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Suggest A Drug Like Oxycodone That Could Relieve Pain?
Question: i am in a lot of pain and are taking oxycodone hc 30mg. because there are alot of people who abuse this drug i find it hard to fill my prescription. savon does not sell it at all. rite aid says that its on back order and that they do not get it in very often because its being discontinued, wal mart told me that they receive limited amounts only and sometimes not at all because the producer can not keep up its production. i have had other pharmasists tell me even stranger things. i have had morphene and methodone and they are terrible and scary. is there an drug like oxycodone that people are not abusing that would not have the stigma that oxycodone has and would help me with my pain issues and would be easy to buy like an medicine should be? sorry about the spelling.
Brief Answer:
options to control pain.
Detailed Answer:
Hi Moody...
Welcome to health care magic.
The good pain killer drugs fall in the group of opioids and they are potentially habit forming drugs.
You have not mentioned the cause of your pain but i think you need to have a strong pain killer.
As an option to hydrocodone you can use a combination preparation of tramadol and paracetamol which can be used three times a day.
Still another option is Fentanyl which is applied on the skin as a patch and is absorbed really slowly and is effective to control severe pain.
All these medicines are prescription drugs and so you will need to get them prescribed by your physician.
You should get your self evaluated by a local physician to find whether you are fit to take these medicines.
I hope the advice will be helpful for you.
options to control pain.
Detailed Answer:
Hi Moody...
Welcome to health care magic.
The good pain killer drugs fall in the group of opioids and they are potentially habit forming drugs.
You have not mentioned the cause of your pain but i think you need to have a strong pain killer.
As an option to hydrocodone you can use a combination preparation of tramadol and paracetamol which can be used three times a day.
Still another option is Fentanyl which is applied on the skin as a patch and is absorbed really slowly and is effective to control severe pain.
All these medicines are prescription drugs and so you will need to get them prescribed by your physician.
You should get your self evaluated by a local physician to find whether you are fit to take these medicines.
I hope the advice will be helpful for you.
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