The price of Oxycontin

Wow , yhats YOU. CAN I ASSUME U R IN N.A.? If so you need to use..geez. You know , mri prooved my severe migranes , and i have DEGENERATED DISK DOSEASE , SEVERE BACK PAIN. Jail that my doctor does not share ir attitude or id b collecting ssi living off like you ..your tax dollars

I have been doing my research. My sister had shoulder surgery and does use her pills. she has been approached to sale her pills. From my research it appears. They are $1.00 per mg for OxyContin. and I understand the "pain" of not sleeping all night just turning over hurts. Good Luck becareful you do not get burned.

You sure took a good amount of space here to rip this woman and then to apologize if you were wrong and then "God be with You".
That was cold.

Totally agree with what you have said in your post, I am a legitimate pain patient with a rare syndrome and originally felt bad about taking these pain medications because I was always a HEALTH FANATIC, But when I could no longer get out of bed and became severely disabled, I knew I did not have a choice any longer and these medications prevent me from asking the state to send me a nurse to help me and saving the government thousands of dollars a year, Im entitled to such help , but I rather be independent and clean my own "ss rather than have a nurse do it and compare the cost to that of pain medications, which we also pay for partially, And I feel disgusted every tIme I go to the same pharmacy for years and the way they look at me like a drug addict, I never even had a drink of liquor my entire life and never tried or did street drugs and have always been against street drugs and abusers.
How dare these people treat highly intelligent adults like common drug addicts, I would like to see if one of these politicians who builds their careers on fighting the pain doctors etc, if their elderly parent was suddenly in severe pain and needed these medications, then what would they do, Hypocrites, that is what they are, People are using these to help advance their careers,

People-all people Doctors included do not understand that not all opiate seeking persons are just looking to get "high" I never took a pain-killer until my cancer surgery--then I developed crippling ankylosing spondylitis and auto-immune arthritis--sometimes- I can't even roll over in bed The pain is pure Hell I am so tired of getting dirty looks from pharmacists and being dropped by doctors because they did not feel comfortable prescribing the meds. I started out with 3 7.5 percocets daily--then over the last 5 years I have gradually increased the dosage when I started seeing a pain specialist to 100 mg to 160 mg a day of oxycodone Truthfully I am never completely out of pain--I used to be a vibrant very active person That's all gone now--walking is even difficult now--and it came on so fast I just wish we were all treated as individuals--I am not trying to get high I just want the pain to lessen enough so that I don't dread being alive. I just wish some of these judgmental ones could just walk in my shoes for even an hour--they would change their tune fast. I pray every night that I will start to feel better--I am struggling with major depression now--btw you cant take SSRI's like paxil with opiates - they're contraindicated--I understand people abuse these meds a lot, I myself have had to taper at the end of the month many many times because my dr will not increase my dose and I had to come off the Biologics like Humira because my insurance would not cover it-- I recently moved to the UK--I have been here for 4 months and initially I was getting my RX easily--but as my Humira wore off--my conditions worsened and I needed to increase my pain meds--they didn't want to --so I suffer from pain or withdrawals 3-4 days a week--- The Humira here is 1000 pounds an injection--I can't afford that--Having pain takes all your life and laughter away--I feel broken now--I moved to the UK to get a fresh start--newly divorced after 25 yrs-and I love it here--but the meds situation can be nightmarish--and it was just as bad in the US--at least at the pharmacies here, they are kind and friendly--but I'm having some dr issues again--as I said people just do not understand--I just want my active life back--I feel like I'm 90 in a 40 something body---I see a wheelchair in my future--ahhh to find a dr who is compassionate and non-judgmental......

What the hell has the fact that a person "was not a drinker or drug user and did not party" got to do with "feeling bad about asking for narcotic pain relievers"? If you are in pain that's all there is to it and what you did or did not do in the past is totally irrelevant.

I have marfans also with chronic pain in my hips. I need both replaced. I am also on oxycontin and Norco and xanax. So nice to find someone who I can relate to! Please stay in touch with me sweetie. I'm in Michigan, USA. My name is Tricia Wishing you well

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Kudos to you for dealing with the pain! Without meds?!? Why?!? If its by choice Kudo's to you but my vibes tell me otherwise! Just my opinion! However after being treated for chronic pain for over 10 years now I can't imagine living a productive life without my meds! Call it what you want I know who I am! It saddens me that there are not to many doctors left who actually stand by there patients today! I'm thankful I have a doctor who does! The DEA is on him constantly but they have yet and never will run him out! The problem I have encountered was getting the prescriptions filled! That's a whole other story and I am in the process of trying to find out if the pharmacy turning me away and refusing to fill my prescription is/was legal?!? Although they never said I can almost guarantee you the DEA had a say in that!!! If any one out there has any suggestions or ideas to Stop this please let me know I'm with you!

Pray about your situation

Oxycontin isnt hard to find on the streets. Just watch for those scammers n such.

They may very well be telling the truth about going cold turkey. I had a doc that gave me 240 80mg oxycontin a month, 120 soma a month and when I mentioned in passing that the meds made me drowsy, he gave me 90 Ritalin a month. I ended up in the er with uncontrollable tachycardia - your heart cannot take the constant rotation of uppers and "downers" without serious consequences. I had 3 failed back surgeries, extreme nerve damage and was in pain 24/7. I couldn't (and still can't) get comfortable in any position. I was going through a divorce, my ex wasn't contributing a dime toward the care of our 2 kids and my disability check was swallowed by rent and utilities, so we ran out of food all the time and my mom had breast cancer and I had to care for her, along with my kids. The meds helped me pain-wise (though my dose was something only someone in hospice should receive) but they also kept me from caring about the fact that my entire world was crumbling around me. I took those things like candy. One day, I looked at the beautiful faces of my two young kids who depended on me for everything and it hit me hard that I owed them a lot more than I was giving them. That realization made my decision to stop taking all that c**p very easy. I threw it away, stopped seeing that doctor and for eight years didn't take anything stronger than an ibuprofen. I had some stomach upset for a few days after quitting but that was it. Three years ago, arthritis had taken over my body, the nerve damage in my back and leg had increased and in had significant arthritis and degeneration in the area of my spine above where all of the titanium rods, screws, cages and plate are located in my back. I reluctantly asked my PCP for help. She gave me hydrocodone 10mg x 4 a day. It helped for about a month. She referred me to a pain mgmt doc, who gave me percocet 10mg x4 a day and xanaflex 4 mg x 3 a day. It helped quite a bit. This clinic kept pushing invasive procedures on me - like burning the nerve in my back, which regenerates every 6-8 weeks, requiring another procedure. A month ago, I hurt my back really bad (by bending at the waist while cleaning) and though I saw the pain doc twice, they didn't do so much as a rudimentary exam, even though I could barely walk. I switched to a new doc and within 2 minutes, she found a knotted muscle the size of a tennis ball to the right of my spine. This new doc is accessible - where the old one was literally impossible to get in touch with. The new one gives me percocet 10mg x 3 per day, zanaflex 4mg x 3 day and 30mg ER oxycontin x 2 day. I am not the same person I was eight years ago and am in no danger of abusing any of my meds. Actually, I take half a dose of the percocet and half a dose of the zanaflex. The only reason she gave me the oxycontin, is because I wake up every hour or two at night and might get a total of 3-4 hours of sleep because of the pain. I am waiting on insurance approval of the Oxy but I can tell you that I will only take one at bedtime, in order to sleep. The difficult lessons I learned 11 years ago still stick with me - I will never go back to that dark place again. Okay, got off topic but the cold turkey is an absolute possibility - I am living proof that it can be done and not have severe withdrawals.

Same in UK.

I've has the same doctor for 7 years went from 240 15 mill oxycondone a month to 150 30mill oxycodone plus 60 60mill OxyContin op a month... But what I'm having trouble with us not getting the prescription it's the pharmacies filling them it pisses me off that they try and play doctor asking me what's wrong with me that I need my pills I'm like mind your business it's between me and my doc.. Finally I found a mom n ponp pharmacy that has been great to me and for the past year I've been ok.. Actually have Ben trying to survive on only the oxycondone and I put the OxyContin away for a rainy day I'm scared that they will vanish these drugs soon enough... Goof luck guys I kno what it's like to be in pain and withdraw it sucks ass..

I have trouble taking the opinion of someone who cannot spell oxycontin. Look it up if you if you don't want to be perceived as a Buffon.

my wife recently died from oding on oxycontin &went trough around 1000 to1500 dollars how is this possible ?