Is This A Fluoxetine Pill? (Page 5)

A109 20 mg dark blue oval capsule

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I experienced severe heartburn with fluoxetine 40 mg when my generic was switched from Teva to NorthStar. Now that I'm taking Teva again, there is no longer a problem. In reading through these posts, I see a lot of misperceptions about brand vs. various generics. All generics contain exactly the same active ingredient as the brand and are therefore therapeutically equivalent. The only difference among various generics are the fillers (or inactive ingredients), which people may react differently to (in this case heartburn with NorthStar but not Teva). It is extremely important to understand that although different generics may cause different side effects, they are ALL EQUALLY ACTIVE in treating depression and/or anxiety!

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I found by breaking up the pill or capsul and diluting it and taking smaller doses each week will help. Dilute with cranberry juice seems to help taste

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FYI, as of 12/31/14, rite aid can no longer order Sandosz 40 mg. I cannot take the Teva, so it's back to the drawing board.

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Hey guys check out this link: fda.gov/Training/ForHealthProfessionals/ucm090320.htm

The 80 percent to 125 percent rule is bogus. It's not true. Think about it, the fda would not approve drugs nor would you be perscribed faulty drugs. It's natiral to go through the reverse placebo effect when switching to a unknown brand. Your expectations are different, so the result will be too. It's all in your heads guys.

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Not true...I have taken northstar 20mg for years and had no issues. Switched me to another brand and was totally disabled. Went back to northstar and now back to normal.

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Does anyone know how I can get northstar fluoxetine? It's the generic that has worked best for me and I've called every single major pharmacy in my area (Salt Lake City) and none of them carry it - help?

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My pharmacy stopped carrying Northstar fluoxetine this past spring (2015). I have called around and can find it nowhere else. Since then, I've switched to a combination of Teva and a little bit of Sandoz. And, when I need to get some work done on something, a bit of Par. They don't seem to work as well on my mood, but I have lost 15 pounds.

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Jane, when you switched back to north star, how long was it before you started feeling the change? I was on Pliva and when I changed pharmacies it got switched to Sandoz which caused a relapse in depression. I am now back on the Pliva (at a higher dose) but it still does not seem to be working. Thnx.

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Walmart Pharmacy here just switched from Northstar to Aurobindo. I took the one from Northstar for 6 months and I felt wonderful! I have noticed in the past week all my old symptoms are back though. I was complaining to my mom about how I was feeling again, she reminded me that I had mentioned my pill looking different. I called the pharmacy and found out the had switched to Aurobindo. Definitely not happy about it!

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Jenny - Smart mom you've got. I think my mom was the one who initially suggested the same thing to me, some years ago.

The closest I can find to Northstar fluoxetine, nowadays, is fluoxetine from Teva/Pliva (owned by the same company, and, thus, I THINK the same formulation, though for some reason I slightly prefer Pliva to Teva). I've found them pretty widely available. The 20mg capsules say "Pliva" and are white with green marks and writing on them, and the 40mg capsules are orange and light blue and say "Teva" on them. (Also, the name of the generic manufacturer (or an abbreviation) can usually be found somewhere on the bottle or the bag.) And the pharmacist will be able to tell you what they will likely supply you with, and in most cases, they can order a specific generic manufacturer if you ask them to and are willing to wait a few days. (You can do something similar with more-closely controlled medications, but you have to actually show face at the pharmacy with the prescription first - for fluoxetine, you can do it over the phone.)

I've also, over time and prescriptions, acquired some 20mg fluoxetine pills from Par, from Mylan, and also from Sandoz. I take mostly the Pliva, though I usually mix in a little from the Sandoz because it seems to increase my appetite less than does Pliva alone. (I open the capsules and take a tiny bit of powder from the Sandoz and about half of the powder from the Pliva. Then I reclose the capsule) Taking some of the Par powder along with that (and, I THINK, the Mylan as well - that's a tablet, so I break off a tiny piece. but the Mylan is still newer, and I'm still figuring out what affect it has) seems to make me more actually happy than just stable, but it also makes me hungrier than Pliva and Sandoz alone.

And I take this powder with water, because it burns my tongue if I leave it there too long. But I don't notice any problem with it hurting my throat or stomach. And, as I said in another post, I have lost 15 pounds since I ran out of Northstar eight or nine months ago and thus had to switch.

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Hi, Jane. I'm curious to know if you're still on Northstar, as I (as I responded to Stella) haven't been able to find it for months now. Although, to be honest, though I don't feel as great on the new medication, I have lost 15 pounds, which is nice... But I wonder if I could find incorporate the Northstar (if I found it) as a part of a combination that allowed me to feel better but keep off the weight (through careful oversight). Recently, I asked a few pharmacies about Northstar fluoxetine, and, as best they could find out, it wasn't being stocked anymore, which they assumed meant it wasn't being manufactured anymore.

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Oh, Jenny, also - I have some Aurobindo fluoxetine, too. A fair amount, as I stopped using it soon after I got it, and it's one of the few (obviously) that I don't incorporate into the mixture I take. I think it MAY have made me less hungry than did the Northstar, but so do most of these other generics. But I know that, whenever I took the Aurobindo, it made me angry. Yeah, maybe that's one of the generic fluoxetines that works least well for people who have had success on Northstar, as you've noticed no success on it, either.

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Hi, I was reading your post, I am also looking for the SANDOZ fluoxetine for my next refill, did you find it at any pharmacies? If so please let me know where. Thank you very much

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I have been taking Prozac/Fluoxetine for 20 years now. In "theory" all generic are are the same and they do not even differ with the Prozac brand name. That is "not true in real life". I went through this so many times! It is amazing to me how our lives depend on these meds to be relatively functional and professionals still do not understand that it is not in our head. "NOT ALL GENERICS ARE MADE EQUAL". They don't understand because they do not have to take the medicines we are prescribed by them. If there is a generic that works for you, ask your doctor to indicate the generic Brand you need to take on your prescription, call your insurance and work it out with them to find a pharmacy that has what you need or request Name Brand if they don't have what you need. Do not mess up your quality of life just because your pharmacy made a better deal for them with a different generic brand. A few bucks for them can mean a lot of wasted life for us.

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But it's not even as if the cheaper ones are worse. Not necessarily. It just depends on the person. So, if you notice you feel different on a different generic brand of the 'same' medication, don't discount that. If you feel better, stick with the new one from there on out. If you feel worse, request the old one again.

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I take the 10 MG fluoxetine I love the white with blue writing and now I git the orange and.blue I don't like them but I can't remember who makes the white ones dos any one know ?

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I don't know. Is it a blue Fluoxetine hydrochloride capsule with an imprint of "FLUOXETINE 10mg R147" made by Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories?

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I take the blue with a white stripe. Those are manufactured by Sandoz and Walgreens has them. It is a very good quality generic.

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Oh, sorry, that's blue with white writing. I got it backwards. But I'd recommend doing an image search for 10 mg fluoxetine capsule and searching for your preferred image. Then click on that and see if there's any manufacturer info. on the corresponding page.

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Started taking fluoxetine 20 mugs from Walmart in the fall. Previous Pharmacy gave me a white pill for 15 years. These dark blue ones are from India (I asked). They burn my esophagus and have to swallow it with yogurt. Never again.

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