timetohunt
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Just as a background; since location can sometimes be meaningful to understanding a situation, I
live 30 miles from four states, MD VA WV and PA. I live in one of those states and a glance at a map would
tell you what general region I am in.
I am back in Pain Management now, had been off of it for a few years. I won't bore you with all of the physical stuff, just that at one point I had improved for a few years, but now at 51, it all came back hitting hard. So I know all of the crazy stuff that can accompany legally getting
prescribed narcotics.
My issue is that I am on my 5th day of trying to find a pharmacy that will accommodate me. I was scripted a very modest count
of Opana 15 ERs. I am discovering that the majority of places don't have it or they say they can't get it. As you likely know, most pharmacies
will not discuss narcotic inventory over the phone. I suppose there is some sense to that if you consider how many pharmacies get robbed.
The damn problem is that I am fairly rural and have to span many many miles to get from one to another just to be told that I am out of luck.
Here are a few ponderous kickers to add:
1. My wife who has had multiple major surgeries in the past few years is getting Opana 30ERs and Opana IRs from the pharmacy we have been going to for years. This is the same pharmacy that just told me that they can NOT get the drug in any form at all for me when I went to fill.
As an aside I doubt they know the connection to me and my wife and why should that matter anyway. Keep in mind that this is the same place
that just filled my hydromorphone IRs!! The wife was recently filled her Opana as early as yesterday?
What in the world is going on here? Is there a grandfathering of some sort out there that has my wife in the clear but has me out in the cold?
2. I recently did an anonymous check of my past DPMP data that did have one red flag on it many years ago. It has been 10 years and my record is good now. They get wiped after 5 or 7 years IIRC (might depend on state). So long as there are no other newer infractions, It seems OK. As I mentioned I am getting dillies with no problem, so DPMP would not seem to be a culprit anyway, otherwise I doubt I would be getting them.
3. I found a Pharmacy that would talk open with me, and they said that they see very little Opana and no longer order it. I know for a fact that this place was the king of Opana scripts just before the brief phase of "crush resistant only". That is not saying it was an unscrupulous pharmacy, quite the contrary, as the head guys there are very strict. As many of you well know there was a collective cheer from the opiate community when it was announced that multiple generic companies had acquired the right to make the old Opana formula. I think that "contract" lasts out to 2025 or something before it is looked at again by the DEA.
4. Lastly the bottom of my script says to "Allow generic when available". It took a little bit of coaxing/requesting on my part to make sure that was on there, but perfectly legal.
Any suggestions? Why am I having such a hard time getting this? It almost seems like it might not happen. Due to my years in PM, Opana really is the only thing that lasts long enough for me without dosing every 4 hours. I admit this is my tolerance at work sadly, but that is just the hard facts of Opiate therapy.
BTW, a bit off topic, but I am looking forward to something called "Radio Frequency Lesioning" in my lumbar discs, and I do plan to not be on opiates forever this time either. I got off once, can do it again, but until then I need to work and function.
live 30 miles from four states, MD VA WV and PA. I live in one of those states and a glance at a map would
tell you what general region I am in.
I am back in Pain Management now, had been off of it for a few years. I won't bore you with all of the physical stuff, just that at one point I had improved for a few years, but now at 51, it all came back hitting hard. So I know all of the crazy stuff that can accompany legally getting
prescribed narcotics.
My issue is that I am on my 5th day of trying to find a pharmacy that will accommodate me. I was scripted a very modest count
of Opana 15 ERs. I am discovering that the majority of places don't have it or they say they can't get it. As you likely know, most pharmacies
will not discuss narcotic inventory over the phone. I suppose there is some sense to that if you consider how many pharmacies get robbed.
The damn problem is that I am fairly rural and have to span many many miles to get from one to another just to be told that I am out of luck.
Here are a few ponderous kickers to add:
1. My wife who has had multiple major surgeries in the past few years is getting Opana 30ERs and Opana IRs from the pharmacy we have been going to for years. This is the same pharmacy that just told me that they can NOT get the drug in any form at all for me when I went to fill.
As an aside I doubt they know the connection to me and my wife and why should that matter anyway. Keep in mind that this is the same place
that just filled my hydromorphone IRs!! The wife was recently filled her Opana as early as yesterday?
What in the world is going on here? Is there a grandfathering of some sort out there that has my wife in the clear but has me out in the cold?
2. I recently did an anonymous check of my past DPMP data that did have one red flag on it many years ago. It has been 10 years and my record is good now. They get wiped after 5 or 7 years IIRC (might depend on state). So long as there are no other newer infractions, It seems OK. As I mentioned I am getting dillies with no problem, so DPMP would not seem to be a culprit anyway, otherwise I doubt I would be getting them.
3. I found a Pharmacy that would talk open with me, and they said that they see very little Opana and no longer order it. I know for a fact that this place was the king of Opana scripts just before the brief phase of "crush resistant only". That is not saying it was an unscrupulous pharmacy, quite the contrary, as the head guys there are very strict. As many of you well know there was a collective cheer from the opiate community when it was announced that multiple generic companies had acquired the right to make the old Opana formula. I think that "contract" lasts out to 2025 or something before it is looked at again by the DEA.
4. Lastly the bottom of my script says to "Allow generic when available". It took a little bit of coaxing/requesting on my part to make sure that was on there, but perfectly legal.
Any suggestions? Why am I having such a hard time getting this? It almost seems like it might not happen. Due to my years in PM, Opana really is the only thing that lasts long enough for me without dosing every 4 hours. I admit this is my tolerance at work sadly, but that is just the hard facts of Opiate therapy.
BTW, a bit off topic, but I am looking forward to something called "Radio Frequency Lesioning" in my lumbar discs, and I do plan to not be on opiates forever this time either. I got off once, can do it again, but until then I need to work and function.
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