Watson Lortab Formula Change (Page 2)
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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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It's nice that you aren't having a problem with this, but your remark that it isonly in their mind reminds me of a lot if doctors who minimize the pain people are feeling. If you experience pain yourself, you should be more intelligent about this and not so insulting.

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Connie - do a Google search for UNA prescription discount card. You can fill out the info or sign up as anonymous. (They only ask name and I think DOB anyhow.) Either print out out or write down the info it gives you (Group #, rxBin, etc) tell your pharmacist to run your Rx under your UNA discount. The savings are unbelievable! I wouldn't have survived without it before getting on medicaid/medicare. The bigger savings are on generics. To give you an example my muscle relaxer was $70 cash, it was $17 with UNA!!! Since they've reformulated the pain meds I haven't used it, but I think my old meds were about $50 on it rather than nearly $200 cash. I hope this helps you! Good luck! Best thing is they aren't sticklers about anything, like early refills. And most any pharm takes it. The prices do vary - discount is less at Walgeens and Rite Aid, best at CVS and some of the grocery store pharm chains. Good luck!

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I'm currently without insurance. I need help paying for my meds. Please.

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If everyone googled fda u can see there email &phone no.bombard them with emails &phone calls.let them know what they r doing to us.

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Not Pharmacy . It is the dea &governor.please ask ur doctor.do your research.

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I've always had to make monthly doctors appointments. I've never had refills for Norco. So after this many years, it is something I'm already use to.

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On top of the change, it's now been moved to a schedule 2 medication.. Meaning you can no longer have refills on them. Also meaning we'll have to go to the doctor more often to get prescriptions written. Everything I read was about people abusing Meds... So they change the rules and hurt the people who actually need them.. Even though the new medicine doesn't help as much. Anyone find a new one that helps better?

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It's the pharmacies, not the manufacturers. Pharmacies are looking for higher profit so they are selecting lower quality meds at the risk of their customers. Believe me, what we use to get is still being made. Everyone should write to the Board of Directors of their pharmacies and complain. I encourage writing and putting the pressure back on them. It's not us, it's them bottom line.....

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That's EXACTLY what my Dr said as well ("just take a Tylenol with it & its thesame as the 10/500 I've been on for over 14yrs")....except its NOT! These are like s***, I find myself taking doses closer together due to the pain, these are so super weak, you really do require extra doses for some relief, which is bad cuz your out of em faster. What REALLY trips me out is how they were 10/500 right?...ok now they're 10/325 which is a decrease of 175mg Tylenol right? Ok so NOW I got a Dr that tells me "just take 1 Tylenol to get the same effect" yet over the counter Tylenols are 325mg for ONE pill. So basically I'm intaking a total of 650mg Tylenol vs. the 500mg I was originally taking so in all rights, its like the Dr's &/or pharmacutical comp are trying to kill usv(or at least cause liver damage which causes severe pains requiring to need these so called "pain relief pills" this is all just a vicious cycle & were the unfortunate ginnypigs suffering while lining all those "fatcats'" pockets. Smh, its a crying shame how this country cares for us or lack thereof! Good luck to all you guys on these meds, my heartgoes out to you, your not alone. God bless.

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The fda are the ones who r n control of our meds.now they will only allow 4/ 10/325 of hydrocodone,(lortab,or norco to b given.ive never seen a 10/325 lortab only hydrocodone.y does the f d a prefer morphine(whitch doesent work for me)over hydro.it takes 40000 mg of acetemitaphine to cause liver damage.do ur research.it makes no sence.i think someone is in with the pharm companies.y else such dradtic changes in law?now i hurt all time.id rather b dead.

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I have MS and my problem is they changed the formula for lortabs period. I take mine 4 times a day and its now 10/325 so now instead of 4 a day I take about 7. They really messed up by changing the formula, because they really don't work as well as they used to!!! But in order for me to get a stronger pain med I'll have to go to a pain dr. and I don't want to I wanna stay with my neurologist!!!! The fda really messed up this time!!!!!

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they can't get the opiod like before.if you read the news, there is war in afganistan getting the opiod.

the afganistand people know that america are desperate for them,and they are killing people before they get to them.

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The Lortab 10/325 are what is given now. They do come in white but they also come in yellow. Where the 7.5/325 come in peach if not white.
As a nurse I know they are the same no matter the color but watching my patients and people I know personally makes me question. Why the blue dye is taken out but not the others? Why is there not the same relief in pain? Some of my patients have no idea of the color change and yet they have the same complaint.

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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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{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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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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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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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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I heard that they are taking hydrocodone off the market. Did anyone hear about that?

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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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