Lortab Watson Blue Vs Lortab M363 (Page 2)

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My friend and I are both prescribed Lortab APAP10/500's. I get the Watson 540 blue pills and he gets the M363 white pills. I have taken the white ones before, but for some reason, it did not help me as much as the Watsons. I don't understand this. Besides the manufacturer, is there any real difference between the two different kinds of pills?

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I feel u girl, I'm finna pop me two of em right now...

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I have been taking the pink lortab10/500 for several years with no problem, but since it was recalled CVS has switched to the white 10's with the imprint m363 on them. Not only do they not help the pain at all, but I have been having some type of allergic reaction with itching (on arms, stomach & legs) and numbness in my hands. CVS refuses to take them back & let me pay the difference to get the Watsons! After looking up the manufacturer, Mallinckrodt, I discovered they manufacture pesticides & chemicals! Do I just have to be stuck with these pills with God knows what in them, and be in pain for the next 30 days???

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To everyone out there who thinks that one is different than the other it's true. They break down differently in your system. But first of all, Watson is not a name brand. It's a generic just like all the others that don't say the specific name of the pill you're taking. The ones that are marked ip or m or Watson or V. Those are all generic companies. If you want the name brand, ask for it. And I guarantee they'll work better than any of those. You pay quite a bit more, that's why they just assume we want generics. For example, if u are prescribed lortab 10/500. The name brand pill will say lortab 10/500 right on it. All the others are generic. Plain and simple. As far as those go in my case, the Watson green 10/650 and the Watson 10/325 yellows work good for me as the blue Watson 10/500 don't do the same thing. I know hydrocodone is hydrocodone, but it is definitely the fillers and binders what make the difference. It's weird I know, but just the way it is. I hate the blue Watson and love the green ones and other people are the exact opposite.

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First of all " been there" if you had been you would know that there is no such pill as 5/250's. it's 5/325 , 500, 650 and higher. But the main thing that if you've been there, then you would know how to spell lortab not loratab. And who in their right mind would pay 20.00 for one, 5 mg pill. That's crazy. No one does that. I don't think you've really been there like u say u have. I'm just saying

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He probably has been there and he's the one he's referring to that gets ripped off ( 20.00 a pill) and getting fake ones (hence him naming something that doesn't exist) what a moron. Not everyone is as dumb as you. Hell I think if my life depended on selling a 5mg pill for $20 I'd be a dead man.

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I just don't understand why you are giving her such bad information. First I have been having to use pain meds for 30 yrs and I'm sorry getting pain meds without being able to pay is almost impossible. I'm sorry for her and I know how horrible it is to need pain meds and unable to get them. Is there no family that might be able to help you? Now for that stupid stupid comment about $20 for a 5mg pill is formed only in your mind. What planet do you come from? She says nothing about street buying and your a jerk for even saying such a thing. You say I think you are already there. Do you read before you comment or do you always just assume the worst?

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my dr wrote me a prescription for 120 10/500 lottabs to be
taken 1 every six hours. but my insurance will only pay for
21 day supply...the pharmacy filled it for 84 pills. what happens to the other 36 pills could i pay them myself?

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Yes, you can pay for them yourself. I had the same problem awhile back pay out of pocket for 30of my pills a monh.

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It's all the same crap. Norco, Vicodin, Lortab.. No one is poppin Hydro for the filler/binder/apa. I've been taking the crap for years, bottom line, it all does the same thing. And lol @ "been there" talking about 5/250s, and laughing even harder at paying 20 a pop, I could get 5's for a buck or a buck and a half each. Flamers jump on these posts thinking they know what they are talking about, but to the actual topic of this forum, just goto a doctor, usually its around 100$ a visit... Try to weasel your way outta there with asking them to "bill you", grab your pain script and leave. Depending on the size/type of script you get, a decent pharmacy will charge you 20-40 bucks for a one month supply of Hydro. I get the yellow Norco 10s for 29 bucks, and I get scripted 120 a month. There's ways :)

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You are absolutely correct on every point you made. There is a lot of BS all over these pages.

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I was told that Watson no longer makes the blue lortabs is this true ? I got the white ones but I do see a difference in the white and in the blue

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If I go to get my script fill for lortab 10 and ask for brand , what color should they be , I have been getting the blue ones for years And now they all give the white one . And like others the white ones upset my stomach

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Is the difference better or worse or about the same?

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I think their is a difference I have been takin the blue ones for 4 year they have always helped with the pain an no side effects , took 1 of the white ones today 30 mins later was feeling sick to the point of throwing up (
Didn't though thank god ) but the pain really didn't stop , I have couple issues in the lower back and neck and with out taking something just don't work for me

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Watson changed their formula for Lortab 10/500. They aren't blue anymore, they are now white with the same 540 on them. They also don't work as well as the blue ones. I just picked up my refill today with the new formula and it's as if I didn't even take it. You are correct though, the Watson blue worked the best. I've tried several different mfg's and Watson by far was the best. Mallin.... is the worst. Qualitest, close 2nd from the bottom.

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Bama1, If it is too ealy to get your script filled and your insurance won't pay for it you can always pay cash and get it. If I know insurance is not paying I usually go to a different store to get it filled where they don't have a record of insurance. At one point I only had enough to fill half a script of methadone which made the other half void. Certain controlled subtances you are required to fill all at once or loose the other portion.

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Went to the pharmacy today and asked the pharmacist what the difference is between the blue Watson and white Watson and he said that they just aren't adding th blue dye anymore.He also said that starting January 2014 that the FDA won't allow hydrocodone to have anymore than 3325mg of tylenol in them so 10/500 will slowly be phased out along with the Lorcet 10/650.I think that the ones with 325 of Tylenol suck and I won't know the blue verus white difference til tomorrow so what other options is out there if you refuse to take the white Watson ones?

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Got the white Watson 540 today. Horrible! I am allergic to one of the binders/fillers in the Mallinkcroft, Vintage, & Amneal brands and it states in my pharmacy record that I can only take the Watson brand. Well, the white Watson 540 is giving me a similar, but worse, reaction as the other brands. The other brands cause the muscles in my left leg/buttock and left side of my face to cramp up and get extremely achy to the point of being in extreme pain. Well, today the new Watson 540 caused this reaction with the added enjoyment of extreme nausea, closing of my throat, and pain and weakness in my left wrist and hand. I could not make a fist or hold anything in my left hand today. Fortunately, I have a few of the blues left, but I don't know what I'm going to do. I've been researching the fillers all day. The only thing that is different from the other brands and the old blue Watson 540s is silicon dioxide. But this is found in loads of other medicines and vitamins, so how can this be? Also, why did experience extreme nausea to the point of nearly vomiting? This scared the hell out of me today. I have no idea what I'm going to do for pain relief now.

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I was feeling the same way with added allergic reactions as well. I know that a company called Actavis bought them out. You can't even go to the Watson Pharmaceuticals website anymore. It automatically directs you to the Actavis website, which provides NO information on any change in ingredients or manufacturing process. This is going to affect a LOT of people out there, as I know many people that won't take anything but Watson brand. As for me, I really can't take anything but Watson because I'm seriously allergic to something in the other brands. This goes for other narcotic medicines too besides Hydrocodone. It has to be Watson or I get the allergic reaction.

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Person did not mention trying to find drugs on street so you just gave them the idea to do that -READ BEFORE YOU RESPOND

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