Watson Lortab Formula Change (Page 8) (Top voted first)

Does anyone know what Watson did or why they changed their formula for Lortab 10/500? It used to be blue and when I picked up my refill today they are now white. I still have a few days of my blue left but I swapped a few so I can try the white. I'm waiting for it to start working and I took it over 2 hours ago. My rx is 1-2 every 3 hours not to exceed 7 in a day. (my pm dr wants me on a stronger med but anything above hydrocodone makes me euphoric and I can't function) The blue color lortab starts to work within 15 mins. I took my first white color lortab 2 hours ago, waited an hour and took the 2nd and nothing. I will wait 30 mins longer and switch back to the blue until I run out. This sucks. I'm a full time law student, disabled, single mom and can't use my dominate arm because the pain level is too high. (My shoulder dislocates every time I move my arm, even after 3 surgeries the last one being a bone transplant to the shoulder.) Sorry about any typos, I am typing with my left hand and don't have the coordination in this arm/hand that I do with my right. Thank you for any information that you can provide me.

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I LOVE YOU GUYS WITH YOUR REMARKS OF GOVERNMENT, PHARMECUTICAL COMPANIES AND ETHICAL ALL IN THE SAME SENTENCE.
JUST SO WE'RE CLEAR HERE THE 325mg, 500mg, OR 650mg IN YOUR GENERIC HYDROCODONE/ACETIMINEPHIN IS THE ACETIMINEPHIN OR TYLENOL CONTENT. THE FIRST OR SMALLER NUMBER LIKE 5mg OR 10mg IS THE HYDROCODONE CONTENT. forget all the brand names like lorcet, lortab, lortab plus, vicodin, or Norco. the government wants all prescriptions like these to read no higher than 10/325 and they don't care how they get there. I will guarantee if you had these new white Watson 503 tested they would not be 10/650 but rather 10/325. you folks are not hallucinating that you feel nothing from your new white pills because you're missing almost half the Tylenol. (acetimeniphin)

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You are correct. I take hydrocodone 10/325. The yellow pills work great. Lately i have been given the white ones hich say m367 on them. They do not work!!!. I called the pharmacy and they said that Watson will no longer be making them. Now i have to go back to the doctor and get him to prescribe something else. Im sure the government has everything to do with this.

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Replier #4 Verwon is correct. Pharmaceutical companies have been told by the FDA that all narcotic pain medicine cannot have more than 325 mg. Tylenol in them starting in January 2014. The bigger amount Tylenol mixed with hydrocodone is what makes the pain killer work. I was taken off Lorcets after 13 years b/c drs were worried about my liver and put on Avinza 20 mg. once a day for 5 yrs. then my Avinza was increased to 60 mg. a day and MSIR 15 mg. 4x a day. I've been on it for 5 yrs. There have been 4 or 5 times I've taken 2 Lortabs 2 hours after my regular pain meds b/c I was in so much pain and it helped with the morphine. Otherwise right now my pain meds work well.

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I had two back surgeries in 2008. I only take two lortab 7.5's a day . One in the morning and one in the late afternoon. I use to be somewhat pain free, not completely but bearable. Now when I take the new orange qualitest, nothing ever happens. I suffer through the day with pain that I cannot stand. Sure DEA, all you did was take some tylenol out. I will never believe that. Stay in your business of keeping illegal drugs off the street and let the MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS do their job. You haven't done so great on yours and now you are taking over theirs.

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I really feel it's a way of controlling us all. They say it's to STOP abuse and overdoses and liver protection, but I think that is bullcrap. We need to pull together before it gets worst...any idesa

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Lately (about 1year) I've been chasing pharmacies to find the blue 10/500 Watson hydrocodone. After I couldn't find them anywhere I gave up and ended up with the equivalent of Norco 10/325 generic. I have fibromyalgia and cronic back pain. I'm not getting any relief from the new pills. I've been reading the letters from this site and I agree with all of them except the jerk that said it's all in your head. He sounds like a lot of doctors I've been to in the past. My doctor has been great but now hasn't been able to suggest anything but to take 1/2 Tylenol with each pill. If anyone can help please let me know.

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Dont likethechange, Watson acquired Actavis... I believe that they kept Actavis ingredients & left theirs. You are not the only one experiencing this problem. I was on Watson OxyCodone-10/325.. When I picked up my meds on 3-11.. They were from Actavis mfg... If you read all the complaints.. People are having.. You will be amazed.. Report to FDA.. Go on website.. Report! Report!

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It is my undertstanding that you can no longer get more than 325 mgs of acetaminphen in any medication per the FDA.

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I'm not going to beat ariund the bush. Marihuana is the second best pain reliever there is next to Watson hydrocodone. I have a license to use medical marijuana . I at first wanted it to sleep. Itworks great for that But now that this pill problem has arisen I've used it for pain by smoking and eating it in baked goods. They alo have a pain stick called The Remedy.It is unreal at speedy pain control. I live in Washington State. Talk to your doctor. Best wishes to you all. I hope this helps if they print it.

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I was told today that you will no longer be able to get the 10/500 Hydrocodone. DEA will now only allow 10/325. They told me it is because of problems with liver failure. You will not be able to get it from any pharmacy is what Walgreens told me. So just another way the Healthcare Act is going to control what you get. If anyone still gets the 10/500, I would like to know where.

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no no the blue one had something in them that worked better than pink, white, yellow or liquid I was not allergic to the blues but was to the pink and yellow (Narcos not worth the bottle they are in. the white ones might as well be m & m s They could keep the blues and give to people not allergic if it's in my head then I get a head cure to boot. I know more people that have said the same thing I'm posting here. The gov't needs to get out of my pain management, my quality of life! I had polio where I was three and now in my mid sixties I have post polio syndrome....this is real the polio germ stays dorman in ones body like the chicken pox I stay in pain now where as 5 months ago I had my meds on a schedule and I got my Quality of Life, now I only hate it I hurt all the time Please Watson put the blue ones back on market and label that the dye might hurt you, have pharmacist warn people but there's so many that need these just to feel human....not high....not out of it....but just normal, well as close to normal as a person with cronic pain can feel!!!

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I have been on Loratabs for years!! Last time I went to the doctor he told me they are going to quit making 10/500 because it has too much acetaminophen in them. All loratabs will be (norcos) which only have 250 mgs of acetaminophen in them. I agree I do not think they work as well but if you want the same medicine equivalent that you had just take a over the counter non-aspirin with the ingredient "Acetaminophen" The reason they are putting less in the loratabs is because too many people are taking to many and are overdosing and acetaminophen is like rat poison to your liver....

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Let me start by saying I 1 MILLION % agree with your comment/post. That's the beauty of living in a free (or so were led to believe) Country. We have a right to our own opinions. I for 1 have not tried EVERY single lortab/norco/hydrcodine etc...but have been on quite a few different ones over the past 11yrs, due to numerous surgeries & more that I can't afford to have done right now so as usual the Dr throws pills @ me til I can get my surgeries. Ok, having said all that, it really pissed me off when u get us few "holier then thou/know it alps" that love to say "its all in your head people, blah blah b.s" maybe its all in the heads of the ones sayin it but fir those of us that have suffered in silence or for years in pain, no one listening, taking you serious or flat out just won't help because they have the same moronic "mind over matter" mentality, if anyone should know what works enough to get us out our beds in the morning, its US who can't escape our daily pains. My opinion is the blues worked the best any other 10/500 were weaker or just made me sluggish or tired (i do believe its whatever additives/binders each manufacturer uses) once they turned the blues white, the affect changed as well. Now that all 500's are dropped to 325mg, there IS A CHANGE & I don't care what manufacturer it is. Its not the same. So to the ones that judge, plz walk a mile in EVERY SINGLE PERSON IN PAINS' shoes before assuming you know what everone feels or doesn't feel. I wish only the best to all of you on here suffering in your own lives & hope for better days to come, Jessy

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Verwon, that is exactly what my doctor sand my pharmacist told me. They all told me that as of 01/01/2014 the FDA made it mandatory to lower the dosage of acetaminophen due to the fact that it is causing liver failure in to many people. I can tell a difference in the blue Watson 10/500 & the generic 10/500 though. The blue ones get the pain quicker, but they make me hyper when the others don't and others are slower to work. My family & friends notice the difference in me too. They say I don't shut up talking, but I'm in no pain. Some people may say It's all in your head, but not when your family and friends can see a difference in you and they know that you have taken one without you even telling them.

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There is definetely a change in Lortabs. They are called Norcos now do NOT bring the same pain relief as Lortabs did. I asked and they said it is only the Tylenol that has been cut in half. I simply check to make sure how much I take of that a day and add 2 tylenols along with the 10mg of Norco. You DO have to be very careful of the amount of tylenols you take in a days time, due to liver problems. However, even with adding 2 tylenols, the pain relief is still not the same. I'm going to ask to try the new Hydrocone that has now been approved by the FDA.

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They reformulated loratab to 10/325 now because of the acetaminophen which is
Tylenol eating our liver. Take 1tylenol with your med and it works the same as before.

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To: tin foil hat time You are spot on! would like to talk to you more about everything especially the prednisone crap if u post something back here I will be notified on my email address I have been trying to get my PMgt to change something back or something new since the tabs 10/500 are gone I was told it was the tylenol that affected the liver (according to them my liver is OK) so if tylenol is that bad...why can you still buy all the tylenol you want Over the counter....I just wanna be out of this pain! 67 yr old female with PPS.

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Nanno -I'd be glad to talk. At drs now will reply this evening from reg laptop. PS - the reformulated Vi CV odin HP are hands down better than the Norco, closest thing we're going to find it seems!

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{edited for privacy} I'm just interested in trying to get my dr to change me off those narcos and I want to know what I'm talking about when I ask for something!! thanks

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well l tried to send you my email address but it was edited out I just wanted to talk with you one on one without going through watson chat.

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