Information for new patients! Tests from OCTOBER 2019 and retested JANUARY 2020! BTW Morphine held up to all the standard test as well as Prialt which explains why they are FDA approved and Hydromorphone and Fentanyl are not but very effective in proper dosing
The FDA does not recommend that pharmacy compounded meds be used in implanted pumps. in fact there is only one commercially available opiate that is approved by the FDA to be used in implanted pump. Infumorph (Morphine). Medtronic has done stability studies of Infumorph in their pumps in vivo (in the body)… and their studies shows that Infumorph will retain at least 90% of originally potency at SIX MONTHS.
Barb has been using infumorph in her pump since having the first one was implanted in 2006 and her 40 ml pump allows her to only needing her pump refilled abt every 6 months. Without any noticeable change in her pain management. Another one my concerns – as a pharmacist – every time that a pt’s pump is refilled, there is a risk of the sterile field being contaminated and it is possible, if this happens, the pt may end up with dealing with meningitis.
Here is an real horror stories about how non-sterile/contaminated products being injected in the intrathecal spinal fluid and the “bad outcomes” that can happen to pts
New England Compounding Center meningitis outbreak
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EXCELLENT info,,,we needed this too,,,many are saying,,their messing w/our meds,,,their not as effective as they use to be,,and I AGREE,,, but where do we take them to be tested??I think i mentioned to Mr.Areins,,my oxy 1 summer,,brand new script,,was up in the loft,,ie hotter,,it turned to powder in 1 humid nite,,thee whole script..I also have a good friend who doc’s keep giving her oral pills,,w/1/2 of her intestine gone,,she’s been tellen them her meds suck,,Others’ agree ,This poor soul is in agony should have a outside pump.,She keeps telling her Doc’s she isn’t truly absorbing her oral l meds and SHES RIGHT.. its our bodies,,we do know a thing or 2 about them,,,maryw