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FDA Warns of Opioid Drug Mix-Up

This is a discussion on FDA Warns of Opioid Drug Mix-Up within the Pain Management forums, part of the General Spine Discussion Forums category; (MedPage Today) -- The FDA has issued a warning that pills, tablets, or caplets of Percocet and eight other opioid ...

  1. 01-09-2012, 12:56 PM #1
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    (MedPage Today) -- The FDA has issued a warning that pills, tablets, or caplets of Percocet and eight other opioid products packaged by Novartis for Endo Pharmaceuticals may have been mixed up, with one drug being packaged as another...

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    Default Re: FDA Warns of Opioid Drug Mix-Up

    I saw this all over the news!

    My PM Dr. just gave me a RX for Opana and, I can't find anybody to fill it now! What a mess..
    33 yo Female

    L4-5/ L5-6(S1); MLDDD, Herniations w/Annual Tears, Compression
    L5 Collapsed, Degenerative Facet Arthropathy, Arthritis, Foraminal Compression
    1998- MVA injured 2 L discs- First NS consult.
    4.5 yrs PT, 2.5 Chiro, ESIs, etc.
    Current- Bedridden after a Hack squat in the Gym
    Exhausted Conservative Treatments
    Countless Consults/Opinions (US/Int)

    Surgery Decision: Hybrid
    Anterior Fusion L5-L6(S1) Cage, Instrumentation, BMP
    L4-L5 Anterior ProDisc ADR
    Posterior Fusion L5-L6(S1), Instrumented
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