Medicine Quality

I have been taking the generic Hydrocodone 10/650 made by Qualitest Pharmaceuticals for a few yrs. i have severe pain in my neck & lower back which has resulted in RSDS in my right arm and my left leg.These have worked fairly well for me. I picked up my prescription a few wks. ago and after taking one out of this new bottle which were from a sealed stock bottle. In a few hrs.my face turned bright red and began itching terribly, esp. my nose.These tabs.did nothing for my pain and i felt as though i had about 5 cups of strong coffee. Pulse rate was staying at about 100 beats a min.Over the next few days my skin on my face peeled & flaked off.The new tabs. were from a sealed stock bottle. I had 2 tabs i keep in my purse which were from a bottle a few mnths. ago and they looked exactly alike.I was in such pain and being afraid to take any more out of the new tabs, i took one of the ones out of my purse- the pain was controlled-NO REACTION.When i related this to my pharmacist he became irritable with me.He kept saying there was no dye in the tabs. and "they're the same...they're the same." I told him i know what i know and there WAS a difference. I didn't ask him for anything, i told him i wasn't saying HE had done any wrong and that, perhaps, Qualitest had changed who THEY got them from. He just stayed irritated with me and insisted they were the same.After this i did some research and found out that Qualitest was part of Endo Pharmaceuticals AND in Sept. 2012 there were TEN of their pain meds. which were "mixed up"!These were strong meds like morphine tabs. Percodan, oxycodone! It would appear that there's a possibility that something wrong COULD have occurred during the makings of my medicine.I don't understand why my pharmacist got SO angry with ME.I still have one of my "old" tabs. and wonder who (FDA says they don't test meds. from anyone other than the pharmacist). Part of me wants to contact an attorney.Anyone know what i should do?

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This is the link to that info-

Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc-
Letter Regarding Possibility of Rare Tablet Mix-Up:
endo.com/File%20Library/special/tablet%20mix-up/Dear_Pharmacist_Letter.pdf

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TY for posting the link. i forgot to include it in my post. FYI, my Doc. told me that in 2015 drug manufacturers will be removing acetominophen from meds. that have traditionally included them. Great way to lower THEIR costs and making us have to buy acetominophen separately! Am already living in poverty! I hate the way corp. America is in bed with Pennsylvania Ave.

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