Opana New Formulation Coming Next Week (Page 2)

The new formulation of Opana ER will be coming out the second week of March apparently.

Let's hope it will be more successful than the re-formulation of Oxycontin ER. So many chronic pain patients had to switch off of that medication when they changed it due to reduction in effectiveness (mostly due to the coating not being dissolved enough before it passed out of the body apparently) and stomach problems from the coating as well. I was one myself.

I am not talking about any of those people who abused the drug, but rather the true pain patients who used the drug correctly. It stinks that they have to change these medications around, the ones that are truly helping people who suffer from horrific pain, just because there are people out there abusing them.

I talk to people in pain every day and you hear the same thing over and over; if I didn't have to take pills for this pain, I wouldn't. I take the fewest I can every day just to get by. Once you find something that helps decrease your pain, even a little, you are thrilled and the last thing you want is to have to go hunt for something else.

So, let those of us on Opana ER, hope and pray that the new version works as well as the old version, with no stomach or dissolving problems. After all, we have enough to deal with.

For those of you who abuse these meds ... please get some help and get a new hobby. You are hurting more people than just yourself.

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Hey everyone, like a lot of people posting here, I am on the reformulated opana er. 30mg 2x daily and was also not getting the relief I thought I'd be getting. I had been prescribed opana once before about a year ago and they hadn't been changed yet and they were great but now they work half as good so I talked to my pharmacist and she said some doctors are telling their patients, if they're willing, to administer them rectally. I'm not the type of person that sticks things up my ass but my nerve damage in my right shoulder and arm from numerous surgeries is unbearable. I decided to try this and for me it works amazingly. it gets absorbed a lot quicker than oral and is finally getting me the relief I've been needing. Hope this helps to all those in chronic pain.

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Endo isn't going to let any company make generic Opana ER's 20mg & up. Everyone needs to switch to something cheaper. They are trying to control our medicines and our money. Everyone who is on the brand Opana needs to have the doctor give them something else. I know Opana did work the best but it doesn't work the best now for the awful pain I have and I know there are others who's pain is worse than mine. There has to be something out there that works just as well that is cheaper. There are thousands of people that take Opana for their pain. Endo wants to keep that big pay off coming from it. The longer they keep other companies from making generic the longer they get the big bucks for it. People who need help need to stand up for themself. I don't know about you all but I don't want to pay the higher prices when I can get something for a lower price. Talk to your doctors.

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FYI- More News Endo keeping generic Opana's from being produced.

Lets hear what you have to say about it.

Endo Health (ENDP) Downgraded To 'Sector Perform' By RBC Capital, PT Lowered
October 05, 2012 03:00 PM
Stocks: ENDP, MYL,

(By Balachander) Endo Health Solutions Inc. (NASDAQ:ENDP : 30.4, -0.26) shares were downgraded to "Sector Perform" from "Outperform" by RBC Capital Markets analyst Shibani Malhotra, who cited continued uncertainty around key growth drivers.

The analyst reduced price target on the stock to $35 from $36.

"While it is possible that ENDP may achieve its (above consensus) long-term guidance, this is driven by what we see as somewhat aggressive assumptions made by management around the growth and sustainability of the Opana ER franchise that could yet be derailed by less cumbersome FDA Bioequivalence guidance for generic crush resistant opioids (expected by YE 2012)," Malhotra wrote.

"Additionally, we did not attain enough new information to increase our comfort in the continued long-term growth of the Qualitest generic business (given much of the recent growth was fueled by unsustainable price increases in products that are going away)," the analyst said.

Malhotra believes additional Lidoderm generics are unlikely until 2015 and the analyst sees potential upside to conservative share assumption.

"We understand that Mylan's (MYL : 23.96, -0.13) Lidoderm ANDA uses an acrylic patch and based on comments from Watson during its trial with Endo in March, we believe the FDA will have difficulty approving Mylan's generic."

The analyst said risk to Opana ER franchise remains. "While we do not anticipate generics of the old formulation, Bioequivalence guidelines for the tamper resistant formulation may be less challenging than management currently assumes," Malhotra wrote.

AMS and HealthTronics may be the most attractive strategic assets for Endo, the analyst wrote. "We were particularly intrigued by management's commentary around the use of electronic records to drive patient care, but we need to see strong growth in key AMS segments in the interim."

The stock, which has been trading in the 52-week range of $27.50 to $39.29, dropped 1.68 percent to trade at $30.98 on Friday.

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Yes...appalling. I suspect home-schooling.

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