Pharmacy Refuses To Stock Qualitest, Which Is The Only Kind That Works For Me (Page 2)
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I have two medications that are made by Qualitest (which I understand both have been moved to other Pharmaceutical Co.) 1. Hydrocodone 10/325 cannot find locally in Qualitest brand so I have been prescribed Mallinckrodt. They cause my ears to ring at an extremely high level that I can't think or do anything. I am extremely nauseous constantly. This ringing in my ears is driving me crazy. No pharmacy will get the Qualitest brand. 2. Phentermine (also the same situation), no pharmacy will carry Qualitiest brand. If the drug works for said person, is still being made and the said person has legal prescription, why isn't there a way to force the pharmacy to get it? Why are we forced to purchase drugs we know won't work for us? Are there any lawyers out there that can find a way to make them get these medications for us? I have Fibromyalgia and there is very little that works for me and my system. Please help me. I am close to beating my head against the wall to stop this ringing in my ears.

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Re: Comments (# 2)

Have your doctor wright on the script that brand only do not deviate. Also Norco brand is good. Fill as written are the key words i believe.

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Re: Dan (# 49)

The FIRST sign of an individual that lacks any kind of intellect whatsoever, the first sign they are unable to mount any kind of a legitimate debate, The first time they lack any hard evidence to refute something being said, is ALWAYS they start to refer to you as a troll...you could have 5 million posts on a website and be a 20 year long member, but as SOON as somebody out debates the other? Out comes the ole troll word!!! ROTFLMAO!!!!!

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Re: Master Plumber (# 48)

Troll somewhere else guy, you're only making a fool of yourself!

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Re: Mark (# 43)

LMAO!!!!! “a man with a little bit of knowledge is a dangerous thing”

Thanks for verifying what I said was absolutely correct, buy your own words and admission. The problem is??? You don’t know how to interpret your own words... YOU said:

“All opiates have been reformulated to reduce or eliminate the Oxytocin release from the pituitary gland”

Exactly what I just said, that the problem is they redesigned and remade the pill so that it couldn’t be done in any kind of a bad way. But the ingredients are STILL there, just reformulated as to how it’s going to be released!

Which means you’re not going to get that euphoric high that you seem to seek so badly! 98% of everything you wrote had NOTHING to do with anything, it was all just blah blah blah about trials and doctors and testing, but you never specifically said anything to dispute or refute what I said.

So sorry, you are STILL sadly wrong Mark!

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Re: joseph (# 44)

I totally agree!! Qualitest is a great company and doesnt rip us off!! Mallincrap, Amneal and the others ALL short on the active ingredient!!
Who can we call who can do something about this?

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Re: Billybob (# 45)

I totally agree!! Qualitest is a greap company and doesnt rip us off!! Mallincrap, Amneak and the others ALL short on the active ingredient!!
Who can we call who can do something about this?

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Joseph & Comments,

I feel exactly like you. The problem is qualitest is not making enough money because they put the required amount of active ingredient in where mallikroft plays with the DEA and the 20% they are allowed to use, where qualitest doesn’t. we need to write our congressman or ask doctors for more but with the epidemic you’re lucky you’re not getting what I do, Suboxone, but your time will come. I hope it doesn’t. That’s why I try to talk to as many patients as I can so the next set of pain patients doesn’t have to go thur this.

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Re: ThunderHeart (# 37)

As soon as I hear someone say we have rights, that tells me they do more complaining than actually doing anything about a problem. You can't force anyone to continue to make the same products forever. If we could I would force Ford to build me a 1964 Ford Galaxie. You have to change and try other meds to see if they work until you find something that will. Everyone does not respond to meds equality. Everyone wanted free trade with the world, well welcome to it. Everyone listen to Ruch Limbaugh who said free trade would not hurt the US! Ross Perot said in his speeches what would happen if the free trade act would pass. Now big pharma meds are made in countries like china and india where very little quality testing is performed. Now there are some but very little good meds from those countries but the cost is much more in the US due to all the middlemen who manipulate prices.

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Re: Master Plumber (# 40)

You couldn't know less if you tried! Myself and others have had our Oxytocin levels checked through the years. In fact the last 25+ years since the Oxycontin trails at UT Southwestern school of medicine in which I participated in the final human trials. Today being tested on Oxycontin, Roxicodone, Percocet, Norco and other opiates to numerous to list mine and everyone else's Oxytocin levels being tested monthly are almost non existent. Myself and about 200+ people have been in this ongoing study and I truly believe the doctors who run the study in which I've have had numerous conversations with know far more than you ever will about what I'm saying! You have absolutely know idea what you're talking about whatsoever, but now I know you're an Internet know-it-all... Which means less than nothing! All opiates have been reformulated to reduce or eliminate the Oxytocin release from the pituitary gland. They've been tested on my study group for many years! Everyone in the study group has had extreme injuries so our severe chronic pain can't be questioned as subjective. My qualification was an epidural and peridural abscess from a back surgery.

Next time you want to try to play Mr. Know-It-All you might want to try another person who hasn't been part of an extremely long-term study in pain medications at a world-renowned medical school!

It doesn't take a very smart person to correlate the timeline in heroin usage increase with pharmaceutical opiates being reformulated. If drug addicts aren't getting high they'll go elsewhere!

You really make me laugh. People still abuse instant release opiates Mr. Know-It-All! Where do you get your information???

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Re: Kevin (# 6)

some of the Mom and Pop pharmacy won't accept new patients for controlled substance I tried that and they are only honoring the customers that they have because they only get a certain amount so good luck

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You that speak of a euphoric effect.... Well then you actually should get your meds reduced or stopped... You should not be taking enough to obtain a euphoric effect thus you are over-medicated. Pain medication was never intended to remove all your pain. Its intended purpose is to reduce your pain enough so you can function enough to be able to hopefully get through your day. Everytime you complain about you lost that euphoric feeling (maybe I should write a song) you put another brick in the wall (hey when ya got it ya got it) of the opioid pro prohibitioners... It legitimizes their point that you just wanna feel high (that euphoric feeling) and it hurts the person that is just getting through the day with the pain they deal with every day after/during the time they take their pain medication as instructed without any euphoria. If I was your pain dr & you came in saying you dont get the euphoria anymore I would probably start cutting your meds back to get you to the point of not being addicted... Taking something for euphoria is an addictive behavior and you are hurting the pain sufferers.... Notice that no where in this post did I say you did not suffer from pain.... Nor did I say you were faking... But thinking if you dont get a euphoric response from taking your pain meds is wrong. You should have never been given enough to cause that feeling to begin with when taken as directed. I am a lil curious about something if you dont mind. Why would someone want to take so much medication (or illegal drug) or booze even that they can no longer function & take care of yourself leaving you to the actions of anyone that wishes to do whatever? Be thee well & hopefully the politicians will get out of our medicine cabinet & drs office were they never belonged to begin with.

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Re: Mark (# 35)

Sadly Mark, you are VERY wrong. Its sad because I can tell by your response there isn't a snow balls chance in hell of ever changing your mind, you are way too convinced of yourself, so I’m not going to bother.

And more sad you will continue to speak as if you were a chemist at a pharmaceutical company making the pills.

I will state the real FACTS though..

In short, the reason Heroin exploded was NOT because they reduced the "euphoric" feeling of the pill. Ridiculously absurd. That's the addict in you telling yourself make believe stories in an attempt to figure out why you don't get high anymore..

It was because they redesigned the way it is made and made it in such a manner that it could no longer be snorted or done intravenously and THAT is what caused them to move on to Heroin.

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Re: ThunderHeart (# 13)

That’s all because they are allowed to use up to 20 percent less of active ingredients to make medicine, so I would not doubt if that plays a major role in why people are having problems with Medication working properly

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It sounds like maybe you have an allergic reaction to the fillers. Tell the pharmacist you think that & they should make the change, although it may cost more.

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Re: Mark (# 35)

Oh my gosh Mark!! Thank you for the information!! I suspected as much!! Big pharma and the stupid politicians are DIRTY and corrupt!! I KNOW pharma is doing us dirty on pain medication!! We have rights and they are being violated!! What can we do to stop this? And you are right. People are going to start buying it on the street more and THEN they can cry about opiate abuse!! This makes me furious!! Many of us have documented health issues that can ONLY be helped by pain medicine. Why are we being targeted!! The is a war on people with chronic pain and it has to STOP!! Dont those ***** politicians realize they are making the problem worse!!??

I take medicine responsibly!! Ive never lost medicine, had it stolen or tried to get it early. Isnt that proof enough Im not, and many others are not, the problem!!! It's the effing people who are buying it on the street not knowing what they are getting and od'ing and causing the problem!! I resent being put in the same category as those!! POLITICIANS DO YOUR HOMEWORK!!! Stop penalizing people who take medicine responsibly!! Check medical records!! It will show where people are abusing. Someone needs to help us and make the medicine right again!!

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Of course they are!! They have to make up for lost dollars from no more beer and wine or liquor sales... No more cigars or cigarettes. Or anything to do with smoking, lighters, lighter fluid, matches, rolling papers for tobacco and loose tobacco in a can... I expect them to start selling / closing locations soon.

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Re: ThunderHeart (# 34)

Here's what's happened in a nutshell and is the actual cause of most inferior opiate medications... With a synthetic opiate 25% of the pain reduction comes from the synthetic opiate itself. The rest 75% comes from Oxytocin (Oxytocin is the euphoric effect, that warm fuzzy feeling) which is an excretion by the pituitary gland from chemicals added in the medication.
So let's say everyone is saying that 20% of the synthetic opiate has been removed. With that analogy you could take 2 pills and get adequate pain reduction... Well that's BS because you could take more than that and your pain would pretty much be the same... What they've done is altered the chemical structure to greatly reduce and even eliminate the Oxytocin release from the pituitary gland! Some of these medications you could literally take a handful, only get sick to your stomach and get zero euphoric effect from the medication!

So now you know what they've have actually done to mess up the medications so people can't/won't be able to abuse them, but with that said those of us who actually need them in severe chronic pain are up the creek and the government is behind it playing stupid as usual! Because we're all too dumb to know what's best for us the government with the help of big pharma will protect us from ourselves!

Now there's a heroin explosion in this country beyond belief because of the tampering with pharmaceutical opiates to stop the euphoria and the government still has the nerve to try and blame us the pain patients for the nightmare heroin epidemic they created! How insane!!!

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Re: Mark (# 31)

You got that right Mark!! The generics we are forced to purchase are pure garbage!! They dont work and cause many bad side affects. Why cant this be regulated!? We need an attorney to stop this crap!! Ive been on the same medicine for years, take it the same way every day. I had no issues or problems until they started messing with the amount of active medicine and filling it in with poison!! And its NOT because my resistance!! I wont buy that horses***!! My problems started when these pharm companies changed the amount of medicine that makes it work!! Resistance my ass!!

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Face it, things change. Big business including pharma has changed a huge amount since the world trade agreements kick in. Businesses have gone out of business or been bought up. Many meds are no longer produced to be sold in the US and many have shifted to poor countries. One of the biggest problems is greed, investors wanting quick returns on their money, you cant make mega bucks selling 10 cent meds and that is why we find our self in this problem. Those who have big money continue to buy and those who are poor go without.

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Re: Mark (# 31)

Thhx mark but i am south of san antonio & i have a great store now they opened as heb turned crappy been there couple years now but thats the point i was making if they want to they can usually get it ...... thx again

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