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Canada changes OxyContin laws

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This is pretty scary for pain patients....


Prerequisites for OxyContin prescriptions get tougher
By: Staff Writer

24/03/2010 12:55 PM

The province is introducing new safeguards against the misuse of the powerful and addictive painkiller OxyContin.

Beginning Friday, new prescriptions for the drug will be restricted to cancer patients or those with chronic conditions who have a history of being unable to tolerate or receive benefit from other medications.

Doctors will also need to contact the Exception Drug Status Office of the provincial Health Department for approval before patients can obtain pharmacare coverage in purchasing the drug.

There will be a two-month grace period from the new rules for patients who are already taking OxyContin. They will have to meet the new criteria by May 26.

The new rules are based on the recommendations of a provincial expert group that included physicians, justice officials and representatives of addictions treatment organizations.

The province also announced that it will launch an OxyContin education campaign and fund training to increase the number of doctors with a methadone licence.

OxyContin is a form of opioid. People who take these drugs can develop tolerance rapidly, making higher doses necessary to maintain their effect. They are highly addictive and misuse can lead to dependence.
 
snort80 said:
so they are shure now, methadone isn't so addve??
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What? What the hell are you saying?

And as much as I love opiates, it does make sense with all of the diversion going on right now. There are many equivalent drugs that serious pain patients can take advantage of (Opana, Fentanyl, Ect...). At the same time if a person truly needs the oxycodone due to effective metabolism/preference for thebaine derived drug, they'll still be able to get it.

However, I have a feeling that all those who are diverting the Oxy's will just divert whatever equivalent opioid is given to them. The only problem is see arising with this is an inconsistency of product (one week Fent, the next week you find someone with Opana, the next you've got Hydromorph Contin lol) and noobs who only seek "Oxycontin".

All-in-all it seems like they went about the legislation of this pretty reasonably.
 
So what does this mean for me? I'm in a wheelchair and on 60mg OxyContin 4x a day (240mg) and 10mg Oxy-IR 4x a day (40mg) so 280mg in total. I've never been on other painkillers because we tried oxycodone ER+IR and it worked and does work. Now my doctor has to start switching me onto other pain meds, screw with doses, B/T meds etc. until we find something that works as well as the medication I'm already on and KNOW, from first hand knowledge, works. This is stupid. If someone is on OC and diverting it, you are going to give them MSContin or HydromorphContin instead, sooooo, they can divert that instead? Real logical...8)
 
Looks like it's only in Manitoba.

http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/br...ontin-prescriptions-get-tougher-89030732.html

Pain pills are kind of a problem, it's way too powerful of a drug , and way too easy to get (sometimes). It's going to be a very sad day when science can make an effective pain med with no euphoria, but it just may be for the better. I was first introduced to pain meds in the hospital, and now no other drug can measure up :P Some come close tho....
 
Thats fucking stupid. I hate how they treat oxy like its its own class of drug unlike any other opiate painkiller. It shouldnt have any extra classifications or anyshit like that compared to any other painkiller
 
I don't know about Canada, but here in the USA (at least around me), people look specifically for OxyContins (or "oxycottons", etc), and they can therefore be sold at a much higher price, certain people either must really love oxycodone or not know anything about other opiates...

Sounds like a bit of moral panic to me
 
Yeah its the same in canada. But just because drug addicts prefer oxy to morphine or dilaudid is no reason to make extra laws just for oxy when its really the same as any other opiate painkiller, there fucking over tons and tons of ppl who actually need it or prefer it for pain.
 
Oxy is in a class by itself when it come to IV'ing....

Pretty much Brand oc or IR ox is nly DECENT thing that doesnt gel like hell or just plain not work IMO... SO in that respect, the anger on both sides is pry warranted
 
That's too bad...I hope they don't implement something like this in Florida anytime soon, I am enjoying they Oxy pandemic greatly down here. I personally think that opiates along with most other drugs should be legalized, regulated, and taxed. That way the junkies and users can purchase their fix legally, the government can profit from it, and the true pain patients can get their meds without being harassed or denied medical treatment
 
inalotofpain said:
Oxy is in a class by itself when it come to IV'ing....

Pretty much Brand oc or IR ox is nly DECENT thing that doesnt gel like hell or just plain not work IMO... SO in that respect, the anger on both sides is pry warranted
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But you still have things like Morphine, Hydromorphone, Fentanyl, and Oxymorphone that are extremely potent when IVed. I'd actually say that Oxycodone IV is one on of the weaker options. I believe that oxycodone potential for a high when taken orally or insulfated is one of the draw points.
 
ChodaBoy said:
Looks like it's only in Manitoba.

http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/br...ontin-prescriptions-get-tougher-89030732.html

Pain pills are kind of a problem, it's way too powerful of a drug , and way too easy to get (sometimes). It's going to be a very sad day when science can make an effective pain med with no euphoria, but it just may be for the better. I was first introduced to pain meds in the hospital, and now no other drug can measure up :P Some come close tho....
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Agreed, for the most part. As much as well all love the opiate high/feeling/etc, it has burdened too many of us to a life of addiction. Florida's situation is an utter joke, and if the day comes when that racket is shut down, the flow of heroin into that state will be mind-boggling. Those doctors have helped create a state filled with opiate-addicts, many of them for life. It's fun at first, but after a while, you will wish your doctor/friends/etc never introduced you to the beautiful dark mistress known as opiates.
 
NeighborhoodThreat said:
I don't know about Canada, but here in the USA (at least around me), people look specifically for OxyContins (or "oxycottons", etc), and they can therefore be sold at a much higher price, certain people either must really love oxycodone or not know anything about other opiates...

Sounds like a bit of moral panic to me
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I've heard of "OxyCottin" (I hate when people say it like that!) being sold for as much as $1 per milligram
 
lol In some places they fetch $100 per 80mg Oxycontin, and that is no exaggeration. Talk to the posters from places like Vermont/NH.
 
Oh I didn't realize it was only in Manitoba so far.

I wonder how long it'll take for the whole country to follow this.

And shit, shouldn't they be targeting oxyCODONE specifically and not just oxycontins? lol
 
They SHOULD be, but that doesn't mean they will. I personally think if they're going to regulate oxycontin they may as well regulate all the powerful prescription opiates....but then people will just switch to something else.

and thelung, about a dollar a mg is considered "addict prices" down here

mods: are we allowed to talk about prices in this context or is it still a no-no? please remove it if i'm wrong, thanks
 
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