Mylan Temazepam Shortage
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Has Mylan stopped making Temazepam 30mg? I have been on that brand /mfg for long time. Suddenly in NC no pharmacy can find any Mylan brand. All the other brands of Temazapam does not work like Mylan always has. Drug shortage list keeps stating no release date. I just would like to know if the completely stopped making the Mylan or when they may possibly release it again. I haven't gotten this brand since December 2018.These other brands just don't work. Please help

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Re: Tom (# 9)

No you most likely did not build up a tolerance. I am saying this in hopes of saving you much pain. I did the wrong thing, I stopped abruptly, for ~ 6 months - no benzo - got a new red and blue and _nothing_! I was up all night. Six months I thought for sure the stuff would be out of my body by then... Yeah, it was.

It would appear as though they are tapering us off very slowly...

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Re: Mslums (# 13)

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It sounds like they have actually thought about this.

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Re: Sgonedes (# 14)

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Re: Mslums (# 13)

If you really want to know the truth. Mallinckrodt was planning on substituting the benzo in restoril with valium so that it would provide a higher selling price. Yes; the temazepam is too strong for an illicit drug - hence the existence of Mallinckrodt.

Benzo drugs are dispensed by the milligram - not by the chemical. Not many people take valium 20s - but restoril can be prescribed by 60mg.

Switch the expensive benzo for a cheap benzo and let the overdoses commence. Does this sound familiar?

How can they still be in a position of reliability. I wish I could meet with them.

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Re: Mslums (# 13)

Ahh! Just figured it out. Teva is now making a generic epi pen! Guess what - the cost is the same! Hmmmm....

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Re: Tom (# 9)

Yes, unfortunaltely you are most likely not experiencing the ``benzo tolerance'', as there is none.

The drug is bad. It happens all the time. Mallinckrodt is in charge. What do you want some bad oxy in the mix?

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Re: Mslums3 (# 2)

No nothing else works. You must remeber that Mallinckrodt is the company that caused the oxy problem. They do not care about the quality of their drugs.

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Re: Mslums (# 13)

Dunno the details. Probably to pay the “fine”. They were sued for making life saving drugs by Uncle Sam.

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Re: Tom (# 9)

That is absolutely correct. I have been on every generic out there.. Nothing works like Mylan 30mg Temazepam!!! Nothing.

Why did Mylan stop temazepam over an epi pen?

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Yes mylan has stopped making restoril many years ago because they got sued for their epi pen. Now they don't make it.

Novel has stopped making them as well. Where to get them from? Good luck... Have you tried cutting down your dose? Doesn't that make _everyone_ else happy :(

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Yes, mylan is still not making restoril anymore, neither is novel.

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Re: Tom (# 9)

Could be the case. I do find that some generics work better than others for some medications. It should say somewhere on your prescription bottle (usually near the bottom) the name of the manufacturer.

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This is bizarre. I just found this board, in search of info on Temazapam. I have been taking Temazapam (30 mg) on a nightly basis for the past 5 years and starting last July, I found that it wasn't working very well for me anymore. I thought I had built up a tolerance for it and it was making me (and still makes me) miserable. However, I have also read that not all Temazapam is the same and that Mylan was the best. However they discontinued it in June 2021, right around the time my problems started. Could it be that I've been getting generic versions that aren't as effective?

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Yes. Mylan does not make restoril anymore because they got sued for the epi-pen. I know this sucks.

There are none left on the shelf. Try novel 123 they work. Do not waste your money on malindricroft's crap. It is very expensive and does not work at all! The restoril from malindicroft is bad. They changed the active ingrediant.

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Re: Lalafro8 (# 4)

Thank you so much! A cop out since they haven't sispenced any since December 2018.
Thank you for your help!

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Re: Roy (# 3)

Thank you so much!

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I found this more recent article that also talks about current drug shortages due to Covid & mentions Benzodiazepines as one of the types of medications in short supply.

https:/­/­www.uspharmacist.com/­article/­drug-shortages-amid-the-covid19-pandemic

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I found this article from last year that speaks in general terms of all medication Mylan manufactures. https:/­/­www.google.com/­amp/­s/­mobile.reuters.com/­article/­amp/­idUSKCN20L32F

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The most recent information I could find on this is from an ASHP listing about Temazepam shortages from 5/17/2021, and it's not great news unfortunately.

https://www.ashp.org/drug-shortages/current-shortages/drug-shortage-detail.aspx?id=503

It states:

"Mylan did not provide a reason for the shortage."

"Mylan Institutional discontinued temazepam capsules in unit-dose packaging."

"Mylan has all presentations of temazepam capsules on back order and the company cannot estimate a release date."

If anyone has something more recent please share!

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