Xtampza Er Users Effectiveness (Page 10)
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I need ppl who have tried the new Xtampza er med to tell me if it works the same as oxycontin? I need to switch so I wanted to know the strength of the new med in comparison.

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JJ thanks for info, personally my ins not cover so I got better with patient assistance that is FREE scripts delivered to your door by UPS cost free. Have taken it for month now but find it not as effective as the oxycontin was. It works but not as well. Funny the warning says take with food so not too high amounts in your plasma but it makes no difference to me. I was thinking if I took without food it might work better? But not so. Am so disappointed about effectiveness, yet so happy with assistance financially.
Wish I knew a way to make it more effective on my pain. The dr won't increase because of laws now won't allow him without retribution which is so wrong on so many levels so guess will need deal with extra pain. WRONG but a fact our gov has made definite...

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Ok, so today my Dr Gave me my usual OXYCODONE 30mg, 4 times a day, and I was taking MSCONTIN 60mg which I do not like at all! Made me very sleepy.. so he gave me a prescription for Xtampza ER 27mg. I will keep you posted on how it is tonight, but the cool part is that it saved me a lot of money, because the company offered a copay card and my first fill is nothing, zero! After that it will be $25.00. The cool part is I have a $250 deductible through my insurance, and even though it will start over in January, that card from the med company has $1,000 on it, which will pay for that deductible which is really cool! That will last until June 2017, after that it will be my copay of $40.00.. so ask you Dr about it. So here is what I know:
Xtampza ER - 9mg = 10mg Oxycodone HCL
Xstampza ER - 13.5mg = 15mg Oxycodone
Xtampza ER- 18mg = 20mg Oxycodone HCL
Xtampza ER - 27mg = 30mg Oxycodone HCL
Xtampza ER- 36mg = 40mg(which doesn't exist in Oxycodone HCL)
I haven't tried OxyContin, but I'm pretty sure it's about the same as Oxycodone IR HCL

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Yes I am just concerned about the difference in the abuse deterrent added to the Xtampza compared to that is added to oxycontin.
When Purdue added their abuse deterrent it actually lowered the effectiveness of the med. So wondering if the new Xtampza will be effected significantly by their type of abuse deterrent. From researching it says the two meds have a different abuse deterrent, therefore I was hoping maybe xtampza has a better one that will not have a lowering of effectiveness.
Oxycontin in its original formula without the deterrent was soooo much better, it is a shame they ruined it by adding that stuff. For those of us in chronic severe pain & no hope of getting better a reliable, effective med is an absolute miracle. Can make the difference in actually being able to hold onto our lives.

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Hello, Lynx! How are you?

It contains Oxycodone as its active ingredient, just like Oxycontin, it is a little stronger, so the comparable dose is usually a few milligrams lower than Oxycontin.

The FDA warns that it still carries the risk of being habit forming and may cause side effects, such as nausea, dizziness, headache, dry mouth and constipation.

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