Xartemis Did Well By Me

I have been in chronic pain for many years since childhood. I am hearing impaired and suffered ear pain for as long as I could remember. I have Meniere Disease. I have migraines so severe I was hospitalized and went through every medication for migraines, luckily Botox was FDA approved for effective treatment for migraines. I was diagnosed with fibromyalgia, which is common for those who have suffered chronic pain and it is not a "pretend" disease. For fibromyalgia, I have tried tried lyrica, cymbalta, and savella which caused severe allergic reactions. I was up to 4,800 mg of neurontin (gabapentin), which was way above recommended dose and needed to be hospitalized to wean me off this drug. In 2015, I was prescribed Xartemis and found it so beneficial in controlling my pain for severe cervical spinal stenosis and fibromyalgia pain. I take 2 large blue oval shape pills in the morning and 2 in the evening, the dose 7.5/325. Once my body adjusted to the time release it worked great. My pain was maintain on a consistent level and since it was time release, I did not have to take another pill every 4-6 hours. I don't like taking pills. I hardly took Percocet, which is prescribed for break through pain before the next Xartemis dose depending on the weather and amount of activity I did during the day.
I also found it very hard to fill Xartemis and my pharmacist would call other pharmacies to see if they had any. There were months that I had to wait for a refill up to 10 days, which threw me off the effective management of pain.
As of today, May 25, 2017, when my doctor went to write out the prescription, he was alerted that it was no longer available and we could not find out the reason for its unavailablity. Now, I am in freak out mode because it worked for me and I have to go back to Percocet 2 tablets every 4-6 hours and no more than 6/day. I am upset because those of us who have daily chronic/acute pain are being scrutinized for taking pain medication as prescribed because of those who misused and abused opiates, hence become addicts. So, I not only suffer physically but emotionally because of being judge by some people because I take opiates and take as specifically prescribed by my doctor, not to mention having to go every month for an office visit for a refill. I use exercise, physical therapy, massage therapy, heat and cold pad therapy, water therapy and soak in a tub. I eat healthy and maintain my weight according to my height with a BMI of 23.7. I am getting epidermal cortisone shots into my neck, which it is not as effective as the first shot. In the fall, I will be having surgery on my neck. Xartemis was the effective medication for my chronic pain but sadly not any more.

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I am very sorry about what you've been through, no one should have to suffer like this.

However, I am glad Xartemis helped you, and appreciate your post, since it can help others who have questions about the medication.

For anyone wishing to learn about this medication, Xartemis contains Oxycodone, and Acetaminophen, it is designed to release a portion of the medication immediately, then release the rest slowly over time.

The FDA warns that this medication carries the risk of being habit forming, and it may cause side effects, such as nausea, dizziness, dry mouth, constipation, and headache.

Each tablet contains 7.5mgs of Oxycodone, and 325mgs of Acetaminophen.

According to the FDA approval records, it also contains the inactive ingredients:

polyethylene oxide
microcrystalline cellulose
hydroxypropyl cellulose
croscarmellose sodium
polyvinyl alcohol
magnesium stearate
titanium dioxide
polyethylene glycol
colloidal silicon dioxide
talc
pregelatinized starch
FD&C Blue #2 aluminum lake
citric acid anhydrous powder
edetate disodium

Is there anything I can help with?

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