Amneal Pharmaceuticals Hydrocodone 10-325 (Page 6)

I have been taking hydrocodone 10-325 (made by Watson) for about a year. I picked up my prescription yesterday and instead of the normal yellow pill, I received a white oblong pill imprinted with m367 on it. I took 2 for breakthrough pain and had no relief what-so-ever. I called the pharmacy and was told that they will no longer be able to get the med from Watson. Does anyone know what has happened? I have chronic pain, and these white ones from Amneal Pharmaceuticals is not going to cut it. Has anyone else experienced this?

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Re: Lynn (# 100)

Yes Agreed please report to the FDA with enough complaints especially from the pharmacist, It will get them into Amneal to do a check within a week

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Ask the pharmacist to give you the name brand Aurobindo. They're also white oblong Norcos 10 / 325. The first time I got them they worked so well. The last batch I got from them we're like Tic Tacs. Maybe they're out of date but they work a lot better than all the other brands I've tried and I've tried all the brands & all the colors. Ask your Pharmacy if they could get that brand for you. The first time I got them it was like Vicodin ES before they discontinued those. The Watsons yellow or white do not work for me. And I am also in chronic pain. Please try this brand, maybe it'll work for you. I hope it does have a great evening.

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Re: Lynn (# 100)

Yay!! We all need to do this! Call the FDA at 1-888-463-6332. If they make food companies list all the ingredients on the food they sell and list all the ingredients in supplements then they need to list ALL the ingredients in these crappy generics they push on us!! It's only right!! I want to know what is in this Amneal 10/325 garbage that makes me feel so bad without pain relief!!!

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*note* I have been taking pain meds (percocet and norco) on and off for the past year due to various conditions and have had 4 manufacturers [Qualitest (percocet), Aurobindo (percocet), Amneal (norco), and Rhodes (percocet)].

I recently got a 7 (28 pills) day script of amneal norco 10/325 for kidney stones. Aside from flank pain I felt fine at first. So the first dosage of amneal norco I took 1½ (15mg) which seemed to work okay for the pain but some side effects were noted. They included extreme drowsiness, agitation, and a dull lingering headache.

Second and third doses were similar except I only took 1 pill each time (10/325). Minor pain relief but complete loss of appetite and what could only be described as a feeling of malaise and/or dysphoria (opposite of euphoria) with a persistent headache.

On the 4th dose really strange (and bad) symptoms started to set in. It started with tooth/jaw pain on my left side. The headaches persisted. Shaking it off I continued to take the Amneal norco at regular doses.

By the time I was down to my last few pills of these Amneal norco I had severe jaw pain which extended from my upper left jaw all the way to my chin and to a lymph node in my throat (left side). I also developed an extremely sore throat on that same side where it hurt to even swallow. Additionally I felt pain that I've felt before when I had an inner ear infection (also on my left side). I had a terrible headache. I had the chills and a fever of 101º. I felt HORRIBLE.

So I finally took the remainder of my script (for experimental purposes) and all these symptoms persisted even though by now my stone had passed so the flank pain was gone. Yet I was now in severe pain and literally sick due to, by all logical conclusions, something in the Amneal pills.

It's now been three days since i've taken the Amneal norco and guess what? I took some Ibuprofen the next day and it helped with the jaw/ear/throat pain. Next day (day 2) the pain really started to subside. It is now the morning of day 3 of not taking Amneal norco and all symptoms and pain are gone. I'm actually feeling much better. It's very clear to my pragmatic mind that there is indeed, something in these generic norco/percocets, that is giving people adverse reactions. Possibly the povidone/crospovidone polymers? Something else?

I almost went to the ER because it seemed I was getting some kind of massive infection whilst taking these Amneal hydrocodone. Oh I forgot to mention i also had a MASSIVE panic attack about 30 minutes after taking 1 10/325 Amneal norco. My BPM (heartrate) must have been, at least, 250. That's 250 beats per minute (over 4 beats per second). I literally thought I was going to die.

I've had similar issues with every Norco/Percocet i've recently taken. Oh and it's not MY body because in the past when taking such narcotic analgesics they actually made me feel good. It's something they've changed in the pill themselves. Now I'm not much of a conspiracy theorist but I honestly think the government may be behind this whole ordeal. I do have one pill left that I will be sending off to an independent lab for analysis.

Long story short, Amneal is a horrible variation of norco and will likely just make you feel worse. Ibuprofen literally worked better.

Looking to set up litigation possibly against a number of generic manufacturers, their parent companies and possibly the FDA as a whole. If any of you have experienced adverse effects please save at least 1 pill for independent analysis.

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Re: Kimber (# 103)

The list of inactive ingredients for Hydrocodone/Acetaminophen (10/325) made by Amneal is noted below. This information is required by the FDA.

Silicon Dioxide
Magnesium Stearate
Cellulose, Microcrystalline
Crospovidone
Povidones
Starch, Corn
Stearic Acid

National Drug Code: 53746-110

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Re: Mason (# 104)

Please note that the formulations of most (if not all) pain meds have been made to intentionally make you not want to take them. Instead of doing what they were prescribed for they actually make you sick. I agree that any over the counter Tylenol or Ibuprofen will work at least as well, if not better, than the prescribed pain meds.

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Re: BL (# 105)

Along with whatever they add that has made me suffer severe side affects!! Maybe these are listed but who knows what else is in it!! Im not the only one who has suffered from this lousy medication made by Amneal. Even the sleep aid that was prescribed to me, made by Amneal, gave me side affects!! I didnt know it was Ambeal brand until I checked the next morning after suffering a night of restless leg syndrome and no sleep. I dont get restless leg syndrome and it was a horrible experience!!

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Re: Mason (# 104)

Yup! Ive had some of the same symptoms from the Amneal garbage!! I HATE medicine made by that company!! Its poison!!

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Re: Kimber (# 107)

While I completely agree with you that Amneal is literally poison (of some sort)... just thought I'd let you know that restless leg syndrome can be a common side effect with many sleep aids. I'm just saying that may not be directly related to amneal. Diphenhydramine (Benadryl) used to give me really bad RLS when I "tried" to use it as a sleep aid.

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It sounds as if you were going to Walgreen's. They used to use Watson generic for hydrocodone and when Watson was bought out they switched to the garbage they fill with now. The formula has been changed and these garbage pills are no more effective than over the counter Tylenol. Because of the so-called "opioid" problem, most of the manufacturers and pharmacies have changed to a worthless totally ineffective replacement. Honest chronic pain is now being grouped in with those who steal from their relatives and street addicts. They feel the solution is to penalize the 90+% of the honest users to stop the 10% or so illegal users and abusers. In other words, every LEGAL patient of pain meds is now grouped in with all of the various criminal elements. It is like closing all of the banks because a few commit bank robbery.

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Re: w john (# 110)

You are so right John. My back pain started in high school when I got hit by a car. Since then several a rear end and head on accident added to the damage. I've been on pain meds for over 20 years! Not something recent. I do not like being treated as a degenerate because I need pain meds. I don't sell my medicine. I have documented valid reason for its use! This makes me so damn mad being treated this way!

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Re: MasoN (# 109)

Thank you. I did not know that. It was a horrible experience!

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Re: w john (# 106)

This is not correct. Many pain patients do not suffer negative side effect from their opiates. They also manage their pain with them.

When a patient has severe side effects from a medication. They need to go the ER.

Active and inactive ingredients in all medication must be listed. There are no ingredients not listed.

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BL (# 111) --

You can't know that to a certainty. If there was some type of collusion between the FDA/CDC and manufacturers do you really think they'd list it? The government does what it wants and has many, many secrets. Look @ MKultra back in the day and what they did back then. Our world (and government) has only gotten more dubious since then.

Even two of the "listed" ingredients are questionable. Povidones and Crospovidones are both polymers, if tweaked the slightest can completely change their overall molecular structure resulting in who knows what.

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BL (# 111) --

I would like to see the exact percentage of EVERY ingredient in my medicine, especially the active ingredients. Alot of people have negative reactions from mild to severe due to the poor quality or allergy to "fillers".

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BL (# 111) -

Most of the people on this site will sternly disagree with your OPINION. The "reformulation" of these generic opioids have been known for awhile. They are ineffective and offer little, if next to no relief from pain. Have you read this thread? Do you honestly believe that the people that post on this site are just making things up? The manufacturers BY LAW can be off by 20% in active ingredients and while the inactive ingredients are listed there is nothing that stops them from using poor quality "inert ingredients" making the binders totally worthless. If these generics were effective in controlling their pain there would not be so many people calling them out. You sound like someone with an uninformed opinion that just spouts off about a subject that you are completely ignorant on.

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Re: w john (# 116)

Thank you so much!! Im happy you are saying this too!!

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Re: Mason (# 114)

I saw that too!! Povidones!! That is poison!! The garbage they put in our medicine is dispicable and the manufacturer should be held accountable for the damage it does to us who take these medications!!
Thank you Mason!!

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Re: Kimber (# 118)

These manufacturers of garbage generics should be sued to high heaven. If they think they are weary now with these nonsensical legal cases by the so-called "do gooders" they really need to answer for their actions in harming all of the worthy recipients of these ineffective and dangerous generics being pawned off on the deserving. I have never heard of any of the manufacturers of these worthless medications being held accountable for their actions. Their actions are like lowering the speed limit on the Interstate highway system down to 25 "because if it just saves ONE life". This is always the response to any problem being addressed by a small minority of people. "Well, if it only saves ONE LIFE". Any thinking person would agree if the speed limit on the Interstate Highway was lowered down to 25 that it would save "at least ONE LIFE" but is that a reasonable response to an issue? NOT HARDLY! Why not go after the speeders, the road ragers, the drunk drivers, etc. and not put some enforcement issue in place that penalizes the 90+% of the good and decent people. This is exactly what they are trying to do with this so-called "opioid epidemic". Instead of going after the law breakers and the drug addicts they are going after everyone. Go after the law breakers and drug addicts and leave the worthy and infirm alone. This is SO ridiculous.

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Re: Kimber (# 118)

Hi all!

Great News Walgreens has gone back to Actavis for the 10/325 Norco and no longer is filling Amnea!!!! Wow in less than 45 days they got that junk off their shelves cuz the pharmacist had our backs! Check you local Walgreens if that’s were you fill. Actavis is a much better product

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