Oxycodone & Other Shortages (Top voted first)

This all seems to have started around the same time Darvon was pulled from the shelves with nothing to replace it. (Darvon & Tramadol combined was finding some success in providing relief for fybromyalgia) I gave up on trying to get Walgreens to fill prescriptions for Oxycodone/Oxycontin. After trying Walmart, several Publix, CVS & most of the Walgreens in my area, I am trying the Morphine based product MS Contin instead. I had an allergic reaction to the generic brand and am now on day 2 of the manufactor's and am experiencing similar problems. The conversion formula from Oxycodone to Morphine isn't reliable either. Meanwhile, the local Walgreens are now out of Adderall going on 2 weeks, because the company that makes it (Corapharma & Barr make the two generics) apparently decided not to produce enough forcing a shortage. For more information go to fda.gov and look up drug shortages. It's very frightening to see the games that are being played. Furthermore, at least 2 Walgreens in Manatee County, FL have had their licence pulled and can no longer sell these and simularily classed medications. Folks this is not going to go away and will only get worse. To state that these problems are all because of SW Florida's growing addiction to pain medication is a ludicrous excuse for allowing people who are in chronic pain to be left incapacitated. I thought the goal was to get people off disability not create more disabled people who will no longer be able to work and will be requiring Medicare, etc. I hope that now that the election is over, maybe something will change, I think its too late. However, there must be something all of us can do if we pull together.Obviously this is affecting thousands of people and their families. Any ideas?

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Actually, shortages for controlled substances are very common towards the end of the year and they happen almost every year.

The reason that they occur is due to mandatory manufacturing limits that are put in place to better keep track of the supply of these types of drugs, so the risk of theft and diversion are lower.

Learn more controlled substacne details here.

Once any given manufacturer has produced their allotment for the year, they have to cease production until the new year, when they receive their new production allotment numbers.

Are there any other questions or comments?

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Hi Lori,
I am on disability, with many chronic pain issues too.
I am under a pain management doc also...I have been on ms contin a long time and I went to Walgreens to fill mine....none to be found! Every Walgreens in my town was out! So I tried every other pharmacy in town....all out! What is going on!? I had to go over to my doc so they could write for something else....that wrote for Kadien, witch is a name brand. So I turned that in at Walgreens and yes, that had it...BUT its not covered on my insurance....I had to pay full price...I had too cause I needed it...$788.49....wow!
I am upset, confused and just plain pissed off with all of this! I am talking with everyone I can find about this problem. We are NOT druggies! We are patients who live with pain and see our legitimate doctors on a regular basis....why is the gov sticking their noses in our health relief issues?? I wish you luck Lori...send me some luck too! Hopefully when we refill next month, everything will be ok. Take care

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@ Verwon: again, this has nothing to do with an end of the year shortage. People still cannot get schedule 2 meds, and its the end of March. There are much more complex issues going on you should look into.

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