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I've used Paregoric for 15 years and can't find it. Is there anywhere in the U.S. or other countries where this can be purchased?

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There is a compounding pharmacy in Oakville, Ontario (Canada) that makes Paregoric

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Hey there Gypsy, I would love to be able to secure. bottle or 2 of this, I have severended fibromyalgia, deteriorating arthritis in my spine, as well as throughout the rest of my joints, I also have tremors, & debilitating migraines. Nothing helps! I'm willing to pay !

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I never minded the taste of paragoric cause I was given it from the time I was about a month old for earaches that went on for years. I actually remember a "pop" ending the pain & wonder if my eardrum popped and released the pressure. I associated the taste of paragoric with the pain easing and while I never found it tasty, I was OK with the taste. (I've taken liquid potassium supplements since I was 16 and have gotten used to the taste of potassium too.) I was never allowed to mention menstrual cramps at home, so I'd go to my room and actually pass out from them. I just fought through them at school & work.

If your cramps are consistently bad, you may have endometriosis. The doctors who know the most about that are fertility doctors, as it's the leading cause of infertility in women worldwide. It took three botched surgeries before I went to a fertility doctor, and I don't want any other woman to go through that kind of hell. Apparently, cramps should not be so bad you need heavy drugs to handle them.

Many pharmacies have flavorings that can be added to liquid meds. The pharmacist should know what will mix with which drugs, as a drug with oil or alcohol may need a different kind of flavoring. You're free to mix a med with juice or whatever, but check with the pharmacist first. Grapefruit juice & OJ can neutralize some medications and cause bad side effects with others. It can be confusing, but the pharmacist should be able to help. If you don't get help, change pharmacies.

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This whole paregoric situation is insane. Im so sick today and need my medicine. Id be better so quickly if I had it. Of course there is a lot of pain pill addiction BUT Ive NEVER heard of anyone addicted or trying to hunt Paregoric on the black market. Maybe there just wasn't enough need so they discontinued it?

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Have you asked the pharmacist (not the tech) about any flavoring that can be added?

I find the whole paranoia about opiates insulting. I've suffered from severe chronic pain all my life & finally at 45 gave up and got help. Help's no longer available. Seems the only way to get opiates is on the street, and the new laws will have no effect on that. Given the addition of fentanyl to pills bought on the street, that's simply not an option.

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When my mother gave me paregoric in the 60's for severe menstrual cramps, she would put the liquid in an orange juice glass with 1/2 glass water and a teaspoon or 2 of sugar to get the bitterness out. I would then go to bed and when I woke up 4 hrs. later I felt like I never had the cramps in the first place. That's what I used it for and when I was teething. Wish it was still around because codeine and morphine does not help my pain these days. I have a broken foot that could not be fixed for lack of insurance (Codeine for that) and an injured hand that could not be fixed (tramadol and generic Lodeine for that)

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"Tincture of Opium IS NOT like Paregoric"!!! It is CONSIDERABLY MORE POTENT AND TAKING THE SAME DOSEAGE BASED ON PAREGORIC DOSEAGES MAY BE FATAL TO SOMEONE WHO IS _NOT_ OPIOID TOLERANT!

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It is back in USA by prescription as of 2012

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Jim, Have you been tested for celiac disease? Or you may be gluten-sensitive. It would be worth a trial parody going gluten-free to see if your issue clears up.

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Oh paregoric also tastes terrible. I think paregoric and tinture of opium are the same thing just one is a retail name paregoric and the other is the generic name.

I think most controlled substances like this will require a prescription from a pain specialist and you will need to agree to an opioid contract to receive it. Some procedures may differ state by state. There have been a number of new regulations for the prescriber and receiver of these drugs.

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Manufactured again by Akorn beginning a few weeks ago. Your pharmacist should be able to order from their wholesaler/supplier.

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Its been discontinued due to the opioid component. Welcome to our hell.

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I am having diarrhea and stomach trouble all the time. I used to take Donagel a lot when my children were growing up. I had to use it too, I am needing some Paregoric now real bad. Where is it available?

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I think any opioid will have the same effects as Paregoric. Basically all opioids slow down smooth muscles which are what operate the movement of bowels. There is actually a medication on the market now to counter the side effects of opiods on bowels. Opioids can also cause problems urinating due to the same effect of opioids on the smooth muscles that control urination.

I think you will have difficulty getting an opioid prescription for this off label use giving the ever increasing restriction on opioids. I take them for chronic pain and have to go to a specialist for pain control and that requires a fairly often drug screen test to verify the dose I am taking and to screen for other drugs (each test runs about $500). Now with the jerks at CDC weighing in it will be even harder to get the prescriptions.

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The reason I said that your Dr can work with the DEA regarding opiate drugs is because they can. Not only can your doctor work with the DEA but you can get information your self by calling them to find out exactly what is going on with the specific drug is it has truly been taken off of the market and why. There is another organization that helps pharmacist regarding medications that are being taken off of the market or temporarily discontinued for various reasons ASHP. Check them out. Google compound pharmacies for those of you that are looking for this truck and see if it is possible they can make it up for you it will be more expensive and sometimes your insurance is not going to cover anything made by a compound pharmacist or rather a pharmacist that 'compounds' drugs meaning they mix it themselves. There are more now than ever. I hope that answers your question. Anytime you have a question about why a drug has been discontinued especially if it is a controlled substance pick up the phone and call the DEA and ask them, if you don't want to ask them, have your doctor call them and ask. You would be surprised because they can tell you that some drugs are no longer federally controlled - only state controlled. I have never dealt on the state level but I am getting ready to in regard to my migraine medication fioricet. It is no longer federally controlled but is controlled in five different states and of course they're in the Bible Belt! Begging anyone's problem but that's where I live and that's what I have to deal with! Another issue is the VA. They dish out pills two people who really need to be in pain clinics, which would be former addicts. Unfortunately this happened to my brother and he was in rehab three different times with the VA regarding opiates because as a very young man he was an addict. Of course once an addict always an addict and then when you start taking opioid based medications, that being in your system of course it caused him to want to go back to other substances. He's dead now. He was doing very well when he got out of rehabilitation VA hospital, his last follow-up visit they finally referred him to a pain clinic which was something I had been begging him to do after his serious back injury and permanent disability / chronic pain. If it were not government, we would have a legal case because if a doctor has been giving you an opiate medication and has not been monitoring your use by pill counts and for lack of a better word a U/A every 30 days to make sure you're not abusing the drugs, they are doing you no good. That is only asking for trouble. The fact of the matter is when a doctor discontinues giving you that type of medication and tells you you need to start going to a pain clinic they are supposed to give you at least a 20 day supply so that you can get into a pain clinic otherwise you're going to go into serious withdrawals... And of course if you are an addict which you are drug dependent however if you have been using other illegal drugs most likely you'll go back to that before you can get into a pain clinic. This is a difficult story for me to even talk about but hopefully I'm making sense to someone. Do not ever let a doctor take you off of medication that is opiate based without giving you something for withdrawal or giving you a substitute that is equivalent. Apparently that is what was done to this person who was taken off of the paregoric, they were given tincture of opium which is the same thing it just tastes bad. Take it with a spoonful of honey! However if it does not work and if you feel you need the paregoric because it works better for you, your best bet is to contact the DEA and find out if that drug has been discontinued all over the United States. They will tell you!

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Where in Maryland can I fill a prescription for it?

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I would check with the manufacturer Pfizer. They purchased parke-davis which used to manufacture paregoric. However tincture of opium is the same as paregoric. It is the closest you're going to get, however it does taste bad apparently from the postings I have read here. I would say that it is worth your time. If your pharmacist has anything to do with Pfizer, perhaps they can a assist you and your doctor. Is this your preference, paregoric? I think it's worth a try.

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You said one needs to work with their doctors "because apparently they are afraid of the DEA.......". I don't know how working with your doctors would help....if the medicine was taken off the market by the DEA/Control Act, what can your doctor do? Even if the doctor believes the medicine to be necessary / medically necessary, if it does not comply with DEA regulations, then it is "off the market". The only situation that a doctor may be able to effect any change, as far as I know, has to do with what prescription drugs your insurance carrier may pay for (as exceptions, based on their tier system), but that's a different story.

In answer to your request for suggestions for meds, have you tried Donnatol? It works for me to stop cramping, frequency, diarrhea. (This med is on the market but is not covered by my insurance company and is expensive, but works. Not like Paregoric, but it works for me).

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You said one needs to work with their doctors "because apparently they are afraid of the DEA.......". I don't know how working with your doctors would help....if the medicine was taken off the market by the DEA/Control Act, what can your doctor do? Even if the doctor believes the medicine to be necessary / medically necessary, if it does not comply with DEA regulations, then it is "off the market". The only situation that a doctor may be able to effect any change, as far as I know, has to do with what prescription drugs your insurance carrier may pay for (as exceptions, based on their tier system), but that's a different story.

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I last got some over the counter in Cayman Islands when i had diarrhea

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