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I was told by a pharmacist that the manufacture's are trying to alter the drug. The goal by the DEA or the manufacturer is to prevent the selling of the drug on the streets.

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First I want to apologize for all suffering it sucks!! I am a chronic pain patient too. Im in CO and have been following a post about my fellow Coloradoans. A good explanation I heard from a pain patient is this. The DEA is flagging ppl who claim only oxycodone helps, that nothing else helps.A well known PM clinic's response was this is not an OC clininc its a pain clinic. patients that have been takin oXY iR have been cut off.The DEA is suggesting if you are a chronic pain patient they (Dea) persuading docs to put you on a time released med (Er) and a max. of 3-4 short acting meds for breakthrough pain. PPl are pissed off they want their OC..so this is just infoI ampassing on. I m n Fentynol patch and I my doc WILL NOT BUDGE WILLNOT GIVE perc 10/325, 5/325, oxycodone NOTHING!! I get the 10/325 Vicodin for breakthrough pain. I had to suffer 2-3 year after moving from FL and got labeled an addict. it took a few years for me to settlein my new state actually build a dr.patient relationship(on tramadol) soI was never dependent on oxycodone except when I lived in fL, I was rx'd 3-4 30mg pills a day. well of coarse I went through terrible w/d's but I am not angry or without because of those oxy iR 15;s and 30's. What Im using works for me... Try and keep an open mind and try other things .I bet these docs are gonna start pushing ER meds with a breakthrough and it seems logical to a DEA agent...(one that is not in pain) something has to be done. It's unfortunate real pain patients have to suffer..

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They must be implanting your DNA code in the pills so they will not become active unless it is the prescribed patient taking the medication. There is no shortage in manufacturing. The DEA has everyone running scared. The Dr can prescribe all the oxy he wants but if the pharmacies won't carry it, the DEA wins. It took 2 1/2 wks to get my IR oxy's from my mail order plan. I had to be interviewed by a pharmacist and I'm sure my Dr was called also. I'm glad I finally have some but it just tells me how sick I am. I get no euphoria from this med. Just pain relief, constipation and further equilibrium problems.

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Chaos, I'm sure you could right about being flagged with oxycodone. The ironic part of it is, why does this med help so many of us more than other meds? In the first place, it controls my pain better. Secondly, I don't have the side effect of feeling loopy and spaced out all the time. If I were a person that liked to get "high," roxycodone would:.not be my choice of pain medication. It's a ridiculous claim the dea has done this to some of us. If I did want to stay wacked, I'd be thrilled on opana. Problem is, I hate this feeling of being lethargic and tired and spaced out. Thanks for taking the time to shed some light on WHY so many can't get the 1 med that was by far the best for pain control and had the least side effects. God bless

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NEWS FLASH!!! I have been on oc"s 30mg for 8 years!! This is the first time i cannot get them. I found out the DEA is going into pharmacy:s Nd telling them NOT to take new customers and they can continue to get only 4 bottles a month not even enough for their customers!!!So the Pharmacys are being threatened by the DEA!!! Im in NJ. Walgreens does not have it anymore for a couple weeks. This is bull s***. I had to go to the hospital to get the 15mg till i can see my dr tomorrow, again!!!!!! I bet the DEA is taking it themselves!! what are they doing with all of it? There isnt a shortage on the website!!!!!!I heard Heroin is cheaper on the streets so im sure everyone is getting that. The kids that are ODing are mixing it with zanex and booze!! Its only 2% of people oding and thats how, mixing it!!And your right, go outside, buy a bottle of vodka and drive, thats ok, why is booze even legal???WTF.My pharmacist said they are going off the market. I dont get it!!!!

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I agree what can we do and how soon can we get started I hate all those MoFos I called the gov. Fl. Attorney General and Department of Health you can try it may help you.

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I am with you! if we don't stand up for ourselves who will? I just feel like nobody wants to fight back. I have been on oxys for about 15 years and I have not done anything to break my pain contract. I have many health problems, and now these a**holes are telling me I am not getting more than 30 percent pain relief. I have only one thing to say to them, you live in my skin and my life and then tell me you are getting little to no relief. Before I got on the oxy, I laid in bed most days, crying because I was in so much pain I could do nothing. At the time, I had small children, I was not even able to pick them up and when they would run up to me like little ones do, try to climb up, I would scream out in pain and tell them Mommy cant hold you. You can't sit on me, It hurts Mommy. just the other day my 20 year old daughter told me she remembers that. I was not able to hug and hold her or her little sister when they were children. SAD. My oldest daughter has three sons, my wonderful grand children, she is married to a Coast Guard man, for years I have not had a relationship with them, this summer they moved to my home town and have planned to settle here close to me. Now the doctors are pulling all of my medication, My pain has started to return and in a short while they plan on taking me off completely. I don't have Cancer so I'm being told I can no longer be on Oxycodone. To tell you the truth I wish I was a Cancer patient as they would then leave me the hell alone in my life. I would rather have a few good months with my family then to go back to living the way I was. Now I will be condemned to never leaving the house again. Sure they can visit me, but who wants to be seen lying in bed depressed and most days crying because the pain is unbearable? I just don't understand how they can tell me I am not in pain. I guess my next move will be to go get on disability and become a drain on our already hurting economy, I just hope that those making and enforcing thees ridiculous laws against the people who legitimately need their medication, and have been following the laws, will someday suffer the kind of pain that I suffer. Thank God for Medical Marijuana.

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Teenagers are abusing this drug bad they need to do something to this drug to stop this abuse.I have taken this drug but it's to hard to get so i went back to 10-325 .The F.D.A. just approved Targiniq E.R. a extended oxycodone pill i may try it.

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THERE IS NO SHORTAGE!!! I'VE spoken to PERDUE the manufacturer. they say there is no shortage. The problem is the wholesaler is limiting supply bc of RISK...RISK ...WTH.. RISK!!! so not fair to us legit people.

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