Amneal Pharmaceuticals Hydrocodone 10-325 (Page 7) (Top voted first)

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: MasoN (# 109)

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

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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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Patti (# 119) --

The "Actavis" products are why I moved my prescriptions from Walgreens to another pharmacy. In my opinion, Actavis generics are as bad as they get. The local Walgreens filled my prescription with the "new" Actavis product back in January and personally I thought they were awful. MAYBE someone at Walgreens contacted them and said that they were getting too many complaints on their products and they needed to change them or Walgreens would look for another provider. I don't know. My first and only experience with the Actavis product line was awful.

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Re: w john (# 121)

I was use to it and it worked well when I first tried it yet going from Mallinkrodt to Actavis I find not as effective the whole think is super weird yet so don’t have any toxic side affects like Amneal so I am thankful

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Re: Patti (# 122)

I wish they would get rid of the Amneal. It is nasty and ineffective!

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Re: BL (# 126)

I called the insurance company to find out what the process was. In another State I had a different insurance company and they would fill a prescription for 30 days pending the approval process. My current insurance company will always deny your initial request until the reason the request for a name brand prescription medication is justified (in there opinion). It does not matter how your Doctor writes the prescription. If it is not approved FIRST then they will not pay for it. I got the denial letter asking for more information and I have sent in the information and I have appealed. We'll see how this works out.

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Re: w john (# 127)

Who makes brand name Norco and are they even available?

The brand name Percocets have completely disappeared as Endo pharma is now manufacturing those horrible t194s supplied/labeled by Camber.

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Re: Mason (# 128)

According to the Pharmacists I spoke to the brand name "Vicodin" is still manufactured. Again, I understand that "Norco" and "Vicodin" are for all intents and purpose the same thing. The generic hydrocodone/acetominophen is real inexpensive. The name brand "Vicodin" is over $180 a month depending on where you get your prescription filled. At Walgreens they quoted me $272 a month (with no insurance). At Walmarts they quoted me $189 per month for name brand "Vicodin". Either way it is way more expensive than generics and they ARE available.

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Re: w john (# 129)

I see. Just to disambiguate I always considered "Vicodin" as a formulation containing 500 mg of paracetamol and "Norco" as the formulation containing 325 mg of paracetamol. Since all formulations now come in 325 mg paracetamol I consider the hydrocodone formulations all to be "Norco". I suppose that's neither here nor there and just a matter of semantics.

I'm glad to hear that the brand name hydrocodone/apap is available. I wish they still were for Percocet. Wish you the best of luck, I hope your insurance approves it. All of the generic opiates nowadays are crap!

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Re: Patti (# 120)

Are you serious!! Thats great!! I need to find out if it was changed here! Thank you!!

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Re: w john (# 136)

Actually, to correct my earlier post I stated that Watson was bought out. It was actually Watson buying out Actavis to "expand their global presence". The research said that Watson would no longer manufacture the Watson brand but would use the Actavis name to brand their generics with the Watson name being held over to use on certain meds. Watson bought out Actavis in 2012 and another article said in 2013 that they were going to phase out the Watson name on generic hydrocodone and phase in the Actavis name. Nothing was said about reformulating the pills but it seems quite obvious that happened. I do not feel that all of the people that have commented on this to be untruthful. If it was only a small handful, maybe. But not the large number of posters that have said the Actavis generics are awful.

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Re: Maria (# 151)

I've been using the Mallinckrodt brand with M367 for a long time. I haven't noticed any decrease in quality, but it's been a while since I've tried a different brand. Sometimes when they don't seem to work as well, it could just be our tolerance level changing. I try to prevent that by always taking the same amount each day as prescribed. That seems to work for me. But I'm sure they don't work as well as they used to. And that would be the same for any brand. The longer one takes narcotic pain meds, the less effective they become. It would be interesting to test the yellow Qualitest now, and see if I notice a difference. I don't think I've ever had that Amneal brand. After reading the comments here, I hope my pharmacy doesn't switch to it.

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I have complained to amneal and have an open case on the complaint. I am sending sample in with complaint also.

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Re: Heather (# 162)

My wife has been a chronic pain sufferer for years, back surgery and a fusion kept her from being crippled, but pain continues. Lung surgery kept her alive, but chest pain continues.

only pain relief we have has been via vicodin aka hydrocodone/tylenol. We "used to get" TEVA vicodin. That went unavailable years ago. Then we got Watson vicodin ( they were bought by TEVA) Then WATSON became unavailable - I am not sure why but it seems they got out of the market to avoid the multi-state opioid lawsuits :-(

we refuse the India pharma Rx's for obvious reasons

For about the last 18 months we were able to get Mallinckrodt hydrocodone/tylenol. It was only 75% to 80& effective, compared to Watson, but better than no pain relief.

Until now. Suddenly as of January/February 2020, all Mallinckrodt hydrocodone/tylenol is backordered and unavailable.

I just found out Mallinckrodt is filing chapter 11 bankruptcy over the pending "opioid lawsuits".

Somehow the Gov't has decided that cutting off opiods to "save" a few hundred thousand abusers, and allowing the states to file class-action suits against any pharma is more important than tens of millions of chronic pain sufferers.

So, good people, where does that leave all of us? Any ideas?

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Totally agree. Been on hydrocodone for 17 years for spinal injuries and degeneration. Never had a problem and the medication kept me on my feet so I could teach school. This month CVS filled my prescription with Amneal Pharmaceutical LLC. I am in sever pain, unable to stand straight or walk upright. It is terrifying to think that I may not be able to care for myself !

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Re: Marc (# 150)

Par discontinued hydrocodone in Oct. 2021 and sold brand to Strides Pharma. Unsure if they're manufacturing it now. Those yellow 3601 worked the best.

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Re: David (# 6)

I've been given these awful things for pain!! They are not helping at all. I'm on my 3d trip with cancer, this time it's bone. Without something i can't move...I need the pain relief,
and this is not cutting it!!!

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Re: Pedro (# 15)

Thank u for the advice.

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Re: Suziq (# 184)

I’m so sorry! The government has gotten involved in our healthcare, where they have no business being. It’s unbelievable what they have done to the doctors. They’ve made them afraid of losing their medical licenses if they prescribe too much pain medication, even though a lot of people desperately need it. Prayers for pain relief!

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Re: Mel (# 200)

Yes they were! I have very little pain relief now that I can’t get that brand. ????

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