Tramadol By Amneal Vs Mylan (Page 3)
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All our pharmacies here have switched to amneal, which doesn't do a thing except give a headache. The brand does make a difference. The mylan works great.

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I have problems with the AMNEAL formula too. I have severe spinal stenosis, and osteoarthritis, and Mortens neuroma on both feet (which cause great pain & burning after walking a little while), I also have distorted vision which unbalances me. When I was first diagnosed with stenosis I was prescribed hydrocodone, but it caused loopiness so I asked for them to change it to Ultracet which I had taken about 4 years earlier for a broken foot metatarsal. I asked for it because it did not cause that loopy "high" that codones cause. I was eventually switched to Tramadol because insurance didn't pay for name brand, at this time Amneal was the Tramadol brand. At first it was ok, but after a while something started drastically changing in the formula and every prescription started causing horrible symptoms. One month it would cause weird mood changes from depression to anxiety, or no feelings to feelings of anger and animosity, another month it caused heart palpitations, and weird headaches. These things still happen but when I asked the pharmacist he brushed it off, and when I asked for a different pain med we tried a few that were useless, and another few that were codones which just caused a different kind of after affect symptoms. I have been hearing people complain about generic drugs failing to give the relief that they were prescribed for an I'm wondering if the FDA is doing any investigation into the formula changes that generic manufacturers are making in the drugs they are selling to America's patients. For people like us with chronic pain we need our medication to work, without further incapacitating us with depression, anxiety, heart palpitations, etc. Clonidine is another generic that has changed enough to interfere with normal activity because whenever I take the new generic brand (as needed only) it causes severe drowsiness. If I take it at night it takes half of the following day to shake it off, and this is at the lowest dose. But Amneal has probably become one of the worse brands for Tramadol. If I knew of a better brand I would try to find it. Has anyone written to the FDA or Amneal about this? I would join up if a few of us get together to write to them, or the FDA. I'll probably call them anyway.

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I know you wrote this awhile back but, THANK YOU. This. THIS MUST be the reason my Tramadol has not worked in years. I was first put on it over 17 years ago. It worked great back then and in small doses. I only needed about 50mgs to 100mgs per day. One pill would last 8-12 hours. I have been on and off of it, sometimes for long stretches being off of it, so it's not due to a tolerance that it no longer works like it once did. Now, it works terribly, giving only a slight relief for my pain and RLS, plus I get a weird side effect in my throat and chest, a strange sensation, when I take it. This never happened before. I have wondered if they changed the formula for the last 5 or more years now, then I read your comment here and now it all makes sense.

I looked at the fine print on my bottle just now, and it says, "AMNEAL". Then I looked up that manufacturer; lo and behold, it is indeed from India!!!! You have just helped to answer so many questions for me about why my Tramadol just hasn't been the same. This makes me VERY angry, to say the least. This is an abomination and a gamble on our bodies. This is a charlatan move, in my opinion. I don't know how much power we have to demand the original Tramadol (and other medications) made in the U.S., but I hope the word gets out. I get my prescription from Kroger, here in Michigan, and am going to start calling around to ask other pharmacies which manufacturers they get their Tramadol from. Thank you again.

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I have news for you. I have the McNeal-Janssen. Original manuf. I paid $350.00 for 3 mos. 270 tabs and. THEY DON'T WORK. They changed the formula. That's why NONE of them work. I tecently tried Nucynta and that doesn't work. Move on. I'm sorry we are all suffering because someone at the top decided to CHANGE the formula. End of STORY. Happy hesling to all

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If this is OK, or if I am repeating myself, please excuse me. My dentist told me 20 years ago brand name Percodan worked better than generics. Then the brand name became unavailable. He was correct, I found as generic Percodan took longer to work, and did not seem to reach a peak pain relief level.
I never have had brand name Ultram. I was told that is not available either.

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sorrybut i have had terrible results with Mylan; thought i was developing a tolerance as it wasn't working then my pharmacy sent PAR and that worked better. Ultram-tramadol worked best for me.

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I am very sensitive to casein, and luckily no symptoms of that lurking in the tramadol generics I have had. I am sensitive to lactose, but luckily symptoms less severe than yours. I wish they would leave the lactose ingredients out, even if the pills were grainy, or slimy, or crumbly, whatever reason they use lactose for.

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Not even the original works. I paid over $350 for the McNeil.....They changed something and won't admit it or the i****s I'm getting on the phone have no clue of the severity of the issue. They are all kids on the phone, no matter how high up the later I go. I'm DONE with battling for ultram. I'm trying to get over the pain with patches. I'll go for lidocaine inj's. if I must. Happy Healing to all.

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I learned how to take care of my life. I demand Caraco tramadol. It works for me. I started on Zydus three years ago, and took so many I thought that was how it was. I switched pharmacies, and first had Caraco brand. Then they gave be Amneal, and I was in trouble. Then I got Mylan. That did not work either. Then I got Caraco again, and learned that worked best for me. I also added 150 mg Lyrica five months ago, and for the first time in 15 years I can sleep long stretches at night. I have been on a gfcf diet for over three years, no four-legged animal meats, and do a care regimen that makes me feel powerful for longer stretches. I like your post in caps. We are.

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I reported Amneal to the FDA maybe 2 years ago. I've never heard back from them. I have gone as far as going back to the original ultram by McNeil. Guess what. They don't work the same either. I BELIEVE THE ORIGINAL MANUFACTURER changed the formula. IMHO. They will not admit to it. I called them as well. My conditions for needing this script DOES NOT MATTER. What matters is the fact the they are playing with our lives...worse our sanity. They have bastardized our food supply and our meds. Is THIS population control? GMO's, antibiotics to animals, all of this is just making us sick making PHARMA more important. Take control of your life. Watch your food intake. Try meditation and soft yoga for pain. I'm going to. I AM GOING TO TAKE CONTROL OF MY HEALTH AND LIFE BACK. To Abigail and ALL others here, I FEEL YOUR PAIN. I'm suffering too. Health and healing to all!!!

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If you are having side effects with any medication be sure to check what fillers are added them. I took tramadol & discovered lactose is one of the fillers. Since I'm lactose intolerant, this explained my nausea, stomach upset & diarrhea.

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I'm having a miserable time since I started taking Tramadol Mylan 50mg once a day Over the last few days. My bottle says up to 4 times a day but, between the heartburn which I never get and my skin's been feeling on fire. It feels like I've missed a dose of some medication and I've been crying or agitated. Sleepings impaired to but, I've taken this once before for dental pain alas I recently cleared most of my empty old prescription bottles out . Not that I had many other than the two medications I get regularly which are alaprazolam (Actavis)?? .5mg at bedtime and my (Teva) 20mg Adderall once a day. Usually I avoid any Actavis generics because, they're nasty but, I didn't realize that's what brand they were which could explain why I don't use them every night. But, something's off and I'm just getting over a mild Diverticulitis attack so the antibiotics are almost out of my system. I saw that the FDA is not taking complaints seriously still in spite of their rhetoric about testing quality of generics. They also have recalls of alaprazolam.025 and various other medications I've seen people complaining about as well as the same brands we've all reported before. Somehow though it's never the brand,script and dose that was complained about or it's for packaging, etc!? ?? Which is strange and contradicts the testing page. Something's very fishy there and I think it's going to take a class action lawsuit against the brand and the FDA's complicity in keeping them safe from reprisals. Actavis brand's been responsible for multiple Deaths before in 2009! And just a year or so ago one of those brands were responsible for deaths related to Cortisone injections (tainted) I believe. Smoke and mirrors!

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My small pharmacy switches tramadol brands often. Started Virtus three weeks ago. Now searching on the internet for my new problem; very soft stools began a week later. I have colonic inertia, so this is a problem for me. Pain relief is poor with Virtus. I have had BEST results with Caraco tramadol. I first got Caraco after three years, at different large pharmacy, with Zydus tramadol; first Rx, did not know there were other brands of tramadol. Took a lot of Zydus tramadol for fibromayalgia. I mean a lot! So Zydus did not work well for me, I found out later.

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It is un-believable what people that suffer from real pain have to go through to get help. When are pharmacutical companies going to get a clue ?

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Same here. Every different generic has a different effect/problems. One gives me a headache, another will cause extreme nausea, sometimes sudden projectile vomiting after "exactly" 1 hour. Messes up your sleep, etc. Last time filling it I inquired how much for the real tramadol, saying ill just pay for it, and they quoted me nearly $500.?? Holy bejeezes you gotta be joking.

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Walmart in this area all carry Teva only and it is noticeably different, does not work nearly as well as previous generics. They tell me "it''s all they can get."

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Different generics of tramadol are way different. i have tried many and only the mylan works for me. i think the next best is teva. Amneal , zydus , caraco do nothing but give me a headache. The only thing about the mylan is it gives me a stomach ache if i dont eat. I take 100 mg 3x a day. I get mylan at warlmart and pay $20 for 180 pills which is not bad without any insurance. The first time i tried tramadol it was stamped pliva 616 and i remember it being way stronger. I agree the formula changed. I understand tolerance and thats not it. Also this drug does not work for everyone, but it works for me.

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Teva does not work for me. Does anyone know which major pharmacy carries Ultram or anything other than Teva?

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it is same here in the uk,because of government cuts,the nhs is in a bad way,and are giving out what i call,dirty drugs[generic].they are horrible in the extreme.i was on zydol and was put on a generic,it made me violently ill,the pharmacy tried to fob me off,saying its exactly the same.i rang my doctor,and he immedietly put me back on zydol,he knew what the tory government are doing is wrong. they only care about the money,stuff the people who are ill.over 10,000 disabled people have died because of tory policy in three years. generics is a massive problem here.

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Generic Tramadol is one that to me has never measured anything close to the original Ultram regardless of manufacturer. Personaly I wouldnt believe they were generic Ultram if it wasnt labeled so. Tramadol generic anything is garbage i think.
Rather pay the difference. If mylan is the best generic thats at least helpful to know.

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Amneal brand of tramadol is awful. With Mylan, I have to take two in the morning and if I take any tramadol in the afternoon, it messes with my sleep so at least half the day, I'm pain-free. I take two 5mg valium at night to sleep but since tramadol changed classifications, my sleep has been so odd. I go sometimes only five or six hours and need to sleep again and sleep for four hours.. rinse and repeat. I don't know if it has to do with the tramadol or if it's a new fibro related thing. I recall Tevo being great but I haven't found it where I live.

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