Strongest 30 Mg Oxycodone - Kvk Vs Mallinckrodt Vs Rhodes (Page 4)

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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Yes I would like more info. I am new to Frederick..I travel to Eastern Shore and its getting old and exhausted. Couldn't find meds..Need pharmacy in Frederick even hagerstown. Better than a 2 and a half hrs drive.

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I did not understand one word of this. Where do you look to find out/ find a report on who has the best strongest/generic ocycodone (20 mg tabs to be specific)?

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Actavis or Qualitest are the best. When I take them they knock me out. I get M-blocks now, which I used to think were really good, but aren't. Can't find Actavis or Qualitest anywhere. Used to get them at old pharmacy then started getting Kvks. They are no good.

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You have the 30mg Oxys backwards! Im a stage 4 CANCER PATIENT & im sure that i was & am sicker then u just to be BLUNT & HOW U SPEAK. YOU JUST WANT THE NEXT NEWEST THING OUT THERE! LET ME QUALIFY MYSELF IN MY PROFESSIONAL LIFE who has worked for abnumber of drug CO. As well as being a Pharmacist.The first 2 30mg Roxys thays you mentioned formulas have changed atleast 2 or 3 times in the past 10yrs mainly if you follow the companies changing hands & being bought out by a larger CONGLOMERATE THAT IS MAINLY KNOWN FOR GENERICS!?

SO THEY CAN HAVE UP TO A 20% WINDOW IN THE DROP IN THIS CASE OF THE AMOUNT OF "OXY" IN YOUR MEDS! THEY ARE GENERIC.PLZ DO SOME MORE REASEARCH CAUSE IT ALWAYS JUST NEEDS TO FOLLOW THE MONEY! THESE COMPANIES WILL CUT CORNERS WHERE EVER THEY CAN LEGALY JUST TO HELP THERE BOTTOM LINE!

I WOULD ALSO LOOK INTO GETTING THAT PUMP REMOVED FROM YOUR BODY! YOU ARE GONNA DIE AT ALOT YOUNGER AGE WITH THAT THING! IM SURE OF IT! ITS REALLY DESIGNED THAT WAY? REMEMBER DO SOME REASEARCH WE DO HAVE COMPUTERS NOW! IM NOT TRYING TO BE A SMART ASS BUT YOU NEED TO WAKE UP!
THE NEWEST OXY PILL RHODES OR WHATEVER IT IS? THATS NOT THE ANSWER? ALL OUR MEDS HELP US ABOUT 60% & THE REST IS SIMPLE MEDITATION & HOW YOU TAKE CARE OF YOUR BODY! I REALLY HOPE THIS ACTUALLY HELPED YOU AS IM WRITTING THIS AT 6AM!

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I agree with you on that company Rhodes I too was on 30 mg of them and they did not work as good as the ones that I am I now. Plus I had a bad urine taking showing that I had Loratabs in my system when I did not take anything except for my oxycodone 30 mg from Rhodes. So I would like to know what type of filler they put in there sometimes?

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I have been dependent on opioid pain medication. Starting on the lowest dose of Vicodin and moving up to Percocet for the past several months. Earlier this month I received Oxycod/apap 10-325, from Rhodes Pharma. I have been using the same pharmacy for the past 12 months. Mine were usually oblong and honestly I am not sure who was the manufacture with my prior prescriptions. But this time, these were white round pills. I started feeling weird, then nausea, cramping, sweating and just feeling very weird. At first, I thought it was a drug interaction with the blood pressure meds, so I started taking my BP meds at bedtime. Even doing that nothing changed, they have done nothing for my pain. Also, I had been taking Monvatik for the constipation that I would have when taking other brands of Oxy. Since I was given these pills, I am no longer needing them, as I was not experiencing any constipation. I actually feel like I am going through withdrawal. I have stopped taking these pills, talked to my doctor and he can't do anything. So I will suffer until I am able to get my new prescription next month. This is just horrible! I have contacted the FDA and Rhodes directly. Very unhappy and feeling pained. We pay a lot for these medications and then when they do not work, we just have to suffer. Not a happy patient right now!

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BS! Since when is oxycodone the “newest thing” out there? If I truly wanted the newest I would have posted about the many Fentanyl medications out there! But I can't afford the thousands of dollars they cost so I'm looking for a brand of oxy that will kill my pain, nothing more, just like the others that posted here! And what's the point of commenting on my pump when you have no clue why I got it and what I went through prior to getting it? I've had the pump for 11 years now and only had one problem where the catheter clogged and had to be replaced. That's 11 years of getting a full night's sleep vs the two to three hours I used to get because I had pain and spasms keeping me awake almost all night long. That's 11 years of not getting knocked out of my wheelchair by severe back and leg spasms. And FYI, it's difficult to rest and meditate when one is experiencing constant pain and/or spasms. I know, I've tried, several times! Also, you're not trying to be a smart ass? Right! Re-read your note! And what's up with this "im sure that i was & am sicker then u"?? What's your point?? Who cares?? If you want to be sicker than I am, fine, have at it, you're sicker than I am!!! WTF!

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I am going thru the same thing right now with Rhodes. I have 1 kidney and limited on what pain med I can take. No aspirin or NSAID. Limited Tylenol. So I can only these as prescribed. They are doing nothing. I have had 2 severe spinal cord injuries. My spinal cord is very damaged and causes severe nerve pain 24/7. I feel like I am taking nothing with these rhodes brand. My blood pressure is getting very high from the pain which could damage my solitary kidney. Not sure whaat is wrong with this brand but it does not work at all.

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Hello,
If you're able to get your hands on the Activas brand go for It. A few months ago I started noticing the Activas Oxy pills I was taking were a *tiny bit* stronger than they had been and providing a little more pain relief (still a lot better than most other brands). Mind if I ask how you injured your cord? Motorcycle accident here, in 1981. Anyway, good luck.

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Short Counted Meds every time - my mom used to work at a jail & be the methadone nurse and at the end of her shifts the only controlled drugs in her jail were methadone, Tylenol 3, and occasionally vicodin 5mg so part of her job was to count the pills at the end of the shift to make sure nothing is missing. Well my dad has been going to pain management in PA and he has a really ****ed up back, and neck to the point his doctor gives him 120 30mgs oxycodone, 120 15mg oxycodone, 150 10mg oxycodone and Valium so every time my dad would go to a pharmacy my mom would count the pills and there's a particular pharmacy all I will say is its in the Shires shopping center that SHORTED him for a YEAR straight..they would take anywhere from 4 to 6 pills per script he got. So do the math 6 oxy 30s= $180 or $150 depending on ur area - 6 oxy 15s = $90 than 6 oxy 10mg = $60 bucks and I'm not even getting into the Valium. Now just think my Dad is only 1 customer who's wife had the smarts to count the pills because I'm not calling people who don't count them stupid, I'm just saying you can't believe a pharmacist just because he's the person you get your pills from and probably built up a friendship of some sort. Well the only reason my Dad remained at that pharmacy for a year knowing he was being shorted is because everything was going under his motor vehicle insurance from an accident and the pharmacy promised him the M30s and M15s but as soon as his case settled for his accident and the pharmacy couldn't over bill the insurance anymore they stopped giving him his M's. Well that's all it took for my dad to stop biting his tongue because he went in there and raised hell with the manager and it was very convenient for the pharmacy to tell my dad that there surveillance system tapes over there recordings the next business day because he went there the next day after they gave him this s***ty kind with a U on it. My dad told them to roll back the tapes to see who is stealing his meds & they couldn't lol. Now that was a mom & pop pharmacy. So my dad switched to riteaid and guess what happens he got shorted his first script there. Think about it how many people actually count there meds? Probably 1 in 150 count there meds. So that first pharmacy that really shorted my dad was most likely shorting everyone else figuring there's 120 pills so there's no way anyone will notice 6 gone if anything and they notice that they are running short to soon I guarantee you that they blame someone other than the pharmacy. So whoever was stealing my dad's meds was making $330 just from the oxys and not including the brand vcut 10mg Valium he was getting through his accident..so that's just 1 patient just imagine how many other people are getting shorted that have no idea. We should start a blog for people who have been shorted so others are aware of their shady business practices because you have to be stupid if you think that you are Never shorted.

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I've had to take Mallinckrodt oxycodone because I can't find a better mfg in my area, however as of March 2017, Mallinckrodt has changed their 30 mg to a worthless product that has maybe 5 mg of some kind of pain killer. This is already a poorly rated pain product. I put in an adverse report to them, but they won't tell the truth about what they're doing with this medication. It's obnoxious to put people through a month of pain for whatever reason! Patients are stuck without the opportunity to get a decent brand because of the games with the DEA, who rate everyone based on their studies of addicts. We are all rated as drug addicts, so getting decent care and pain medication is severely impaired. Whatever the game with this mfg., buyer beware. This product is as valuable as otc tylenol. My pharmacist said nothing has been said to them about the change, and according to my doctor this is not ethical.

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You are absolutely right I had Rhodes 20s and felt no relief at all. Total garbage. Recently got epic pharma 30s and they put you to sleep for an hour and that's it. The change of formulation on these meds is very suspicious. K9 is decent I hear but that's it

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Just an FYI, you have the right as a customer to ask the pharmacist to count any and all pain meds right in front of you before you walk away from the counter. In fact the DEA recommends it! I was shorted once on my muscle relaxers (Robaxin), shorted by 60 pills! I called Walgreens and they told me to bring my script back in. When I got there they proceeded to tell me that they had counted theirs and that their number was spot on. I explained that mine was still 60 pills short. They then took mine in the back and counted them. When they came back, they told me that yes mine were indeed short by 60 but that theirs was correct too. When they gave me my bottle back, they told me "ours were right on the number, however we went ahead and gave you the 60 pills!"...if theirs were right there is no way they would have given me 60 pills. Plain and simple they had screwed up and didn't want to admit it! From that point on all my meds get counted in front of me!

They need to be held responsible just like we are!

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No don't get Rhodes, bad stuff, doesn't do anything. 30 mg. is like a huge Tylenol, both in size and strength.
Jim

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Rhodes is terrible !!! My insurance provider won't even let me get the Mallincr anymore ! Anyone know how I can get it back ???

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Regrettably the FDA keeps changing the quality of oxycodone/pain killers so brands are difficult to rely on from month to month. Mfg's are buying the opium ingredient from different countries. I heard recently it's Mexico, but it's a weaker/poorer quality so people suffering in pain get less relief. There was a story on this on CBN 700 Club recently. Actavis might still be better than others. Walgreens sells this brand. Mallinckrodt, which is weaker now is sold at Raley's. If the insurance doesn't cover a brand, you can usually pay extra to buy at a different store. KVK and Rhodes are very poorly rated. I heard Watkins was bought out so it might not be the same quality. Qualitest is supposed to be a quality product. It's a crime the FDA doesn't care about patients' pain and suffering. They omit Pain Specialists in their rulings and decision making and should be taken to task for their incompetence. They only care about their war on drug addicts. Of course that's critical, but no less so then patients trying to survive a medical crisis.

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Rhodes sucks ! I was getting the30 Roxycodone and they were good ! Youall are crazy by saying the Mallinckrodt are not good ! My medical coverage switched me to Rhodes and they don't do anything compared too the Roxys !

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I found rhodes 5 & 10 to be superb in quick long lasting relief. Mayb depends on type pain & combo of other meds but i was taking walmart brand when moved and got others then new & dont usually pay attn, but did as these were stronger & quicker acting. Now hv zydus which people say r junk. They dont act as quick but work, others say junk. I think depends on you, pain type etc

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I have a crushed disc in my neck and I've had two surgeries on my right hand and I was taking the Roxicodone made by Mallinckrodt and they worked good. Then three or four months ago my medical provider switched to the Rhodes! I don't get any pain relief from the Rhodes, they suck! Now I'm trying to get my medical provider to just cover it because Medicare is covering it! So WTF?? I had to do a conference call with my provider and what I don't understand is how they could not even know how bad the Rhodes Oxycodone 30 are! They are bunk! We need to all get together and sue Rhodes for all of our pain and suffering! What do you think guys? Come on, let's put a stop to this bogus Rhodes Oxycodone!

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Oh,thats just great,have been on pain meds 4 a very long time due 2 over 20 surgeries,major back ,hip knee n zhpulder probs from sports 2 a bad car accident! Just got the huge 30mg Rhodes pills from the little greenish blue ones n they due not work as well n def.irratate my stomach! This is getting 2 be ridiculous! If you have a choice,stay away from these n take the small blueish ones,all that filler shouldnt even be legal 2 give us!!!

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