BUPRENORPHINE vs OXYCODONE

Hi! I am currently spending a lot of time at a store where a large number of patients request white buprenorphine tabs. At my home store we give what we have and have never messed around with special ordering for this request. This store has people driving from all over to get the white tablets. Whe

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59M, 79.1kg, Caucasian, very active and healthy, no medical issues whatsoever. My husband had a seizure this morning and we have no idea what caused it. Today started out normal. We woke up, ate breakfast and took the dog for a walk like every morning. We got home and within about an hour he starte

I've been to the emergency clinic twice now as directed by my doctor because she doesn't know what to do. I'm awaiting a surgery on my ovary and bowel, I have been taking oxycodone for about a year while waiting. On Wednesday, the doctors decided to change my oxy to buprenorphine patches that the em

Assuming that someone on MMT or ORT (buprenorphine or methadone) is not taking anything unprescribed and is having regular urine tests, do you think they should be allowed to be a Pharmacist in a role handling strong opioids and other controlled substances?

does nobody have that shit nowadays? *nurse calls down and tells me she can't give this guy his meds thru NG because they took it out. "yes he's taking oral meds, but these are ordered NG, how do I give them?".* **put them in his mouth holy shit.** *coworker spends an hour working up pk on a vanco,

I posted the pictures in the comments below. Hello, 41f with lifelong malaise and fatigue. About 10 years ago my hands started swelling and turning red. The red never goes away and now my knees and ankles are also red and mottled. Dermatologist #1 said it was contact irritant dermititis. 2nd derm

Has anyone seen patients in retail take Buprenorphine (whether its the patch or SL tablets) with an opioid like hydrodocodone? (both for a 30 day supply)

One of the many items in the big spending bill that was signed into law by the President on Thursday was the elimination of the requirement for a DEA X-waiver to treat opioid addiction with buprenorphine. Specifically, the section in the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S. Code § 823) that required t

2023 Bankruptcies (so far): Lannett Rising Purdue Akorn Mallinkrodt Pfizer facility in NC hit by a tornado, 50,000 pallets destroyed. DEA caps persist on stimulant production. Continuing excessive demand on Wegovy, Ozempic, Mounjaro. Critical back orders on Oxycodone and Lorazepam products. Locas

Over the last \~3 years our area has been having an issue with a known pill mill provider, we will call Mr. Frank. Mr. Frank is a Nurse Practitioner (with a degree from the online for-profit university) who has a felony conviction for 3rd degree assault that was plead down from child abuse charge

Sorry, rant for the day, see this too often. Allergy to oxycodone/codeine/anything reaction: nausea/upset stomach. This is not an allergy, just a side effect. Ok rant over