Watson Is Now Actavis Generic Percocet 5/325 What Is Up With This (Page 23) (Top voted first)

I had been taking 5/325 generic Watson percocet for 4 years. Suddenly I get notified by Walgreens which I have insurance that there is no more Watson brand and I was given generic percocet 5/325 by Actavis. It is not the same at all. It has no pain relief for me. I used to break the watsons in half sometimes and never had a funny taste. I just broke one of the actavis white tablets in half and it immediately tasted like salt or alka seltzer? Has anyone had any issues with this drug too. Also, along with it not working right it has made my GI tract and stomach so ill feeling and cramping. This is not right how can they take away a medicine that someone has been on for 4 years without any problems and tell them to suddenly switch. Would a peson who has been on a certain heart medication for years be told to suddenly switch that he can't get that medicine anymore? I don't think so. I don't know what I am going to do but when it comes time to have my rx re-filled it will not be with Actavis and I will have to pharmacy shop I guess to see if I can find Watson. I am very depressed now and so unhappy I can't believe it.

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Hi Lisa M., at least now your friend knows what is causing her stomach issues and i hope she doesn't take anymore and hopefully she just didn't get her rx re-filled and has to wait another month. I hope she doesn't take anymore. Do you know if your friend takes more than one drug because it may be that if she takes more than one she didn't notice it right away but I only take that one pill so for me I noticed the difference almost immediately. I could tell right away that this pill was different. My friend takes morphine, soma and percocet and when they changed he didn't even notice it but that's because he takes more than one drug to control his pain. I am sure this Actavis crap is not flying off the shelves and people are looking for alternatives since it causes everyone that has tried it major side effects and it just doesn't work. I really believe it is loaded with fillers and no oxycodone is in it no matter what Actavis claims.

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Lola...I thought u were done taking the actavis awhile ago? Now im curious about the endocet. Im gonna have to try to find a place that has them in stock. I go to the dr tomorrow for my refills so wish me luck. Does anyone know of any pharmacies that carry endocet that are not a mom n pop place?

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Jennifer, yes I have not taken any of the actavis since the very first time I still have them on the shelf I am taking percodan by Watson now 5/325. Lisa M. wanted to know if the Actavis looked the same as the Watson and I told her they were a white pill I still have the bottle. But I will never take one again. You can get the endocet at Walgreens and I am almost positive they can order it for you if they don't have it but the Walgreens that I use has 3 bottles of it on the shelf and I know they can order it. What have you been taking for your pain? Is it not working is that why you want to try the endocet?

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Lola, do you mean people are asking for Watson 10/500 or 10/325 ? They don't make the 10 mg hydrocodone with 500 Acetaminophen any longer. But they do still make 10 mg hydrocodone with 325 Acetaminophen.

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Jennifer walgreens told me they can no longer order them because of cost. The walgreens pharmacist was so nice! She said to find a local place. You may be able to see if Rite aid can order. I lucked out with this pharmacy. They can order in any brand you want but due to demand they always have endocet in stock. Lola I do believe my friend didn't have the flu and she was going through withdrawal with the change and she's always very sick in her stomach. So much so she now wants to see a GI doctor and her pain is no longer controlled. I told her I bet it is the actavis! Unreal. Jennifer I love endocet. I honestly haven't felt this good in years! I was even telling my doctor and she said she heard they are great also. I really hope you can find some just to give it a try. I get such an energy boost because it takes the pain away.

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Jennifer I do not think you will be disappointed. I really don't. They work way better then the mallinckrodt and even better then brand name! Brand name made me so sleepy. I just wanted to go to bed. Lola did that happen to you also? They made me so nauseous. Name brand on the bottle says manufacturer endo. But they aren't the same as endocet. I heard endocet used to be considered a brand name. The pharmacist said percocet and endocet are made by endo pharm but they are different.

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Jennifer, I remember taking the very first endocet and not having side effects. It even got rid of my anxiety I was having about the whole pill fiasco. However after a few name brand as I thought I would have to adjust. Yuck! The more I took the worse I felt. I wanted to cry at the thought of being stuck with them for a month. I couldn't get nothing done. I was so sleepy. It slowed my respirations to. It also made my stomach make a lot of noise and I had some of painless muscle twitches that were so annoying. I noticed another guy posted he prefers endocet over name brand any day and my insurance covers brand name. I paid 6.50 for them. They aren't even worth that. lol

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Bl......they no longer make the Watson's 10/325 generic Percocet......they replaced them with actavis generic 10/325. Why do u think they are still making them?

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I am taking the mallinkrodt generic Percocet 10/325 now n they are not helping control my pain enough. They help a little but a little is not enough. Im walking with a limp because of the pain that I still have. I need to talk to my dr about increasing the amount I take. Ive been taking 3 a day for as long as I can remember. This medication is really a 4 to 6 hour dose where he has had me on every 8 hours. So my pain comes back aroung the sixth hour and I have to deal with it until I can take my next pill which sucks. And if im correct, these meds have a 3 hour half life so ive been underdosed. Now that we're no longer taking the Watson's, the pain is worse during that 6th n 7th hour before I can take my next dose. Im hoping if I can get the endocet, it wont be so bad. The Watson's use to perk me up as well so I pray the endocet s do the same too. Im tired of being in pain n laying around. I , like u lisa m, dont do drugs, I dont drink alcohol, dont abuse my meds , ive done everything as im told by my dr., and even before my car accident that caused my back issues, before I had to take pain meds, I didnt do drugs n didnt drink. In fact, I was always the designated driver when my friends n I went out to party n I didnt do drugs then either. Ive always been on the straight n narrow as they say. I dont feel high off my meds... im a mother who is unable to do the things I need to do with my kids cause of my pain n it SUXS! so im hoping if I can find the endocets, they will help me as well as they're helping u lisa m.

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Well my dr added an additional dose per day so instead of every 8 hrs it will be every 6 and after calling a hundred places, turns out my old pharmacist that transferred to another walgreens has endocet so he told me to come on down n im headed there now....u got me excited about these lisa m.....if they dont work im gonna be in agony for 30 days so wish me luck

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BL, no I am referring to the watson percocet not hydrocodone but acetemenophin and oxycodone the 5/325 and the 10/325.

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Lola...i think shes wondering if u were talking about the generic 10/500 or 10/325 hydrocodone w acetaminophen from Watson which is the generic Percocet then she said they still make the 10/325??? I wonder if she actually takes generic Percocet s? N if she does, does she not realize they arent Watson's like lisa m's friend didn't?

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Lola....to be honest, ive NEVER been sensitive to medications....the fact that Actavis made me sick to my stomach is proof that junk is no good. Ive only taken one dose of the endocet since I picked them up at 4 so its too soon for me to tell anything legit yet. Im not sick and my pain level IS lower now than it was last night at the same time though. As far as that burst of energy. ...didnt get it from this first dose but we'll see when I wake up in the morning and take my first dose. Funny thing. .when I was calling around trying to find a place that had endocet, one of the pharmacists told me his wife was taking the Watson's generic Percocet then they were bought out by Actavis and ever since, she has been in terrible pain....the Actavis were giving her no pain relief whereas the Watson's did a good job. I told him I found that out about 2 1/2 months ago when I had to go through the same thing. I told him how I went on the internet to do some research about what was going on with the Watson medicine n found tons of people going through the same thing when taking Actavis Percocet n that is why im now trying to find the endocet...I told him I was given the Actavis n that was out....I then tried the mallinkrodt but it wasn't giving me enough pain relief n I had read a bunch of people were having success with endocet. Poor guy told me with his insurance, he had to get his meds at walgreens. If he went anywhere else, he would have to pay almost cost for them....and his wife was having surgery tomorrow so he was hoping she wouldn't be in too much pain n he wished he could get his wife endocet where they take his insurance. All that coming from a pharmacist ......go figure. Ooooooooo...im typing this n it just hit me I could call him n tell him I got the endocet at Walgreens n which one....if I could find which of the dozens of pharmacies I called he was at? I gotta try n look through my call log n hope to figure it out by seeing the length of each call I made n hoping hes at the pharmacy with the longest call time since I g ad a conversation with him....I feel bad for him n especially his wife. And it would feel good to help someone who's stuck with no good options because theyre unaware of being able to get something else. If I remember right, werent you sensitive to dye in medications Lola? Just remember endocet is yellow if u r. At least the 10/325's are....I don't know about the 5/325's though...or if they even make the 5's?

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Jennifer-the generic hydrocarbon and acetaminophen 10/325 to which you referred is Norco.

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Sorry....I was typing n hitting the T9 text choices not realizing I was selecting percs instead of norcs....thanks sara...I wouldn't have realized I made that mistake. Lola.....I typed a response n it still hasnt been approved. ...Idk y? So im gonna try to type a little at a time n see if it just goes through.

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Ok, so im only on my 3rd dose of the endocet and as far as pain relief, theyre better than the mallinkrodt generic. But...I really need to give it a couple of days to give u a definite answer. I give my body a few days to adjust to the changes in meds, then ill know for sure if they're better or not.

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Lola, if I remember correctly, u were sensitive to the dye in medication so just be aware these are yellow. ..at least the 10/325's are...not sure about the 5/325's....or if they make em? As far as energy. ...I slept on n off till 1:30 today....n I could've slept longer if I didn't have to get up... ive been really sleepy. Hopefully that will go away once I adjust.

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Jennifer, are you talking about the endocet being yellow or the percodan? The endocet I have are white and I have already tried them and they made me too quesy and spacey and it lasted all day so I can't take the endocet. Still taking the percodan and they are yellow but I guess the yellow doesn't bother me for some reason. How is the endocet working for you now?

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They approved n posted my message I typed on Saturday after I posted on Sunday so my posts are repeated. ....Lola... im referring to the endocet 10/325's being yellow. I haven't taken the Percodan. How are the Percodan working for you? Are you taking the 5 or 10/325's? The endocets made me weak n very tired on Sunday. ..today I didn't feel as tired as I did yesterday (Sunday). Like I mentioned earlier, my body needs a few days to adjust. As the days go by, my body seems to be adjusting better. When you try a new pain medication, do you stick with them for a few days before throwing in the towel? When we try a new pain medication, even if we don't feel so good at first, we need to stick with it for a few days. All us Watson users have taken a hard hit to our bodies with the changes in meds, so we have to give ourselves a chance to adjust to another pain medication and that may take a few days or maybe even a week to tell if its going to give us any real pain relief n not make us ill. If you're not giving the meds some time to adjust, you wont knowif its actually the medication making u sick or the withdrawals from the previous pain medication.

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Jennifer-this is what I was trying to say in my original post #343. Perhaps I said it poorly.:(

That with my Norco, I had to go to 4 CVS stores to find my generic. Within a few miles!

And that it's worth the looking..you have to talk to EACH pharmacist to know what's on the shelf. Often what the computer says isn't representative of everything they have.

My pharmacy has my generic, but you must ask since it's on diversion in CA. And ALL staff will tell you it's unavailable on the phone.

Confusing and frustrating. Thank goodness for this forum!!

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