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Opioids Real pain patient screwed by Opana recall.....any news?

I was just switched today off of 180 mg OxyContin ER twice daily, to 120 mg Opana ER, in which I've had the withdrawals... Cold/hot every 15 minutes....but real problem, found out recall on opana 40'sER...went to 8 different pharmacies n nobody had it... We all are fucked!!
 
I know a lot of people will disagree but have you ever thought of trying heroin? I mean yes its not the safest but if its going to help your suicidal thinking then I would say that's harm reduction right there. Many will call me out for this but I'm dead serious.
 
I know a lot of people will disagree but have you ever thought of trying heroin? I mean yes its not the safest but if its going to help your suicidal thinking then I would say that's harm reduction right there. Many will call me out for this but I'm dead serious.

Yea I disagree it's horrible advice for pain management patients to try heroin for the first time just because one med is recalled. I don't know how these things work in the US, but are there no generic versions? And at the very least their doctors should put them on adequate doses of other opiates. You have alot of different opiates in the US, much more so than we do here in sweden, it should not be that hard to find decent replacement for a short period of time. Or do you have problems because insurance won't pay for more than X amount of Y drug?
 
im not sure why my thread about the new generic opana ER didnt blow up or at least inform opana patients of the good news

global pharma now produces all str of opana er as generic based off original opana forumula
 
I know a lot of people will disagree but have you ever thought of trying heroin? I mean yes its not the safest but if its going to help your suicidal thinking then I would say that's harm reduction right there. Many will call me out for this but I'm dead serious.

*place in dictionary under "trolling"*
best real life example I've even seen
 
Yea, I can see why you're suffering. Opana is generally thought to be about twice as strong as oxy, so you got cut down by 1/3 (360mg to 240mg). Although you should adjust pretty quickly, short-term is going to be tough. BTW, it seems to me that doctors are much more likely to prescribe high doses of oxy but not Opana. Odd! When I switched doctors last year, I was cut from 320mg of oxycontin to 80mg Opana daily within a few months. That was very tough but what are you gonna do?

Good Luck and also, I haven't had any trouble getting my scripts filled each month these days but last year it was pretty hard. Opana actually has an 800 number to assist patients find pharmacies that have the medicine in stock. I'm sure you get Google it.
 
Too bad about the 8 mg hydromorphs bro...up here we get up to 30 mg ER capsules....Those would match up to a high dose Opana a bit more I'd imagine....I know you don't abuse drugs...but have you considered another ROA? the 8's are rather small with very little powder...I suppose if you were willing to snort a pill or 2 it would double it's potency...just at first to get rid of the pain and w/d symptoms and eat them after that?

Shit I don't know what to tell you....I would have asked the doc for methadone tablets personally if this happened to me.
 
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