Pill Shortage Opana Percocet Ect (Page 2) (Top voted first)

To all suffering the Opana, Percocet, ect pill shortage her is some valuable information. Endo Pharm is the maker of these drugs and thier website endo.com is addressing this nationwide shortage also here is there phone number 1 800 462 3636. They are assisting patience in locating a pharmacy near you by giving them some basic information such as your zip code. They will try to help you locate a pharm who has the drug still instock. Make sure when you call that your script can be fill and you have several zip codes to give them because thier search is only a 10 mile radius of the zip code you give them. You can only call three times within a month. According to Endo the shortage is due to mispackaging wrong pills in wrong bottles and broken pieces in otc bottles. My friends believe if this were the case they would put it on the new. Also my friends believe when they start shipping to pharmacy;s again it will be the new Opana formulated, abuse proof. Time will tell.

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i feel bad about all this ---
I went through this with the fentanyl last year n it was horrible ----

I just want to help anyone that feels any difference from a 10/325 or a 10/650 or a 10/anything ?????? it all has the same true pain med inside -- yes the acetaminophen (the second # ) can be supplemented by any bottle of tylenol for $1.75 -- add the pill to the 10/325 -- yet remember the danger that acetaminophen is just starting to be seen -- please try and get off any of it -- try to get oxy IR --- ZERO acetemin ???? if u need it then ad yourself -- its that simple --

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Thank you about a week too late, but I am glad I am not alone. Medicare quit paying for Exalgo and hydrocodone and put me on Opana and oxymorphone. I was going to question the opiate equivalent issue only, but this is a great way to start. I was given my first Rx for Opana ER 30mg and 10mg oxymorphone 120ct on Thursday early morning. Three pharmacies later, a Walgreen could take the oxymorphone but I will wait until (the earliest) Tuesday for the time-released.

Comparing prices is absurd, its more expensive to change the meds that took months to work through strengths, metabolic peaks and flows, injuries, and simply getting to know the medication. Now I am feeling stuck in Mobile with the Memphis Blues again.

We had already left Kroeger over their new standardized Washington University Opiate maximum chart, I was "8" over the 120 mg morphine equivalent mandate. So 10 years of one pharamacy behind us, we walk into Target with the new Opana and hydromorph Rx. "Oh, just Tuesday we had a meeting and changed our policy so that before we fill a Level II script, we must call the prescribing physician.

I live rurally and go to a clinic that serves many. My doc checks his email once a week and his messages less often.

If I hadn't made an earlier appointment, I would be in the ER by tomorrow. The hydromorphone is working well and I have enough Exalgo to get me through until Thursday, A very unusual month for me.

So: where's the best place to ask my opiate equivalency question? (EG 8mg Dilaudid = ??mg hydromorphone.

Frst time here. Thanks for the topic.

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GET THE HELL OUT OF LOSER-ANNA B4 YOU GET A FELONY FOR RECKLESS WALKING & ATTEMPTING TO FALL! EVERYTHING IN THAT STATE IS A FELONY!!

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they are all gone, bought up by a company in India, say goodby to perc. They are selling the name brand actavis,wallgreens,they are terrible,do not work.remember check the brand,actvis or amneal. they do not work.

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I am two days without my Opana medication and the pain in becoming unbearable.I have a brain tumor called a traumatic neuroma; where a dentist accidentally severed my main cranial nerve injected a 10 hour nerve block.,Becuase of my low immune system, I know two types pf shingles: the regular and herpies zoster that creates huge welts across mt forehead, in my inner ears, eyes. For the past 6-8 months it has been going internally into my inner hears and head (meningitis). Because of the severed cranial nerve, my teeth have dies from the roots down. The turn black and fell out. I only have 7 teeth left. No ENT surgeon will touch them for fear of hitting the tumor and bleeding out, The only thing that keeps my sanity in check is the medication Opana and no it is unavailable to me. Does anyone have any suggestions for an alternative med that might help in the same wa?

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What is wrong with you???

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I have moved out of the big city to a very small town 3 hours from where my Dr is. How do I go about finding a p.m dr that actually believes in meds instead of constant surgery or only prescribe only tramadol and lyrica ? I dont want people to look down on me. I live in a very small Oklahoma town but only 60 miles from Joplin Mo.

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Your pharmacy should be able to order the medication for you, it might take a few days to get. I live in MD. We have CVS stores. They will order the meds if it is not in stock.

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Another alternative to contacting Endo Pharm to help locate a pharmacy would be searching for one within a given mile range of your zip code.

Listed below is a pharmacy-locator site, that uses your zip code to find nearby pharmacies within a given mile range:
https:/­/­netcard.welldynerx.com/­Member-Services/­Pharmacy-Locator.aspx

Phone numbers and addresses are included in the list after you verify your zip code; so I would suggest calling a number of them to see if anyone can fill your prescription. You may have to consider looking at online pharmacies as a last resort if this doesn't work out.

Please post back if you need information on finding legitimate online pharmacies here in the U.S.

Hope this helps!

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The co is saying the meds went into excedrine bottles. I mean it's all just too weird - something stinks around here. Also now the govt has said that no one can get more than 180 oxycodone a month. I used to get 270 but not now ;(

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Why would you ask that here? Are you not familiar with this site and the internet? You should use google to try to find a pharmacy. This is not a good nor appropriate place to ask such a question. You may also want to try finding a pain patient advocacy group in your state or area. They should be able to help. Use google or a pain advocacy group to help you locate a pharmacy. You also will probably have to try various pharmacies. Pharmacies cant tell you if they have opioid pain medicones in stock over the phone. Good luck.

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