Strongest 30 Mg Oxycodone - Kvk Vs Mallinckrodt Vs Rhodes
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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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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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Kvk seems to work best. I've never been able to buy the name brand.. I don't have that kind of cash and insurance won't cover it but I've tried all the other 30. I believe even the kvks I get now have been remanufactured. They're not like the kvk I got 3 years ago. It's a b**** I know. Nobody cares about us who suffer with pain.

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What has been your experience with Amneal brand Norco?

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Activis are the ones I get now and they do a good job.

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Mallinckrodt used to be the oxy generic to get as long as they're 10mg and better. Now they suck. I get KVK Tech and they're fine, it's the dosage that sucks. I only get 4 of the 15mg per day and I used to get 5 30mg per day along with 2 OC 40s per day. All the govt. is doing is driving me back to drug abuse to control my chronic pain, which I didn't do when my oxy was at the dose I got that was perfect. Being strung on heroin is a nightmare, but they're basically forcing my hand.

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I don't mean to be a downer here but honestly us pain patients are all doomed as far as ever getting pain meds like we used to be able to get even 5 years ago. I was first on percocet 5/325 mg. by Watson starting in 2009 up until Feb. of 2014 notified by Walgreens no more Watson now Actavis. Omg, after taking only ONE pill I immediately noticed there was no effect at all. Later I was told that the Watson brand I had been taking was the best and it was taken off the market due to drug abusers/addicts. I believe in 2014 is where the beginning of the end was starting with being able to obtain any pain relief. Then in late 2014 I happened to get a script for Vicodin 10/300mg. People at first thought this was a brand name but it wasn't as I paid only 5 dollars with my insurance at Walgreens. It was made by Abbive which is a United States company out of Illinois. I never liked hydrocodone in the past they usually made me feel kinda weird and upset my stomach. Not so with Abbvie I got my life back. I was great for 4 years and never thought it would happen to me again, but it did. Now no Abbive. I cannot tell you how miserable my life is now and how it took a 180 turn for the worst. Abbvie was the best pain medication with no side effects and actually did have medicine in their product. I just can't understand that a medication that helped so many is now gone. Why? Now I am in pain every day and suffer from depression and cry a lot I mean literally have crying spells. I am now on a manufacturer called Tris hydrocodone 10/325. NOT THE SAME. So for anyone out there that says it's all in our heads and there is no difference, you couldn't be more wrong. I know this for a fact because I only take ONE medication just ONE so I know the difference immediately and there is a huge difference. Where do we go from here? I don't have the answer but what is happening is truly wrong. Also, stay away from Rhodes I have also tried them since I couldn't get abbvie.. They made me so sick. The pain meds are garbage now because there just isn't any medicine in them.

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Re: Bob Jones (# 5)

Walgreens has them now.

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Rodes mite be name brand I've only been able to get generic the. Kvkt by far work better than anything else. In the beginning. I had the kvks and they were excellent I think they change the formula I recently was able to get some of the kvk and they're not anything like I remember ther not as potent

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What state do you live in? I am in Connecticut and had to wean down my Oxycodone to 10 mgs TID from 130 mgs. I now use a "rice grain dose" of medical mj oil from the DCP medical mj program that is available to us. I have arachnoiditis nerve damage and I cannot take gabapentin or Lyrica due to the worst side effects ever. The oil is a bullet for ANY pain I have had. Not just nerve damage. I squeeze it into empty capsules they provide and it has NO side effects or constipation or weight gain; I actually lost over 26 pounds since using it. I know not all states have this but guess what? I lobbied for it in Connecticut. You have to do the same thing in your states IF you do not have it already. Nothing good comes knocking at your door. Now I am getting WORKERS COMP to pay for it as both are state programs (not Federal).

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I just got my script filled for 6-30 mg oxycodone daily and got the Rhodes brand this time and I agree with most of you about Rhodes. The blue 30's from Mallinkrodt worked much better. Might have to switch pharmacys if they won't get the other back.

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Rhodes Pharmaceuticals (RP) was handed off to me before I noticed it. Rhodes was a giant letdown. No effect on pain and muscle cramps. That unfortunately went into the NO stack.

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