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I switched pharmacies and was given Sandoz Ativan, I have been having a terrible time- it is like it is creating more anxiety. I switched back to my old pharmacy and am counting the days until I get back to the Milan manufacturer. It has been a horrid 2 weeks. Melatonin helps a great deal with sleep. I started off with Milan and had been on that for 2 years with no problems, I wonder if your body resists another generic brand and you have to adjust. All I know if Milan is what I need and I always get the same manufacturers for all my meds since 12 years ago from CVS- they are very consistent. Be very careful if you switch pharmacies, I learned that all generics are NOT THE SAME.

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Hello Frenchhorn, I myself have just picked up my refill of adderall but this time the pills were very different!... The old ones were sweet and worked very well. These new ones do not have any sweet taste nor do they work at all!!!!.. It's like I'm taking nothing!..... Then..
(DING!).... Bell rang, I looked at the manufacturer name, and I know a lot about pharmaceutical companies ect. And there it was, (SANDOZ)..... Very few of the pills actually have the drug in the pills. Most of the pills have an awesome amount of binders and fillers in them. I couldn't believe that my pharmacy even did business with this well known crooked company!... But my legal case is on its way...lol... These adderalls do not work at all!... My last refill was by a company called Brava pa?? That's a new one on me. Anyways. That's my story so here I am...lol... Lets go get em... Legally I mean. Ok, take care.

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Remember the saying "Don't take any wood nickels??" That's pretty much what you were tricked into doing. The pharmacy is not allowed to prescribe a second best. Or a replacement for your RX with what they feel like. If they are out you ask them to order your Xanax. Attention, van and Xanax are two different drugs. Although both are in the Benzo family, they are not at all the same...If they are out you can order it. Takes between 3 hrs to 24 hrs on average. Or simply take your script to another pharmacy. Seriously the quality of help these days at most Pharmacies is deplorable. I remember when being a pharmacist was an honorable career that took extensive knowledge, compassion and well good intentions. Not push a drug so your pharmaceutical kick backs go to the greedy *****s.

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No Watson isn't. They combined with Actavis and it's made overseas. Total s*** now.

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I have the opposite problem Walgreens brand has worked for me then stopped switch tonCVS no help dr switched me to xanax very unhelpful plus I could not sleep. I am in the middle of this and would love some guidance. Switching to another drug is awful but changing manufacturers hasn't been much betterWould love that calm feeling ivwas struck by a truck at 40mph and even with sleep assistance there is something in thevAtivan I was taking that made things bearable fo anxiety panic attacks and sleep

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You are so right The pharmacies change in house and changing pharmacies is just more. I've tried four that had no affect and some gave me rapid heart beats and strong ones.Stay with your manufacture but they are being bought up by each other and are being diluted and changed. I'm still looking for the one that does the same job as before I've taken it quite a while and know what doesn't work. My dr thinks he knows butvwhen with my brand I have no issues.

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For the person whose pharmacy switched. Go back to what worked. From personal experience giving the new manufacturer version a chance is just more of the same same symptoms continuing. Good luck

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Thank you for your post I didn't know what was wrong with me but I looked up the Manufacturer's on my new refill in another state it was Sandoz not my normal and it tormented me... I'm getting my old prescription today with Actavas manufacturer thankfully

So thank you so much for your post...

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Re: High Anxiety (# 22)

So what are you taking now.. I was taking sandoz for so long and now i cant get it .. I need help and info would be grrat.. I tried all otherscand i cant take them. Ty

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Re: Verwon (# 3)

good reply but the idea of going around trying one brand after another until you find the right one is maddning, i have experienced this 3 times in the last 15 years and its really a big issue, especially when the pharmacy distributer refuse to tell you what ph they carry and what pharmacies carry which brandarmacies carry which manufactor

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Does that mean I need the real Ativan and stop the generic or is Mylan okay? I am confused, or should I just switch to another antianxiety med altogether because generic ativan is becoming useless? I have only had consistent quality at CVs. I switched to Walgreens in early January 2013, but after a week of very bad generics for other meds I went back to CVS. I have been with CVS for 15 years with no problems.

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I was given a lower dose of. Adivan
(Lorazepam ) I take them at night ,I have been having terrible nightmares and iam on nothing new except lower does but I notice iam no longer getting Watson mine now says Mfg Sandoz I wonder if this is giving me nightmare never had them before using the Mfg Sandoz

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mollyann,
what your feeling is normal, the original activus was, to me, the best lorazepam on the market, i have had over 8 conversations with sandoz and activus, the garbage that sandoz is selling has been changed, regardless of what they will tell you, the bottom line is that activus is still making the product for sandoz, either activus has found a cheaper ingrediant to substitute for one of their original parts or sandoz has told activus to find cheaper ingrediants to make their product, doesn't really matter, one or both are lying, i have settled on the watson, now called activus, doesn't work like the original activus but have tried almost all of them, mylan is just like activus, a total waste, ranbaxy another waste of time. one thing you can do is file a complaint with the FDA (online), they won't investigate anything unless you file a complaint with them, good luck

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Well I know one thing you don't how to spell. I hope you don't do that with medications.

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i think there are a lot of people who would like to know if this is identical to the watered down version they bought from activus, since no one has recommended the product, you have to assume that people will no doubt try something else other than the sandoz, i know the right thing to do is to make the product the same way the original activus was made, i believe that the new sandoz is still being made by activus for sandoz so it will be interesting to see if they still try and put out same stuff

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Ok, thanks Mary. My pharm just gave me the Sandoz 59 )) and they are ordering them for me as I requested. (They now buy a generic version made by Major Pharm. and that one is a really poor quality!) So obviously Sandoz still hasn't used up all the older version yet? Will let you know when I do get the SZ 198. Sounds like they work for you, that's great. The current Sandoz works for me so I'm sure the 198's will too. I had one pill left from Major Pharm. and it was like taking nothing, in fact I felt anxious so I don't recommend that generic to anyone.

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Hi, yeah, I had one ((59 left and used it last night. The Sandoz made me feel like I was on something high. I realized that this brand has the coating on it. The ((59 doesn't have a coating on it. I checked the Druglist that works with the FDA, and the formula is the same, but they have added a coating. But the tablet does work. I had to remove what I could of the coating. That is the only way I can take it. I must be overly sensitive with taste. I don't want to lose my taste buds! So tonight I had some apply sauce and it wasn't that bad. Am drinking orange juice and that seem to help some too. Oh well, I have a 3 month supply now so that's better then having none.

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