It`s about time......
THANK YOU FDA......
When people use pain meds to get high
it hurts the people that are in real pain and the doctors
are afrade to treat people in real pain.
i am very glad to hear this. First of all it is the most used and abused pain medication on the market. It was originally for termenilly ill patients, cancer, and such. Now all you need is an i.d., an m.r.i. and drug information printouts and boom you get it. purdue misinformed the reps about the potential habit forming nature of it, they in turn, misinformed the drs. prescribing it. it is so out of control, what is gonna happen is the same thing that happened in the 70"s with the drug "qualuddes" . the roar company over prescribed the drug years in advance until they stopped it, or they sold the company to lemmon, and it was eventually gone. please inform the youth of the dangers of this pill. You never get high off of it, like you do the first time you take it, so people keep taking more of it causing their respitory system to stop, and they overdose. i myself take it and it works wonderfull if taken correctly.
Robin
Oxycotin was an effective medicine that helped many people , yes it was abused but this will not stop the abusers they will move on and find something else , the ones that will suffer are those who will end up taking more of this new form of oxycotin and possible overdose , this is a sad day of all the things that can be done to help drug abusers this is not it , who knows for the drug abusers many will go to the next thing to oxycotin herion, then watch the crime rate sky rocket , but yes lets just wait till the drug abusers do herion and increase the murder rate and robberies rate all while chornic pain suffers , suffer a little more. This is all politics so some jerk could win office , not helping anyone just a big jerk..
I have been in chronic pain for 26yrs. after an accident, I started using oxycontin 10yrs. ago. It gave me my life back. Now I am in my 3rd week of the new oxycontin OP. This is a hideous drug all it does is make you feel as though your in withdrawls. And give mybe 50 percent of the relief as the old brand.
This is a shame, and I agree it will make the heroin trade explode and the crime rate.
I have been in chronic pain for over 6 yrs, and my main source of pain relief has been oxycontin. After years of trying so many drs, meds and other therapies, my treatment has gotten me as close to pain free as I can hope to be and for that I am forever grateful. It was a long process and I can't tell you what a relief it was to finally get the dosage to work correctly. However, for the past month I have been increasingly in more pain than usual. I do have flares on occasion, but this seemed to be unending.
I finally got in to see my pain management dr. today and explained how I have been feeling. To my surprise my dr. gave me a pamphlet that explained that my oxycontin had been reformulated, for the purpose of making the pills more abuse resistant. Why the pharmacist or dr. never let me know this until now, I do not know.
Ok, what does that mean exactly. Well, I found out that previously the pill initially released a larger amount of medication, and then titrated the remaining amount over a period of time. This was so that you would have an immediate relief of pain and then it would be easier to maintained that relief over time. The new pills release the same amount consistantly over a period of time, without that initial dosage. The effect it has on my system is that the original pain relief is not happening, then the pain builds on itself so eventually it is harder to relieve. She explained that a lot of her patients have been experiencing this problem, and that I may have to adjust my medication again until it works right.
I feel as though pain patients are once again being made to suffer needlessly on the speculation that maybe this will cut down on the addiction. I believe an addictive personality will become addicted, no matter how the pills are formulated. I know there is nothing I can do, but I just wanted to let others know that this may be why their treatment that had previously been successful, would suddenly not be.
Frustrated and in pain...again,
Jenny
It always happens, throughout time, the people who follow the rules are the ones who end up with the problems. I too have been using oxycontin for several years as a pretty good pain reliever for severe back pain ( seven surgeries, laminotomies, diskectomies, every form of therapy, and pulsating pads on my back to no avail ), and oxycontin has been the only medication for consistent pain relief. The last surgeon broke my heart when he said that he could not and would not consider me for replacement disk surgery as he has nothing left to screw to to keep the replacement in place since the the previous surgeons have taken away too much bone, etc. So I end up with all of the problems with the people who need to get high, re-formulation, looks from certain pharmacysts, 28 day vs. 31 days of living and don't let your regular physician be out and the one on prescribe for 7 days then insurance only pay for the next month, no more for 23 days. I will shut up now as I am sure I am preaching to the choir.
Hello,
I just got my doctor to switch me from the MS Contin that I was taking to Oxycontin, equal mg and same dosage. I can definitely say that there is a by difference between the two. MS Contin gives an awkward but good pain relief feeling but at the same time causes me to experience severe sweating and withdrawal feelings of anxiety if it gets just a little past time to take it. This, especially the sweating and some itching, can eventually become pretty uncomfortable. Plus, it doesn't seem to last long in its pain relief effectiveness. The past week of taking the Oxycontin, I have not experienced and sweating issues or awkward withdrawal feeling when it's close to or after dosage time. I've experienced no itching at all. The day of the switch to it, and the day following, after taking the Oxycontin, I would get a bothersome headache. However, by the 3rd day, the headaches seemed to have stopped and went away; disappeared. This assumes me to believe the short-lived headache was just a transitioning side effect from themed change. Also, the Oxycontin seems to leave a more smoother, less jittery feeling than the MS Contin. I am able to focus better, yet not be in pain. The MS Contin never seemed to take all of my pain away, but I noticed that when taking the Oxycontin, my pain went away completely, and stayed gone completely, all the way to even a few hours past my next scheduled dose. I can work the full 8 hours and more after taking the Oxycontin, and have no pain or returning pain whatsoever. The most pain-free time that the MS Contin provided after taking it was 3 to 4 hours, with pain never totally going away even during this time. And so, I want to say that I am glad my doctor switched me from MS Contin to Oxycontin. At first I was afraid of morphine withdrawals since MS Contin is morphine and Oxycontin is not and is different, but I didn't experience any severe withdrawals in the med change. Like I said earlier, the only issue I had with the change was the headaches, and they subsided and disappeared by the 3rd day. Thanks for reading.
It is ironic that I suffer with severe, chronic pain and my sister is a nurse for an inpatient drug rehabilitation program. She knows nearly all the tricks. For one, most addicts prefer heroin to Oxycontin. They will get Oxycontin if necessary, but sell it or trade; heroin is much cheaper and the high is preferable. Newer drug abusers and addicts in denial are more likely to abuse Oxycontin. She is convinced the drug that needs monitored is Vicodin. Due to its high availability and lack of monitoring is more often a "gateway drug". Has countless stories of patients who have started after minor surgery or dental work, having that little sensation that calls for more from the surgeon, dentist, or PCP. Soon enough their hitting pain programs, friends, whatever it takes to get more. . . .and they're in. As a pain sufferer, it took well over a year to sort through combinations of drugs to reach a halfway point in managing my pain. Something I'm living with. If there is anything I am not willing to do, is risk even one increment of pain relief because that is how I got to this meager point - one tiny step at a time, over 18 or so months of failure. I don't think my doc would make a change, due to this and in knowing I am zero risk of diverting my meds.
I was put on oxycontin a few months before the new formula came out and I appreciate the change. It actually seems to last a couple hours longer and, I don't have to go through being judged as harshly as before. I've always taken pain meds exactly how I should and the least possible but, have been prejudged a lot until pharmacy workers got to know me.
I felt ashamed to have to take these types of pain relief until this new formula.
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KAREN, I SURE HOPE THIS WORKS AND HELPS PEOPLE IN REAL PAIN! IF THIS WORKS THE WAY IT IS SAID TOO, MAYBE THEN THE FDA WILL ALLOW MORE MEDS LIKE THIS ON THE MARKET! JUST AS WE HAVE ALL SAID BEFORE PEOPLE WHO USE THIS TO GET HIGH JUST MAKE THE ONE'S WHO DON'T ABUSE THE SYSTEM HAREDER TO GET! TALK ABOUT PROFILING!
HOPE SOMETIMES IS WHAT GETS US THROUGH AND ALOT OF LOVE AND COURAGE, JUST MY THOUGHTS!
I couldn't agree more! – Karen