Strongest 30 Mg Oxycodone - Kvk Vs Mallinckrodt Vs Rhodes

Hi All,

I experience pretty severe neuropathic pain due to a spinal injury. I have a Baclofen pump which also contains hydromorphone but still get a lot of breakthrough pain. I've been taking oxycodone for 8ish yrs. and the pills I was prescribed those first few yrs. did a good job at treating the pain. I've had to change pharmacies and notice lately the oxycodone 30s I've been given lately do little or NOTHING! Especially the Mallinckrodt!

My doc prescribed 3 30mg pills a day but I had to munch 5 of the Mallinckrodts in a 4 hour period and still got barely any relief. I was worried I'd get constipated big time after taking that many pills several days in a row but I didn't (because they're so damn weak!) I don't know the mfg. of the oxys I was taking yrs ago but it may have been Actavis or KVK Tech. (although KVKs I was prescribed last mo. weren't much better than the Mallinckrodt).

My question is what brand do y'all think is the strongest 30mg oxycodone? My pharmacy has the KVK but I talked to another that carries Rhodes, are those any better? Thanks for any info!

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Hello. I too am prescribed oxy 30's x 4 a day along with 100 mcg fentanyl patch every 48 hours. I'm near Atlanta and can not find these ANYWHERE (or "they are out of stock"), but fortunately the little pharmacy in the hospital I go to does carry them. They switched to Rhodes and they did nothing for my pain so I asked if they could change. So they gave me the kvk' and so far I can't tell a difference from those and the more popular ones from cvs when cvs did have them. I was well known there as I have been a cpp for four years now do to a motorcycle accident, but as staff changed so did service. I never had a problem getting my Meds then all of the sudden,"they don't have them in stock". These people abusing them really get to me! But everywhere I read they say these kvk' are junk. So far so good with me, and LOTS better than Rhodes. I would stay away from the rhodes brand at all cost imo. Hope this helps, and good luck managing your pain. I know it's a hit or miss most of the time, but I'm finally doing ok with mine.

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Interesting, I begged and pleaded w/my PM doc to up my daily oxycodone dose to AT LEAST 4 30mg pills a day instead of 3 but she wouldn't budge, said she could lose her license.

I used to take 800 mcg Fentora at one point but my ins. no longer covers it which really sucks, that stuff worked great, fast acting, good pain relief. BTW, mine too was a motorcycle accident.

Thanks again.

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Rhodes and kvk both are a lot weaker than Actavis,Qualitest or Mallencroft. Things are bad.

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Mallinckrodt opioid generics are always superb, and the APA agrees, got git the best generic manufacturer several times. The last ten years. Their hydromorphone and oxycodone tablets are the beta generics Nhave had. Has anyone any experience with their Oxymorphone and how does it compare with the Endo Opana grand? The Teva USA tablets (oval O1 and O2) are really weak compared with Endo E612/613.
Mallie's tablets, like Teva's, are the sme colours, blue 5mg and pink/red 10mg. I trust in that company's excellent drugs though, more than any other generics. (M367 is the best hydrocodone/apap 10mg I ever took, far better than Watson 853 and NORCO - which are exactly the same tablet with a different price tag depending on the imprint!)

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Where do you get mallindrokt oxy 10-325, been looking and so far Osco nor Walgreens has them, and I've read cvs carries activas.

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I have been seeing a pain management clici for about 4 months now.When they prescribed me oxycodone 15 the first three time,they worked just fine.The last time i went to walmarts to get my prescription refilled walmarts gave me some white pills that had rp 15 on one side. They were not the same thing as i had been getting before. Each time i took one it was about as effective as taking an aspirin. I called walmarts and told them that they were not the same thing as i had gotten before. The man who talked to me in very bad broken english told me that they were the same thing. He said that they buy in quantity and have no control over the meds that they buy. Now i have been taking the rp-15 for the last 27 days and i am out of them, because to get any relief from my pain i took more than was prescribed. I am going to the doctor next week and tell her what the pharmacy at walmarts told me and i am going to refer her to this site and she can look it up and verify what i am saying is true. Rhodes are leaving out something in their oxycodone, i dont know what it is, but they re screwing people out of money by selling aspirin as oxycodone.

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Hello,

It's been awhile since I have been on here, but have learned a lot in just that little of time. If you see my post a couple down, you can kind of get my story. Is what the problem is now is that the DEA has put a band on the amount of the higher controlled Meds' that a drugstore is allowed to purchase a month. And since that is where everyone is going (because the better named drugstores usually carry the better product), they are out of stock the first week they get them in... Now I have changed my PM doc three times over the period of four years to finally find one that understands *PAIN*, and I love them. Before I wouldn't go ANYWHERE besides CVS or Walgreens. Now they are always out of what I need. So the hospital I go to for PM has a little "ma & pops" type drugstore there where I fill my Meds as soon as I get them and it takes no longer than 10 minutes at any time. At first they were giving me off bran Meds that weren't working so I asked if I could get a special kind and they kindly agreed to order them. I no longer even have to say anything, they put it in the system to flag any type besides the ones I asked for. The point of all of that is, I never use places like Walmart, Rite Aid, Krogers, or any other place like that, I always stuck to CVS or Walgreens. But maybe your (or anyone else having the problem of getting non working Meds) best bet is to find a similar type of place where they will work with you and you never have to worry about them not having your medication? Idk, just my opinion. Good luck to you, I know a life in pain is no fun.

PS,
Please report back if you find any better options, I'm always curious to new, easier, or better ways.

Thanks

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YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT ABOUT RHODES! I am suffering with neuropathy and severe oa and cant get any relief from these "fake" oxys from Rhodes. I have talked to doctor and pharmacy but no one wants to do anything. Do we gave a cause of action against Rhodes ?

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Rhodes is awful!! I was switched to 20mg Rhodes big white pills after taking the little blue Ms. It is important that we file complaints en masse bwcause legitimate pain sufferers are beinf unjustly vuxtimized

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You are awfully lucky to have a hospital prescribe you pain meds and manage them as well. That is simply not the case in most places. The DEA has come down so hard on PM and opioid prescribing in my area that I had to take 3 UA's in 3 months to prove I was taking the stuff. Never mind that I might try to get my tolerance down by taking a breather from the oxy. It only remains in my system 2-3 days regardless of the dose. That means that if my drug panel results are negative I have to bring my damn pills in to have them counted so they are sure I am not selling the stuff. I wouldn't be eating peanut butter and jelly sandwiches every night if I were selling my meds! Damn the DEA, the misusers, the pushers and screw ups that do not know how much their misdeads do to people that truly need the meds. Then big pharma comes in and further messes up the whole thing.

It is a war against opioids period. Why? Why not allow people in legitimate pain that have paid thousands of dollars in treatment for legit diagnoses to live with some dignity? There are so many new addendums and regulations that I have become paranoid that I am being tracked beyond my pharmacy and doctor's office. BTW, A's and M's are superior in quality at the moment.

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This is 100% true. Rhodes is terrible. Must be putting in rat poison instead of opiates.

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Hi, I used to take Actavis 30 mg but cannot find it anywhere. I think that Rhodes is awful. The best I can get is Mallincroft, which I have been able to find fairly easily, used to take Oxycontin, but cannot afford it on medicare. I still have a lot of breakthrough pain. I have degenerative disc disease, and sciatica plus bad nerve pain. I am grateful to have a good doc, who works with me.

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The Rhodes oxycodone is AWFUL!!
I am not sure of the manufacturer of the small lighr bluish green pills that worked so well before my pharmacy switched to Rhodes
I filed a complaint with the FDA about Rhodes. The efficacy of generic meds can range +/- 20% .

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My last refill from Walmart isn't working. It's the Rhodes 30mg. I've been thinking my RSD was getting worse but after reading these post I'm convinced I'm not getting enough meds to cover my pain. I want my little blue pills back!! I've been in bed for 3 weeks now.

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Thanks all for your replies. I was finally able to get my PM doc to up my oxy Rx, she increased it to 6 a day (not that I take that much!). My jaw dropped when she told me. Again, the Actavis are so weak I usually have to take 3 at a time before getting just a little relief.

I do have another question, anyone get ripped off by their pharmacist by being short counted meds? This happened to me a month ago but the pharmacist denies taking the pills. Thing is, this pharmacy was closed down a few years ago when one of the partners was arrested for selling large amounts of OxyContin w/out a valid prescription and also charged w/submitting bogus medicare claims. The pharmacy was reopened under a new name by one of the other partners. I know these are serious allegations but WTF, I was shorted 30 pills! And by the way, I had a similar problem a year ago at the same pharmacy but that was 10 pills and there's a small chance the CNA that was helping me at the time stole them so I didn't press the matter other than a call to the mngr. who of course denied any wrong doing. Just wondering who to contact re: this? I sent an email to the CT Dept. of consumer affairs Prescription Monitoring Program a few days ago but got no reply. Any others y'all think I should contact? Not looking for a refund or meds back, just don't want anyone else to have to go thru this BS!

Thanks!

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The Rhodes meds DO NOT WORK!!
I believe the manufacturer is providing a non-opiod ingredient in their oxycodone. I have reported them to the FDA and suggest that others do the same. This is the only way the problem will come to the attention of regulatory agency.

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i am not a regular opoid user but just had foot surgery and i hadn't taken oxycodone in about 5 yrs. i was worried the 'Rhodes' generic i bought wouldn't work but i've had just the opposite effect most people on this page seem to have had. i tasted the pill and it didn't have that 'bitter' taste like tylenol usually does so i considered that a good sign. i found the effects were VERY prolonged, but i potentiated it w/white grapefruit juice and quinine so that may have had something to do w/it. i didn't make me 'sleepy' which was the thing i liked about it best (codeine and on-label Percocet usually do this to me) and it did get rid of the pain. the only thing i found bothersome about rhodes was that i had auditory hallucinations all night long and i found these quite disturbing. i've had slight visual hallucinations from opiates before, but this was different. all i can say is i definitely think it must have an active ingredient in it, i just couldn't believe how lucid the auditory hallucinations were . . .

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I'm 69 & suddenly suffering from Neuropathic pain in shoulders, hips, & lower back which radiates into extremities. Cause and effect or coincidence? this all started right after a Prevnar 13 shot. I am in FL where MAJOR tightening on Pain Meds is being implemented.

Costco sources through Mallinckrodt & Interpharm. Walmart, Publix, Sams use Rhodes. Rhodes does not give me the same level of pain relief and also leaves me feeling agitated and nervous/shaky.

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The problem of pain, We have an older population and that has a lot to do with more people using pain meds, When I was working, I got Oxycontin which is the best. I lost my job, did not have Medicaid, because I was making too much money on unemployment to be eligible for it. My PM doc dropped his charges for me, because he knew that I could not afford it. So, He put me on 30 mg oxycodone, an equivalent dose. I took Actavis first and it always was good. After being on SS for 2 years, I was eligible for medicare. That is when med problems started. Last year, I could not go to that pharmacy, or several other pharmacies because I had changed from PPO to a Hmo in the same company. That was a wicked year, discovered Rhodes oxy,which is awful. This year, I totally changed companies, and found a close rite aid, which is friendly and have been able to get mallinckrodt. I read several pain patients have changed to illicit drugs, because they cannot get relief from prescription meds. That is sad.

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Hello, I'm a chironic pain suffer myself and I haven't experience that firsthand. My best advice is to look at your prescription before u leave and if you think that it is short u can ask the pharmacy to recount them.

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Re: Bob (# 128)

Please take a moment to fill out the FDA med watch report form on their website if you haven’t already.

I spent a few years complaining about aurobindo’s adderall And now they don’t make it anymore, which is great because it was absolute trash.

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Re: Lex (# 130)

I actually refuse to take them, the 10 mg oxycodone made by Mallinckrodts, the KVKs are fine (in 2023) but those Mallinckrodts are extra large because they now have an abuse deterrent in them.
The way my prescription is written I take 3 1/2 a day, and on the days that I did that I had such terrible stomach pain and my butt hole burned when I pooped the next day. And I know it was from this medication because I did an experiment where I only took three whole ones a couple days and didn’t break any in half, I didn’t get the burning or the stomach pain. Then I would break them in half again to do the whole 3 1/2 for the day and the Pain would come right back. The Pharmacy orders Rhodes for me now. I see people were complaining about that one a few years ago but it seems fine to me.

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Re: ShariLynn (# 125)

If your doctor can sign off on it please get the extended release pain medication pure medicine no filler it comes in 12/24 hour 1-2 per day pending which one you choose. Plus less pills to take and all day relief. Because it may say 10/325 example but how much 10mg are you really getting. I remember DAR-covets gave me 90 pills back in the day and 1 pill would have me going for 2 days. But of course they took it off market now with theses new opioids we have addiction. There was no addiction on DarVocets.

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Re: James (# 129)

Please be careful with the manufacturer MALLINKRODT a lot of people including myself has had bad side effects from the Hydrocodone and the Adderall they make

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I believe Mal and Croft morphine sulfate 30 it's better than roads by at least 50% but today Walgreens Danny roads they didn't automatic route and I nowhere near as strong as one it's like taking half of a pill so don't have 15 mg instead of 30 departure No Doubt

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In all honesty, generics that are being sold are useless no matter what anyone say.s 10 years ago 3 x 10mg was plenty. Now you can take a higher dose and get next to no relief. I believe there is a concerted effort by DEA and FDA to allow foreign manufacturers to sell bogus drugs. It can’t be we are ALL WRONG!!!!

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Re: Bob Jones (# 5)

I just picked up a prescription of Oxycodone by Mallinckrodt from Walgreen's and I get another prescription filed at Walgreen's by Actavis. I have to ask that they order through these manufactures.

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Re: Bob Jones (# 5)

Just get the prescription as Oxycodone without the 325 mg of Tylenol. Those are Percocet and Tylenol is horrible for your liver, does Nothing for inflammation.
Then use either aspirin or ibuprofen moderately since those medications do reduce inflammation.
Unfortunately I went through a telephone pole 29 years ago. I hate pain medication but otherwise I can't move. You might find you require less Oxy. My Doctors have me use muscle relaxers as needed, I get spasms. Helps me sleep at night too. Good luck

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Re: Anon999 (# 110)

This is 4 years later and i'm sure we wont connect but wanted to say excellent write up. Its is criminal what these politicians have gotten away with. I suffer like so many. When I had pain meds that were normal I was able to function daily, now I'm lucky if I function 2 to 3 days. My 4 and 2 yr old grandchildren will never get the grammy they could've had and it breaks my heart. You know what's infuriating though, is if one of those responsible for the hell we live got our conditions, they'd see to it they were covered with proper relief!! Honestly I don't know how much longer I can live like this but I try for the little ones, but its brutal and also so unnecessary.

It boils down to power n greed. A politician can put us on paper and seek votes, see, look here, I made Drs stop giving out pain meds and manufacturers take out most the actual med so vote for me. The whole time the b****rd knows that chronic pain patients are not the issue etc. Infuriating!!! However it doesn't seem to matter, we still suffer locked in our houses and treated like criminals when we have to jump through the hoops for " treatments" at Drs and pharmacy.

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Re: Marjorieson (# 122)

Amneal to me is horrible very weak and no pain relief and didn't work for me at all and instead gave me a headache.

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