Teva Lorazepam Reviews (Page 21) (Top voted first)

I'm seeking insights and reviews on Teva Lorazepam and its comparison with Leading Pharma's version. There's a notable divide in user experiences. Some report Leading Pharma Lorazepam as being less effective or having no effect, possibly due to variations in the active ingredient, leading to side effects or adverse reactions in certain cases.

While there are those who recommend Teva Lorazepam for its efficacy, others find Leading Pharma's version more suitable. Unfortunately, I haven't had the opportunity to try Teva Lorazepam since it's not available in my area – no local pharmacies dispense it.

My experience with other brands, post the discontinuation of Qualitest, hasn't been successful in finding a comparable alternative. I'm particularly interested in understanding how Teva Lorazepam and Leading Pharma's lorazepam differ in terms of effectiveness and user satisfaction.

If you've had experiences with either or both of these medications, your reviews would be incredibly valuable. Any insights into their efficacy, side effects, or overall satisfaction would greatly help me and others in our decisions.

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Re: Wilson777 (# 279)

About 5 years ago I did something similar to the Dixie cup experiment....I had a couple original Watsons left over from another old prescription and also a few leftover counterfeit Watsons (imprint but was fuzzy and tablet was whiter, plus mfg on label said 'Actavis' and the new prescription I had just gotten made by Leading). That is when I discovered this forum wondering what Leading was all about - and found it was loathed here and I though..."oh...s***"... back to the experiment. As you may have experienced, lorazepam dissolves rather quickly with saliva obliterating its markings and size....so when put under the tongue you leave it there for 15-20 seconds then drink water to swallow the nearly dissolved tablet. So for two days (I know, not an extensive test), I had my wife choose and keep a record of which tablet she put under my tongue.....Over the next few hours I would record how I felt while trying to remain as busy as possible so I wasn't TOO aware of my sensations. At the end of 2 days (and my leftover generics), I found little if any difference between the generics. Granted, not every hour of those two days were equal in stress, deadlines, or disagreements which would affect how I judged my anxiety... but if I HAD to choose, I would put the original Watson a hairline better than the other two...but it turned out my wife gave me the Watsons at probably two of the least stressful hours I had those days....which occurred at different times.

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Re: Richard h (# 280)

Richard that's interesting but you've said countless times you've not experience any differences no matter what your on. Consider yourself fortunate. If I take Leading brand it causes a boat load of troubles. One is snapping at things I normally wouldn't. But after switching back to either Mylan, Aurobindo or brand my mood level balances back out. I've also done this the way I described below putting it in the dixie cup. I could be in a high stressed situation and taking Leading would make it worst. So what I'm saying is my normal personality is quite laid back. And adding something that's not as adequate can cause the troubles many of us have. Again consider yourself fortunate. My suggestion here in the chat would be one of not trying to put a square peg into a hole. Because it seems it's rattled a few feathers in here. I don't think you mean any harm. But with that said you tend to repeat your blessing to be able to take any brand of lorazepam without any problems. That's one awesome deal you have. Any ways I wish you all the very best. Be good, do good and drink plenty of water.

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Re: Wilson777 (# 284)

"Thing is Richard you are blessed that you don't have any troubles with any of the brands you've been on. But I believe you are off on telling the rest of us it's all in our heads."

Let me make two things clear that perhaps got misconstrued through my lack of writing talent. I've ALWAYS had issues no matter what brand of generic I was taking and that includes Wyeths name brand Ativan I was on from 1983-2010 (before that was valium (1967-1083). No meds ever made my anxiety totally disappear. Benzos would lessen the anxiety in various degree but cessation of panic attacks was never accomplished through meds....it came from encouraging the attacks to come so I could get on with what I was doing....but the daily GAD continued to this day.

Secondly, if you have read my posts that carefully you will note that I have consistently stated that we all react differently to many medications-especially benzos- whether it be our metabolisms, reactions to the fillers, the TYPE of anxiety we have, the percentage of active ingredient (thank you George W for changing the required active ingredient variation from 5% to 5-20%, or -more-importantly- our perception and constant surveillance whether a generic drug is working. From a financial standpoint, do you think any of the generic companies decided "lets make a drug that doesn't work so we can lose money" or does the likelihood lean more towards "it works for most of the people so they don't bother writing into Medschat"?

I'm not saying all generics work the same for everyone but you have to keep trying different brands until you do find one you believe in....the key word here being BELIEVE...it's really important if you understand how and why anxiety is so stubbornly powerful. I do notice a similarity in posts complaining about their current generic....people loved the generic they were on originally but it stopped being manufactured. If this original brand was all the same for everyone it would be a valid point. But some say the only brand that worked for them was Watson, others Mylan, Aurobino, Actavis, etc. - some brands listed that worked also appear in lists that didn't work.

And as one or more wise souls mentioned.....if a generic TRULY isn't working for you......your body lets you know in no uncertain terms....there is utterly no doubt its not working (on multiple occasions while my mind was focused on work I've taken a baby aspirin thinking it was ativan ....in two/three hours there is utterly no doubt.

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Leebs (# 285) --

AMEN! That makes two of us.....

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Re: Richard h (# 285)

can you point me to the George w 5 percent to 5 to 20 percent bill change ?

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Re: gsrmike98 (# 288)

It was a link off this webpage but it is no longer there...note notice up top.....I wish I had saved the link....https:/­/­georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/­news/­releases/­2002/­10/­20021021-4.html

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Re: Richard h (# 289)

i tried to search or it after i read your post i could not find anything but a pharmacist that i know personally that worked with my mom for 15 years told me that it can vary up to 20 percent by law and he said that's why some people perfer one band to another especially when it comes to controlled substances like opioids and benzos

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Re: Richard h (# 285)

Richard your trying to preach to the choir sir. Actually your deflecting and looking for validation.

Also blaming George Bush Jr for our current circumstances. Plus you don't like any medication manufactured in India. I'm not going to break down those two comments. I could but I'm just not going to do it. I'm not wasting my time going round robin.

What you said about putting the tablet under your tongue the most of us can taste the difference. At least I can.

If I read what you said about taking a aspirin you can convince your mind you took some lorazepam?

That's the kind of talk you need to be careful about while telling your inner personal feelings out here.

That's the kind of talk that could convince somebody that's not well maybe I can just stop taking my meds all together it's all in my head.

I wasn't trying to attack you in anyways in my first reply to you. You took it personally.

Yes I've read a lot of what you've said out here over the years. Sometimes it's like going to confession when I read your text.

I'm going to hop on with Henry about you seem to have some type of connection to something. Not sure what it is.

The only thing I don't agree with is he thinks we're on a placebo. Henry I get what you feel about that. I just think that it's how each generic is made.

We've just got to be careful what we say out here folks. Hopefully you all understand we're in this boat together. Peace!

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Re: BigJoe (# 25)

Leading is terrible and doesn’t work.

Teva is like poison. It doesn’t help me sleep at all. I felt so sick on it that I had to go off it. I previously took Watson/activis. Not sure what people do now that this brand of lorazepam isn’t available. There doesn’t seem to be oversight by the FDA.

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Re: Linda (# 293)

Im sorry to hear about your horrid experience. What are you doing in the meantime since you obviously cannot take Teva? Also, A question I have for anyone on this thread is are there still generics available besides Leading and Teva for Lorazepam?

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Re: Larry (# 295)

There’s Aurobindo, which I had been taking. Recently switched to Teva and for me it’s been fine, the first few days it had given me a headache, but otherwise effective. Sorry to hear that it’s not effective for some.

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i am 16 days into the switch everything is back to normal except i find myself searching for words when talking ......to me the teva felt a lot strong then the watson/actavis pill but my body adjusted about 8 days in......... so it has been smooth ever since other then the word problem which is not a huge deal ..... and i do feel a lot calmer on the teva as well minimal daily anxiety

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Hey guys here's something to think about. The war on opiates took place and for the most part it would seem the government has been successful in curbing use of them. With that said I've been reading that benzos were next on the list to take away from user. Whether from folks like us or those abusing them. So what's the chance that pharmaceutical companies have been asked to make a less quality generic? Maybe they've been asked to dumb down the active ingredient? This thought has been going through my head for many years. Especially after Mylan stop making theirs. I think Mylan for one was getting a bad rep about the other EpiPen. Bought that time they bailed out of making lorazepam. I've mentioned out here over the years that some of the representatives to Mylan said what I just did. They didn't want any more black eyes from government lobbyist telling them were slowly getting rid of benzos. I've heard doctors, Np's and nurses talk about this. I thought they were nuts. Just maybe this is the start of removing this drug. My thoughts keep going back to those that misuse this drug like opiates. Yes I believe companies like Leading aren't making them affected because the cost to make them right is too much. But I think there's a bigger fish in the pan. This is just a thought. Not by any means do I think I'm right. Still could be pharmaceutical companies just don't care about the effectiveness and want to make more money by tanking other companies so they can take over the market. Just a heads up and more two cents worth I guess but by no means do I think I'm right.

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Re: Richard h (# 292)

Richard, I wanted to apologize for being hard you last month. I don't want to make excuses. Some of us are really being put through the mill here. I let my thoughts run out on you and for that I'm sorry. Tread lightly Rich if that makes sense to you. I'm a old dog like you. I've been doing this for sometime. Peace!

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Re: Linda (# 293)

Make sure to contact Teva and file a complaint.

When they discontinued Actavis clonazepam (klonopin), enough people complained to their customer service and they brought it back. There was even an online petition to bring it back.

I have e-mailed them, but may need to start a petition.

I have only a very few of the old Watson and as a daily user for over 20 years, it has been horrid switching to the in-house Teva brand. I saw some people felt more sedated, but for me it's been like a rapid withdrawal, and I have lost nearly all functioning. I was having to take more of another medication to try to make up for it, but it wasn't helping. And then yesterday for two of my doses I took a Watson tablet at each, and it just felt . . . I can't even describe the difference. It's not a "high" or anything like that--it never has been. It's just being able to to back to doing normal things.

Surprisingly my insurance agreed to cover the brand name Ativan, but to be honest it was not as good as Watson. The brand name is not the original and hasn't been for a long time. I was on the original brand name which I think was made in Pennsylvania by Wyeth. Then it got bought out and the production at least for a while was in Germany, and that version was also pretty good. The most recent version I had was made in Canada (same packaging so you wouldn't know unless you saw the manufacturer's box), and it was not as effective. But I am hoping it will be effective enough. You could always try asking your doctor for a prior auth--in my case I surprisingly didn't need one, which I was told is rare.

But definitely contact Teva:

[email protected]

They did this exact same thing with Klonopin, and they did eventually bring back the original formula. I am not sure if I am allowed to post links here, but you can Google Teva klonopin petition.

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I wished my doctor was as kind as it seems many of yours are. The last two I've had from the military have rode me like a donkey. When I tell mine that the brands that don't work for me they've both told me we can't write you another script. Also they won't write outside of the base. The VA is the same way. Plus they won't board approve the brand that works for us Vets. I had a Pdoc for years that worked with me through any struggle I might have ran into. Pharmacist will tell you that they won't help you change you've got to take what we have. Both the doctors and pharmacist will say it's against the law to write a new script until your out. They actually are harder on us Vets then the Pdoc. That includes the techs. There's no compassion at all. It's not just in my area it's across the board military wise. My brother is a combat vet that gets ripped just for being on 2mgs of Klonopin. Here's a heads up for anyone that might fit Bausch Health patient assistant program. Google the words I just put above and see if you fit their requirements to get brand name from them for free. I had it for awhile but my new Pdoc stripped it from me to keep everyone in house for the military. But if you make less money then their requirements you should be about to get it approved through your doctor and them.There was word they were going to discontinue brand Ativan with this program. Just check and see if they did. Your not out anything either way. Hope that might help some of you.

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Re: Jibbs55 (# 308)

This makes me wonder if we're all getting the same lorazepam ? Base on where we live in the US. I know for a fact that the inactive ingredients are 100 percent the same..... when u look up ndc numbers it takes you to an fda government site where u can look at stuff like that .....

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Re: Lex (# 310)

I'm sorry you're going through the same. Thank you for writing them.

I'm back on the name brand for now. I've only taken once dose so far, and I'll try to be optimistic, but it hasn't been great so far. It had worked well for me before, but they've moved production many times (now in Canada), and it seems like the rest now.

I start to wonder if there could be an active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) manufacturer that left the market. There's not much to any of these tablets. The API and some fillers. I've read stories from FDA enforcement reports of how the APIs come from all over, and the companies are supposed to get COAs (certificates of analysis) when the APIs arrive, but in FDA inspections sometimes they haven't or it's been after the fact. So whoever actually makes the "lorazepam" in lorazepam is a mystery. I asked in my e-mail if Teva switched API suppliers, and they said that was proprietary information. The main problem IMO is that they only test for bioequivalence—looking for plasma levels to be similar to the original drug when given to healthy volunteers--meaning don't have the disease the medicine is taken for, They never actually look at its effect and whether it works. And I don't think they even have to do bioequivalence testing when they change plants, etc. I think it's just with the first ANDA application in a relatively few number of people. It's very difficult to tell from the FDA Drug Database, which isn't really populated and kept up to date, which ANDA Teva is now using, as they've had lorazepam marketed many times. I'm wondering if someone will buy the old Watson manufacturing site? Or maybe they'll send them to a new market abroad. I'm thinking I may have to switch benzodiazepines. This has happened so many times now with Ativan. I see that the brand name of Xanax is reasonably priced and seems to have been the same manufacturer over a long period of time. I've been scared off by everything I've heard about Xanax, and I'm guessing my doctor probably has been too. I just don't know think there is a good lorazepam left.

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Re: Marcus (# 311)

Not sure if you tried Aurobindo yet but it to me works the best compared to even the so-called brand name Ativan. I can't remember if it was you that had swallowing problems after taken it. If you haven't tried it and brand doesn't pan out for you look into it. I'm still struggling to understand how many of you have pdoc's or primary care docs writing you guys new scripts if one doesn't work. Probably said this before all of us are on a prescription drug monitoring system since it's a controlled substance. Everywhere you get your lorazepam each pharmacy can do a check on you. Military does it each time I have a new script written. If my Pdoc finds that I had a script fill other then him it wouldn't be pretty. Wish you well with the brand.

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Since starting the brand name, I've had what other people have describe of falling asleep and not having anxiety relief.

For me, when I stopped taking Watson, my symptoms were bad and included insomnia and agitation.

I've built up so much sleep-debt that I have exhaustion such that when I take the medicine, it's just enough that I then conk out, and then I wake in a night sweat with a racing heart after the medicine's worn off.

I know there's medicine in it. It's just not the same feeling or enough of it or something.

I take 1 mg 3x per day. And because I've not been sleeping at night, when I take the doses in the daytime is when I fall asleep. But just for very fitful short bursts. I'm now sleeping 2 or 3 times in the daytime. It's crazy. I had no problems before being awake all day taking the medicine 3x a day and then going to bed a few hours after the last dose. I think I'm in so much withdrawal that my body will only let me sleep right after the dose now. It's like it takes just enough of the withdrawal away. But it's supposedly exactly the same amount and the same medicine I'm taking. Yet I feel like I'm in a funhouse.

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