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This is the number to Purdue when calling select Opt # 2 and explain the adverse reaction that you are having from the new reformulated Oxycontin. The number is 888-726-7535. If the new type is working for you then great. I and several people I spoke with said it gets stuck in your throat even with food. Plus it does not last 12 hour. I understand why they re-made it kids should not take it and as far as how people take it snort, inject or chew its their business. Nobody should tell another ADULT how to live his or her life. It sucks to live in pain it really does. Good Luck All

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I called in my script for the month and I received a call back that I needed to see my Doc ASAP. Well I saw him yesterday and sure as God made little green apples, it was in regard about my oxy's. I take 3 60's daily. I have posted before about the inability about how limited I am, that I cannot use Vicodin etc. I had to sign a new contract about the selling, using etc. about this drug. He told me he got a call from the FDA about subscribing any opiates. So the doc's now are in the hot seat but the f***ing new oxy's still don't work. And I am still in pain. They certainly don't do the job like the old oxy's. I also read how the junkies have already found a way to snort or shoot thiese things. I certainly won't do that. So Purdu went to all this effort to control these meds and all for nothing except to punish us that really need them. I am so angry I could scream!

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I understand that Purdue and FDA created OP to get all the junkies out there to get off of this s**t, but what it really comes down to is if you have an addiction you are going to find one way or another to get high, whether its from something else or another opiate. OP was one of the most unrealiable things made, it does not help with pain, its making people out there suffer who were actually using the OC the right way, and the junkies that were using OC are now either on heroin or dead. Purdue and FDA should really step back and see that Op is not making a profit since insurance companies don't want it since its to expensive, its making people with pain unfunctional, and its making the junkies out there worse, or dead. The best thing they could do would bring the OC back just think about it Oc is better off in many ways then this junk OP.

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Dear Mimi3 - I hope you see my reply. Yes I too had these same problems and they had been notified about them YEARS ago. Yes I have a HORRIBLE rash that uncontrollably itched.. it just raged! I got it on the arches of both feet, the palms of my hands and on both ears. Also I had reflux and GERD which was TORTURE! These is a lot written about what is in this medication. Its original name is Remoxy. I wish there were some clue left in your e-mail for how I could write to you directly. I could tell you a lot more. Hang in there and I'll read ahead and hope to find more posts from you. Take care, DisgustedToo

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I was in a rear in high speed collision almost 2 years ago. Due to someoneelses stupidity I had 4 bulging disks in my neck and 4 in my back. It took me constantly complaing for 5 months about the non stop unbearable pain in my head for one doctor to listen to me and send me for an MRI of my neck to find out that I had those bulging disk in my neck thus causing all of this debilitating pain. I have always had excellent blood pressure for my age ( 36 at the time) readings usually around 100/60 - 110/70. After the accident 160/110 and 3 medications that did not control it and made me very sick and tons of side effects. Blood tests that showed that I had a consistantly high heart rate also a new occurance after the accident. That day it was 134 bpm. I thank GOD that I had a doctor brave enough to challenge medical the science community.He admitted me into he hospital for pain management. In which I am on a regimine of 120 mg of Oxycontin a day, 100 mg Lyrica, 10 mgs of Elavil, 8 mgs Vallium,800 mgs of Celebrex just to help me cope with the pain. I am not pain free. But no other medication that the tried before the Oxycontin's gave me any significant pain relief in comparison to the Oxycontin. not to mention that my blood pressurereturned to normal. My doctor told me that if my pain had not have been checked it would have killed me becaude of the stress that it had put on my body. This new medication does not work like the old one I am almost back to where I was before my pain was controlled. It is very easy for people who do not live with chronic pain to judge those who do. Being in extreme pain 24 hours a day 7 days a week is the most horrible thing that I have ever had to deal with. It is like my other dying again every minute of every day and I am forced to deal with the pain in my body. For all of those judgemental people out there; If you had to live with chronic pain you would not be so quick to judge. If the source of pain cannot be treated or remove the only humane thing to do is a really good pain killer which oxycontin is. They did not make this drug for me. I am not the only person dealing with this type of incurable pain from damaged nerves. I will not be affected by the misconceptions of those who have never walked a block in my shoes.

Now that I have said all of that i ask the Pharmeceutical company to listen to the chronic pain sufferers as if we were your mother, father, sons, or daughters. You have the ability to help us, please do so. Chronic pain is horrible. It makes us impossible to live with. My family dynamics have been turned upside down because my family cant deal with how I have become due to my pain. It is horrible. that pill doesn't solve it, but it sure make is a whole lot better. Help chronic pain suffers by bringing the old formula back.

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they new 80mg op do not work they are garbage and need to be changed back or they will end up going out of buisness they are retarted good way to go bankrupt i would consider wehat you have done and change them emidently

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This is total BS. I freaking hate Purdue for what they've done to people by switching to this ridiculous medication that nowhere near resembles the former Oxycontin. Freaking crooks. I HATE the new OP's, and will never EVER take one again. I have also started to ensure that I only buy from any manufacturer other than Purdue. Horrible side effects, and doesn't work at all for pain. WTF???

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After reporting to FDA and to Purdue Labs two things happened to bring Purdue further shame.
1- I was sent a self addressed mailer, and told to send a sample of my Oxycontin OP to Purdue for study. This is crazy, since they already have my pharmacy lot # and should have gotten this from the pharmacy! As it stands, this is a 31 day month, and I get 30 days worth of meds a month. I will allready be 1 day shy on my meds, due to the extra day, and Purdue cares so little about pain that they have now made me 1 1/2 days at months end without meds!!!
SO... I went online to whine about this to FDA and my congressman..next
2- On the FDA website, I read the following recent discovery:
Propoxyphene: Withdrawal - Risk of Cardiac Toxicity New data shows that Propoxyphene and Propoxyphene-containing products can cause serious toxicity to the heart, even when used at therapeutic doses. Posted 11/19/2010
This was alarming because in the varying dosages of Oxy contin OP there is hydroxypropyl cellulose and 2 other Propoxyphene related products.
I have sent this documentation to the FDA, Purdue, and to my congressman.
I invite you all to do the same.

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Since taking new formula in Sept, 2010; I have had no pain relief, high blood sugar (never had an issue with sugar) abnormal kidney function tests, abnormal thyroid function tests/protein in urine, hands ankles/feet swelling, shortness of breath; at times severe sob, constipation, difficulty or inability to sleep (now need sleep meds), night sweats, excessive sweating overall, flushing, very dry skin, dizziness, blurred vision; increasingly & (rapidly) getting worse, weakness, difficulty grasping, Nausea, loss of appetite, fatigue, intermittent high blood pressure & increased loss of balance (both may be due to increased pain) irritability, originally crying for no apparent reason (now I cry out of frustration & pain & for no apparent reason, mood swings I suppose, I am not myself overall.. Took years to find tmedicine that worked w/o side effects; the origanl formula accomplished that the new one doesn't. I have been sent to the ER 2 times (due to side effects) had to see many new doctors due to new lab results, endured more tests alll since the new formula.I do not believe all these lab results & symptoms (side effects) are a coincidence, the timing is exactly when I started new formula which, by the way, I was not told or warned I was taking something different; I learned the hard way through SIDE EFFECTS & NO PAIN RELIEF!
Thank you for listening

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remoxin is the gluey junk

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I for one am just outraged about this whole OP thing as the rest of ya'll, I too thought I was going crazy, I understand why but ya know their are very ill or chronic pain patients due to all sorts of injuries. I was hospitalized via ambulance after taking one of those OPs. I was very and still am very sick, after taking these OC's for 11 yrs same strength no changes. I have withdrawl symptoms even after 3 weeks of discontinuation as I'm affraid to ever take another, No pain relief at all, Heart symptoms as I have a rare disease n later next day discovered soreness in heart chest area,I get stomach aches. I have always taken my meds as perscibed I do not believe in abuse as it kills, I believe in managing my pain to sustain a quality of life. I have called above #'s aswell and I'm in for the BAD DRUG LAWSUIT should it come soon. This is just killing us whom are lagit. patients being seen by our dr's once a month or sometimes sooner. The thing is we are ingesting rubber and plastic! Purdue Pharma has done a real bad thing to us and we must stand up to it and fight or move on to a different drug for our own well being. Who in the world would make cronic pain patients go through this is beyond me just think rubber and Plastic. Next we'll be taking paper and plactic. In all the years I have taken these OC's I have never I say NEVER had to be hospitalized due to this new formula. It's only to save PURDUES A++ from losing. BAD DRUG. Shame on them for messing us all up with these unheard of symptoms never had before until OP came out. One last note every last thing in this world is called addicted too. Coffee,Smoking, Chew, Gardening, Eating ect. so what gives!!!! GOD BLESS Everyone for your symptoms you are now encountering I know how you feel I'm there too. BAD DRUG IT WILL KILL, Next time ya go to pharmacy just ask for paper NO PLASTIC.

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Hi, this is to timofva, do you know if those are permanent generics. or is it temporary, and then back to the same misery of reformulated op. Which I will not take again. I do know of the ethex that is the one I have had the couple times I had my med. filled and I was so happy.
I take my medication the way it is perscribed. never abused it in any way. Not that that has anything to do with this. But the first time I asked the my phamacist if there was any of the originals left or any generic, I was under the impression that he assumed I was a drug seeker, which really upset me, even though I have had them percribed for the last 6 years. Then the next time it was like he did a 180% turn around, telling me everyone was having the same problems, and at that point he gave the ethex and is now understanding. Sorry to go on and on, but you are the first person to have mentioned this. So I was wondering if you know is this temporary or do you know if these will remain to be available. Thanks, hope you see this.

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The old formula Oxycontin is available from three companies: ethex apotex actavis . They are presenly being stocked by Walgreens and Medstar pharmacies.

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Everybody needs to file a complaint with consumeraffairs.com because the FDA and PURDUE are working together so they are not going to do anything about the new OP OXYCONTIN making everybody sick good luck

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For all us people that r dependent on oxycodone and don't like the new ops , remember there are plenty other great options that I have tried and liked for example: oxymorphone (opana), 30mg ir roxycodone( r stands for rapid release) and even hydromorphone (dilaudid). Don't give up! The big corporations can't defeat us!

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I called my pain management doc as soon as I was absolutely certain that I was not imagining these gawd awful adverse effects that I mentioned in two other posts. At first the nurse at the clinic said I had to stay on them -- and then I freaked because I had an angina attack on the 13th day of taking this poison. I started crying hysterically on the phone and said I refused to take them no matter what she claimed my PM doctor said. I don't believe the nurse even bothered to convey my first message on Friday about the adverse events and when they called me back on Monday saying the doctor (who I have been a patient of for over 2 years) said I had to take them in spite of the fact that I had a mini heart attack (angina) that could have led to a stroke due to the severe migraines she changed her tune very quickly as well as my prescription to 30 mgs of MSContin 3 times a day. So now I am taking 30 mgs less than before, but the migraines, stomach gastrointestional cramps/gerd / mood swings/crying jags and night terrors stopped immediately. And as I suspected, all of the adverse effects we experienced were directly related to the new reformulation which I suspect is going to kill someone in the form of a stroke or heart attack! I also told them that they had better go to the Purdue website and thoroughly review the 50 pages explaining the adverse events for the new protocol. This was the second time that this pain clinic refused to listen to my call about adverse events when taking off label medication -- as this happened once before when they put me on gabapentin and elavil in spite of my having a condition that would percipitate angina pectis attacks. I am really beginning to wonder if these nurses who serve as some sort of shield for the doctors realize the harm they may be causing due to their indifference or prejudice about certain patients who complain about adverse effects and make them do their homework. If this happens a third time I will report these nurses to the state agency that regulates their professional license and sue the hospital for gross negligence and indifference. The entire medical industry is becoming so corrupt and driven by profits instead of humane and competent health care that I am now afraid to see a doctor or go to a hospital unless I am in an accident and taken there in an ambulance. It is as though we are being punished for being ill and if we do not have cadillac insurance, these care givers just don't care whether we are suffering or in need of competent medical attention. I have totally given up on conventional medicine, the so called cure is worse than the illness. What ever happened to the physician's oath to 'harm none'? Why weren't our physicians given the new protocol for the OP reformulation so that they could review their patients medical records and see in advance whether this poison would cause the mass level of adverse effects and harm to sensitive individuals who have been taking this medication for years w/o any adverse effects? There is something terribly wrong with this and my guess is that the FDA is trying to phase out Oxycontin completely and tricked or coerced Purdue to do its bidding. I heard from my pharmacy where I had my new pain meds prescribed that they are having to switch most of their long time customers from OP to another pain med because the insurance companies are refusing to pay $11.00 per pill. I know my old script for the OC were close to $600.00 a month -- now it is close to $900.00 a month for 90 pills a month. Purdue just got a serious sucker punch from the FDA -- and we CPP got screwed out of having a pain med that work efficiently and did not give you a drugged high - or least not for me, anyway. I never got any kind of high from the OC - just felt normal and able to function w/o feeling drugged or impaired. I predict Purdue's stock will pummel when the word gets out that the OP will not be authorized by insurance companies due to the exorbidant costs to the public. And the irony will be that some junky will find a way to extract the oxycontin from the rubber glue and still misuse the drug.
My advice to those of you in serious 24/7 pain like I am is to ask your pain doctor to switch you MSContin as a trial and see if that works as effectively for your pain management. So far, I am doing fine and am on 30 mgs less a day w/ some breakthrough pain that is covered by my rescue drug of oxycodone, 15 mgs. Good luck to all of you in serious pain - I know this has been a difficult transition - but you have every right to refuse to take a medication that is causing you more harm than good. Read up on your patient rights and stand up for yourselves. This is your constititional right and no doctor has the right to harm you without suffering the consequences of being sued for malpractice.

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I have ra, oa, lupus. fibromylaga and coltis and mant joits replaced and tried mant kinds of pain med's they do not help,i get sick very tired all i want to do is sleep so i sit in the house afraid to drive depressed because of pain its tearing y family apart very crouching i pray i don't wake up in the morning if i do get any sleep it hurts to do anything i like my house clean i always mowed the hard and had lovely flower garded and a a garden for canning food, now nothing mean's nothing the pain has took over, i loved life and to be out side i get so upset with myselve because i want my life back nothing can take all the pain away but this pill worked the best for me, you can abuse just about any pill no one can stop this sick people need this med. the dr. can do test on them to tell if they are in patn this is not the only pain pill in the world Purdue you are playing a money game . My husband and me are both on disibilty and when i go in the donut hole i have to do without 11.00 dollars a pill you charge and i take 4 a day 80mg. i started out at 20mg 15 years ago and worked my way up when the pain got worce been on 80mg for 5 years and i will not take anymore than that if not for this pil i would be in a wheel chair the more pain your body is is the pill will use it up and you dont act goffy and high i know people who just what a high and i can see it by the way they act that they took something my family and friends can nnot even tell i take them am just calm and normal because it takes the pain down, The genit was fine the dope head's wanted the real one's, i have not had any in 4 month's no no no with draw's except pain.pain.pain no sleep tired and my life suck;s !!!!! so i hope your happy purdue on the price you charge you could at lease help people with the cost we pay 650.00 for insurance a month and all our other meds, are gen. I have not tried the new one's am in the donut hole. If you could find it in your heary purdue can you help me? am 57 now i want to do the things i used to love so much, like going shopping with my daughters and my grandchildren all their school activitys, go on their fild trips and help out in their class rooms they are my life i have 8 and were very close ut now i hurt so much and they are growing apart from me i feel like my heart is being torn apart their the sunshine of my life .PLEASE HELP>

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I have been on 80mg Oxycontin for 10 years. I have multiple autoimmune diseases. The great thing about the OLD oxycontin is that it had no side effects. I can NOT take the new Oxyctontin - it does not work. I went through weeks of horrible withdrawal symptoms!!! We have tried every other long acting pain med and they do NOT work for me. I went from being able to function quite normally to now being bed ridden. I never ONCE ABUSED oxycontin! Please bring the old Oxycontin back. However, even if you do - I might be afraid to go back on it - there is no way I could go through that withdrawal again. And I had just had a major surgery at the exact same time as they switched them - it was horrible! I now can not do anything - can't clean my house, can't go anywhere - nothing!

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To # 28: How do we ban together via the internet? I would like to start a class action law suit, but it isn't as easy as it sounds if the FDA approved the drug. I have been on the new formulation for 10 days now and the adverse effects kicked in within the first two days. I have had a chronic migraine headache and severe nausea since taking the first dose. I woke up screaming my head off a few nights ago and was told by my S/o that I was hitting him and talking in my sleep as if I were fighting someone. When I woke up screaming I had no idea where I was. I have PTSD and the new formulation triggered one of the worst episodes I have ever experienced - this coming off of having a bad experience about a week before that I thought was the cause -- but all of the first week on this awful stuff, I have been having severe mood swings and crying jags. I was in my doctors office just today, and just had an emotional meltdown because of the migraines combined with not getting any pain relief from the Oxycontin. I take 15 mgs of oxycodone for breakthrough pain and it is because I have this on hand that I can even function for the time being. I am calling my pain management doctor first thing tomorrow -- but I have no idea where they stand on this and if they have had any other complaints from other patients. All I know is that I absolutely cannot take this new formula and am of the conviction that this stuff is not metabolizing and we could be facing severe liver failure issues too. This stuff is poison and after a week of nightmares, my subconscious is trying to tell me something -- for instances one of the nightmares a few nights before waking up screaming my head off - I dreamed that two tidal waves were trying to sweep me off the beach while I was serving food. Then a voice in the dream said: The gravy is poison!... I now think my subconscious dreams have been trying to warn me about the dangers of this new drug and today I decided to check the internet to see if it was only me who was feeling crazy after taking my usual dose and this is when I found this site. What a relief to know that I am not the only one suffering -- but how do we UNITE and take action. I am going to complain to the FDA and Purdue -- but I don't think that will do much unless someone out there suffers and dies from a dose of this poison. Sad and tragic as that is -- this is the only way to get the FDAs attention.

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go giants!!! Anyway, I ruptured my neck and back in a serious auto wreck (not my fault) and have taken 80s for years..I went back to work after an operation and have supported a family and sent a son to Ohio university..But now given these new op's, I feel so much pain after work it is interfering with my sleep and recovery..These simply do not work!!! I am losing my temper because of serious pain and fear losing my job..The old adage about if something is too good , some four-eyed college idiot, maybe I shouldn't say that since I hold a degree, will change it..This is not for the better..And people listen, if we do not group together file a lawsuit we are in for a hell of a long life of pain and suffering..Purdue gambled on this drug being prescribed more before the generic version shows in 2014..Most doctors will not prescribe this drug even with the reformulated version. They will lose business but the billions of dollars they have profited made them rich, and powerful comes from insurance..Someone has to get to the bottom of this sooner than later..we are in for a miserable decade......

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I was just put on the new OCXN formula and have exactly same complaint as most others. I have been on Oxycontin 10, 20 & 40 ER for 2 1/2 years. They worked just fine until I was given this new formulation tamper resistant. They DO NOT WORK. I have constant nausea, stomach cramps, migraine like headached and am in 9 -10 pain level most of the time. I get maybe an hour or two of pain relief when I take my breakthrough pain meds w/ the oxycontin - but if I take the Ocycontin alone - absolutely nothing to stop the chronic neck lumbar spine bilateral hip pain. I need to report this to my pain management doctor and FDA. My insurance company is paying for dud medication and I am really upset about the switch. We need to take this up with FDA as soon as possible. Druggies are going to find a way to get druigs regardless of how tamper resistant a product is -- why are we who are in chronic pain 24/7 being punished for what the druggies do? I am going to ask my pain management doctor to just put me on straight pain meds and to heck with paying the price for druggies abuse of medication.

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