Sore Throat With Sandoz Omeprazole (Top voted first)

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Generic omeprazole by Dr Reddy and Mylan worked fine for me. Sandoz omeprazole gave me a chronic sore throat.

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we purchased 40 mg omeprazole from CVS pharmacy. the blue bottle had a Mylan logo and a microdisplay pill picture of blue/green tablet with 5222 on the label. inside the bottle was a tan/white capsule marked "OME 40". This is a Sandoz mark for omeprazole. These pills were ineffective and sore throat with esphogeal effects unchanged. later real 40 mg Mylan 5222 from Rite Aid worked perfectly. what are literature citations regarding CVS practice and quality for the Sandoz product. I feel tricked by what may be deceitful conduct

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Hello, Pearl and David! How are you? I'm sorry about the problem that you both had.

However, CVS isn't required to provide you with a medication from any specific manufacturer. They can provide one from any manufacturer, as long as they are FDA approved to manufacturer and sell generic medications in the U.S.

Sometimes, the manufacturer listed on the pharmacy bottle is just a licensed distributor for a different company, sometimes they run out of one generic and must fill your prescription with a different one and it's completely legal and permissible.

The only suggestion I can make in the future is to ask your doctor about prescribing it as 'brand medically necessary' or whatever the equivalent is in your state, to avoid getting different generics in the future.

As listed by the NIH, this medication is a proton pump inhibitor that's used to treat or prevent conditions, such as heartburn, GERD, ulcers and gastritis. Side effects may include nausea, dizziness, stomach pain and flatulence.

Are there any other questions or concerns?

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dear verwon, could you refer me to an office at FDA that is responsible for licensing generic manufacturers of ameprazole? would you comment upon the pain and suffering reported for some of the generics as it is not an uncommon citation in the literature. your report seems to argue that the pharmacy has 'clean hands' with regard to the effects of generic drugs upon patients - the issue is the hurts experienced by users of some generics. I've heard of an article called 'good drugs and bad drugs' : would they be interested in these patient's problems? where could I send samples of the Sandoz generic for an unbiased analysis regarding content including enantiomer ratios?

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David, you can call the general FDA help line, they'll refer you to the appropriate person or tell you how to file such a report, they do take them on adverse reactions to medications.

You can reach them at 888-463-6332

And yes, in this matter, the pharmacy does have clean hands. It is only the FDA that can look into such issues and do anything about them, if necessary.

I understand that it's frustrating, I've had bad reactions to some generics myself, but at this time, this is how things stand.

Is there anything else I can help with?

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