I wrote that all the Kids that were 19 to 25 that worked for me moving furniture every single one of them were on Oxys or whatever they could get there hands on,maybe you an lawlady need to get together because it seems both of you know nothing

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@flatom, we are very different in many ways. I choose to take 1 med, @ the least amt. to control my pain. I don't take oxycontin & roxycodone. You've posted same thing over & over. We know you had surgery etc. You're taking all that medication and still complaining of uncontrolled pain. I think most here are educated enough to know that no amt of pain med will give total relief. It will bring pain down to tolerable level. I refuse to add more medication. Why are you posting here when you're able to fill your presciptions? This forum is for people who can't fill roxycodone. You're misinformed BC this acquaintance IS able to get their roxycodone & morphine thru mail order. You're also misinformed that no referral is needed to see pain mgt. You need a referral & an mri. I've been w/ same pain mgt for 3 yrs, & they are cracking down & doing everything from monthly in house drug testing, to every other month sending specimen out for in depth analysis. Spell check your posts, & stop telling your story over & over again. Most of us wouldn't be posting in this forum if we were able to fill roxycodone.

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@flatom, misinformed about mail order dispensing meds, also need referral to pain mgt from primary Dr. Also need an MRI. Pharmacy won't fill without insurance. Do your homework before rewriting your whole life's story over & over & giving incorrect info.

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