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Suggest An Alternative Of Oxycodone
My brother is an amputee of the right leg also severe back surgery and continued problems with his back and also a cancer survivor of anal cancer twice. He now has a permanent ostomy bag because of the cancer. He has been on oxycodone for many yrs and now his insurance says that the drug is not covered. What do I need to do?? jani
Fri, 13 Apr 2018
Hello,
You should start another opioid medication which will give relief in symptoms or can you combination analgesics.
Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Regards,
Dr. Bhadresh Lakhani
You should start another opioid medication which will give relief in symptoms or can you combination analgesics.
Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Regards,
Dr. Bhadresh Lakhani
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