Oxycontin Op And Oc What's The Difference (Page 5)
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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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me..then your pharmacist either does not know about the generic's or and i hate to acuse any of this but he's lying. Have you asked your pharmacist recently about this? Again ME..the past 2 months i have also been told the generics were old stock and will cease .there is so much disinformation out there..it appears everyone is confused . Apparently this is something that just happened..generics being on the market..i was told by 2 pharmacists in the last week that yes indeed they will have generics and they can order them. Maybe if you call other walgreens in other states..inquire..get your answer ..go back to your pharmacist..tell him to order the darn generics if he doesn't have them. Again my pharmacist at Walgreens insisted they are now selling generics. I made a point of telling her i wanted the new formulation as somewhere down the road the generics will not be available and i wanted to see if the new op's worked well for me. She insisted they now have generics. Me..have walgreens check other stores .. She made no bones about the availibilty of generics currently and in the future.

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I'm not sure if I understand you correctly. you are saying that Purdue is selling a generic threw some companies. It was brought to my attention ,even on Purdues web what they are selling, what has been discontinued etc. and all Walgreens are saying that once these OC are done the only supply will be Purdues OP's and Purdue has bought Ethex the distributor and Purdue is buying others also. now. Its really over and you will either take these pills or get something else. They will now compete for your business with OPs , Opana, the list of the new drugs with all this additive crap until you cave in and take your medicine. Its the PATENTS ITS THE MONEY ITS YOUR DOCTOR ITS YOUR GOVERMENT. And they all protect each other. My Dr. gave me Oxycodone IR after they almost put me in shock twice in less than 1 month. He finally at 3x 30mg IR a day than after that I was suppose to take 5 a day. Which would have put me at 150mg from the 160mg I once had. This friday I saw him again and he said he said no such thing 4 a day he said . Loser, I had called the nurse and she looked it up on he records and repeated it twice, why because I always make sure I do what he has me do. These idiots are not human anymore, their robots with chips put in them. i dont have a doctor anymore I can put my life in thier hands. If your look at all the pills of choice please do the research and see if not a single one is not addicting. Even this Suboxone is addicting and has a street value so what does that say. We are beening taken again and again and again. If these drug companies ever thought an addict couldn't or wouldn't find away they'd be devastated. And believe me they are counting on the money as a sure thing We are just a small prick in their mighty paw. And dont count. Keep your records and if a law suit does come and you trully have physical problems with what this change has caused you. And proof it will be in your best interest. For now I must try to get another look at what was written down and what I was told to take ( good luck they all lie for each other) because he just lowered me again to 120mg IR from 150mg IR. Its gettng crazy. All scrips go threw a computor where I go and for some reason its written up as every 6 hours. Every time. Thats why I had to call to verify what he told me in the office. But if you look at how his is done he has covered his rear. And his nurse even though she read it to me to make sure I had done this correctly, more in likely will not say anything against it. Its our lives and health and I care. I don't want to take morphine or fentanyl or suboxone why because I want to go out to the store or to a movie or have dinner with my sons. And not look like my face and reactions are in gravity mode. Yes thats how those other drugs make me feel and my sons along with myself can see it does. I also don't want to go out, yeah the pain maybe gone but so does the want to enjoy things. Oxycodone enables me to enjoy sun, rain, wind , morning, evening ,TV, shopping, visiting, Oh sorry it must sound like having a life. For me those other drugs I don't get those feelings and I don't get to much company or go out very much. So since the change and the reactions Ive had to my body Im fighting to keep the IRs they really want this time released thing with all these horrible added chemicals that add terrible problems for me. Just the knots on head, face, neck, under arms were painful. But to throw up this jellyfish sack with the medication in it still was not good. As for these companies I have typed it out before.Just look at who's buying who and why? Purdue , Endo, Pfizer, the list goes on ad they all are going to add chemicals to PATENT and keep the money flowing like a river to themselves. Purdue lost 640 million in a law suit and CEOs were in trouble for lying about the addictive product they were saying was less additive. Sadly the lie was they knew how addictive it was and were found out publicly by whisle blowers and fined and jailed I do believe. They knew and also kept trying to stop generics with more lies until caught thats why products were having hard time getting marketed. I think Amide or Roxy's were taken off because of problems in to much medication in product and patent problems from purdue stopping them. Its all big business and a stangle hold with us ants in the middle. We will not get back the pills we had without the junk in them. If you look up what your pills contain as far as product you might be surprised. Example, my 30 mg IR oxcodone had 27mg and 3mg of binder which is the 30mg pill. Look up the Hatch & Waxman Act for generics, if I read it right It gives a sway for product in generics. So it can be less cost effective cheaper but that sway is the problem to me. Sway will be product and crappy cheap binders. So how much in an 80MG Oxycotin? the Oxycodone only? Its NOT 80mg of product!!! How much binder is in that 80mg? I really want to know and everyone else should also. Why because when you are changed you need to know the conversion to be correct. Like I said they could have killed me 2 times and again he dropped me to 120mg a day from what worked fine at 150mg a day. They are scaring me. Does anyone know if I asked for my records will I recieve everything the doctor wrote and perscribed for me to take as he type into the computor. I really need that he wrote about taking 5 a day. For my log on what has happened to my since the change of these OC to OP. thank you if you responed.

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Yes this is untrue they willl not dipsense the old formula to anyone They say they do not plan doing this at all
I mentioned I herd this to they told me that what Iherd was rumors

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Me?..My husband read on Purdue's webpage that should the new formulation not work as well or patient's are having side effects then they can get the old formula..i think t takes a letter by prescribing doctor to Purdue..this is untrue? This is what is so very troubling..all the untruth's out there over the new oxycontin and what's bewildering is no one seems to know..pharmacists as well as purdue's representives. I have been told 2 different thing's by Purdue's people. But 'me' there is a generic .they are watson..ethex..apotex..Walgreens orders them. I also beleived the generic was old stock as well as being discontinued. Many many pharmacists as well as purdue's representives stated this as well. However when i went to have my prescriptions filled a few days back..i asked for brand name..the new op's and was told my insurance would not pay for them and i had to have generic filled. I was alarmed as what in the world will i do when they run out of old stock and can no longer get generic..i was told very firmly ..kinda 'don't argue with me' i know what i'm talking about..the generic is HERE and will be as long as we sell oxycontin. This has been verified by 2 walgreen's. Aparently if i understand this correctly..Purdue sell's this to a few company's and inturn they sell them as generic's. Purdue get's royalites from them. Wow..this is incredible..all the rumors flying out there. I don't know the wisdom of telling this because those abusing them will turn to generics and the deaths from overdose will continue yet this is public information and there are too many suffering for them not to know of this option. I just feel for the dilema doctor's are in...they have the D.E.A. all over them..isn't it true that if a patient dies from overdose..the D.E.A. goes after the doctor and he could lose hs career? This is the problem in our modern age..personal responsibilty..parent's go after Purdue over the death's of their children..the government goes after the doctor over the death of a patients foolishness.everyone seem's to absolve the responsbility of the patient's choice. This is what needs to be changed. Don't bind the hand's of our doctor's and make people accountable.

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You know what's remarkable about Purdues' F-Up? Compassionate, understanding from intelligent people... more likely empathizing with the day to day grind we call life. So THANK YOU for your thoughts... it has helped me to not feel so alone... I'm not a left-wing leach.

I've been asked a lot of questions and I should have given specifics about my... uh, "issues." I HATE complaining... unless I really need to unload and that"s where I'm very fortunate having a strong support system

I've been extremely hard on my body growing up and sometimes paid the price. It's not quite as fun on "Jackass."

I grew up a "Valley Dude" (fer sure) and missed more high school than I care to admit having my body slammed on just about every surfing local from San Diego to San Franscisco. I tried to set the barefoot waterski record in long beach Marina but when the boat blew the engine just before the finish line, physics set in... but I did cross the wire at 92mph looking like a rag-doll in the dryer ;-) that's when the back and neck issues started. With lottery number 19, I was drafted in 1969 and served as an Air Force Pararescueman ("That Others May Live"), where sometimes low altitude parachute openings usually had me bouncing through trees like a monkey... until I was shot during a Search & Rescue pulling some Hot Shot A-6 Pilot who then wanted to go after the guys who shot him down. Only two of 5 survived and my right lung had to be removed from the bullet pin cushion. No one was left behind. After, I moved to Oregon, I continued Skydiving, ultralights, rock climbing... well, basically anything dangerous enough to finish the job the survivors guilt started during my Vietnam Vacation.

But Y2K had other plans for me. In October of 1999 I had two back-to-back freeway head on collisions... WITHIN 20 DAYS! That pretty much put the "P" in pain... until another head-on in 2008. For those wondering, a drunk, a hispanic and a geriatric were sited on the scene. Oh yeah... the last one started my seizures.

SO... two laminectomies, one/half R lung removal not to mention the rib cage the bullet zipped through, wrist surgery, lung surgery, 12 broken bones, 5 fractured vertebrae and enough concussions to flatten flatten a tractor tire left me with chronic pain (duh), migraines that usually end in seizures (now under control), fibromyalgia, thyroid & testosterone deficiencies, Bi-Polar disorder, chronic fatigue and lack of sleep (I count that one worse than the seizures ;-) I'm probably forgetting something but you get the drift.

IT TOOK ME FIVE YEARS TO GET ALL THIS UNDER CONTROL going from Doctor to Doctor, all hocking their opinions and wares like a Side Show Barker. If it wasn't for my girlfriend of 14 years I'd still be standing in line at some medical place. But FINELY... FINELY... I found the right combination of medication, exercise and herbal supplements where life doesn't start with the .22 pistol in the nightstand. And then they go and change the formula because of greed and misuse?!? I'm... WE are the ones who suffer. Now you know the whole story why...

"I'M A HUMAN BEING, GOD D#M*IT!... MY LIFE HAS VALUE!... I'M MAD AS HELL AND I'M NOT GOING TO TAKE IT ANYMORE! Except I have no choice and I will. But you all know the apprehension of the coming months... Just the thought of having to start over to find that one "cocktail" that keeps me from wanting to kill myself, makes me want to kill myself.

PS... Ann, thanks for the advice. I will try the Opana. FYI... There's no generic Oxycontin.

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Generic form are no longer available one is lucky to find a distributer that has the old ones in stock same with generic there may be some still not depleted . I have asked
I am trying Opana which have been increased to get levels right
They are helping to a point and better then the new OP, but still its in the trial and error trying to get the dosage right
Purdue called me last week again just to tell me they do not plan on bringing back the old formula
why bother calling me to tell me that
I just said thanks for calling and hung up I did not need to hear their excuses and It was a bad day for me
I try to be polite all the time so I hung up before my pain got me saying things I try to just keep in
talking any longer would have stressed me out and made the pain worse
Purdue has no heart and cares less I have figured out , Its not about helping people in need its about making their wallets fat

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lol..somehow what i just wrote didn't come across as i had wanted...i meant to say i thought i was the only one who struggled with having to take narcotic painpills..but apparently i have alot of company and somehow that makes me feel better.

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me..i just want to say i know exactly what you are talking about.There are nursing home resident's who are finding the op's not effective and it's making them

sick as well? Your right..none of us in our young yr's ever thought we would in our golden yr's need to be dependant on narcotic medication to even get out of bed let alone function. What a blessing not to know our future. But yet i am so grateful for oxycontin as well as to my nurse practioner for prescribing this and it's comforting to know there are so many that struggle with the stigma of relying on a narcotic painkiller. Why is that? Me..have you talked with your pharmacy about generic oxycontin?

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Skyjester I feel your pain it took close to 2 decades to find the right combination of medications numerous surgeries to control my head pain waking up every day for over 20 years with head pain does not make for a happy day, at least with the OC The severity was controlled and the seizures where controlled but now I am having more attacks, to whom wrote about there medic only had a 25% adverse reaction report is all good but thats one medic. I have herd from Pharmacies even the VA that the OP is causing some serious issues with patients and many are being tried on new medication
Some patients in Nursing homes that do not say much are talking about how sick this medication is making them. With these ones accusing people complaining to be drug addicts are the ones that dont care about anyone , They are making excuses for Purdue screw up, we who have been on long term medications do not get high no matter how many one may take there is no buzz involved, it just helps decrease our pain, we are not addicts we are dependent and we depend on the medication to help us live some what of a normal life most of us has had surgeries and have tried everything as no one wants to be taking medication we would rather be pain free wake up every day and feel good not having to pop a pill before we can function
we all want the miracle the cure for the illness we suffer with , By God if we could live pain free getting off the medication would be a blessing,
going through withdrawls would be much easier then living with pain,
I would Imagine everyone suffering from Chronic pain would have no problem going to detox getting off the medications we are on if there was a cure for our suffering, but I do not think any of us would detox , if they found cure for are illness I dont think the need for pain medication would even be thought about if we would wake up with out any pain it would be a high it would be a buzz to be pain free and feeling good would have to be the best buzz out there for us whom suffer every day.
This is what so many do not understand they call someone a addict when they are dependent , not even close to being addicted.
If we all could be pain free we would be addicted to love the love of living with out pain,
I know the people who suffer as I have for decades would be happy to throw out our medications for a cure for our pain
There is no medication i n this world that is good for us they all effect our body in negative ways, we who suffer knows this and feels this every day, but when we have chronic pain we only care about getting relief not caring what the medication may be doing to us inside we just know there is relief in the medication so we take it just to go on and hope maybe a cure will be found or so we just do not die living with the pain. Just to be able to pick up our grand kids and play with them take them fishing is the best but when one in chronic pain is deprived of relief, we are unable to have those days with our kids or grand kids.
So If someone wants to say we are addicted they may need some help,
we dont get high off the medications we manage our life
Find the cure and we will toss our medications.
I have woke everyday of my life for over a decade with headaches 4 days out of the week with Complicated Migraines, then the Thunder Clap headaches and clusster headaches on top of a Migraine get waken in the middle night with a Hypnic headache.
Then have surgery after surgery as each one is suppose to be the fix
Then there is no specaslist that knows why the surgery did not work, but lets try it again.
Then years of trial and error and they find the right combination that helps control some of this pain.
Then its taken from us and there is always that one person that has a remark he must be a addict because of all the medications he takes, Most of us our on more then just pain medications as I am on several medications that are not a narcotic what about those why dont they label us for these medicatons also and they can do more damage to ones body then any Narcotic can.

I get upset when people do not know the whole story and start pointing fingers at people
Skyjester it sounds as its happening to you.
Purdue has screwed us and I am on the trial and error process again ,
\I refuse to take the OP as they made me sick and very sick and who needs this.
I am sure one day the OP will be on the News where it has caused a death or a serious illness and Purdue will be back in the News with new lawsuits
And the ones at Prudue thinking everyone that calls complaining is a addict lets just hope one day you dont fall three stories on your head and years down the line the medication that helped you with your pain doesnt get taken from you.
Purdue Where is your Heart at

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skyjester..have you tried opana? And if you have can you tell me what side effect's if any? I know am repeating myself but everything i have heard indicates it is a good medication for relief of pain. What kind of pain are you having? It sound's like you are really suffering and i am so sorry. Have you tried generic oxycontin? I have been reading that there are a few natural substances in your health food market that may relief pain. I have tried the capscien ..i think that's the name but after a few day's my stomach revolted and had to stop taking it..maybe your stomach is stronger and you could try it? Just please know your not alone..(that's very hard because pain is a lonely place to be..we all know that) Is the new formulation op's giving you any relief? I read that if you can not tolerate the new oxycontin then a letter by your dr. to Purdue will allow one to get oc. Have you heard this? Anyone? What does the FDA say when you contact them over the side effects you have? There is hope..

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"I'M A HUMAN BEING, GOD D#M*IT!... MY LIFE HAS VALUE!... I'M MAD AS HELL AND I'M NOT GOING TO TAKE IT ANYMORE!

C'mon on!... open your window and SCREAM THAT as loud as you can... just like Howard Beale preached to the masses in the movie "Network." but a lot of good that's going to do.

And I am... Just the thought of having to start over to find that one "cocktail" that keeps me from wanting to kill myself, makes me want to kill myself.

It sounds like we are ALL having the similar problem with the new formula and specifically, Purdue. I truly believe one posting here saying that the reason for the change is the Oxycontin patent is almost up so they changed the formula upsetting just about everyone. Yes, there are a few of us having problems with the effectiveness of the OP's... perhaps 25%... but I also truly believe it's those 25'rs who are on an extremely high pain relief contract after years of trying to find that ONE cocktail that allows you to wake up and not find the .22 caliber handgun. I've written... I've called just about every number in this thread (and I posted a few myself) and I've talked to every one of my Doctors about it. And you know what the consensus was?... I'm probably addicted and I must be abusing it because they haven't had any other complaints.

You can scream I'M MAD AS HELL AND I'M NOT GOING TO TAKE IT ANYMORE! but then you'll be suspect as well. Purdue has a great campaign to make you feel just that

You can see the clip at http:/­/­www.youtube.com/­watch?v=90ELleCQvew&feature=related

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One more thing..those patient's who were not getting the pain relief from the new op's were placed on a medication called 'Opana' I don't know anything about Opana but those that take this medication report it is effective with dealing with their painful condition's. As effective as oxycontin..there are those who say it does make them a little fatigued but it does reduce pain enough to function well.

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Good new's guy's..to those who have not taken the new formuation and are troubled over all the report's of bad and dangerous side effect's and worried sick over getting the new op's..my medic told me 75% of his patient's taking the new formulation op's are not experiencing bad side effect's. 75% .Perhap''s this will help a little for those looking for assurance as so much written has been very negative and scary.For me..everything i have read about the new op's scared and frightened me so to hear my medic reassure me that he has had very few patient's with bad side effects relieved my mind..i hope this help's. Most likey we are just reading from those with difficulties .I know this doesn't help those who are suffering so much with the new medication and I wish there was something i can say to make you feel better..i do beleive you when you state you are taking them as prescribed and are vomiting..stomach pain and etc. I just wish Purdue would state why one could be having such difficulty with their product.

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Deb: I just read your Oct 9th e-mail, and I agree with everything you said. I am in the same position. God bless you and God help us all. Gaslight.

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Since learning of the new formulation i have read everything i can get my hand's on hoping for good new's that the new op's are safe as well as effective. I just haven't found encouraging new's. I don't know what to beleive and i hate beleiving the thought's i am having. Purdue made a statement as well as the pharmacist's saying 'only those who abuse the op's are complaining'. Yet my gut tell's me not everyone having serious side effects are abusing their med's ..therefor something is very toxic with the new formula. And to dismiss patient's having these serious side effects as drug addict's is a serious issue..and isn't it a little dishonest for Purdue to make such claim's..to me it feels like blackmail. I read as well as talked to a Purdue representive that Purdue only conducted test's on the tamper proof side of the new oxy's. They did not study short and long term side effect's nor the effiency of the delivery sytem. But doesn't it stand to reason that to create a pill that will not desolve..that one will not be able to digest it? No thought went into creating a pain med to lessen the suffering of a legit cpp..it is the drug addict that this new op's were created for. How can a pharmacental company be so irresponsible and so deceitful and get away with it? Are we a nation that now is delusional? And those we need to trust can't see the truth for the life of them? I read a patient claims to be ingesting 2300teas. of rubber when she takes her new op's. How can this not hurt you? How is it to even question the safety of the op's mean's according to Purdue that your a drug addict? This is ludicrous!!It appear's one can't reason with these ppl. So..how can we not think 'they have an agenda'?

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TO ALL WHO READ THESE: At the top of this PerscriptionDrug-Info.com type in Oxycontin 80MIg. I replied in hopes that all would read just a few things on the web I found and threw phone calls to phamacies. Its really more than not worring about 10 years to wait for a Class Action Law Suit will come around to us. Its more like we had better start it now for maybe someone in our families future or a close friend. Hell, its for mankind. I'm very unhappy all of you are hurting and your Dr. might be treating like a addict but for every monger (the maker or PUSHER) theres us the USED. Please if you can find what I wrote It might open eyes when they don't want us to start seeing. In the mean time go to your Dr. and ask for another drug BUT MAKE SURE!!!! they use the correct Conversion chart or they could put you in harms way. Mine did twice and now after he understands I'm keeping a log and my reciepts to sue, I'm now recieving 30mg IR oxycodone 5 times a day which is better than 15mg IR 4 a day from 160mg oxycotin a day. And before that they gave my OpanaER 5mg 2 a day YES they could have given me cardio arrest. Less alone withdrawls twice. Ive never gone threw anything like that in my life. Anyways if you can connect with the other page on this subject read. This is not the only one with others hurting. All need to expand to what is happening but also you need ammo for your Dr. if they are trying to make you look like an ADDICT. I want to feel like I have a life and I don't want to feel like my head takes all day to shake off the drug stuper as I call it. I want to get on with my life as well as I can. And those other drugs like Opana, Kadian or any Morphine base or look a like I don't want, cause it would make ME feel and look like a 3rd street junky from the lower end of TV. thats way i push all of you to go to FDA/MedWatch.com and put in your complaint.

And with Purdue also so when a Suit comes you'll have a jump on the band wagon, collect and log what has happened to you. Is the smoke from that Ammo o burn down th house's these BIG GIANTS are building using our bodies.

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To Guest: I agree with everything you say 100% ! If you get a chance, read my e-mail. God bless...Gaslight.

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To All Fellow Sufferers: I read the reply about genocide, and I couldn't agree more. I'm beginning to think it's a combination of genocide and experimentation.

My husband said that a class-action suit would take 10 years to get to the courts. So there goes that option. As we all know, we took the OCs to alleviate incredible pain. Now we are stuck with the double whammy of the original pain and the pain we are suffering from not having the medicine that did help somewhat. I also read that Perdue paid billions of dollars for exclusivity rights to Oxycontin. If that is true, why in the world would they change the formulation of a medicine they paid so much money to have sole rights to sell ?

I am 68 years old and I stay in my house in bed most of the day and night, but unable to sleep, yet totally and completely exhausted. I ache all over and if I took one of the OP's, which I understand means Oxycontin Perdue, I would be twice as sick as if I hadn't taken anything at all. Does anyone know anything about MS-Contin ? I have an acquaintance who takes that along with Morphine for breakthrough pain. I know nothing about these kinds of things. This person is no longer my friend because she recommended this insidious medicine to me. She told me it was a miracle drug, and before she took it, her husband would have to pick her up to get her out of bed in the morning.

I asked my doctor for it, and he prescribed it in the day when it was OC.It was truly a miracle drug as far as curing you of the excruciating pain from which we all suffer. But the time comes to pay the piper. I have never been in such agony in my life. For some reason, since I am diabetic, my blood sugar has shot through the roof since stopping this medication. I don't know why the ones I received were the OC.s mixed with the OP's. They were both blue, and I paid no attention to the difference in configuration. I did notice that one day, I would be so sick I could hardly move, and the next day, I would feel normal. I didn't realize it was the pills until I looked at them through a magnifying glass and saw Op instead of OC, and then came the dawn.

The pharmacy had put in 7-8 of the OC's, and the rest were OP's that are totally useless, and more than that, they are making a bad thing far far worse. I just do not understand why Perdue ( and I know I'm repeating myself ) would pay billions for this exclusivity right, but would make it so horribly useless that millions are going to stop taking it. My family are getting really fed up with how I've had to live my life since this has happened. My hobby is reading, and I don't have the strength to pickup a book.

I'm sorry this is taking so long, I'm so frustrated. I had a person in the medical prof tell me that it was in my DNA now, and I would have to take it until I die. I find this totally absurd. I read one of the emails that said that when they got their prescription, the pills were brown, mine were the exact same color. The pharmacist didn't bother to tell me they were different now, so I paid the price. I'm sorry this is taking so long, I have no one else to talk to about this because this has been a subject that has been discussed only within my immediate family. If Perdue had these pills changed because of abuse, and paid billions of dollars to get that appellation, why throw it away for people that genuinely cannot live a normal life without something of that magnitude. I use the name Gaslight because that is exactly what Perdue is doing, the older sick people first, then the abusers, then things will be wonderful. Could this be it or am I losing my mind. I hope everyone can make it through this,but if you are like me, I have severe doubts. I watch Cops and they think drunk drivers risking other people's lives is cute and funny but God forbid taking issue with a person in their hometaking something for unbearable pain. I'm glad I'm 68-years old because if I were 30 and in this condition, I would end this charade while I'm still capable.

God bless everyone excluding Perdue. Gaslight.

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I too have been given the new OC 80/ops.I am finding little relieif from diabetic neurapthy,p.a.d,and DDD from L3 to s1.In addition I have Copd and cronic neck problems I am trying to live with.Since they aren' working as welll as the other were working,I am not able to get a pain level I can function what little I have left.Please comment on what those of us who desparely need it can do? by the way the VA is my pain managrment doctor

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I don't think the new formulation of oxycontin had anything to do with abuse..i think it had everything to do with purdues patent running out on oxycontin. These ppl. are downright evil ppl.They couldn't care less what their new op's will do to those long term. It's all about money.They will lie and decieve as long as it gets them money. I am so fed up with the whole thing..doctors..purdue.medical scene. And it's not just oxycontin..it's all painkiller's..the DEA is actually thinking of removing all painkiller's. Is this the new obamacare. Am i being parnoid to think this is the early beginning's of genecide? Take the relief away from all ccp so they will commit suicide or just stop eating and wither away? I couldn't live with my pain level before i got on oxycontin and i can't live with it now. It's so disheartening and discouraging. Well at least we are not alone..there are now thousand's of people suffering. In Seattle..hospital's can no longer prescribe painkillers to there er patient's. Can you imagine if you were in car accident..broke leg or sprained neck..to be sent home without relief. This is insanity!! People will always find ways to abuse if that is what they have chosen. I read that the heroin abuser's have skyrocketed. Why don't they outlaw alcohol as that is more abusive than oxycontin. Those that did abuse oxycontin have now greatly harmed you and me.

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Hi, I'm new here, hoping I can find some answers by real people. I have been taking 80mg oxocontin 1x12hrs., for app...

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seem to be getting confused between the differences as I did think both were opiates ## Hello, Todd! How are you? I'...

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I have been taking this med app. 6 months, oxycontin 80mg, they just changed it to opana ER 40mg., does anyone know the ...

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I have been taking hydrocodone 10-325 for 8 or 9 years. And now my doctor wants to put me on oxycontin. I have never tak...

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I am taking 30 mgs. Oxycodone up to 3 pills per day for severe back pain. Years ago I was on Oxycontin and don't rem...

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We found a bottle with two 15mg of oxycodone and two 80mg of oxycontin. Our friend had passed away and no one is sure wh...

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please tell me the differenc between these 2 drugs. ## Though the difference is rather irrelevant now in most countries,...

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I have MS and need pain relief. I don't like the stigma oxycontin has to it. I simply don't find it helpful. Is ...

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just wanted to know if there is a difference between the 2. I am perscribed morphine sulfate er 15 mg twice daily. My ne...

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The doctor prescribed me Percocet and the pharmacy gave me the generic which is oxycodone/acetaminophen 5-325. What'...

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