Norco Shortage In Michigan (Page 5)
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Is anyone else having problems finding a pharmacy to fill their scripts of Norco? I have been taking them for a few years now for my chronic pain. I always go to the same pharmacy chain, and its always the same doctor who writes my scripts, but since the new law change no one seems to have them in stock. Some pharmacists told me it was a manufacturer back order. We are told not to go without our meds, but yet how is that possible if we can't get them? Anyone knows of a pharmacy that has Norco 10/325 in the metro Detroit area?

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I had my pain management write a prescription for Tylenol/3#,to avoid withdrawal and help with my back pain. I take norco 10mg I live in Long Beach, CA.

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SHARE AND SIGN!!! IT COVERS OUR FRUSTRATIONS WITH THE SCHEDULE CHANGE AND SHORTAGE OF NORCO!

petition2congress.com/17290/legal-pain-patients-need-our-norco-available

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Beagle, it is against the law for a pharmacy to give someone a prescription without a label on the bottle.

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If you have insurance, Call Customer Service & explain to them that the participating pharmacies on their plan (which you pay them for every month) will not fill your prescriptions. If they cannot find you a pharmacy then kindly explain to the Insurance company "they are in breach of contract." Apparently when you sign up with an insurance co. it is a contract. They may be able to at least find you someone via mail order pharmacy to fill your script.If not, file a complaint. It was the only way after 26 days of looking, that I was able to fill my prescription. At least for now, until this whole mess, hopefully, gets straightened out. I took that advice from Pharmacist Steve. He is an advocate on line & will help you in these hard times.

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Ok. I started a petition to congress and the president. PLEASE PLEASE SHARE THIS! It's not a guarantee yet it's something! Please help!

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I feel your pain i have scoliosis of the spine degenerative disk disease and joint disease.there not a second that goes by that i am not in pain,thanks to the drug abusers out there i cant find my meds either,but i now realize because of the abuse the dea and the fda will find a way in the near future to band all opiates and leave us to deal with the pain and withdraws.the government doesn't care about people with chronic pain the only thing they care about is there pocket books and getting votes and champagne donations that they pocket.so if you are chronic pain suffer like i am prepare yourselfs to get off all meds because its coming.

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Please ask your doctor to write you vicodin HP 10/300 mg. it has a generic copay not a brand name copay so should not cost you alot out of pocket. Alot of people think they can't get Vicodin because it is a brand name and will cost way too much but Vicodin made by Abvie has a generic copay for everyone who gets their vicodin I dont know why but this is also what they say on their website. It is the same thing as Norco so for now you can get that and get some pain relief because I have always been able to get that and Walgreens will order it for you if you ask but they usually just have it on the shelf anyway. I hope this helps someone going through withdrawals because that is the worst thing to go through in the world and not getting any pain relief. This has got to stop something has to change and soon.

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Oh trust me. I feel your pain. I have been going through withdrawals all weekend. Friday - Saturday I called around 50 pharmacies. I can't even walk and my legs give out on me constantly. I went to put my tiny dogs wintercoat on and my legs gave out and it lost my balance and fell over a table and into a craft box. I didn't even know till that night I banged my head so hard on the wall I have a huge bruised goose egg on my forehead. I've had to double up my percocets and been out. I'm lost. I just feel like giving up. I can't take much more of this.

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Im currently in full blown withdrawals, sick as a dog. All the pharmacies in my town are out of the meds that my Doctor prescribed. Has anyone thought about filing a legal suit for unnecessary pain and suffering? This is beyond BS.

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Got lucky this month as my regular CVS pharmacy had enough to fill my script. Something very odd happened that I wanted to ask others about. Have you ever received your script without a label attached to the plastic bottle? I did so I just wrote the date on it so I'll know when to refill. That's never happened to me until 2 days ago. Odd

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The ones with the red dots are Watson 5/325 the yellow ones are the 10/325 they are also Watson.the white ones are the 7.5/325.

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I don't understand what you mean by they are not manufacturing the yellow norco anymore because I just got my rx re-filled yesterday at Walgreens and they are the yellow onces 10/325 with the V on them by Qualitest. I thought the white ones with the red dots were made by Watson as I have some old ones of those and they make me sick.

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The white ones with the red dots are a weaker Norco. They are only 5/325 instead of 10/325. The yellows are very few and far between as they do not manufacture them anymore. Watson does make one that looks just like the yellow, but it's white. Works the same to me. No im not talking about the generic Norcs the M367, those are junk they don't work as well as the Watson's. So if they are giving you the ones with the pink/red dots, your dr changed your script or they do not have any 10/325 and are going to double you up with 5/325.

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I went to Farmingtom Drug in Livonia & they were very helpful...try them!I think it was on 6 mile Rd. It is a suburb of Detroit..Think it was Chris the pharm. Good Luck to you.

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Oh my friend ... I am feeling for you "BIG TIME"! I know what it is like to be in pain but I fortunately have been given drug panels by pain management doctors so I know better than to try and treat my own pain; even when they leave me hanging! I have so many medical bills from the past year (ER and Hospitalizations) because they have made it almost impossible to fill my prescriptions here in Florida! Now I have moved and thought it might be easier to get a prescription filled by a new doctor but that has not worked out either. The new doctor has changed my medications ... which has left me hanging again! I was put on buprenorphine at Christmas time. IT HAS NOT HELPED MY PAIN AT ALL! The doctor can not fit me in until my next appointment .. and I have since found that they use this medication on addicts and it is also used by vets on animals ... good god, what are we suppose to do to treat are pain when doing the wrong thing will get us NO WHERE for the rest of our lives! For what it is worth .. just because you have done what is asked of you, it does not mean you will be treated in a manner that "I" a chronic pain suffer would think is reasonable!

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as someone whom deals with chronic pain, I can understand your need to deal with your pain. What I do not understand is why your own doctor ordered a drug panel? and have never heard of this? those are usually for employers etc. your doctor, or company doctor? (workers comp). for what its worth I am praying for you my friend. good luck

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I have been taking 10/325 hydro for probably 15 years, never any problem with being dope sick.. I'm a prn user but I cannot work without them due to the physical nature of the job. Anyway a couple months ago I made the stupid decision to self medicate with street drugs because I couldn't get a prescription since they changed the law, what happens, the same week I use I get in to see my dr. and she writes me a script but gives me a drug panel first in the office for the first time in 5 years, Obviously I failed and now no more scripts..... big, big blunder with long term consequence

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So I'm (ONCE AGAIN) having troubles getting my norco 10/325 filled again in Metro Detroit. I thought it may be a good idea to start a new thread that lists the pharmacies when we are able to get them filled? I know that when I'm having this big of a problem, I am most likely NOT the only one. We have been to every pharmacy and nobody can fill it. I've been sitting on my script for over a week now. Since I have none, I've been having to take more of my percocets and now I am almost out : ( and I don't like taking too many percocets because my dependancy gets more intense when I don't have them. I will start a new thread and I hope that most of you see this so we can start to help each other out a little during these shortages! Good luck to everyone xoxoxo

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Anyone can sue someone else. But there is a difference in filing for litigation and recovering damages. It also requires money. You need to look up the definition of MalPractice in your state and find out the type of evidence, not just what someone says but actual evidence that is required. Then the dr has to have done something that is below the standard of care. Not liking and not agreeing with what a dr does or doesn't do in no way mean his actions or lack of raise to the level of malpractice. As long as the dr acts in a professional manner and the standard of care is there, the legal suit will accomplish nothing but separating the ones that files from alot of his money.

Manufacturers are given quotas each yr of controlled substances for the products they make. At the end of the year, if/when they run out, they have to wait until the new yr to make any more of the product. It takes them time to make it, process it and transport it.

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I love how one guy gets his script and declares SHORTAGE over...wait till Feb dummy when you try to get it filled again.
Its like 70/30 chance your not getting them from first place you try. I just got my 10/325 from Walgreens. However it was a pain as usual. I took it there 1/02/15 well couldn't fill it bc the date was 1/04/15 ok fine so I go back today.....I said to the same girl that helped me or didn't help really lol on Friday. I said can I fill this today, she says whats the script for? I said Norco right away she says oh no we've been out for months. I said ok well you were going to fill it Friday? Soooo whats up, she looks at the script says sorry with her s***ty attitude and filled it. just thought it was funny she right away said oh no were out and have been out. its pretty sad I could go buy a bag of marijuana and any damn type I want in 20 mins from my house in St clair shores. Meanwhile It's like pulling teeth to get one fricking script filled. I get the pharmacies hands are tied, but a little less everyone is a drug addict attitude would be nice. they've effectively created a worse stigma and culture for a class of drugs. You feel like a junkie trying to get 60 norcs what the hell. Im a mailman I have 5 discs herniated,canal stenois etc walk 12 miles a day, I cant get 60 pills without jumping through 15 hoops its stupid. Heres an FYI everything is bad for, sugar is one of the biggest poisons in this world. Anything addicting will have addicts whether its sugar or narcotics or alcohol. How about making it a little easier for those of us not eating 10 pills a day and dr shopping. Had to vent...that being said try walgreens, and cvs riteaid etc..ive personally found its a better chance of getting a place that has them in stock by trying those mom n pop drug stores. they're few and far between now days. but if one is near you, chances are a lot less people are trying to get pain pills from them as say a major chain. Good luck everyone wish I could trade in these stupid adderal for the norcs like an exchange service lol

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