Amneal Oxycodone (generic Percocet) 10 325 (Page 3)
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Amneal's oxycodone, generic for percocet 10/325 is white, oblong, blank on one side, and imprinted with IP 204 (not IP 203)! I usually take Watson or Mallinckrodt, 10/325, (2) tablets every 4-6 hours (240 monthly), but I was given Amneal today when filling my script, and I am not happy! I have cancer, and I also take morphine sulphate 30 mgs as well (1 every 12 hours), and Fioricet with Codeine for severe migraines (as needed)! I do not feel Amneal is sufficient or even close to the chemical makeup as Watson or Mallinckrodt for controlling pain/chronic pain! Amneal does not act the same way on my body, and I should not have to take more for same result! I think when you pay cash for your medications, and have been on the medication for 8 years, using the same pharmacy, they should order what helps you! The pharmacist says he has been ordering Watson 10/325 and Mallinckrodt 10/325, but they are only sending him Amneal! I am not happy, as I pay over $300 out of my own pocket for the my generic oxycodone alone! Pharmacist says he has to take what is shipped to him! Not sure I like that answer, but I checked 7 pharmacies within a 10 mile radius of me, and they all are stating the same fact, and substituting Watson or Mallinckrodt with Amneal! What is going on with ocycodone, generic percocet 10/325? Whatever it is, I don't like it? Generics are NOT all created equal as they say they are! It sucks to have to rely on medications to live, but what else are we to do! Thank you all for reading this! Love to all! <3

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Yes the gov is allowing and most likely mandating trash meds.
I strongly suspect they are behind my thyroid problems too. It was stable for years and then came Ameal and CVS.
Imagine cancer patients in horrible pain and near death taking or being given this worthless company's products.
Target will rue the day they shared to roof with these criminals. I won't go in their store ever again.

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I don't were you r located at. I'm in Texas. I go to a mom n pop pharmacy. They have Watson Percocet. I have the same problem that's why I don't use Walgreens or cvs. Good luck. I hope u find the meds that can help u.

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Amneal is pure trash and CVS is pushing it on anyone stupid enough to not see the diffetence. I'll take the pain.

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Exactly. Your stuck with the worthless med. I'm in it right now. Doctors don't want to get involved.

It's a shame they aren't forced by law to reveal this before your insurance pays. Target was great...then CVS came along. Never again will I use CVS or anything they've had their crooked hands in.

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Dolly I agree. I had one month of activists killed my tummy, awful, because of the A333 watson perks, I'm ok with the amneal, I think my body is looking for the round yellow Alvogen brand I've been taking last 2years. Ill report back if the amneal actually start working

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CVS pharmacys have started pushing this useless drug. After your insurance pays they won't pay for it twice to get the pain taken care of.
Doctors don't want to get involved so the patient suffers through the pain. CRIMINAL.

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Some people seem to notice no difference between generic brands. Others, like my mother and myself, experience huge differences not only with pain medications but other classes of medications as well. I attribute that to the various fillers different companies use.

My mother pays extra to get the name brand of the beta blocker she takes because most of the generics she's tried don't work. I take that same medication but the generics seem to work ok for me with only a couple of exceptions. The worst was Dr. Reddy's, so I now know to ask what brand the pharmacy is stocking that day whenever I get a refill so I can avoid getting one of the generics that doesn't work as well.

I am a chronic pain patient allowed 3 to 4 Percocet 10/325 a day. I was switched to this medication around the time Watson was bought by Actavis, so I had only 2 or 3 prescriptions filled with Watson and they worked fine. My pharmacy then switched to Actavis which worked ok the first year albeit never quite as effectively as the Watsons, but in recent months the Actavis seem to be getting weaker with each new prescription. I have had to have to take 1.5 or even 2 of the Actavis to achieve any pain relief which meant rationing pills and taking only 2 doses a day, and even then I was running out before the end of every month. I'm obviously not dependent on this medication since I never have any withdrawal symptoms beyond some occasional mild abdominal cramping and "looseness."

I've always had a high tolerance to pain medications and never experienced any side effects from them such as drowsiness, a buzz, or digestive issues, but my last few prescriptions of Actavis seemed to have a delayed sedative/depressive effect without ever helping much with the pain. I was afraid I was becoming more tolerant, although it seemed strange that they would now sometimes make me sleepy when they never had before. My tolerance to the stronger medications given during hospitalizations, which is still very high, does not seem to have increased any.

The only other brands of Percocet I've been able to find at local pharmacies are Mallinckrodt and Alvogen. Neither of these was nearly as effective as the Actavis on its worst day, so I just continued to get the Actavis. In fact, over the years I have tried Mallinckrodt Norco, plain oxycodone, and Percocet (at different times... I was never prescribed all three at the same time) when the pharmacy made a switch to the Mallinckrodt without my knowledge, and none seemed any more effective than taking a couple of aspirin. The Mallinckrodt Norco was so worthless the pharmacy generously switched out at no charge what I had not taken for the Qualitest brand I'd always gotten before.

I recently learned a local pharmacy stocks the Amneal brand of Percocet. I read many reviews in which people described Amneal as the least effective brand of all, so I was kind of dubious, but the Actavis had become so ineffective I thought I had nothing to lose besides a month in more pain to try it.

Much to my surprise Amneal is the most effective brand I've tried with the possible exception of the old Watsons. One Amneal tablet of the same strength is more effective than 2 Actavis. I don't remember much about the Watson, so it may be that Amneal is truly the most effective brand I've tried.

The first thing I noticed was the Amneal pills are the same shape and size as the Actavis with one exception. They're about half the thickness of the Actavis, so that indicates to me Actavis is using more fillers. The Amneal work very quickly and effectively for me.

Your experience may differ. This is strictly mine. Everyone has to find what works best for them, but while the active ingredients are the same, fillers can render certain brands less effective for some people. This is NOT an imaginary phenomenon.

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I totally agree that Amneal Mfr oxycodone is not helping me with my pain. Can I return them to the pharmacy for the ones that actually help?

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I can evaluate the meds as I work in a forensic lab that measures anything from food to medications to potency of thc in marijuana or pills. I can see the exact mg. of each drug in each pill and the acetaminophen mg as well. I checked 1 company so far and it was alvogen 10/325 round yellow with an imprint of a strange letter C and 230 on the other side. Those reportedly contain 322.6mg of acetaminophen and 8.786mg of oxycodone so it's not exact and must be off on all brands but wonder which brand has more or less.

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Face the facts folks, the percocets are crap these days. Norco 10/325 are better. Actavis, amneal, and aurobino brands of percocet are garbage. The feds r controlling your medz.

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People who are obviously abusing these drugs are the only ones that complain about manufacturers.

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My pharmacist just told me that by law all generic narcotics have to be manufactured in the US and would show me the bottle he receives from Amneal from their NY plant. Comments?

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I too received Amneal and it was awful. Most pills did nothing and then 2 pills taken at the same time made me violently ill. I contacted the pharma company to report it. By law they must also then contact the FDA to report any complaints. They promptly sent me a fed-x package and asked me to send them some pills back to test. It is very important that we let the pharma companies know how awful their product is so perhaps if enough people complain they will change it but they will never know if they don't get any feedback. I got my med at Rite Aid. NOT going back there. I also told Rite Aid. They are liable too I believe, if someone has a bad reaction to meds.

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How are you able to get name brand? I was forced back to norco after months of 4 oxycodone a day not being enough and they refused to up it to 5 a day i went months unable to sleep more then 3 hours percocet is evil. I'm now back on 5 norco a day and the new pharmacy also claims not to have name brand and it will take days to order it same bs w the percocet and these i**** drs refuse to write saying its illegal a prescription for the days of waiting instead they'll for e me into withdrawals i guess?? This isnt right ive called 6 pharmacies and all claim not to carry name brane norco or oxycodone..so what do i do??5 norco isn't cutting it i used to take 5 norco and 1 ks contin at night and i was doing ol but since relocating they refuse to keep me on the ms contin and my life has been a living hell ive been unable to work or do anything and ssdi isnt enough to survive on so guess ill plan on being homeless soon.

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Only 20% of the Generic versions of brand name pain meds are as good as the real thing...Everyone is basically trying to get their beak wet and are doing a piss poor job at...As for Percocet the worst generic version is the yellow circle pills with a V on it...Their not 10/325 but they're register as such and they do not last long either...The main issue with the generic pain meds is that they're not strong enough and don't last long enough...So if you have experienced this problem with generic meds please do not think your mind is playing tricks on you...It's definitely the medication.

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It actually depends on the Pharmacy you go to when it comes to ordering Brand Name Percocet or even if you like a generic version more it can be ordered in advanced if that's your main pharmacy and you get your medication from them monthly...I'm on Percocet for Scoliosis and severe arthritic pain and I get brand name from Walgreens each time, Xanax for anxiety and Tramadol 50 mg to get rid of withdrawal pain of Percocet...Never get Tramadol HCL is useless.

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Hi first I am sorry to hear you have Cancer! I feel you pain I have a broken neck and thanks to the good Lord I can still walk. I have been taken Pain medicine for 18 years now. Up until 8 months ago I had no problem I told the Pharmacist that I wanted Watson that seemed to be the only pills that worked for me 10/325.Then all of a sudden I received Amneal advb. Amne it was terrible. I suffered all month and I got on the phone and started calling every Pharmacy and much to my surprise every place I called I was told that's all they will send us? Why in United States of America can we not have a choice? Amneal is made in India and a handful of other out of Countries? Why is this happening and why do we all have to suffer??? Call all your drug stores they are all caring the same product what do we do how can we as USA Citizens not be able to have a choice? I have been working on this for months now and I have not gotten to the bottom of this but please please speak up to the Pharmacy Managers whoever you must speak to and see if you can get some answers. I will post if I find out more.

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You know you are right - I just realized that I have been having trouble sleeping since my pharmacy switched to the Amneal brand. I was on Mallinkrodt for 2 years for cancer issues. Amneal gives me bloating, extremely dry mouth, no pain relief. Pharmacy said they don't make them anymore. I called M - their reply : Your pharmacy is lying!!! When you wrote that you have not been sleeping, I realized it's been the same for me since I started on them. How awful that we don't get a choice in the generic field either.. Disgusted.

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I was using Mallinkrodt 512's for two years because of cancer issues. After a recent refill, I started getting mouth sores, extreme dry mouth and bloating. When I looked up information on the pill I saw I was getting Amneal brand instead. I tried having my doctor request the Mallinkrodt but even that didn't work. My pharmacy said Mallinkrodt doesn't make them anymore so I called the company - their reply: Your pharmacy is lying!! Enough said. Amneal is being pushed on everyone - I think an investigation is needed here.

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Since yours is a unique case Wonder if you should contact the maaufacturer directly and meege with a "study". Ofentimes due to a lapse in rights ownership (timed) they might be strategizing to reenter it with some tweeks to formula or name and therefore not producing enough for tge current demand. Please excuse typos my droid has a mind of its own sometimes. In almost #5 font some error slip onto my message.

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