Will Oxycontin Be Changed Back To Original Formula (Page 4)
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is Oxycontin going back to their old formula? OC instead of OP.

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Oxycontin, created by Purdue, owned by a family of the American Oligarchy, was purposely created to addict and to administer intravenously. It was no different than the conversion of opium to illicit drugs. They disregarded their silicone base for ER, like they used in their morphine ER, and used a separable wax base for intravenous use. The drug stopped pain no more than morphine but due to its chemical arrangement it caused the brain to produce large amounts of dopamine causing euphoria and addiction - taking the purpose out of and destroying millions of lives. Our government allowed this to happen and many were paid on way or another. What they are doing now, after a decade, is adding naloxone to their pills which will cause horrible and instant withdraw in those who try to use it as it was truly intended by Purdue. Illicit drugs will take its place. This is an evil country controlled by psychopaths and ran by psychopaths and sociopaths.

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Where are you located Barry? If you are in US the new oxycontin OP is made out of a silicone material...its tamper proof, with medication dispersed throughout the tablet, therefore what passed is not a shell (it will have the medication in it.) have you told your doctor you are having problems with your medication?

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I pass a 40mg and it was NOT A SHELL it was the pill it just turn white but it was the PILL!!!!!

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Thats totally correct Mark, i dont know if you read many comments on here....but this has been said a few times by myself & others. It is disgusting what is happening in the US, & here we need to keep our fingers crossed that we will continue to have options in regards to formula choice, its precaurious though & all we need is a politition with an addict in their family to come into power.....that could force us to follow you guys. Addicts will change drugs, its what they do they dont get clean because their first choice is no longer available

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The Sandoz generic for Oxycontin is made by Perdue Pharmaceutical here in America. I talked to Sandoz when it first came out and they told me that Perdue was making it for them and it is the exact same formula as the OP version. What they have in Australia is a generic made by Sandoz which is nothing like the Purdue made generic version here in America. The Australian government stood up for their suffering citizens and didn't let this junk OP version that has bad side effects and only lasts 6 to 8 hours to continue to be used and allowed the real Sandoz generic to be sold, but the 60mg and 30mg doses are still under patent and as far as I know only the original doses are available for generic. I heard that Purdue is currently evaluating new versions of tamper resistant Oxycontin, but it is still at least 2+ years or so before we will see it in a pharmacy. They'll more than likely package it with Naltrexone which is an opioid antagonist. I also heard the trials so far have had a very high drop out rate because it didn't work very well, so they'll have to redo the formulation and try again. I'm sure we'll see many versions of tamper resistant Oxycontin styled medications so they can keep a strangle hold on the patent. They don't care about us or how well it actually works for chronic pain patients! They just care about keeping a strangle hold on the patent keeping market share all to themselves. Now tamper resistant and abuse deterrent are words they'll be using to create new pills for generations of patients to come and we're the victims of drug abusers and a government completely out of control who thinks drug addicts are more important than suffering human beings.

It's sad to know the innocent patients who do everything correctly will be punished because of a low percentage of people who only care about themselves and could care less what their actions have caused to happen to suffering human beings.
I think this nightmare is here to stay because they can't stop drug abuse, so now their going after the legitimate patients. We're just the victims of the failed war on drugs! Whose next? Street drug abuse is fixing to be an epic nightmare caused solely by our government and we've all seen this epic failure already... My prayers go out to those who are suffering and will continue to suffer until medical choices and decision are ripped from the hands of the government and placed back into the hands of the competent medical doctors with sensible monitoring programs in place instead of the gestapo like tactics being used now...

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Thank you Sandie, thats all im interested in doing.....when you've been sick as long as i have, in constant pain even with pain medication you grow a thick skin. I have a disease most doctors know nothing about, so explaining it to regular people is not easy....people who've never faced long term illness/pain have no idea & can often be judgemental. Headbuttgurl most likely falls in that category, & probably needs to slow down on the head butting! I hope your doing well Sandie,
Cheers.

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Wow Michelle you got attacked by the head butting girl...I just thought I'd let you know you have done nothing but give me helpful advice. So thank you.....

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It doesn't. I found small green pieces in my stool but they say it's the same. BS.

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Im so sorry Jeanie, thats terrible news.....we are very lucky this has not happened in Australia....although there is a bit of talk in the health department of late about the generic original version. Time will tell if it goes any further. I guess all you can do is look into other medications. Im not surevwhat you have available over there. Do you have a pain specialist? If not, you really need to get one, they are the doctors specialised in this field & able to be the most help.

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Michelle, I live in the U.S. Just got my new script for generic oxycontin. It has all the abuse deterrant & fillers as the OP, just a cheaper made version. I asked the pharmacist if any generics are available in the U.S. that are comparable to the original OC formula. He said "No. All generics sold in the U.S. must be produced to be comparable to the OP formula." And there is our answer. They are never bringing the original back & we who have to take it are stuck with an inferior product with all sorts of side effects that we did not have with the OC formula.

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Hair thing?? I said nothing about hair, get your facts right! I have an extremely rare disease, only 200 recorded cases in medical history.....there's no research as research costs a lot of money, & grants are used for research into common diseases like breast cancer. I spent 10yrs chasing any treatment possible, natural & western medicine.....dont try to tell me theres new treatments every day, its just not true when you have a disease most doctors havent even heard of. Any information ive shared on here has been facts ive found, & discussed with my medical team. GP, Pain Specialists, Pharmacists.... always to try & help other people that are struggling.

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There are new reasons for new medical findings everyday and for you to say hair thing is bs????? You dont know jack, so post real findings not your opinion.

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Yes im 100% right on this. Ive been on this medication for a long time due to a rare painful disease that has no other treatments available. Im allergic to many medications & this has been the one med thats worked without to many side effects, but the new formula made me really sick & didnt control my pain as well. It was a relief to be able to get the old formula & have been back on it simce release.

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Eho ssid that I never seen it are you sure you got your story straight Michelle?

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Soldier Of One--- i agree with much of what u wrote..im also a suboxone patient. but i feel like an addict still, as i am dependent on it, and when i withdrawal from it my first thoughts are to go find opiates. i had tried marijuana in my teenage years, and i never really liked it, rarely ever smoked it. I experimented with other drugs, but one day I was offered an Oxycontin, 80mg pill. I had tried 20's in high school. I took half it, and it was like nothing i had ever experienced. Wasn't long before i was hooked. Years later they changed the formula and oc disappeared. People are going to abuse drugs as long as they are available...the oc was changed...and all it did was increase the use of illicit drugs. All the law MAKERS AND Pharm companies did by changing the ORIGINAL OC was turn all of their oc junkies into other junkies, and they then caused pain and anguish in all of their legitimate pain patients. Changing the formula was an idiotic idea. It hurt the people who it was meant for, and all the addicts just switched to a cheaper easier to get, and more dangerous drug. A drug provided by cartels. I watched my best friend die because of an infection that he would have never gotten if he was still just taking oxy's, rather than a drug mixed with God knows what. Also, to any pain patients that may read this, i apologize for having been a part of the problem, helped pain patients get oxys in the past, and have seen how disabling pain can be. I have been on nothing but suboxone for about 3 years now, but i fear going off of it.

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Fanovanagan, i hope your correct that they are going to bring the old formula of Oxycontin back in the US, so many people are suffering from the terrible side effects & inadaquate pain relief. They brought the OP form into Australia & many of us went through months of hell, thankfully another company released a generic of the old formula so we have a choice. Good luck with it.

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I have had similar and read many same issues.. I was allergic to the fillers in the oxycontin pills and was put on opana.. not only is Opana at least for me not in the least 3x's stronger than oxycontin.. it's difficult to get at pharmacies and the major hospital in my town doesn't even have it in stock!!! I get so much crap from my family doctor about my meds and they've cut me down so far not only can I barely function but my quality of life is making me barely care, and I can't do that because I have a young child... I'd love to see this issue resolved, and recently asked a pharmacist if there is going to be a change, and supposingly it's coming in the next year or so because of so many people having adverse reactions to the "new oxycontin er" however.. in the meantime I'm screwed. My body is very sensitive to medications and not everyone has the same body chemistry.. another thing doctor's are getting less concerned about. I think it's come down to a huge hypocrisy of the Hippocratic oath.. Do no Harm.. which they are doing in mass to patients.., more cover thy own ass.

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I live in Texas currently they treat you like criminals because you take Oxy.I have severe RA and numerous back and knee surgeries.They refuse to give you any pain. medicine with any strength .This state is really bad..I am moving as some as possible.

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Zaborav, the new formula of OC is also in Aus, although we also have a generic that's the old formula. It's totally illegal to purchase a narcotic from another country & import for your use.....you would be done for drug trafficking. Besides that, you need a prescription to buy it & no pharmacy will take another countries scripts! For someone who thinks they know alot, that's some pretty dumb advice....

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It is ONLY in the USA that Oxycontin (& countries served by Purdue Frederick) that the awful gummy 'OP' 'EX' and 'CDN' rubbish is sold. Here in Europe there are no changes to original brand which is made by Bard & distributed by Napp and Mundipharma. I believe Canada calls it OXYNEO but there are so many places to get normal 'OC' pills I dont know why all people needing REAL OC do not get them from other countries. As far as I know only the US has banned real Oxycontin. Also the purple 120mg tablets have never been sold there in any form, the old oblong blue 160mg were withdrawn worldwide over ten years ago. However my advice is simply find a pharmacy outside of the States or Mexico. Real OC are sold in Canada alongside the Purdue garbage. I have been prescribed Oxycontin for almost 15 yrs so know what I am on about.

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