Lortab Watson Blue Vs Lortab M363 (Page 4)
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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I feel u girl, I'm finna pop me two of em right now...

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the amount of tylenol and buffer is different in every brand and that is what makes the difference and ruins peoples stomachs!

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No insurance and NO prescription are different animals. This making the remaining words in this post useless. and BTW I have no dog in this race... just doing some research for a family member

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maybe if you read what someone posted before thinking the worst of them. All Amber wrote was she has no insurance and how can she get insurance or help from a doctor without a job and shes in a lot of pain not that she wants illegal drugs or street drugs and help she never said anything of the kind. To Amber you can go to any doctor without insurance and pain meds are not that expensive there is free clincs and there is also insurance company's you can pay for but i know everything is expensive. Check around there is always someplace that can hlep.

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Have you checked with your local Health Department or Mental Health Department? They may be able to direct you to a free clinic or an income based clinic.

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Yellow ones are watson hydrocodone also. 10/325. Same controlled substance amount as the blue watsons, less apap.

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Connie I agree with you about Been there, Amber never even mentioned street drugs, only how to get help without insurance. Amber I have been there & most pain management doctors ask $250 to 500 a visit. Go to a pain clinic, they will take cash runs about $125 plus your prescription cost. I have C5 thru C7 compression. Some of my days sound like yours. Wish you well.

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It does depend on the brand of generic because although they say it is supposed to be the same it is not always because of the fillers and binders they put in the pill. I have had some generics that worked better than others and some that didn't work at all . So there are some generics that work better than others.

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You should consider the 10/325. There is absolutely no use for that amount of acetominophen in the combination hydrocodone products.

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Went in and checked the inactive ingredient in Watson (crocscarmellose) and found that it makes the pill dissolve better and faster, maybe that is why they say it gets you there better and as I have taken both Watson works better on me.

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Been there ..... Amber never ever gives any indication of street use drugs . Do you always jump to such conclusions ? I'm just glad you're not a Doctor .

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To the person looking for pain med with out insurance, anyone selling you with out a prescription is breaking the law. To be clear, you don't need insurance to see a doctor. Call a pain specialist, tell them in advance of situation and they can help you find help. I guarantee that if you try finding help on the street without doctors supervision, you will get poorer quality, if not tricked in to buying fake pills; plus you will pay way more. Loratab 5/250's can cost up to $20 a pill, where a bottle of 30 through a doctor is less than one street pill. You can debate any part of this, but the real issue is unsupervised drug use will take you into a deep, dark world, where the medicine becomes the problem, trust me...been there, done that. Sounds like you maybe there know, check clinics for "free" help, it exists in the legitimate chanels.

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Each hydrocodone/acetaminophen tablet (aside from dosage) is exactly the same, except in the case of "binders" as someone had previously mentioned. Keep in mind that each time you take one the circumstances leading up to the delivery of the medicine in your system is probably different. (unless of course you eat the same thing at the same time everyday, use the facilities the same time everyday, expend th same amount of calories at each point through the day and there is. O deviation what so ever from your daily routine) so, the effectiveness of each dose may change based on a collision of many, many variables. No two doses will EVER feel the same. Regardless. We haven't even mentioned things like tolerance, potentiators or anything of that matter. In terms of individual effectiveness as far as I know (and this is only personal experience talking here) Watsons are not by ANY means stronger OR weaker. Hydrocodone is hydrocodone. Only the brand names and fillers differ.

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i have taken pain pills for many years and i find watson's are the worst / weekest the m's always work great but i always have to 2x the dose when taking the watson brand.

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