here we go again! - Pain Management Message Board

coffeeman · 07-10-2003, 01:41 PM

hi to all
here we go again, another round of bad press on oxycontin.i just read article on a girl trying to sell her child for 500 hundred dollars to buy oxy.
this bad press hurts all of us with pain problems!
more and more doctors will think twice about perscribing,I HATE THIS TYPE OF THING IT LETS DRUG ADDICTS DICTATE OR WORSE INFLUNCE DOCTORS ON PAIN MANAGEMENT.i hope this one doesnt get blown out ,
your freind
coffeeman

surgicaldisaster · 07-10-2003, 02:40 PM

You aren't kidding. I would make someone KILL me before laying a hand on my children let alone "sell" them....you are right how sick. And what it once again does to those of us in pain...I would NEVER dream of selling my meds...I NEED them!!!!It sets us all back....but unfortunately we have no control over situations like this...Love to all...Surg Disaster

lindao1 · 07-10-2003, 03:15 PM

Hello all! When I read that press release, I just hit the roof too, Coffeeman! It made me so mad! This kind of stuff causes true CP patients more problems and is a personal affront to our character and integrity because others assume that since we are on oxy, we must be drug addicts looking for a high - so far from the truth!

I've had problems many times with trying to get my oxy rx filled at pharmacies. So many around here don't keep it in stock anymore because of robberies and the bad press it generates. I've had to go to several different Walgreens just to find one that had the medicine to fill my rx! And this is just gonna add to the problem. I'm really afraid that the FDA may withdraw the medicine due to all of the bad rap and either just allow it for say, cancer patients, or ban it altogether. That's the last thing that CP patients need!

Oh, I'm so infuriated by this!

Anyway, I didn't mean to rant, but I appreciate the opportunity to vent a little. Much Love, Lindao1

HikingFan · 07-10-2003, 03:47 PM

Hi everyone.

The good news here is that the company who makes oxycontin, Purdue, is on the brink of selling an Oxycontin that will not work if broken down (through chewing,crushing, lighting up, etc). If I remember correctly, they are waiting for FDA approval and then pharmacies will be required to phase out all the rest of their normal oxycontin and replace it with this safer kind. This was part of an argreement the company had with the Justice Dept., (along with removing the 160mg oxys off the market) to make the drug less desirable to addicts and pharmacy-thiefs.
Hopefully this will change the way pharmacists act towards those who need this drug, and maybe more pharmacies will be willing to keep it in stock.

Has anyone else heard of this? I can't remember where I read this article online.

Have a great day!

[This message has been edited by HikingFan (edited 07-10-2003).]

Autumn Angel · 07-10-2003, 07:01 PM

Yes Hiking Fan I read that somewhere as well that it was being "thought" of. I wish they would just do it and stop dragging thier heels. Do it for EVERY "contin" medication. Here in Canada we have CodieneContin (Long acting Codiene) Oxycontin (Long acting oxycodone) MS Contin (Long acting Morphine) Hydromorphone Contin (long acting Dilaudid) I think ALL these should be tamper proof dont you all?? Saves us Cpers the hassle of justifying needing a longer acting drug without being looked upon as a potential abuser. I also wondered about them putting that Naxolone or whatever its called in a painkiller you know the stuff that wont let ya get high? They use it in detox for narc addiction so why not put it in every pill? The painkiller part still does its job it just prevents abuse somehow. Ahhhh if it was only that easy huh? Well thats my 2 cents my friends

wishing you all a pain free night.
Autumn.