Well I buy lope in bulk amounts, sometimes from raw material suppliers. I did use pods for awhile but the price became too prohibitive. Consulting with those in the area it's been made clear that 1. I will be documented as an addict and if I develop chronic pain in the future I will be limited to 5/325 hydrocodone/apap given 10 at a time with drug testing at best because doctors will see the "addict" scarlet letter in my medical records for life. Many doctors, at least in this area, assume all addicts to be drug seeking patients and due to DEA auditors constantly auditing practices many docs want nothing to do with such patients -- association alone puts them at risk of prosecution. and 2. When I considered subs it was made abundantly clear that nobody is giving me scripts for at least the first 6 months. Plus I am uninsured which makes things even more complicated. There's ways to prevent getting the addict scarlet letter in your records but it requires having a lawyer.
And if that ain't bad enough, congress is far from done waging war on opioid users. It will get even tighter and doctors will be even more tightfisted with opioids. It'll get worse before it gets better. The onslaught of RCs has the federal government in a disarray of how to deal with it. It is the "second front" of the offensive on drug prohibition, which I believe will eventually result in the dissolution of the war on drugs at the federal level.
Since there's a no price rule I'll simply say that Loperamide is the only maintenance method I got that doesn't ever go above 4 figures a month. I hold out hope that there will be a cheap opioid RC at some point that has readily available precursors, and that'll be the rescue ship. I know the 72 count and lower bottles of Lope are expensive indeed, but i buy in bulk, sometimes not even tablets just raw drums.
