Watson Hydrocodone Pills - Which Pharmacy Carries Them? (Page 4)

I live in northern ky and walgreens quit carrying watson brand and their new brand makes my whole body hurt. I want to find what pharmacies carry watson?

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We're in Tulare County California, carry the Watson Brand, tried the Amneal brand had a bad reaction, help.

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Re: Apple (# 1)

They don’t have them in Ga. either
I’m am deathly sick from changing medication this should be against the law

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Re: w john (# 56)

I am slowly transition off opiods,I do this every 3/4 years, I'm 55 & like to cleanse my body out!
I am taking natural alternative w/ supplements & vitamins.
Turmeric root,ginger & honey work well for me!! The amneal generic hydros,made me so sick,really sick( almost went to ER ( do not like hospitals,especially during flu season).
I hibernate,in winter.
I took BOT in college & former roomie was in pharmacuticals for years- learned alot about human body & meds!
I was maintaining in very low dose, because I do not like taking meds, however, I do want quality of life,so alternatives are better for me right now! Yes I am in more pain than normally,but it will level out!
I can't take morphine,yellow dye, any thing with wheat or alfalfa & mild reaction to codeine ( itchy).
Good luck to all! Blessings!

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Re: sue (# 3)

I'm in Tennessee and I can't find them either. I'm having some of the same problems. The substitute just don't work.

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I don't know if a mail home Pharmacy will deliver any of the Norco's. It's called CareZone it's a home delivery service. They might carry Watson's.

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From what I have heard here in Dallas, Tx. Is that Walgreens had brought back the Watson brand of Hydrocodon. They probably had a loss do to the fact.

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Re: Trish (# 66)
Walgreen's CANNOT bring back the "Watson" brand as it was bought out by Actavis a few years ago and the Watson brand hydrocodone is no longer being manufactured.

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Watson is now Activis name. They are a generic company now and serve over 100 countries. I have not been able to found out if they are to continue their main brand. Evidently not. I agree that the generic Activis is not controlling the pain as they produced under the Watson Brand. I'm looking for something a bit stronger to use. Thank you !

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Re: Paloma (# 7)

Bad news, Walgreens doesn’t use them anymore either.

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Re: Ellen (# 69)

Walgreen's cannot provide "Watson" brand anymore because they were ought out by "Actavis" back in 2014. It is in the article about "Watson" being bought out that Actavis would discontinue the Watson brand in all but a few meds and they were not going to manufacture Watson in generic opioids after some time. The Watson brand opioids, which were damn good generics, are no longer available.

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my sister gets her watson Lortab ( generic) at a Walgreens close by

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Re: Lildarlin (# 71)

There are no longer any "Watson" brand opioids being manufactured under the "Watson" brand name. Here is what it says on the internet: "Actavis Generics (formerly known as Watson Pharmaceuticals and Actavis PLC, prior to the acquisition of Allergan Inc) is a global pharmaceutical company focused on developing, manufacturing and commercializing branded pharmaceuticals, generic and over-the-counter medicines, and biologic products". The Walgreens that I had formerly had my prescription filled at told me back in January of 2018 that they would no longer carry ANY "Watson" brand generic hydrocodone and that was because they were now owned by "Actavis" and the "Watson" brand name had been discontinued for generic opioid manufacturing. The Walgreens were able to provide me with "Watson" brand generic hydrocodone until my refill in January of 2018. I noticed that the pills were different and called the pharmacy and spoke with the Pharmacist and this was the explanation he gave me.

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Re: Lynn (# 40)

I have researched "Watson" generics on the internet a couple of times. I believe "Watson" brand generics for opioid medications have been discontinued. Everything has been rebranded (generic opioids) by the company that bought out "Watson" which is "Actavis". Actavis has reformulated the opioid generics to try and remove the properties of the pain medication that causes any feelings of euphoria while TRYING to keep the pain relieving properties of the pain medications. Unfortunately, their reformulation has left them with meds that are no better than aspirin, tylenol, or Aleve. Evidently you can't have it both ways. The internet states that the "Watson" brand name is still distributed for certain medications in certain areas but NOT for the generic pain medication. Also, it has come to my attention that the manufacturers are allowed to formulate in up to 20% less of the active ingredient in their pills which means if you are prescribed a 7.5/325 generic hydrocodone-acetaminophen that you MAY only be getting 6.0 of the active ingredient and NOT the 7.5 that was written by your Doctor. I had the same prescription for a chronic, inoperable injury written for over 12 years and never once complained about the quality of the pills provided. Then in January of 2018 I went to refill my prescription and, unknown to me until I got home and took one of the pills provided, my pharmacy had changed from the "Watson" brand to the "Actavis" brand. The difference in quality was astounding. I had to change pharmacies to get a slightly better quality of medication. Not as good as the "Watson" brand I had been receiving but light years better than the "Actavis" brand that I had received in January of 2018. I have appealed to my insurance provider to allow me to receive the name brand of the medication and they are fighting it as hard as they can. I have a hearing scheduled before an Administrative Law Judge scheduled in a few days to force the insurance company to provide the name brand that they have, so far, refused to allow me to receive under my insurance. The law and the rules are on my side so maybe with this hearing they will finally be forced to provide me an opportunity to receive what TWO pharmacists have said should work as they have had no complaints on the name brand but has received hundreds of complaints on the generic at the local and corporate level. I had to speak to both of these pharmacists "off the record" as I know them well and they do not want to put their jobs at jeopardy just because they stated the truth and not the "company line". I will let this community know how this works out.

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Re: w john (# 73)

I just left the hearing before an Administrative Law Judge and I have some small reason for optimism. Things seemed to go well but I will see. I will let everyone know what the outcome is when I receive the written ruling. This ruling, if positive could possibly affect all that are similarly situated.

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Re: w john (# 73)

Thank you! I know I was lied to when I called them! I have been in customer related business for all my adult life. I also took BOT medical in college, had a roommate that worked for big pharma & left them because she is also smart! I applaud you for your time & fight!! I am pretty sure the crap Walgreens gave me a few months back made me very sick! I now use Kroger & mallincrodt Med. It’s all been lowered in strength!! Good luck everyone!!!

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Re: Lynn (# 75)

Thank you for a civil on topic answer. You didn’t even have to throw in a political reference in your response. I was told by two pharmacists that the generics of the hydrocodone-acetaminophen was reformulated. I was told by both of these professionals to ask my Doctor to write “no generics” on the prescription and get only the unadulterated prescription medications. Today I had a hearing before an Administrative Law Judge and the insurance company was handily smacked down on the law. That does not mean that I will prevail because of the hysteria surrounding this issue but we will see. This ruling if handed down in my favor should impact all patients that are similarly situated. I just refuse to be served garbage without a fight. If I lose I will have to respect the rule of law. That is what most sane people would do. I guess I could whine and complain but I have had my day in Court and I will respect the process and decision.

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Re: w john (# 72)

Hey John and All, my sister has extremely bad RA, with a bone disease and there is one Walgreens in her area that does carry the watson Lortabs. I'm not sure what she had to go through to get them to order for her but on her medication they say watson on them. Out of all the Walgreens in her area, there is only one that carries them for her. I'm on a different medication so I wouldn't know the difference

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Re: Comatose (# 19)

I had a working relationship with Walgreen's for over 20 years in two States. The people were always friendly and cordial. That is until the so called "opioid crisis" started. After that kicked into high gear you could see the worsening of their attitudes and demeanor. Anytime I brought in a prescription for a controlled substance, ESPECIALLY AN OPIOID based medication, they looked at me as if I was a dope head just trying to get over on them. I thought I KNEW these people. I was in there every month for over 12 years getting my refills. That does not even include the many years that I had filled other prescriptions. As many of you may know, the "Watson" brand of generic hydrocodone is no longer manufactured. "Watson" bought out "Actavis" and, after all sorts of pressure, they have discontinued manufacturing the "Watson" generic hydrocodone and ONLY sell the "Actavis" brand. If any of you are still able to get any of the "Watson" brand hydrocodone it is only because the pharmacy still has some available. After it is gone then that will be it. They cannot order the "Watson" brand hydrocodone generic because it is no longer manufactured. According to the people that I have spoken to in the Walgreen's pharmacies (before I moved all of my prescription medication scripts over to another pharmacy) they will ONLY carry the "Actavis" brand generic hydrocodone going forward. MY OPINION of this "Actavis" brand generic hydrocodone is that it is totally worthless and ineffective. However, Walgreen's does not care as they would rather not fill any opioid based pain medication at all. There may be a Walgreen's that treat their customers civilly. They have over 1100 locations, but be prepared to be treated awfully in the Walgreen's pharmacy when you present a script for an opioid based pill regardless of how calm and nice you treat them. It is as if their corporate headquarters have said to be as rude and condescending to ANY chronic pain patient as they would just rather not fill your script because filling opioid based pain medications brings the heat down on the pharmacy. Walgreen's is just another great example of chronic pain patients being grouped in with the street heroin and fentanyl users, the thieves that steal their pills from their family or do pharmacy robberies. This is so insane and wrong but it is the way we are treated now. Btw, I am a senior citizen and I have NEVER went into a pharmacy to fill a prescription with an "attitude" and treated the personnel badly.

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Re: w john (# 78)

I feel your pain (literally), and frustration. The same thing has happened with my lorazepam. But, my problem is that Mylan who always made the medication has stopped making this and the Actavis brand took that one over too and it’s like taking aspirin. I have chronic pain and severe anxiety so am in a real mess. The bigger corporate pharmacies are the worst as they have to order the cheapest drug made. My suggestion is to switch to a family owned smaller pharmacy which is not a chain pharmacy, they will be glad to have your business and can order different brands that may work better. Good luck to you.

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Re: Deedee (# 79)

Thank you for your kind response. The problem I have with switching to a "mom and pop" pharmacy is: Will they be covered by my insurance? If not, then they will not be in the "network" which will result in no payment or an out-of-network payment. I am certain after much research that the "Watson" brand generic hydrocodone is no longer being manufactured. Because Walgreen's has over 1100 locations it is possible that some Watson generic hydrocodone can be found somewhere but when it is gone it will be gone and replaced with the "Actavis" brand which is an awful product.

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