January 15, 2013
Patients in serious need rely on compounding
pharmacist for pain meds
By the time a prescription for a pain medication reaches Jacob Beckel, BSPharm, the patient may not even remember a life without pain. Some patients have survived heinous car accidents. Others have fallen from extreme heights. Still others grew up with congenital defects that prevent normal development of the spine. But the one thing Beckel’s patients have in common is that they have tried everything.
That’s when doctors prescribe individualized pain medications to be injected
into the spine. For 30,000 Americans, the prescription is filled at Beckel’s
compounding pharmacy, AnazaoHealth in Tampa, FL.
“It is not uncommon for patients to have to take 30 or 40 Oxycontin a day to get rid of their pain. What kind of lifestyle would you have on 30 or 40 Oxycontin a day?” Beckel said.
The answer is chronic constipation, alternating bouts of insomnia and lethargy, dilated pupils, night sweats, liver damage that leads to metabolic problems, and most likely depression. If the pain does not prevent patients from working and living normal lives, the adverse effects alone can.
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“It is not uncommon for patients to have to take 30 or 40 Oxycontin a day to get rid of their pain. What kind of lifestyle would you have on 30 or 40 Oxycontin a day?” Beckel said.
The answer is chronic constipation, alternating bouts of insomnia and lethargy, dilated pupils, night sweats, liver damage that leads to metabolic problems, and most likely depression. If the pain does not prevent patients from working and living normal lives, the adverse effects alone can.
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