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re: Question re: Hard Drug Use:

Posted on 4/24/24 at 11:16 pm to
Posted by Sidicous
Middle of Nowhere
Member since Aug 2015
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Posted on 4/24/24 at 11:16 pm to
I was on a 50mcg/hour fentanyl patch for over a year till there was an end of year shortage and was forced off it simply due to insufficiency. The prescribing Dr. was shocked I had no withdrawals.

Now I take hydrocodone in a moderate dosage as needed a few times a week.

BTW psa: prescription drugs are allocated to the states on an annual basis. All narcotics have been on a decreased allotment for the last few years. The results are end of year shortages or just plain unavailability.

So if you or your loved ones are reliant on pain meds advise them to stockpile if they can. The last forecast I heard was compounded decreased allotments means the shortage will start in the Fall and run through the rest of the year 2024. (Senator Cassidy is on the congressional committee overseeing these decreasing allotments of meds, he was my pain Dr.’s cadaver partner 1st year med school)
Posted by WaydownSouth
Stratton Oakmont
Member since Nov 2018
8255 posts
Posted on 4/25/24 at 7:39 am to
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So if you or your loved ones are reliant on pain meds advise them to stockpile if they can


Or attempt to get off of them provided they don't have a terminal illness like cancer
Posted by fr33manator
Baton Rouge
Member since Oct 2010
124683 posts
Posted on 4/25/24 at 11:13 am to
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BTW psa: prescription drugs are allocated to the states on an annual basis. All narcotics have been on a decreased allotment for the last few years. The results are end of year shortages or just plain unavailability.


So what happens is they run out of the drugs that big pharma has gotten them addicted to, and have to go to the black market, at best spending copious amounts of money, at worst getting a fentanyl laced batch (which are everywhere) and ODing on the floor.

It's fricked up
Posted by purple18
Lafayette
Member since Aug 2009
958 posts
Posted on 4/25/24 at 11:43 am to
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I was on a 50mcg/hour fentanyl patch for over a year till there was an end of year shortage and was forced off it simply due to insufficiency. The prescribing Dr. was shocked I had no withdrawals.

Now I take hydrocodone in a moderate dosage as needed a few times a week.

BTW psa: prescription drugs are allocated to the states on an annual basis. All narcotics have been on a decreased allotment for the last few years. The results are end of year shortages or just plain unavailability.

So if you or your loved ones are reliant on pain meds advise them to stockpile if they can. The last forecast I heard was compounded decreased allotments means the shortage will start in the Fall and run through the rest of the year 2024. (Senator Cassidy is on the congressional committee overseeing these decreasing allotments of meds, he was my pain Dr.’s cadaver partner 1st year med school)



As longs as your doctor can prove that a patient has a legit reason to be prescribed pain meds, meaning a person should have a specific code written on his or script and have tried alternative methods that have been proven to be unsuccessful, those meds will always be available. Although i agree it is getting much harder to obtain a script of oxycodone or norcos.
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