Oxymorphone Er Generic By Global Pharmacy (Page 10)

Hi, Since I heard that Impax finally got the green light to distribute Oxymorphone ER (Opana ER) generic through Global Pharmacy. I didn't hesitate to rush to my PM doc and he instantly had me switch to this new drug. He prescribed me 40 mg twice per day to treat my busted back & fibromyalgia. I noticed the pill is round in shape with G74 on one side with nothing on the other. The color for the 40 mg ER tablet is an orangy/gold color. Ever since Endo ruined their product with the new TRF formulation. I promised myself to jump back on the bandwagon as soon as the generics were released. Today is a great day for all who suffer chronic pain. Yay! 8-) Moon

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There was something on one of the news threads that said there were over 33,000 deaths due to opana overdoses. The junkies are putting the pills through a solvent extraction process to make the oxymorphone inj... Oxymorphone is a potent drug. It dosesn't take too much to put someone new to opioids in a bad way. EMS and even police have started carrying Narcan in their patrol vehicles and a lot of cops were surprised that many of them actually used the Narcan. Henceforth the ban on a drug that gave me a fair level of comfort. I had degenerative disc disease in my lumbar and several other bulging disc's higher up. The neurologist fused s1, L5, L4 about 10 years ago. What was to be a 4 hour surgery went 12 hours on the table. I did not get anywhere near the level of pain relief that I was promised. Btw, I also have an artificial right knee that doesnt work properly and no cartilage in the left knee. The pm dr. changed me from 20 mg of oxymorphone er every 12 hrs. to 13.5 mg of xtampza which is a BIG cut in dosage if you look at the equivalency charts. That put me onto withdrawals. I ended up in the er after 16 hours on the new med on a Saturday night. Fortunately, the er dr. was a good compassionate dr. He popped me in the butt with a shot of Dilaudid on the spot and tried to call my pm dr. He looked around on the narcotic exchange/equivalence charts and the xtampza dose was about a third of my old oxymorphone dose. Not near enough to stave off the DT's. He told me to double up on the extampza and call my pm dr. first thing Monday morning. He promised he would call my pm dr. Monday morning and back me up so the pm dr. Would be getting the story straight from him too. My bp when they took it in the er was 198/80! Stroke territory. I called in Monday morning and got the "drug seeker" treatment on the phone from a nurse. I told her what happened over the weekend and asked her to have the dr. or my pa that I see every month to call me and advise me as to what to do. Closing time came around and no call back so I called in again. They said that the best they could do was an appointment that Wednesday morning so I said I'd take it. Wednesday morning rolled around and I was still in considerable pain and was expecting to get kicked out of his office for letting them give me the shot Saturday night. Suprise!!!

The pm dr. said that the er dr. had called as promised and he was very sympathetic to my plight. He has since increased my dose and changed me to the generic oxycontin er at 40mg which is the equivalent according to the chart. I feel better, but not as good as when I was on the oxymorphone. The oxycontin doesn't seem to be as effective as the oxymorphone. So, I say all that to express this: The abusers, junkies, and fools of the world have caused a major problem for me. I watch a LOT of cop shows on tv. Isn't it amazing how many people get pulled over for a license plate light out and end up going to jail because they have something illegal in the car. There are a lot of laws that need to be changed where controlled substances are come in to play. Prohibition is not working. There are a lot of people in jail who could be working a job and be productive instead of being a tax burden to house and feed them. I'm not saying that we need to kick the doors down and let everyone have everything they want, but marijuana needs to be sold and taxed in dispensaries in all 50 states. Thay would be a good start. The government needs to get off of the backs of legitimate pm dr's like mine that are trying to help people that have been injured and have documentable, verifiable reasons that they have chronic pain. There are "pill mills" out there where crooked dr's will give out anything you want but these guys NEED to be jailed. Btw, I personally would not use marijuana. I don't like to be high or get a buzz. It interferes with my clarity of thought and keeps me from being able to play with my hobbies. I refuse to operate any power tool or drive if I have a buzz. It's just not safe, and if I get another injury I'll have more chronic pain than I have now and I don't need or want that! Pity is that most politicians have never had much chronic pain and do not understand the need for effective chronic pain treatment. Most dr's and police officers are in the same boat. These people cannot grasp the concept of a person that awakens with pain, endures the day with constant pain, and then ends their day in pain, then tries to sleep IF sleep will come still in pain. I once read a science fiction story of an inventor that built a machine that would cause one person to feel what the other was feeling. It worked with all sensations good or bad. He and his wife used it during intercourse with amazing results! It would be so useful in making one person understand the plight of another! The wife was about to go into labor to give birth to the child that was the result of their physical lovemaking. She had him bring it to the birthing suite and told him " hook it up".

Thanks for reading my rambling rant. Those of us that endure chronic pain have to stand up for our rights to receive appropriate medications and treatment. It is becoming way too difficult to get treated due to the "seekers" who abuse drugs looking for a high. I don't like being addicted to narcotics. They have been used for thousands of years to treat pain and have a legitimate use. The "WAR ON DRUGS" has demonized all narcotics in the eyes of the politicians and the general public to the point that those of us that need narcotics just to make living tolerable seem like evildoers in their eyes. I don't know what the solution to this problem is, but it seems to keep my life in the state of crisis all of the time. I feel blessed to have a compassionate pm dr. I hope he is able to keep the government and law enforcement off his back at least for the rest of my life.

Best regards to all. And good luck!

Long range radioman out!!!

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Re: Long range radioman (# 177)

No I've had no problems filling and no one has even mentioned anything about them going away anytime soon. Either I'm extremely lucky or your pharmacist is messing with you. Either way I'm sorry to hear that. If I ever face that problem I don't know what id do either switch to OP 80s or morphine 100's and worst case scenario Fentynal 75 good luck man

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Re: Vin (# 179)

Should Have Them Call Janssen Pharmaceuticals. I Had A Problem With The Patches Coming Off Before The 3 Days Were Finished. So I Called Their 1-800 Number And An R.N. Answered Directly And Overnighted Me Those Clear Adhesive Large Patches {Which Was Mentioned Here} To Cover The Fentanyl Patch Completely And Then Some. It Didn't Cost Me A Cent And This Dear R.N. Ever Said That She Would Ship Another 50 To Me At No Charge... Sure Hope That Helps You Out There Who Use The Patch ? Peace-Will

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Re: Rawdog (# 170)

Do you know the story behind the FDA pull of Opana "hockey pucks", which does not make sense since the generic is easier to abuse (no "plastic" technology")? Well, 150 so junkies liquefied the brand name Opana ER drug, inj. it, and ended up contracting HIV, so the FDA puts the 95% of us that use the medication legitimately after junkies that will just move on to something else. I find it strange they did not target the generic versions, which do not employ the new, anti-abuse technology. To tell you the truth, they make me so sick to my stomach, I need to get an alternate ER medication that does not make me so sick. Norco 10/325 (for BT Pain), does not bother my stomach, OxyContin (made me very sick), Opana (makes me not as sick) bother me. Is it worth a try with MS Contin? What dose would be equivalent to Oxymorphone ER 20 mg? Issues: L5S1 disc herniation, Multiple Sclerosis, Neuropathic Pain, Lyrica useless, as are all the anticonvulsants (make me a zombie) and tricyclic antis. Fentanyl patch is too much, puts me to sleep, and only lasts 1.5 days.

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Re: Pablo (# 184)

Well let me first say that everyone reacts differently to each drug. And that the oxymorphone 20mg Ers are SUPER strong. You said the oxycontin makes you sick and the Fentanyl is to much(have you tried the 12mcg) it's the lowest dose they make. And my opinion on the MS Contin(morphine sulfate) is just garbage the only one of those that works for me personally is the 100mg ones. So it dosent leave much on the table to try as far,as ER meds. Their is Zohydro ER, Nuncynta ER and Xtampza ER witch is just like oxycontin but haven't heard anything good about them. It's all trial by error your just gonna have to go down the list and hope your doctor is willing to help you find what drug works best for you. Their is also something called a Buse-patch witch lasts 7 days but once again haven't heard anything good about them. Personally I love my oxymorphone 30mg ERS They work very very well for me. I hope this helps you and PLEASE feel free to ask me anything else you have questions about and keep me posted to let me know what your trying and what is working best for you.. Good luck

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Re: No Name (# 8)

How are you paying for them? I could never afford out of pocket.

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Re: Pablo (# 184)

That's a bulls*** government rouse to take 1 opana drug off the market. It has never happened before. It is the start of the end to chronic pain patients relief! I call bulls*** on the FDA/DEA. It should be a scandal but all the cry baby parents & family members who balled to their congressmen/senators about their dopefiend kid's deaths/overdoses got this ball rolling!

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Re: RAWDOG (# 185)

This is for Pablo, you ask if MS Contin is worth a try n i say to that sure why not try it to see if it works for you since everything else seems to make you sick. Bit if you want an equivalent to the 20mg oxymorphone id say you need the 100mg MS like i said thats the only mg that worked for me the 60's were garbage but for some reason the 100mg did the job. I even ate 4 60's and didn't get the relief i did from 2 100's!!! I wouldn't even bother with the Xtampza heard its horrible so I'd give the Zohydro ER a shot or the 12.5 mcg of Fentynal a try i know they only last 2 days but talk to your doc and I've heard of people getting prescribed 2 every 2 days for that exact reason just have to talk to your doc and tell him exactly that(they only last 2 days) and if he's a good doc he should be willing to write for that amount. Especially if its only the 12.5 mcg think it would be harder to get him to write it if you were on the 50 or 75 mcg dose. And last but not least you cam always try methadone let me know what ypu think. Bit im still getting my 30mg oxymorphone by Impax/Global with no problems thank god for my awesome girls at my pharmacy

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Re: RAWDOG (# 188)

So oxymorphone is still available as of dec2017? I am on the oxymorphone ir but my p mgmt says they won't write 4 it, it makes no sense as oxymorphone ir is nt abuse deterrent. They hav no idea what they r doing. The OxyContin 20 is ineffective 4 me!

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Re: Eileen (# 189)

Yup still available and still getting the oxymorphone 30mg ER's no problems and no word from anyone about them being pulled I refill on the 17th of This month and see no problems in my near future. N as far as the IR oxymorphone they suck the oxycodone 30mg is the best IR they make so I'd switch to that instead of the crappy IR 10mg oxymorphone good luck

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Re: RAWDOG (# 190)

Tx rawdog, prblms is my p mgmt quit rxng oxymorphone er, yet thy still rx oxymorphone ir, makes no sense! I askd my pharmacist if it ws still in the market & he replied that " l dn't knw if l cn get it". I called ins co, & thy said it's on th formulary, switching p mgmt so wanted to b armed wth info which u hv provided!

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Re: Leslie (# 187)

I definately agree that mst parents do nt want to admit their spawn wS an addict so we as CPP must pay!

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Re: Pablo (# 184)

I hate OxyContin it does nothing but mess wth my stomach & memory! I hv heard th govt wants us all on extempia, BS nt taking it!

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Long range radiomanthere is no generic OxyContin, read up in it, either u misspoke or gave incorrect information!

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Re: Eileen (# 191)

I still get the oxymorphone ER's my doc still writes them and I still get them filled no problems so sorry to hear their doing and saying that you can't have or get them no more. And their are generic oxycontin (generics) Xztampa ER and theirs two more I listed them on an older post just scroll down. But oxycontin is no good only the 80's maybe the 60's are just o.k. these generics aren't even close to half as good as them. So we have to wait till someone else to make a good generic ER oxycontin that works good sorry....

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Re: RAWDOG (# 195)

My pharmacist says "there is no generic OxyContin" r u saying it extempia?

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Re: RAWDOG (# 195)

All the OxyContin 20 does is mess wth my short term memory. Going to anthr p mgmt in a couple weeks wish me luck l need it, sounds like u r doing great fighting the fght!

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Re: Eileen (# 196)

Technically to say there is no generic Oxycontin is true, Oxycontin is a brand name. But I found multiple manufacturers still supplying the generic equivalent named Oxycodone HCL ER (Extend Release). They are technically the same thing although some have different abuse prevention additives. Just as Opana, another brand was pulled, the oxymorphone HCL ER (generic equivalent to Opana) is still being supplied as I have been able to continue my scripts without interruption in AZ. Every state\pharmacy varies but this is all valid info as of 12/15/2017.

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Re: TitedofbeinginPain (# 186)

How do I pay for them, with Blue Cross Blue Shield? I only pay 60 a month for my insurance and 60 bucks a month for my oxymorphone ER's. EVERYTHING else is 2 bucks. I got SUPER lucky this year!!!! Now next year I pay ZERO a MONTH BUT, I pay 160.00 a month for the oxymorphone ER's so I'll be paying 40 bucks more this month for my script. But, that's STILL a GREAT DEAL!! They're a class 6 on the drug chart thru Blue Cross, that's why I pay so much. The oxycodone 30mg is only a class 3 - big difference. And a shout out to my Blue Cross agent for finding a loophole cause it WAS gonna be 248.00 a month for the insurance and 160.00 a month for the script of oxymorphone ER's, so thank GOD she came thru with that different quote!!!

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Re: bertman (# 198)

my PM ask me if i was having any problems getting my Oxymorphone filled i said no so i am not having any problems here where i live here in NC.

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