The New Oxycontin With The Imprint Op Compared To The Old Oxycontin With The Old Imprint Oc (Page 4)

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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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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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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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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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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PURDUE PHARMA LO WHAT A JOKE TO FIND THE REAL TRUTH OF OXYCODONE A LOT OF RESEARCH NEED BE DONE GOING FROM THERE BEGINNING TO NOW, YOU WILL BE AMAZED, NOT ONLY THE DRUG BUT WHO AND WHAT IS INVOLVED WHY AMERICAN GOVERNMENT ALLOWS ITS CONTINUANCE BEYOND ME MIGHT WANT TO LOOK AT CONTRIBUTIONS AND POSSIBLE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE ASSOCIATED WITH THEM BUT BOTTOM LINE IS PROFIT BEFORE PATIENT A BOOK IS IN PROGRESS BLACK AMERICA NOTHING TO DO WITH RACISM JUST WRONG DOINGS IN AMERICAN BUSINESS AMAZING WHAT IS FOUND AND NOTHING BEING DONE TO CORRECT LOOK AT PURDUE PHARMA, KING PHARMA AND PFIZER (FORTUNE 500 COMPANY) DIG DEEP AND FIND OUT WHY

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Loretta Sloan 630 Bird Road Magnolia, KY 42757 wrote:
"Anyone interested in singing it please let me know. "

Not sure. Can you hum a few bars?

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When they changed i started having heartburn and the new ocyxcotin pills dont really work that well I have to take 3 40 mg pills a day and the old pills got me through the day now i take one in the morning one in the start of the day and one around 6 or 7 at night and then in a couple of hours my foot is right back in very bad pain again.Cant take another because that would be self medicating so help what do i do. Please change back.

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I have been on Oxycontin 80mg's 2x day for several years for my Multiple Sclerosis, Herniated discs in my lower spine and Arthritis. I have been put on every other medication out there for my pain, in which none of them worked as well as Oxycontin. I am also on Roxicodone 30 mg. for breakthrough. I was finally able to go back to work after years of being in pain. It was wonderful! I was working for the whole 5 yrs I was on them. Then back in Oct. I had to quit work. I just turned 40!! I had no choice because these new OP's do not work on pain at all like the old ones used to. And they take forever to even start to give some pain relief. I am so sick and tired of being stuck in bed and not being able to do things like I used to even a yr ago. When they do it is like taking about 2 or 3 percocet 7.5. I too get so sick to my stomach among other problems I never had with the old ones. Also, ever since I started these new ones I have been getting very strange feelings that are very hard to explain. I have been to my neurologist about them and he is not exactly sure what is causing it but he thinks maybe focal seizures. Over the past 11 yrs since I was diagnosed with MS my MRI's have never changed. So why when I changed over to the new OP's am I getting these strange symptoms. All I can do to explain them is it is like deja vu, like I have been there done that when they happen. I can just be standing in a room and it is like my mind just freezes up for no reason at all. I do not get dizzy or anything and I remember the whole thing. It always happens in the evenings also. Purdue can say what they want about not changing the formula, but I am positive they did. Why else would all these people, including myself, be getting so sick on them?

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I WILL SIGN YOUR PAPER. THE NEW ONES DO NOT WORK. I CAN NOT EVEN PLAY WITH MY GRANDCHILDREN OR KEEP MY HOUSE THE WAY IT SHOULD BE KEPT, AT LEAST WITH THE OLD OXYCONTIN, I COULD MOVE AND NOW I SIT IN A CHAIR ALL DAY.

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I AGREE 100% THEY ARE MAKING PEOPLE THAT REALLY NEED PAIN RELIEF SUFFER FOR THE DRUG ABUSERS AND THEY JUST FIND SOME THING DIFFERENT AND WE SUFFER BECAUSE OF THEM CHANGE THEM BACK SO THE PEOPLE THAT REALLY NEED HELP GET IT. THIS IS JUST CRAZY, DON'T PEOPLE UNDERSTAND, IF PEOPLE ABUSE PILL'S OR ANY THING THEY ARE ALWAYS GOING TO FIND SOME THING ELSE. DON'T MAKE US SUFFER DUE TO THEM. IT IS NOT FAIR OR RIGHT

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I FOR ONE WILL BE IN THE LAW SUITE. THE CHANGES DUE TO THE ABUSE IS NOT HELPING THE ONE'S THAT NEED THEM FOR REAL PAIN RELIEF. THEY DO NOT CARE WHAT THEY HAVE DONE TO THE ONE'S THAT DO NOT ABUSE THEM, THE JUNKIES ARE AND HAVE JUST WENT ON TO SOME THING ELSE AS WE SUFFER.

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what do we do to get to purdue pharma to get us, those in pain, to change the formula back to the way it was to get us out of pain .

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kshaw wrote: "what do we do to get to purdue pharma to get us, those in pain, to change the formula back to the way it was to get us out of pain .
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The best way would be to contract with Q from ST:TNG.

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JUST FOUND YOU SITE TODAY - i have a investigative reporter meeting w/me on monday 11/1/2011 PLEASE POST ME IMMEDIATLY- it is just my story and need more of you if possible to be here with me. he will run the story - but some of you have more info then i - i have been bedridden since taking bad ops - so i need your voices with mine to make this public and reach the media - i am so sick from the ops my body is shutting down and feel my time is running out fast - all are welcome to protest on my property, i have one parking spot for a motor home - if any one has one large enough to bring as many as people as possible come now - others ,if able will have to put tents up to sleep in - i promise i will get the local news here when we come together - but i am physically weak - however - i still have strong will and a voice- need some of you that are well enough to sit, move , and stand to help with phone calls paperwork ect...are needed here asap - posting is getting us nowhere and the reporter i am seeing is aware of the problems we are haveing from side effects from ops- and one persons voice is not as good as many voices - CALL NOW LET NOT WASTE ANOTHER MOMENT SUFFERING- I WAITING BY THE PHONE - i'm kathy 337-288-7115 and phone your complaints to matt, reporter 337-289-6465 - he answer his phone so everyone call in your story. thanks call me asap!

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Michael it was your post i responded to. the oc were not changed to ops due to addicts. that was just a convient way to pull it off. the ops have turned the chronically ill into critically ill patients due to side effects. this puts us in the death panel 1233 bill as benificiaries. it also applies to the severelly ill, and disabled. posted from the NY Times... nytimes.com/2010/12/26/us/politics/26death.html?_r=1&sq=death_panels&st=

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i had been on oc 20 mg 4times daily for ankylosing spondylitis / Arthritis . worked great and could get out of my house and function properly and have good quality of life, the new OxyNeo sucks. still in pain, heart burn . hate this! People try switching to Oxy IR (INSTANT RELEASE) or roxicodone . im gonna try them instead.

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TO ALL WITH HEARBURN/STOMACH TROUBLE:

I have found an over-the-counter drug, that works for me, and just wanted to inform you others about it, in case it can help you.

First let me say I'm in Denmark, so I'm not using a brand-name but the active ingredient. I take 3 X 60 OC a day, and have terrible heartburn and vomiting, IF I do not take:

2 X 20 mg. Pantoprazol/day

In the documentation it says to take only one a day, but I have found that two at 11.00 AM takes the stomach trouble totally away ... and if I miss just one day, they're right back!

I don't know if Pantoprazol is OTC in the US, but 20 mg. in 28-pill packs is in Denmark, where it's sold under numerous brand-names like Pantoloc.

Be sure to note, that they are NOT meant for immediate release of symptoms, they need 24-hours to work, but then they really do work, for me at least!

Hope the best for all of you, throwing up an OC is horrible, as it's wasted and we chronic pain patients so desperately need every one.

Love from Denmark,
Thomas

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I just want to infrom everyone that that that new formulation of oxmycontin experies as of 2013. However, I have bad news,. Purdue Pharmaceuticals has no intention of changing back the the old formulation. For mamy reasons but the main one and the really the only one i can divulge at this time is simply 3 letters.......FDA. They, of course, work with the DEA and the conclusions are the the overdoeses have significantly dropped since the the new formulation was invoced. It sucks as I am a fan of the origianl OC'S. Anyways guys, as of now there is no good information in sight for the near future. again. my apologies..........

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I'll sign

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I have been prescribed several different pain medications over the years due to some chronic health issues I have. Just to name a few, I have EBV, MS, have had optic neuritis 3 times, and additional issues. If I had a choice, I'd prefer no medication at all, but it doesn't seem to be in the cards for me at this time. Im so sorry that this formula is not working well for you. I have not had this specific medicine, however I can totally relate to medications not helping. TThat's how I ended up on is site because I'm trying to see what others think of certain meds. It seems that I have a strange body or something, because when I talk to other people, they will rave about something and then it either makes me sick or out of it to the point I font feel like myself or like I can function properly, or last time I was in the hospital, they put me on IV morphine and I was itchy as can be and it got to the point I begged them to stop giving itto me. I find that percocet works best for me. It helps the pain but doesn't have any side effects for me except occasional constipation! Problem is, I moved to a new state and I guess it is abused here a lot so I cannot find a doctor to prescribe it. Its awful because what they write either doesn't help, makes me loopy or super sleepy, or has too many negative side effects. So I totally sympathize with you. Why when there is a perfectly good medicine that really helps people, but some dummies abuse is, he ones that need it suffer? Keep trying and try to keep your chin up.

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