Tramadol By Amneal Vs Mylan (Page 2) (Top voted first)

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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YES. I totally agree. I got my prescription Wed of this week. By last night I was in so uch pain I couldnt lift my head, I was vomiting, blurred vision very angry and irritated so sleepy I couldn't keep my eyes open. I took a flexeril, and 1/2 gabitin and 2 benadryl. Thank GOD my husband takes the same med and he has some with the A on them not the M and I took 2, then fell asleep. I woke this morning exhausted and barely able to make it. But after 2 hours trying to wake up more of the A tramadol by 10am I was awake now it's 4pm had my doses can think straight again and feel like I was literally druged with poison. Mylan what the heck are you doing? Your going to kill people. How are you able to do this? How is this legal? How do the pharmacists not care and how do the Dr.'s not care? Why doesn't anyone care?

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Has anyone had vitrus pharmaceuticals generic tramadol 50mg? I switch pharmacies and this is the brand they used for my new prescriptions. It's horrible how I feel when I take them! I worked in pharmacy so I immediately thought it's the inactive ingredients but what can we do?

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So, what everyone is talking about and nobody is saying is INDIA! All the brands mentioned here are manufactured in india. Indian manufacturing companies are shut down on occasion after distributing "cornstarch" etc. Instead of actual medication. I am taking caraco (check small print on your bottle.) ingles pharmacy in NC can get mylan - which is s produced in india but so happens to apparently be making a decent drug right now. Go on the internet and check zydus and the PAGES of problems the FDA had with them. Closed them down. There are hardly any generics being made in the us anymore. Are any of your meds working when you think about it? Is your bp on the high side again. Does your thyroid tsh fluctuate a lot. I hate to say, but the first thing i would do if i won the lottery, is buy all brand name drugs. Not a house. Not a car. Brand name drugs for all my family and friends. You can ask your pharmacy what manufacturers they can get. Then choose and have them write "____ manufacturer only." for mail away part d, most are from india. Almost all. If they have one that is usa made, you have to get your doctor to specify the manufacturer right in the script. The US tells us not to buy drugs from india then that is all they buy! I am a dye in the wool democrat, but if trump could get meds made in the US again, id almost vote for him. Btw, they say "its all fda approved." in india there are like 500 manufacturing plants and last i heard, 6 FDA agents! FDA means nothing for india drugs. Its not the government fault. Btw, it can take years for the fda to discover there are no meds in the "meds" then years to get them to fix it. Yes, if you think your meds are not working, its very possible (esp zydus - just reopened - no training even high school for people dispensing the meds, no record keeping, no sterile room in the entire plant (like rat hair in your meds?) and well, they are not really meds. Google zydus fda and read the letter to cease and desist. They were banned from importing to the US for a while - but then a slap on the wrist because drug supplies get short and they are allowed to reopen "with a promise" to make things better. This is all web-based folks. Indian companies are scooping up US companies and greed is running both our companies and theirs. Just read where amneal and aryka merged and moved to india bragging about their now 300 million dollar profit a year. Think their drugs are the same? One question, like customer service? Imagine them making your medications. Some native Indian folks will be pissed i have written this, and usually call american racists by saying this stuff. Do your homework. Zydus among the worst. Lupin is bad, Qualitest isn't bad but the best i can do for trazodone. My tramadol is caraco and doesn't work at all. Taro lamotrigine is about the best you can do - at least you may not having seizures again. My new generic thyroid is lupin and my tsh is through the roof. Is it generic in general or that Lupin really sucks?! My thyroid doc says generic only but its now up to about $1.50 a pill. Do your research. Cancer drugs are the same if you really want a scare. That's how this "its only water" not IV meds came to be noticed. Many died. This is not a joke folks.

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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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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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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 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 had a hard time finding Mylan, too. I called five different pharms to see which generic they carried. Finally one pharmacist told me it could be ordered and would arrive the next day. Just started on the Mylan, but I had read on several different boards it is the best after the Ultram. Good luck on finding it!

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Finally got the Mylan tramadol and its like night and dat, so much better.

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I have never tried Mylan but I am using Teva now. Teva works pretty well, but Amneal is HORRIBLE. I have been getting the Teva at CVS

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No, the long thin white caplets with the imprint "377" they were referring to are manufactured by Caraco Pharmaceuticals.

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Be aware that the FDA can do nothing about it. They used to be able to. But, no more. Thank your nice Republicans and their buddies in Congress for the changes to FDA funding and oversight. I called my pharmacy and asked if I could get a different brand. They said their contract was all tied up with Amneal for the next year. They went with Amneal because they bid so much lower for a Medicare contract. Amneal has been on a marketing campaign and under-cutting everyone else's price. One guess how they are under-bidding contracts! The best you can do is make sure your doctor is aware and specify on the Rx that he does not want Amneal. If enough people/doctors do that, then Amneal will clean up their act or else go manufacturer toilets or something more to their expertise.

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I also have Celiac and was taking trams manufactured by Teva. I just filled from my Walgreen's which carries Zydus. Sure hope it's GF. Within just a few minutes my tummy started making a bubby gargling sound. *fingers crossed*

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I agree with all of you on the Amneal. I took that for a long time, because that was all the pharmacy offered, and it caused nausea and headaches...not what you want from a pain medicine.

I also agree with what someone here posted about the Caraco generic, the long thin pills with 377. They're useless. Just useless. I have those right now and I am in a substantial amount of pain. They take the edge off, but they don't really work. I talked to my pharmacist and they have a note on my account never to give me those, or Amneal, again.

The best generic I've found has been Northstar, but according to my pharmacist, they're out of stock a lot.

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The new Mylan formula for tramadol is poison ! It makes you feel so sleepy for two days and in miserable mood. I know this pain killer has been changed in status , but why change the formula for people who are in pain and need to get through the day ? I can not even work on this new version of tramadol ! Please Be WARNED about how this pain killer has changed

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The new mylan tramadol is poison too, it made me so angry and sick. Tramadol used to be my pain killer with no side affects

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If you speak to one let us know. I've been thinking about doing the same thing and having some of my pills tested. Everything changed in, I'm thinking 2012, when the FDA changed tramadol to a different drug classification. It's very frustrating because whatever they did didn't help any of us who actually take pain med FOR pain, it only encouraged manufacturers to put out a substandard product. Amneal, is one of the worse pharmaceuticals and it's the only one that my pharmacy offers.

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I have been taking Tramadol 50MG tevo for years. I like it because, for me, it's like taking an aspirin. The pain goes away and I have NO side effects at all. My husband is ill and so I have to do all the running around and work etc for about 7 years now. It doesn't affect my driving ability, or anything else I do. I am able to continue with my responsibilities and not have to worry about anything. If I took Percocet (which I have for a surgery) or oxycodone, I would be a real mess and definitely unable to drive. I am 76 years old and still going strong thanks partially to Tramadol. My doctors agree.

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Joanie.... What is the brand name of the tramadol you are taking? I am currently taking one made by Amneal which has chan ged so much that it causes a new kind of side affect each month, most of the time they are emotional side affects depression, anger, anxiety, etc., I now also have to take Naproxyn and Lyrica, with it. When I first started taking tramadol for severe spinal stenosis, it worked great for pain. But Amneal, and other pharmacueticals have changed something in their tramadol formulation that has made it very substandard. I would try a different kind of pain med, but my other alternative are codones which are worse for so many reasons.

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Please let me know what you find out ? I can't believe how sick the new formula of Tramadol made me feel. Thank you for posting !

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