Oxycodone 15mg question for tucson, az

Question

to make a long story short, i have a broken bone in my back and get oxycodone 15 mg. at the doctor 1 time per month. i usually go to walgreen and had been getting little light green colored pills made by 'actavis'. however, last month they claimed they took them off the market and gave me yellow ones made by 'ethex'. However, those do NOT work.

**Question, is there any other manufacturer of oxycodone 15 mg. (besides ethex) in the tucson, az area that I can try to find this oxycodone 15 mg for the pain** please no hate or mean emails. i get it prescribebed my my regular pain physician and i really do have a broken back and i am literally in severe pain and just want to be as pain free (as possible, close to it anyway). i live in zip code 85712, tucson, az. please any help with a pharmacy would be great. i am looking for 'legitimate' information.

Answer 1

Well, I am not from AZ but I was prescribed Oxycoden for a back injury as well, and went through the same exact problem, with the "ethex" brand, they are much weaker and did not work for me niether, I know there are other brands you can ask your pharmacist for:

1.) Mallinckrodt- This is the brand that I was getting, that I would suggest you should ask for, they work just as well as the actavis for me and I think most pharmacys carry this brand the most. pronounced mel-en-crat.

3.)Vintage brand- This is another brand that makes Oxycoden 15mgs, these ones also worked very well for me.

Since I am not from AZ I don't know any pharmacys, but I would suggest, and what I would do, is call around to Safeway, Wallgreens, Albertsons, local small and big pharmacy's, and ask them if they have  your brand 'actavis' because even if they stopped making them, some pharmacys will still have them in stock. If they don't ask what brands they carry or for one of the other two brands I listed, the ones that worked best for me.

Don't be afraid to get out the phonebook calling all the pharmacys in your area and asking for these brands or what brands they have, it is your right to be able to get the medication that works for you. I used to have to do it all the time! Good luck! :)