Oxycodone Shortage In Las Vegas

I'm an older man in real pain, I have driven and visited 60 pharmacies in the last 3 days to get my Percocet prescription filled in Las Vegas and am unable to find them! I inquired if I had my prescription changed to Norco. Why can the government force citizens to live in pain, I need a tooth pulled but am afraid to have it done as there will be no pain relief!!!

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Hello, Dave! How are you? I'm very sorry about the problem that you've run into.

However, we are now into the time of year when there is virtually always a shortage of controlled substances due to mandatory manufacturing limits. To try to keep better track of the supply, each manufacture can only produce a certain amount each year and once they reach that amount, they can't manufacture any new product until the new year. I can't remember a year where demand hasn't exceeded supply and resulted in a shortage for the last few months of the year.

This is a narcotic analgesic, so it has the potential to be habit forming and may cause side effects, such as nausea, dizziness, drowsiness, dry mouth and constipation.

I really wish I had better news for you, but I'm afraid I don't.

The best suggestion I can make is to try smaller pharmacies in your area, as they may still have a supply in stock, since they don't tend to do as much business as the larger chain stores or to try a compounding pharmacy, since they rarely do regular prescriptions, so they might also have some on their shelves.

Does anyone else have any ideas?

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