The New Oxycontin With The Imprint Op Compared To The Old Oxycontin With The Old Imprint Oc (Page 2)
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I got my Oxycontin (name brand) today and thought i had gotten the generic because it had OP imprinted on it instead of th regular OC imprinted on it. I ask my phamacist what was going on and he said that Oxycontin had changed their logo. I noticed the pill was slighly bigger so when i took my pill i noticed it give me heartburn really bad just like the generic did when i tried the generic. Now i am in pain, i have the heartburn, and i don't know if i will be able to hold this new formular down because i am so sick at my stomach. Do you think Purdue will ever change the formula of Oxycontin back to the original? I sure hope so. I am going to start a petition to get the old formula back again. Anyone interested in singing it please let me know. Loretta Sloan 630 Bird Road Magnolia, KY 42757.

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change the formula back. the druggies are on to another drug now......................

this is about us in pain, not saving the druggies.............

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Maybe I mispoke earlier. Maybe I should have said "unabsorbed" instead of "undigested". The first 4 days on the new OPs, I had solid headaches, like I was detoxing. Then the headaches slowly went away. I had elevated heart beat for weeks, and still experience this today. I am also in full agreement that the new OPs are not nearly as effective as the OCs - at least not for someone with a greatly shortened digestive track. Purdue's tests show that the absorption rate is roughly the same for both old and new, but there is something more to the effectiveness of the OCs than their absorption rate. I also have a real problem with the length of time the new medicine takes to start working. It is between 1.25 and 1.5 hours before I can feel any reduction in pain, and it never reaches the effectiveness of the old formulation. The old formulation had me up and going after about 20-30 mintues. And even though they say you are supposed to take these every 12 hours to maintain a certain serum level, no matter what I do, I have to wait until the pill I take in the morning starts working before I can start working. I don't think their absorption test is as accurate as Purdue thinks it is in determining the effectiveness of the old versus new. Those of us in legitimate pain have definitely become guinnea pigs in this social engineering experiment conducted between the FDA and Purdue. They are both equally at fault if you ask me, but the only one you can sue is Purdue. They might want to watch out for lawsuits in the future. Maybe that is why they charge such an astronomical price for a less effective drug - to prepare for all the future lawsuits.

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they are taking complains at the maker of OC i complained and recieved my paperwork from UPS yesturday many people have you should do the same asap.... thanks I to had the same symptoms stomach doesnt work as well so please call and complain with many thousands maybe we can get this changed back or start a law suit cause these new night sweats sucks its like i am withdrawing and its not good and i want my chronic pain to go away another thing there is a new medication OPANA er and they are morphine time released the doctors are giving that to help people with chronic pain enough people complain or change the drug maker will lose millions a day and they dont like that.

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it is no joke on the oxycontin not killing the pain. I am getting sweats and chills as if I was quitting the drug. The pharmacist told me the company just changed the way it looks but something is wrong with the chemistry of the drug. Has anyone began to petition this in some fashion. Since diagnosed with pul. fibrosis any back surgery is out of the question. Can I join any one else's efforts to try to change it back.

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I WILL BE THE FIRST ONE TO SIGN. I FEEL LIKE I AM BACK WHERE I STARTED. I CAN NOT EVEN PLAY OR HOLE MY GRAND CHILDREN ANY LONGER WHERE I COULD BEFORE THEY CHANGED THEM, I AM NOT SAYING THAT THE OLD ONES TOOK AWAY ALL THE PAIN, BUT SINCE IT HAS BEEN CHANGED, I CAN NOT EVEN SIT ON THE FLOOR OR THE TABLE AND PLAY A BOARD GAME OR HOLD MY SMALLEST GRAND DAUGHTER. THIS HAS DONE MORE HARM THAN GOOD, AND MY GRAND CHILDREN ARE JUST TO LITTLE TO UNDERSTAND. THIS CHANGE HAS EFFECTED EVEN MY GRANDCHILDREN'S LIVES. I CAN NOT DO ANY THING BUT SIT IN A CHAIR AND WATCH AND THEY CAN NOT EVEN SIT IN MY LAP WHERE THEY COULD AT LEAST DO THAT WHEN I WAS TAKING THE OLD ONE'S NOT FOR LONG, BUT LONG ENOUGH. SO THEIR CHANGE HAS SURE CHANGED FAMILY LIFE THIS IS JUST NOT FAIR. I HAVE CALLED EVERY ONE I KNOW TO CALL AND ALL I AM TOLD IS GET USE TO IT, EVEN THOUGH IT DID NOT TAKE THE PAIN COMPLETELY AWAY, IT SURE DULLED IT ENOUGH TO HAVE SOME KIND OF LIFE. I AM ONLY 50 YEAR'S OLD, I DO NOT EVEN WANT TO SPEND THE REST OF MY LIFE IN THIS SITUATION. AS I SAID IT DID NOT TAKE THE PAIN AWAY, BUT THEY DID DULL IT ENOUGH THAT I COULD HAVE AT LEAST SOME KIND OF RELATIONSHIP WITH MY FAMILY AND GRANDCHILDREN, NOW WHILE THEY GO DO THING'S I AM SITTING IN THIS CHAIR WHICH I HAVE COME TO HATE. THEY SHOULD HAVE MADE SOME THING TO TAKE IT'S PLACE BEFORE THEY JUST MADE IMPOSSIBLE TO GET. I HAVE BEEN TOLD TO GO TO A PAIN CLINIC, BUT I CANT GET THERE EVERY TIME THEY WANT ME TO IN A MOMENTS NOTICE. WE ONLY HAVE ONE CAR AND MY HUSBAND WORK'S THEN IF YOU CAN NOT GET THERE, THEY DISMISS YOU. THAT'S ALSO A CROCK. I JUST DONT KNOW WHAT TO DO.

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I have been taking oxycontin for 3-yrs and although with my back fusion and the hardware that also causes a certian amount of pain,i was able to get relief enough to make it from day to day,But this new formula has my body in some kind of mess,I am hurting in all my joints and Im also having the headaches to.I can't think of the name of the ingrediant,but i think that It is some kind of metal or something along that line.Iknow this for sure,that Idid not have all these new alliments,I know like everyone else on here does,that the gov.and the pharmices hqave us taking something that could very well be hurting us in a way that is ir-reversiible,The shameful part of it all is that they know it and could care less,but It's going to be one diagnois ,on someone who is sick from the bad ingriediant and they will take it back to the original formula,by that time there will be a class action law suit,from this dangerous ingriediant that has done who knows what to our bodys.It's just a matter ofd time,thank God.He knows we need help from this reched new formula they are giving us no choice but to take,

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I was begining to do alot better than I had in years (alot of health issues.
I was being treated with oxycontin oc and ir. Out of the clear blue I noticed changes called my pharmacist and was shocked to find out I was on a whole new med.
Purdue gave me the run around like it was the same but only thing the same was it had one of the same active ingrediants in it. It's essentially a new drug. No track record and finding hard data is nearly impossible because everyone is covering their asses. I bet like several other drugs that killed many this drug is going to cause alot of harm before the truth comes out.

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That person with the bag is faking. I have a bag too, and know that solid pills never reach what used to be my colon.

They new oxycontins are water soluble, unlike the old ones, and have fully dissolved BEFORE the delayed release mechanism starts to kick in (you can read elsewhere on the web why it has to work that way). While the pills don't come out in the bag, they do make what does come out be extra goopy and stringy!

The goopiness does capture other drugs that are slow to dissolve, which scares the sh*t out of me (no pun intended, or in my case, possible)

If I didn't have the bag, I'd just be guessing that the new oxycontin is responsible for other drugs not working ri9ght, but as things are, I can see the partially dissolved other pills with my own eyes!

Especially ambien CR! It looks like veins of white fudge in chocalate ice cream! And Xifaxan looks like veins of orange sherbet!

And god knows what else doesn't get absorbed properly when you take the new oxycontin!

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I agree with Shirley above, this will cost them more in the long run because I also am seeking legal council for this malicious maneuver by Purdue, I think they had thought more about there money making the other pharmacutical companies stop making the "OC" original generic of the Brand and forcing everyone to only get Purdue's new formulated "anti abuse" "OP" brand pain medication, and not considering all the complications it would cause in the chronic pain community, we are human, and yes we struggle day to day but this is adding insult to injury and was poor planning. Drug abusers will always find a way to abuse anything don't you know that yet? they will snort comet for gods sake!, you failed to consider your quality over profit effecting the REAL pain sufferer's and us that needed that medication to function day by day.
I hope there will be a class action lawsuit because I will be first one to sign up with the attorney's along with the long list of stomach complications and impacted colon records that this medication has caused me since the switch over.
Everyone needs to Boycott this company that is poor patient care tactics to come out with something without having it fully tested in the real world. screw you Purdue, I pray to god this cost you 10 fold more than what you expected to make doing this.

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In 2003 I was in a bad accident that left me with 2 brokes legs, a ruptured disc, and a inguinal herniation. I've had 2 spinal surgeries, 5 knee surgeries, hernia repair, multiple nerve blocks, and trigger point injections. I had great hopes I would be able to have a decent shot at a normal life. In 2004 I was diagnoised with Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy and Rheumatoid Arthritis and was told I would have a permanent limp until I would need a wheelchair from the disintergration of my joints. I was prescribed several meds from muscle relaxers to anti inflammatory meds, to pain meds. In 2007 I was prescribed Oxycontin 80 mg 3 x a day and percoset 10/325 mg for break thru pain. I was able to function a lot better and was making great improvements. Then I went 11/26/2010 and had my prescriptions filled as usual. The meds were no longer managing my pain levels, and since then have been wheel chair confined. I asked my pharmacist why the pill had different markings on the it (OP). The pharmacist explained that Purdue changed the med without disclosing to the public what they have done. I asked the pharmacist if I was part of a experiment or huge trial test for their new meds since the FDA never performed these test. The pharmacist said that was up to me to decide. I have a huge problem with the FDA allowing the sale of cigarettes to the public which have killed more people than Oxycontins have. My ability to walk has went downhill. I can't digest this new OP Oxycontin, My stomach is upset, I have heartburn, and now I'm being tested for Barretts Esophagus (Pre cancerous cells) in my throat from the BHT and the plastics used to formulate this expensive med that doesn't work. Today is 02/15/2011 and I have developed precancerous cells in my throat. The only thing that has changed was the new formulation of Oxycontin. I don't smoke or chew tobacco, so this new formulated Oxycontin looks like one of it's side affects is cancer (TRAGIC, I KNOW). I've been advised to limit the details of this post. I've been threatened but I don't care if they come after me. My quality of life is already gone. Please be advised you may die of cancer from the chemical BHT, which also affects kidneys and the liver. good luck!

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I've had Crohn's since I was 14 and am now 51. I lived many years in unbearable pain. I went through many pain treatments and many operations. I've had all of my large intestine and half of my small intestine removed, but I still have pain. Then I was prescribed Oxycontin 80 mg about 10 years ago, and it was a miracle. I had my life back, and I've gone on to become very successful in business and with the other important things in life. Now these new OPs spit out into my bag undigested and I don't get any relief. It is unbelievable that I now am forced to go back to a more primitave time when there is nothing available to help me. There just isn't much more of my intestines that they can remove. I will be glad to sign any partiition or join any lawsuit. Something has got to be done.

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I have been living with RSD. I have had all kinds of test, injections medications. When I was prescribed oxycontin 80 mg 2 x daily, I thought I was in heaven. I was able to live a decent life. I also have Fibromyalgia and was put on Lyrica. Now I WAS able do many of the things I used to do. One day after picking up my prescription at the drugstore , I took them and I went to bed. I was in severe pain, as if I hadn't taken my meds. I checked my medication box and my dose was gone. I had taken it but it ddn't work. I checked to make sure they didn't give me the wrong pills when I noticed the "op" on the pill. I called my pharmacist and he told me that Perdue had changed the formula. They need to go back to the old formula. If anyone knows how we can get a petition together and send it to perdue,

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I WILL SIGN ANYTHING THAT MAY HELP GET THE OLD ONES BACK THAT WORK I AM HAVING THE SAME PROBLEMS THEY DO NOT WORK I WILL SIGN

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the pill is ineffective

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i sign that petition the new one sucks and for people who actual need it and dont abuse should be able to get the old formula

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i am very intrested in signing ur petition

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your wrong the new oxycontin's that have the imprint OP has nothing to do with who makes them. they put a gelling agent in the pill in place of the placebo so it is about imposible to snort, inject or smoke

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THE NEW OXYCONTIN DOES NOT WORK IT IS DOING MORE HARM THAN GOOD. I HOPE ALL THE MANUFACTORS OF THIS DRUG GOES OUT OF BUSINESS OVER THIS AND I AM LOOKING INTO A LAW SUITE WITH A LOT OF OTHERS AND IT IS GOING TO COST A LOT MORE TO PAY FOR THE CHANGE THAN IT IS GOING TO BRING THE OLD BACK, I HAVE ALREADY TALKED TO AN ATTORNEY AND WE DO HAVE A SUITE AND WAS ASSURED WE WOULD WIN. PEOPLE ARE GOING TO ABUSE OTHER THINGS THAT ARE A LOT CHEAPER TO BEGIN WITH. GOOD LUCK WITH THIS ONE.YOU ARE CAUSING A LOT MORE HARM THAN GOOD SO I HOPE IT WILL BE WORTH IT TO THE COMPANY WHEN WE WIN AND WE WILL THERE ARE TOO MANY PEOPLE SUFFERING. NOT EVERY ONE ABUSES THEIR PAIN MED'S. KEEP THAT IN MIND ! THE ABUSERS WILL JUST FIND SOME ELSE WHILE WE SUFFER

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your right!! but still pple will abube no matter what so they should still consider those that dont abuse an have true paiin!!The new ones are horrible in controlling pain, they dont last as long either, an have side effects that the originals didnt have!!

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I called the 888 number an pressed optiion 3, I spoke to a woman pharmacist for perdue an explained i have been on oc,s for a long time an im on 80mgs 3x a day now an its been like amiracle for me an my paiin issues!!but as of saturday i just got the new ops an they are horrible they dont last as long an they dont touch my pain the way the ocs did!!she just apologized an said to talk to my dr an see about changin my meds! an she said at this point they are not bringing back the original ocs!!but ppl keep calling!!if they get enough complaints its a possibility of gtting them back!!im sure it will take a couple months but so what, these new ones are garbage an trust me i dont abuse the medication!!i swallow it whole as i did the ocs and they dont work as effectively!!an in the mean time, dont get a script for the new ops, switch to opana!maybe if enough people call an complain and stop getting the ops then they will see pple are serious??!!

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