opana availability/prices

[djbrutis]

Originally Posted by Restharrow

I am long time CP patient and got switched to Opa. about a year ago.

I take them orally and they work fine for me. 40 mg. ER does what 80mg. to 100mg. of Oxycontin. did for pain relief. IMO the main difference is, the Opa.'s work 12ish hours and the Oxy's only worked 8 to 9 hours. I think the time release system is MUCH better than Oxycontin. I realize other people may NOT like the TimerRX system, but I do.

you know, even though i'd definitely prefer an IR over ER any day, the length of time I can stay well on Opana is just insane. i can dose at 6PM and be well until afternoon the NEXT day.. I always crush and snort (ive heard people tell me they felt NOTHING on 20mg oral opana, and insane euphoria on 20mg snorted) so i'm not sure if the length of time i'm feeling these has to do with the TimerX or the half-life of oxymorphone. either way, it works for me. Opana just has the all-around greatness and every quality that fits my liking more than anything else. literally THE holy grail... or.. MY holy grail.. hahah

bateman - i wouldn't doubt the craziness you get offered. i've had people that i've let try opana call me, and call me, and call me... BEGGGING for a quarter of a 40mg!! straight up offering 60-70 for a 40mg pill... ridiculous!

[TheFentGuy]

round here, ALL Opana is around $1 per mg.. give or take about $5 either way.. and lately, they've been just about as readily available as oxyc's...

[Michael]

Im in new zealand, where opiates are pretty far and few between. Just got offered 10mg opana 50c/mg.
there's aren't availible yet here as far as i know, so im chuffed

[Ickyuck]

Originally Posted by djbrutis

you know, even though i'd definitely prefer an IR over ER... I always crush and snort (ive heard people tell me they felt NOTHING on 20mg oral opana, and insane euphoria on 20mg snorted)!

I agree... Snorting an Opana IR gives you insane euphoria, whilst taken orally its just... Meh.

[Milkdud39]

I know exactly what you are saying about the Opana market expanding in 2009. I had the exact same thing happen. I kept reading about how good Opana was and was on a witch hunt for it and couldn't find it for the life of me and then all of the sudden all my connects had it. They are the extended release but some is better than none. It seems like doctors are prescribing it more because of the DEA and stigma behind Oxycontin. SWIM has only one connect for the 10mg Opana IR's and only for a few but boy does SWIM love that time of the month.

Anyhow the prices SWIM gets in Buffalo NY are as follows:

Opana (ER)

10's - $15-20
20's - $30-35
30's - $40-45
40's - $50-55

Opana (IR)

10's - $15 each with no deals at all.

But at least SWIM is lucky enough to be able to get them.

Milkdud39

[marhatch]

Originally Posted by ryan

IM the opposite, weed ruins my opiate experience, along with benzos.
I'm a "purist" you could say...only thing that I like with my opiates is cocaine (IV or freebase)

Same thing here- and actually- I was a long haired, quiet, passive, intravert, who would "wake-n-bake and every 2 hours till bed time pothead" who was perfectly content to run my boring machine at work, then come home and play videogames in my little apartment for like 15 years. I can actually say that the only thing positive that came out of my injury was when one day I realized (my wife and friends too) that I hadnt smoked for like 4 days and Strangely I was becoming very outgoing, began not just running my machine, but learning how to write programs (now I am a M.E.) making tons of new friends etc. It also really didn't occur to me for a good while that those "useless pain pills" were the culprit.
Man- just think, I used to break a percocet 5mg in half maybe 3 times a day and it had that much of an affect. ohwell, that was long ago and we all know where it eventually leads

PS- to this day- even though the "good feeling" of pain meds stopped years and years ago, I still smoked maybe only 10 times in the past 15 years, just doesnt seen the same.

[Aces N 8s]

In my area I am the only person I know who can get Opana and thats only because Im a cp patient. For a while was on 40mg ER per day and 20mg IR per day for bt pain. But that much Opana made me really apathetic so we switched me to fentanyl patches with Opana IR for bt.

When ever Ive thought about fair pricing for the IR Opana I just compared it to Dilaudid. An 8mg Dilaudid around here can go for over $20 each sometimes. Intravenous 5mg IR Opana is (analgesically) equivalent to 8mg Dialudid IV (disregarding incomplete cross tolerance), but with much longer legs. I cant comment personally on how they compare IV because I dont inject, but Ive eaten and snorted both and they seem about equal there. So I figured if they're about the same strength and euphoria then they ought to be priced similarly.

I also agree that doctors are largely looking to Opana ER to replace Oxycontin. This is probably because of how difficult the Timerx system is to defeat, and that it can do the same job but doesnt have the stigma that OCs do. When I first entered PM my doc put me on morphine but I had too many side effects from it. The very next drug he put me on was the Opana ER, which absolutely stunned me because I had heard how strong they were and thought that would be the last medication he would put me on. I should probably go back to them because then I could just rail my day's worth instead of swallowing it and I was still on schedule. But now with the fent patches, if I have some fun with them then Im using 2 days worth of meds, which puts me behind.