Oxycontin Op And Oc What's The Difference (Page 11)
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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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p.s. there are other typs of drugs like Opana that costs even More then oc's but work just as well just not over used by addict yet so they haven't had the publicity that oc's have gotten....maybe this could be used as a alternative till they fix the OC's i can't say that i feel your pain i know im better off then most i can walk still just hurts to do so....just trying to inform anyone that may benefit from these extended release type drugs...Good luck to all!!!!

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i have just started taking oc40's last month as the loratab 10/500 have stopped working....i have not gotten this months script but don't like the sound of it all...wish you all the best!!! and i will be asking my Dr to --->write for brand name..old formula only<---if they don't help my pain ...herniated disk l5 S1 mine come straight from the company so i might not have as hard of time getting part of that 10%
i will post back next month if it works.....bad move on there part I Think

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Oh Mimi and poon, a big but gentle hug to you both. I feel your pain.Right now..hundred's of cancer and cp patient's are in dismay and anxiety. We have found a painkiller that gave our lives back and the replacement is worthless as well as dangerous. What if we all get together..write,call purdue as well as start calling lawyers. Europe and Canada classify the epoxy in these new op as carcengenic. As well as toxic to liver,heart,kidney.There will be lawsuits down the road. How will our digestive system break these down? Will patients after a few month's suffer bowl puncture after they sit in the bowl for month's? These are plastic's. Where are the patient advocates? Who will protect us..the legal patients whose very lives depend on this medicine? It's obvious the FDA was paid off. A 2 year study on the effects is not enough to determine the side effects from these op's. Can we sue the FDA? Ok..now the good new's. My husband read information from purdue..that if a patient does not tolerate the new op's..they say to tell doc and ask him to write for brand name..old formula only. The pharmacy won't have on hand the oc , they will have to be ordered from purdue and yes purdue will still be making 10% of the old formula as they sell this to Canada and europe. Canada has refused the new formula due to the carcengen's in them. It is a class A carcengen. The trouble is pharmacies in my area are cold and ruthless. They are going to probably give me grief when i ask them to order the old formula. So i am expecting a long day finding a compassionate pharmacy that will order the oc.This is my hope. Will my doctor do this? I just don't know. Everyone is looking out for their own self interest and not that of the patient. But guy's i suspect due to adverse effects purdue will have to change this..ppl. will start legal action after they suffer side effects. Poon and mimi.. you both are in my prayers..please pray for me as well..we can hold one another up..ok?

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I wrote eariler about the NEW oxy's.. sorry about all the typing errors, i've had 26 surgery's at dartmouth,NH since 2005-2006, which has caused me to not use my right arm, hand, etc. so I have to type with lefti'm rt. handed, so that's another challange for me. this is why i was put on the oxy's 80 mg in the first place!! sorry if you all had a problem reading my story. Andm that's only a short part of it. My life is HELL NOW!!! i'M STUCK IN MY HOUSE ALL THE TIME1 i CAN'T DRIVE ANYMORE, dmv, AND DR.'S WON'T LET ME. NEVER HAVE ride anywhere. people say that they are mt GOOG friends, ha- ha- ha!!! lol I barely see anyone, because I have a problem getting in and out of car's, so, no one wants to deal with me... thanks for listening--------mimi3

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this has me so upset.'vbeen taken oc80mgg, for 6 years now. I have one of the worse cases of scoloitis that the dr's at dartmouth hospital, in N.H., have ever seen..My spine has turned 83% more in 3 years, to the roght. I'm having surgery in oct. 2010,that could end my life, from my spine hitting against my lungs! i can barely walk, and in exscrucationing pain all day long, every day of the week! at least the reg. oc's helped take the edge off, these NEW things do nothing! and if they do, they take almost 2 1/2 hours to even kick in!!! what's all that expoxy doing to my insides, I wonder? Right now ny spine is resting on the rt. side of my body, and has fused to my rib-cage, which has caused my spine, and everything else to rest on my pelvic bone. They keep telling me DO NOT FALL, OR IT COULD KILL YOU! GREAT HUH???I'm so much more depressed now that i feel like just ending it myself, without the dr's. help!! It's the people that don't even haave these prescribed to them that has caused them to do this! It really pi--es me off! now i suffer more, with the headaches, stomach problems, neausa, etc.. It's bad enough that all my insides have all shifted to the right side , and everything is on top if each other causing severe problems with my stomach, spleen, liver gall bladder, intestines, lungs, ribs, etc!!!!!This is just SO WRONG TO DOTO THOSE OF US WHO RIGHTFULLY NEED, AND HAVE TO HAVE THEM!!! What can we do about it? NOTHING THAT I KNOW OF!!!! I HAD A HARD ENOUGH TIME JUST GOING ON-LINE TO ADDRESS THS ISSUE, SINCE i GOT THIS MESSAGE THAT i'M ANSWERING TOO!! i HAVE SAID NOTHING TO MY DR., BUT DID CALL THE PHARMANCY TO ASK IF THIS WAS THE RIGHT SCRIPT, AND THEY TOLD ME THAT THE GOV. CHANGED THEM, BECAUSE OF ALL THE ABUSE THAT PEOPLE HAVE CAUSED WITH THEM!! AND MOST OF THE ABUSE IS FROM PEOPLE THAT DON'T EVEN GET THEM PRESCRIBED TO THEM!!! Do'es anyone know if they still haave the NORMAL ONE'S at our local pharmancy?? Or are they just choosing who they give the OP'S AOU TOO? if anyone can help me out before I make an IDIOT out myself, with my dr.PLEASE write back to me. I'm not a young kid either, almost 60 years old!! It's hard enough to get my insurance to ok them every month, now this crap!! plus, they are charging the same amount of $$$ for them, as the old oc's!!! im paying almost 1,643.43, a MONTH!!! pLEASE SOMEONE ANSWER MY STORY...thanks ...!

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I also am very concerned over the new oxycontin. I have needed these for past 7 years. They are the only med;s that do not have bad side effect's. All my research on the new formula has been frightening and depressing. I was able to get the regular oxy's this month but i have called around to check for next month. No one will give me an answer. They are rude and cold. They tell me only those abusing these med's are complaining. I have had kidney cancer and have only one. Also i suffer from debiltating pain. It is the new formula that worries me..polymor and titanuim dioxide and several other epoxy . Why..these are carcengen's!! How did the F.D.A. approve of such a thing. They had to be paid off. They only did a 2 year study on side effects. This new formula was made for addicts not legal patients and we will be facing adverse health effects from this op. How could anyone accept this? Is there no one to protect us?/

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I have remained on the same medication at the same dosage for the past 5-6 years. This medication allowed me not only to work full time pain free, but I was able to do things after work at home and with my family that are important too. I have been on the new formulation for almost a month now. In my experience it isn't nearly as effective as the original, maybe 1/2 as effective. Maybe they thought people that really needed them will buy twice as many now. Not to mention the constant headache and nausea, anlong with bloating & cramping. Anyway I have began limiting my self at work and home, something I have not had to do in so many years. In turn depression is beginning to creeping back into my life and my family pays the price. I have to tell my 9 year old that mom can't today....because I can't lift my right should or turn my neck. The pain from numerous operations I have had performed on my feet cause me to close my business early (2 or more hours) at least 3 time a week. I have no insurance and by the grace of God a local pharmacy on charges me a small amount over his cost, in return we provide our business services to him at cost. Even so I pay a fortune for the Oxycontin medication, if the generics had worked people would have taken them. I work hard to live a pain free and now I'm not sure what will happen. I can't pay this much money for somthing that doesn't work, I have tried other alternative medications with no luck.
People that abuse these medications will simply go one to another drug, like morphine or herion. It seems to me the only people to suffer will be legit chronic pain patients. Please, I welcome any advice or reccomendations. I've heard that Canada will contine to have the original formula but is that even possible with a perscription from the states?

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keep making CHICKEN and leave my meds alone

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Well I've been on this medicine for over 5 years now, and YES it has changed. I don't know how they are getting away with calling it the same thing? They are absolutely not, all in active ingredients have changed. Headaches, Nausea, Stomach Pains, doesn't last as long, little gel like sputem in stomach coming up, They are going to have a problem with these. I take them as prescribed orally, I need them, but now I can't take them, so my Doctor has changed me to something else. My Doctor wasn't aware of the change in them? I think they really messed things up for those people who really needed them medicinely. I was also short of breath. LOTS OF SIDE EFFECTS. NOT A GOOD MOVE PURDUE. Buy stock of Purdue that they will go down, because they will. Great Idea for those who abuse them, but not so good for those who need them. I wasn't notified that they changed and I was really sick from them. waiting for a Class Action Suit, I'm sure its coming to a city near you. They also added some type of epoxy to the compound? Crazy..Crazy..Crazy..All done with them, Purdue you will loose a lot of patients that were on these for long time, you also made cancer patients more sick. If they aren't sick enough. I'm just starting to feel better since August 25th, 2010 from the OP's. A side note you can call Purdue and ask them what happen to your medication, because as you know, it isn't the same one you've been getting, the color changed, the markings have changed, so therefore they have changed. They are not the same medication as originally prescribed!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!I could go on and on, but what for. This is going to be a very large can of worms.

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The new Oxycontin OP are replacing the original Oxycontin. They contain the same active ingredient Oxycodone, in a time released formulation. The only difference is that they have been specially formulated to help prevent abuse.

Even if someone tries to crush or chew them, they retain their time released properties.

Side effects are still the same: nausea, drowsiness, dizziness and constipation.

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