cant find oxycodone 30mg any where in orlando florida

You and everyone else on this medication is in the same boat. There still continues to be a shortage due to one company stopping mfg the drug. Had some issues with the FDA. This has really put a strain on the other mfgs to keep up a supply. Right now the demand is much higher than whats available. New alert this am from the FDA that oxy 5mg, 15mg & 30mg are still in shortage. They say it may be two months before everything is back up to speed to correct this problem...Susie

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One thing I would suggest....always use the same pharmacy and get to know them. I've been going to the same place for years and make an effort to get to know not only the tech's but the owner. I do know he is frustrated with being short on pain meds but he makes sure I get what I'm prescribed. He knows his regulars. He also said he comes early every single morning because he orders pain meds every day so he can get as much as possible. They will only allow him something like 2 containers of most of the sizes each day. At least he's fighting for us and there are some good folks out there on our side. Running out is very dangerous if you've been on them for a long time. If anyone out there is shorted and starts into withdrawal, get hold of your prescribing physician, tell him the problem and ask if he'll back you going to the ER for your medication. Otherwise you're in for a horrid ride. Sorry I can't help, I'm in Washington state.

Keep your chin up!
Chutz

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I wish you the best.
Your situation is one I have always dreaded.
When you get back and straightened out,
make a concentrated effort to have a little
savings account of meds in case this very
thing happens again.
Actually, I think you're not "supposed" to
save up. But ...
Pamela

thissukka, sorry!

The military hold large stocks. Ever considered asking them? Chance is slim they'll be allowed to provide it in a non-critical situation. If enough people are in serious need though there could be an exception. I know it's a long shot but it's the best I can come up with. Plenty of bases in the Orlando Area. Come to think of it, there used to be a pharmacy at the airport, not the IAP, one of the others. I am speaking about 12-15 years ago.

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To stand and be still at the Birkenhead Drill is a mighty bullet to shew.

Last month I could not get the 30's, I had to get 15's and just take double. I called about a week before I was due for my refill and was told that this month they have 30's but no 15's. I was very concerned because I take ten 30mg pills per day (two 30mg tabs every 3 hours, max 10 pills per day) so I didn't think they would be able come up with enough, but they did!

I would recommend that you use a "small/hometown" type pharmacy instead of the big chain type and call a week ahead and then again 2 - 3 days before you are due for your refill.

I hope you get your meds because withdrawal stinks!

bluejet,

you're right. the withdrawl does stink.

i was "accidentally" pulled off mine too quickly. i went through hell so bad that
i'm absolutely terrified of making any changes in my medication regime. that is,
i'm afraid to get the pain pump or having the surgery to fix the problem (if that's
possible0

the worst part of withdrawl was waking up in the morning with cold bones. go d! it
doesn't sound so bad, you would have to have been there.

i know how important it is to have a good relationship with your pharmacist. i
can't stand mine and i'm rarely ablt to go in and get my prescription. i wish wish
wish there was a small/hometown type pharmacy. i have recently become a
city chic. oh! how i hate it. i'm lost all the time.

pamela

I live in the Tampa area and use a Publix pharmacy for my 15's...the pharmacist advised me to check a few days before my next appointment to be sure that they'll have them. My experience with Publix pharmacies has always been good--very thoughtful and caring.

Good luck!!!

Yankee girl

Even the VA is having trouble getting oxycodone. My hubby takes it instead of the oxycodone/APAP because of his liver but has had to take it this month because they were just out of it. I hope everyon can find what they need. I know how tough it can be to be without your meds.

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Motorcycle wreck 08/2004: 119 fx, 13 surgeries with more to go, including 5 bone grafts, 2 skin grafts, pelvic reconstruction x2. Right leg is 1.5" shorter than left. Have to wear knee brace for life and also AFO brace for drop foot. Nerve damage from hip down to toes, nerve pain in lower leg. Spinal fusion. Will be on crutches the rest of my life. Pain level never below 5 even on pain meds. Since August 2007 I have been diagnosed with chronic atelactesis, tachycardia, high blood pressure, borderline personality disorder, depression and Delayed sleep phase syndrome

I love my pharmacy (Rite aid) cause one of the meds I take is barely prescribed where I'm at, but my pharmacy orders them just for me, and I have yet to have to wait for my meds to be ordered. Since their's no doctors within 60 miles that can prescribe my Suboxone my pharmacy doesnt get anyone who needs them except for me, so it's been nice to know they're always in stock for me. And I love everyone at my pharmacy except for one lady who tries everything she can to make things difficult for me, she even ignores me when I stand in line to drop or pick up a prescription, but thank God she's not the pharmacist, she even told me once that my meds would cost a thousand dollars when it was really only $90, I dont know what her problem is. And since I have been going there forever, they have watched my kids grow up and always are surprised at how big they've gotten, and they all know me by my first name, one lady even calls me honey or sweetie.

But it seems scary that so many people are running into this shortage, it just doesnt seem right, almost like a conspiracy, "let's get everyone dependant on these drugs then pull them so they'll come begging and we have control over them". It's not fair that so many people have to go thru withdrawals. And truthfully I've only heard about this oxy shortage from you guys, I've never heard anything on the news, so alot of people dont know about it, and they go to get their prescriptions filled and find out that every pharmacy in the country is out. Even though withdrawals are not deadly, you sure wish you where dead, it's horrible. Just seems like maybe more docs would be aware of this and come up with a plan for all their patientson this drug to do something else til the shortage is figured out, cause theirs so many other options out their, cause people need options so they dont become sick and in pain. The FDA really should send out a notice to all doctors to figure out a plan for their patients, and if they did then why are so many people still looking for to get the RX filled. Well I'm just happy I'm not in the middle of this, but I do feel for people who are forced to become sick.

-hellokitty

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My dad was getting his pain medication through the VA the last three months they have had a shortage.  They have been giving him a higher dose that he had to split in half.

My pharmacist said it had something to do with the FDA made a one drug company recall all of there medications.

Thats all I've heard so far.

Next week when I see the PM I will have him try and put me on medication that is not at all involved in the recall.

Its gotta suck to be without pain meds.  I would scream as most of us would.

Yep, all this because one manufacturer had trouble and had to stop...This trickled down to us...How nice of them.

Me.

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We are all in the same boat...unfortunatley it seems like it's sinking...

 

Rhonda

Post Lamenectomy Syndrome

Hemi Lamenectomy

Spinal Fusion

 

120 mg. Methadone daily

60 mg. Oxycodone daily

Lyrica as needed 

 

Type 2Diabetes 

Metformin 500 mg. once daily

                                                                     

 

Isn't that oxy a generic that is made by multiple manufacturers?

If so, can you imagine what happens when a drug that is still protected has something wrong in the manufacture happen, such that NO ONE gets that drug? And the drug has MAJOR negative withdrawal issues.

Like, Cymbalta. If I couldn't get Cymbalta, I start crying at about 15 hours, and at 20 I'm probably screaming at everyone and anyone.

Everyone always asks, "On a scale of 1 to 10, what is your pain level?". No biggie when I get my meds - I purr along at about 5, 7 more recently. Well, they are using the wrong scale when I don't get my meds. On a scale of 1 to 10, I'm at a 20 without meds. And I stay that way until I get Cymbalta or another substitute (that they hadn't found when they found Cymbalta+Lyrica; I was eating oxy like candy with each pill lasting 3 hours if I was lucky and that included overnight when I had to wake up, take a pill and wait an hour for it to kick in); back in the pre-Cymbalta days that substitute was Amitriptyline. You talk about a ride, I'm convinced they didn't include 'trip' as part of that medication's name. So I'm left with the pain relief side of Cymbalta I no longer have (and it could be days to get a different drug as a substitute (like Ami..)), and pain and more from withdrawals.

Anyway, I digress. Do you take a 'one-manufacturer drug'? What would happen if you couldn't get it for a while (like hours or days)? I bet there are a TON of people here in as bad or worse situation than I am in.

I think we need to speak up to our PMs and ask what kind of safeguards are in place for this kind of situation for our own needs. Are our issues in this regard being properly overseen to protect US?

(Sorry for a long post. But this kinda scared me when I got to thinking about Cymbalta and how much I've come to rely on it being out there. And it is so controlled; as yet I haven't had leeway to secret-out a single pill for emergency. If I drop a pill down the sink or toilet by accident, it is "Sorry. Stretch the others out if you can.")

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I am so disgusted with the the shortage of pain meds in Lakeland Florida I am next to myself. The last two months I have had a hard, hard time getting my methadone filled (looking for days) and have had to look for literally weeks for my oxycodone 30mg 168 count. I was on Oxycontin for years but when they went to OP I noticed immediatley that Purdue took about 1/2 of the real pain relief out of the new formula OP, thanks government and got on methadone to keep me out of pain although it makes me feel dead inside, took away my sex drive, along with many other things due to its strength but it works good for pain.

The last two months I have had to look for a couple days for my methadone and several weeks for my oxyconone, we are talking 8 hour days hitting every pharmacy I see, You have to be dressed like an attorney if you want any chance at all in getting filled also. and have the time and money to drive from place t place just asking the same question over and over again hearing the same answer over and over again, NO.

Being on part D medicare only makes my looking harder because BCBS of Florida pays 68 bucks to pharmacies who loose money on filling my oxy script so I have noticed big chain stores and small independents not saying they have it or dont until they look me up, once they see I am on part D the answer is no we dont have it, or have not had it in months or we might get some on Firday, or it is really scarce or we just stopped carrying it because we can not get it anymore. I have had a friend go in after me at several places that do this with his Oxy script he pays cash for and he gets filled paying cash on the same day I was told no because I have part D. I have filed complaints but they go to no one who cares.

I tried sending my script to "Prime Theraputics" who is BCBS of Floridas pharmacy but my doctor is on vacation so they can not get ahold of him so that didnt work either. Although they know I have had the same script every month for about 6 to 8 years, and they waited 6 business days before trying to call my doctor and missed him by two days, his PA called them but that didnt work either so that set me further back.

I have beent taking roxis/ oxys for about 8 years? 6 to 8 and been on class 2's for 10 years now and this is nutz, thank god I have been able to get my methadone but my quality of life is shot to hell while I look for a place that will fill my oxycodone so I will have the meds I am perscribed to releive my pain properly. the really hurt people are the ones suffering because the non hurt people are and always have been selling the pills they get on the street getting about 20 bucks a piece now.
The story of 14 pallets being stolen and other stories do not wash with me, these manufacturers can make 14 pallets in a day. come on.

We the people living our lives in misery because the government has decided that all of us are bad because of a few bad apples need to stand up and make a real statement,,,,,, and that statement should be loud enough to end this shortage BS. I just do not know how to make this statement and do it legally without getting in trouble for whatever the police want to charge you with. This is a problem the police and Dea/ govt do not want normal people to know is happening but then again people who are not in pain don't give a darn because they do not need what we do to live a normal life.

Answers Anyone? Every year we go through a month or two of shortage but this time it is much different and came at us with a vengance.

Hello ThanksDEA and welcome to the chronic pain forum. You have posted on a very old thread here so not many members will see your post. I am surprised you can find Methadone in Florida, we have had members not able to get it at all.

If you don't mind please start your own intro post so all the members can see it and give you a proper hello and welcome aboard. Thanks.......Susie

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