Oxycontin Op And Oc What's The Difference (Page 4)

I've been taking the oxycontin oc for years now. I want to know what exactly is in the new oxycontin op? PLEASE HELP

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Mimi3 I AM A DOCTOR TELL YOU DOCTOR YOU WANT YOUR MEDS CHANGED TO 80 MG OXYCODE WHICH IS THE SAME AS THE 80 OC OK BUD HOPE U FEEL BEETER

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There are not any longer any oxycodone 80 mg generics are no longer made Have checked in to this

I am on many triptans as Zomig, axert, maxalt. replax, amerge in which these are for the migraines and I have to alternate them or the Migraines keep fighting back.
I have been on Duragesic as well as 30mg Oxycondone IR as well as depakote and gabitril these with the oxycontin I have been on for several years some over a decade.
Since the oxycontin OP have made me deathly Ill they are trying Opana
It took over a decade to get my diagnosisi right and the medications that work the best
Without the Extended release oxycodone It looks as Here I go again, I sure hope I do not end up like I was for half my life in and out of hospitals in bed crying for weeks
I am in my 50s and I thought Maybe once I got older my condition would get better, but now know just taking away the oxycontin is causing problems and with all the other meds I am on who would think just changing a medication would set me back as it has
Its only been two attacks but Its two in which I havent suffered one for several years until the oxycontin was stopped, but I was so ill off this new formula of oxycontin I was never poisned I think but It felt like maybe thats how it feels to be poisned being on these Oxy OP
Please excuse my spelling errors
I should correct them but its hard typing when one has head pains
Thanks for the suggestion but There is no form of extended release oxycodone any longer
Thanks again

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I have been prescribed oxycontin and oxycodone IR for about two years now. The last two years have been the most tolerable since my industrial accident 22 years ago. Bunch of Liars, if these new chemicals are safe, why has Canada and Europe rejected the new formula? I truly hope I don't experience some of the side effects listed by people here - people I have no reason not to believe. And it is not Perdue's fault. It our own government that has forced them to make the change. If you want to b*tch at someone, call the DEA and FDA. It was the DEA that forced this change, and the FDA that just rubber-stamped it through, without anywhere near enough long-term testing. I find it hard to believe that eating plastic and epoxy and rust twice a day won't harm me.

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Hi there,I just wanted to say sorry to everyone that is suffering from their own type of pain and also from cancer. I hold that close to my heart because my mother passed away 15 years ago. I was in high school and I was involved with every chemo and radiation treatment with her and the recovery time as well. She was on major morphine pills as well as a morphine drip that was attached to her chest. Back then the treatments were not as advanced as now and was very rough on her body. Good luck to you all. I too have been taking the original OC's at 20mg x2 a day and 10/325 percocets 4x a day for break thru. I had major back surgery back in January of 2010. I suffer from spinal stenosis, lumbar spondelyothesis amongst a list of other health problems. They fused my L4-5 vertabrae and did a PLIF surgery. I have suffered from intense pain for the last 10 years but was actually born with my back problems. I am on SSDI and I am only 32 years old and a single mother of a 10yr, so you can imagine reading all these posts about the new oxy's is just blowing my mind. I just cant believe that these drug companies are first off using the excuse that they changed the drug because they are trying to control the drug abusers. That is so absurd, what they couldn't come up with something better. I mean people that are abusing this drug, really arent just abusing this drug they are abusing many others. People are going to abuse anything and everything and they have. People have abused something so simple as the cleaner people use for computer keyboards and mouth wash, but you dont see companies changing the chemisty of that. If you understand how I explained it right. It just makes me so mad that there are so many people really in legitamate pain and they have to change something that is working, because people have to be so selfish and inconciderate. We are punished for others selfishness. Yet people who use things everyday but they arent punished when people abuse those things. If someone could help me by emailing me what all i should do and who all i should call about getting our old oxy's back. I know im only one person but I will help right along with everyone to help too. I need my old oxy's back just like everyone else because it helps me with interacting with my daughter and everyday life. I know that im not addicted because there are some days i only need I but then days I need 2 but never more. What these people need to realize is that they are never gonna stop and get all the drug abusers ever but dont punish us who do behave. Sorry about rambleing on, but this sure hit a nerve.

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I do not think any of us that take medication as prescribed for pain can be called addicts no matter how long we have been on it, we may be dependent, we dont catch a buzz we get to live somewhat of a normal life , once you suffer for so long and they find something that works its like we have been givin a second chance in life to have some relief from all the suffering all day and able to do even the simplest things we once could not do as liftint are grand kids, or being able to walk around with out feeling like we are having a stroke because the head pains are so severe
I have had surgeries , brain surgeries that they say are not really brain surgeries but when they connect wires to nerves on your brain stem I call that brain surgery.
we in pain will try anything to feel good again when they said the surgery will help I jumped for it, but then it did not work, so we have to count on the medications again
Then they reformulate the medication and who knows whats to come from what we ingested something that was once safe can now be deadly Thats my thought on this new formula
I called the FDA, I wrote our politicains, I have done everything I could think of to get the word out of what this new formula is doing to us
I even wrote reporters that have handled the News with Prudues law suites, I do not think there is a answer to our problem but just to keep writing informing who ever we can, I Take it as the Addicts life is more Important then our lives.
Everyone just keep doing what you can maybe someone will hear us,
Lets hope there are no deaths caused by this new formula to the innocent the ones who take the medication that has given us hope in the past is now making us sicker and stressing us out,
I know I am not the only one suffering as at first I thought It was just me, But I am sorry its just not me and so many are getting so ill.
All we can do is hope we are heard

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I wanted to add I dont have no ill feeling against Addicts as They have a sickness as Alcoholic do and many have severe medical problem also I Imagine so they turn to alcohol or drugs to Numb Themselves, but the good thing There is help for those who want it
There are many good rehab centers, I know of by watching the TV but there are many bad ones to, but still the addicts have help
WE who suffer from a medical condition and have done everything we can to find help to relieve our suffering and then find out that the only help for most of us are medications taken as prescribed gives us part of our life back
all of us who have found Oxycontin to help our suffering is no longer the same medication and other medications are not working as well or not working at all
Prudue The FDA and the Government seems to be wanting to deprive us , and rather make us deathly ill then to figure something out to make us whole again when it comes to our suffering.

I do not drink but I know many that do and I have seen it ruin their lives, and have caused deaths around this country not only by consumption but by these ones that go out driving drunk that take innocent lives, But do they try to prevent this , I do not see it as I see more and more commecrials on tv of the variety of alcohol out there for ones enjoyment, and say dont drink and drive, they do not poison the alcohol so it makes one sick so they can no longer drink if anything they find new ways to make drinking more potent and more desirable ,
I do not get it
WE The ones who suffer are being punished because some people abuse the medication, Why not just try to get these abusers in to a rehab why dont they work on that as hard as they did to reformulate a medication so the addicts cant abuse it and we can no longer take

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I am 29 years old, I also have a beautiful family and two children one is 9 and my youngest is 3. I've been on the oc formula for about 3 years now due to sever back pain I had, finally I found a doctor that I liked and trusted to help me get off pain meds and to get my life back to the way it was. I went through with my surgery and now I am in more pain then before I had my surgery. I found out the Dr. that I had done my surgery took out discs in my lower back which did not need to be taken out. Infact the Dr. told both my husband and I that there was no need for him to remove anything.
So, after finding out about what this doctor did I have been in more pain I wished I never had it done in the first place.
The oc formula was the ONLY med that could at least help me get out of bed and play with my children as much as I could. After recieving the op formula for the fist time I have gotten so voiletly sick to my stomack that my back just went out completely. Ever time I take the op's I end up vomiting and renching my whole body that I'm just left on the floor without being able to move. I 29 ,and feel like I'm stuck in a much older body. I don't understand how there's nothing us the patiens of the original oc brand have no say in the matter.
These are lives we're talking about, family's who are watching their loved one fall and theres not a thing anyone can do about it? There must be a petition I WILL NOT BE A VICTIM ANYMORE.

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Hello everybody I just got off the phone with purdue today, I called to tell them of my issues with the new medication. I'm getting nowhere with the new medication as the effectiveness is almost cut in half, you get used to when your meds are suppose to start working and these are not near what the old formula was, I am hit with a headache before I get any relief each time, while I don't go into withdrawal I am starting to feel aches and pains that have been gone for some time. What did it for me was when I finally went to the restroom, I thought the bowl was filled with blood, it was part of the coating and there were gross jelly strands and chunks that looked like little jelly fish, this was actually whole parts of the pill passing through, I can only imagine what this is doing on the inside that we can't see, this is why I called them today. The man I talked to was very polite and actually caring not what I really expected but on to the bad news. He said purdue as a company is completely depleted of the old formula and has no intention of going back, some people posted that if you get your meds from purdue's program your dr. could call or write on your prescription for the old formula, this is not true. he was concered that the needed effect was not happening. He told me he would report my incident and the only way a change back could happen was if as many people who are having issues with it call and tell them about thier issues. His advise was that the dr. change my 60's to a combination of 20's or 40's or 80's to see if the binders in those would effect me differently, he seemed genuine enough. Looks like either we continue using these and keep our fingers crossed that we get suffecient relief or call and tell them your story, if they get enough complaints then who knows what might happen in the future.

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I have been on oxycontin 80mg for about 12yrs and went to the pharmacy just to find out that they have done something terrible to the best pain killer i have ever had that took care of my pain. please bring the original ones back , i just don't think i can take the pain. im 51 yrs old and very upset,no sleep so much pain cant think and dont really want to live if i have to be in this much pain every day. please help change them back!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Clay, when I went to restroom, same results here with stool and when I used to be constipated, ( Dr gave me prescription of the same ingredient in new OPs, poly glcol something) but have not had to use it. I got the OPs back on the 7th, not knowing of the change I read insert and its was same, looked on internet, and that's when I got this Web site and can not believe all this. I am on 80mg, every 8 hrs with breakthru 5mg other and really can tell the difference in all kinds of ways, the main thing, pain, since I had Cancer, Metastatic Desease, so no cure and now this? They say Oxycontin is the best, or was, for Chronic Cancer Pain and what we will do now no one knows. My Oncologist is the best, been taking Chemo every week for two yrs. After Radiation and going thru that pain, that does come back, but mine is in bone and bone marrow and other places, could go on but just would like to know why our stools would be like that and it has to be the new formula, because I don't have to take the other, since having regular bowel movements. I can't understand why when we are complaining that the new formula is not doing like old formula because they say its only change was to prevent abuse, and why would people say we are going thru withdrawals, why would they say that? I take every eight hrs, so meds getting in my systems but it just doesn't work on my pain like before. I'm dying, I would not lie! I did a research on the difference and on this and it clearly states, in the trials there was a decrease in how much pain meds we are getting than we did on the other OCs, its right there, FDA report, percentage of pain release is less and takes longer to take effect and new formula is causing all our problems with OPs. Anyway, just wanted you to know you are not crazy, the way my bowel movement is described to the tee with yours. I even thought my Cancer was in my Colon now, but had my Pet Scan on the Cancer sites in my body, this keeps a check on whether Cancer growing since its very aggressive and since no cure and not much study on it, the Cancer is smart and can move so fast. Oh well, guess I've lived with this for two years, maybe I can Pray my way thru it. Even with this much meds, I have not been without pain and the Dr says take one day at a time. I have heard of new study on Chronic Pain and researching being done for something new to help and get off OPs period. I really can't believe all I am reading and learning why this change was made, Drug Abuse, well hope those are happy now and the ones who in pain, STILL, are not the abusers, there Dr could tell first of all you idiots who call us the abusers and going thru withdrawals, well walk one day in my shoes, God will fight my battle and for all who are still abusing will answer to him as we all will in the end, and the way this world is going, He is not happy, I Pray everyday we all will find some relief with all new drugs coming out. My life is too short to deal with this and know there will be an answer soon, very soon! God help us all and have mercy on the ones causing all this needless pain. I also don't think a two year study was enough to say this would be safe. I wonder what this new formula mixes with my Chemo. My Chemo doesn't give me as much side effects than this new OP. I am documenting and telling my family about what is going on, to keep eye on me. I am so sick with the Cancer didn't need sickness along with a pain med. And they said this was, WAS, the best treatment for Cancer pain, now what. I talked to my Cancer Group, the ones whose Cancer has Metastasized and no cure and plenty not happy and the experts in our group are working hard to find some answers. OCs are gone, but another Pharma Co is gonna pick up and make a lot of money, I hope and really am Praying HARD with Gods words in the Bible and he will not let us down. God bless you all and just hang in there, tAke your meds as you are directed and stay strong. Thanks for the info to all! Hope help will come soon! If we stand together, Pray, the Bible say when two or more are in agreement, our Prayers will be answered, and believe!!!!

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I have called Prudue Numerous times now they are calling me back and I am not going to return there calls any longer They are not doing anything but trying to pick our brains for some reason It sounds as Its The PR staff calling , how much can I tell them but what I have told them before. Have contacted The FDA and have gotten nowhere

Prudue is making The original formula for canand but the only difference it has a Magnesium compound in it that The FDA wont approve. Many people take Magnesium nut the FDA will not allow it but will allow this epoxy
All we can do is just keep writing and contacting everyone we think may help

I feel here come another lawsuit as Prudue has had there share, but a law suit and no amount of money is going to help our suffering is not going to give us the pain relief we have had, I am a poor man but when one has to suffer with severe pain Money doesnt mean a whole lot, I could have sued many times over in my life but I felt a law suit was never a answer to my condition
I just wanted to be able to live my life with the less pain
Living with these head pains for over 20 plus years being told I am a rare patient as there is only ahndful of people that suffer from Multiple head pains as this 24/7 but thats only whats reported, The Oxycontin gave me hope and was the best help in combination with my other meds to give me the best relief
all the money in the world wouldnt help as how could any of us enjoy it when we have to deal with the pain we have,
I do not know where to go from hee but just to keep doing what we are doing and hope for the best

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I want to know who Governs the FDA? Who do they take orders from, who do they answer to? Another thing, you mean to tell me, to stop drug abuse, this was the answer? Take a 2 year study, and what kind of people and where did they come up with these people to take study on. Who were they? Are we allowed a copy of this report and what these people had to say. I mean really people, we need to wake up. This is just another TEST on us, see what happens to us, what this new formula will do with the ones that have a desease or forwhatever reason out DOCTOR put us on this type of medication. It is only to be used or perscribed for long term Chronic Pain relief and we all have a medical History, so when your Dr gave you this med and knows you then how did it so happen to become, since 2008 so they say, the most abused drug in the US. Are you kidding me, give me a break. So they did a two year study, that would be UMmm, 2008? Or when was study done since abuse, bad abuse in 2008, this is 2010, am I wrong or does this add up? This is just one more STUDY and we all, who are NOT abusers are there experiment, or that's how I feel. With all the FDA controls and deals with, how did this drug become so important to be change to stop abuse. They, FDA, can't even stop us from getting poisened by EGGS, not to mention Baby Formula recall, Tylenol poisen, Denture Creme, lettuce, on and on and on. I guess when all those things getting by the FDA, they were busy trying to stop drug abuse of ONE drug. Good Lord, do you realize what all is being abused these days? I really don't have a lot to list because I Do not abuse anything, except Ciggs and I know they have done their best to help the Surgion General with that problem, yeah right. I may not know a heck of a lot, but I know what makes sense to me and these stories coming out and reactions or the absent of any at all, well its just doesn't make sense. With all the problems with deseases and us being poisened by who knows what, but that's not important, we have to stop abuse of Oxycontin, those poor abusers, I feel so sorry for you, if you are still alive, and the familys of these abusers, they or someone had to know, so how did it become such a problem to cause this much of a problem for us that have Chronic Pain and our Drs saw fit that this was all we had with the help with breakthru meds to help us and they knew our situation and desease or sickness they chose this to be best, and knowing us that well gave willingly knowing we would not nor are we abusers. Is this a test? We don't have anyone else out there, with the POWER and Knowledge to stop the abuse of a drug and have that much Faith in the FDA to let them handle it? Are you people in charge CRAZY or just don't care? I know the FDA controls the approval of drugs, but who controls their decisions? When did the FDA become an advocate, if that the right word for drug abusers? I thought that is why we pay govenment agency to allocate who does what and undercover police, why could they not stop the abuse? Why go the way they did? I mean the FDA is messing up so BAD these days I am shocked at all this, but that good ole USof A, what are these special DEA agencys doing right now? Sitting back giving the job to FDA because they can't handle it, well if you can't handle it get some NEW DEA people who are willing to protect us and stop ALL abuse. My gosh, I thought it was what taxes were paying for, evidently the head of DEA can't handle it and called in the big dogs, FDA, well you go boys, turn YOUR job over to someone that can't even stop food poisining and all the other stuff being recalled as I speak. Well, guess if the right person reading this, they aint happy, but would like a feed back. What yall think? FDA or DEA????????????

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I say you hit this one on the nose
You have wrote what I have but put it much better, but who is listening to us who cares? They care more about the abusers the Junkies then they do the ones That are suffering daily and when will the first death come from this new formula, and what will they blame it on, will they say It was our illness that caused our death even though we had our pain somewhat under control until the changed the formula.
Then how about the ones that cant take the pain any longer and may commit suicide because they cant find another medication to control their pain, will they say hey they where just crazy. No one knows whats to come we all who depended on this medication are all in the same boat and its sinking, who is going to throw us a life perserver.

WE need some media attention and just maybe that will help to get the word out that patients are being deprived of their medication, How can they call this oxycontin any longer , It needs a new name as its not Oxycontin does the OP stand for Oral poison as I know the OC was for Oxycontin.
This drug has ben reformulated where it is making us deathly ill The original formula did not do this it was a medication that helped so many of us, but the Abusers and Junkies are more important then we who suffer from a legitimate condition Thats why the oxycontin was produced for us whom need it
Is there a FDA approval on Oxyposion as There is no way this new formula is Oxycontin there is nothing about it that even gives us the results we had from the original formula so how can this be the same drug
Our Best bet is to get Media attention to this I did write one reporter from wall street but never got a reply, I will keep trying and will do what I can, The abusers the Junkies got so much Media attention with this drug but we who suffer have got nothing but the run around making it seem like we all our crazy
I hope someone is reading this and I will talk to anyone who cares about us and let them know we the innocent are being used as Lab rats and again whats going to happen when this becomes fatal to someone will this be broadcasted around the country.
I Think The Media is our best bet and there is enough of us to prove that this new formula not all they say it is

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I think all this since the change in OP and my constant pain (Terminal Cancer), all I've been reading and stress over what to do, side effects, should not be on this Web Page at all to make matters worse. I just wrote Sound Off and after another research I was directed to a web page and hence this post. I may have overstated some things and should have counted to 10 b4 posting. I went to. The FDA web page and read an article on FDA and DEA and all involved with this epidemic of drug abuse. Although I do not like this new drug, and some side effects, I do have to think before I put someone down just because I am in the dark and not very trusting. I am also in so much pain, 24/7 its very hard to be objected and at the same time can't change a thing no matter what. I Pray a lot that God will find a cure for this Cancer, if not in my time but in my grandsons and will count on God from now on to guide me and show me what to do. I am sorry we are all going thru aloy and want, not to offend anyone, But God is the only answer. I just read a report where the Fda and others are aware that Cancer patients are not getting the pain relief they need and it is a big problem. I am so sick and tired of being sick and tired, iget caught up in things that only worsens the pain and finding out the only drug to help has or maybe has been compermised to where I am having problems, side effects, just didn't need all this and want to get back to some normacy and see Oncologist in a couple weeks and just see what happens when I see him. I know to those who believe, Prayer works and God can and will help us. I will not be posting again, I'm letting go of all this, Cancer feeds on stress and I just don't want that nor to waist anymore of my precious time. Just believe God is MY answer and that's that. Drug abuse is an awful thing, I even am sometimes affraid to pick up my prescription, watch all around me hoping no one know what I have and get mugged, so I don't even let people what I have, like I said, Drug Abuse has and is ruining lives even to the innocence, like me and you. Didn't mean to go on, but wanted to say good luck to all who are honest about what they are saying. Hope you all have a happy ending and file those reports to FDA it is important they know and turn in those abusers if you know of any, they need something in life and trying to find happiness by abusing anything is not the way, God is, and with that said, God Bless. Bye bye!

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May God comfort you in your pain and may your journey be a peaceful one
May you find a warmth and love of knowing people do care and that you have no pain and only peace when He comes to call you home
I dont know you but My heart aches that you are suffering so much, When the angles come and take you in there wings where a new life will begin where there is no pain and no more sorrow as there will be a new tomorrow .
God Loves you and waits to welcome you back home as you will never be alone
God Bless you
I am so sorry for that you have had to suffer so much

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This is so wrong!!!!! I have fibromyalgia, and degenerative joint disease throughout my entire body, so I am in pain 24/7/365 and have been on Oxycontin for over 15 years! THIS NEW CRAP IS NOT THE SAME NO MATTER WHAT THEY SAY!!! As it is the old formula was just putting a damper on my pain, this new stuff isn't even touching my pain and I have had bad side effects from it since I got my script filled on the 25th of September, headaches, constipation nausia to the point i don't even want to eat at all!!! Yes I know some do abuse them, but why should WE WHO
DON'T AND NEED THEM SUFFER!!!!!! I will now have to go back to my doctor to see about finding something else to take because I can't keep going on like this, I am at the point of just wanting to bite a bullet and end all my pain for good, I guess you could say that my depression is greater now too!!!! I a sure hope the one who talked about a class action suit is right as I will be one of the first to sigh up for it that is IF I AM STILL HERE!!!!

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someone said omg it has polyethylene glycol..... so does toothpaste

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they should make you have the runs if you crush em haha

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We who are suffering because of this new formula are suffering more then any addicts would know, we have not taken this medication for a high as when ones in so much pain there is no high involved just relief of our suffering.
The ones who snort it and abuse it are the ones that has given prudue a excuse to do this to us the ones That take it as prescribed.
I do not think its funny when one starts joking about this or upset because they cant snort it or abuse it any longer
We Just want to be able to help control our pain not catch a Buzz
Instead we have been poisoned so the addicts cant use it any longer and that has made it Bad medicine for us who have found it once to help us live somewhat of a pain free life

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