Watson Is Now Actavis Generic Percocet 5/325 What Is Up With This (Page 32) (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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Jennifer, I was being very conservative when I mentioned 50 people. I know it is far more than that, those are just the ones I've read complaints from!

Hey, I would have loved to have been a fly on their wall when you told them to send you their pay checks! You should have heard the deafening silence when I told her, " guess what? I AM A MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL!" Freaking priceless! You must find out who you are talking to before saying something that could ( and did ) backfire! Lol

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Tracy....I understood ya! Im a new yorker so I get it! Bold, straight forward, no sugar coating here. .....and I dont open my mouth unless im aware of what im talking about! And my patience for stupidy or trying to get one by me was lost long ago! Its funny, there were 2 other tracys on this site looong ago and at the time, they were regular checkins.....if either r u are reading this, hope ur doing well! Let us know! anyway.....have u checked out the link I posted? Is anyone still here besides myself n tracy? Lol

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Hmmm.....I think it turned into the Jennifer and Tracy show! Lol. I hear ya.....I have very little patience for stupidity. Misunderstanding or not understanding is one thing but, plain old stupidity.....drives me nuts. I'm talking more of what you see come out of someone with no common sense! Of course, no one would ever think I thought that if they were on the phone with me or standing in front of me......well, I guess it depends on who it is...LOL. But, I would never do it to a patient/patients family and THAT can be extremely difficult!

Hey, my pharmacist called me last night and he told me, over the phone of course, what they carried in generics, etc, etc. You know, everything we all have been talking about. Anyway, I had him put in my chart, my husbands and my 70 year old mothers' chart ABSOLUTELY NO ACTAVIS BRAND MEDS! I don't care what the med is. He also said Actavis is charging, his cost, 3 times more than anyone else that he stocks and something does not seem right at all there! Next, and I'm saying this for everyone's benefit, he wished people would ask questions like I do. And that I always ask damn good questions. Well, I research and read a lot! Nursing is what I enjoy and pharmaceuticals are a part of that. It interests me like a fictional novel interests most! I posted, on another thread, to everyone & I will say it here.....YOU HAVE TO BE IN CONTROL/BE THE HEAD OF YOUR OWN MEDICAL CARE. ASK QUESTIONS....TRULY ASK. IMHO, THE ONLY STUPID QUESTION IS THE ONE NOT ASKED. IE: WHEN A DOC CHANGES A PRESCRIPTION HE/SHE IS NOT ALWAYS GOOD AT TELLING PATIENTS TO STOP THE MED THE NEW ONE IS SUPPOSE TO REPLACE. I HAVE HAD MANY, ESPECIALLY ELDERLY, PATIENTS HAVE SEVERE ADVERSE REACTIONS BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T STOP A MED...JUST ADDED ONE. QUESTIONS MUST BE ASKED AND DON'T LET ANYONES ATTITUDE DETER YOU FROM ASKING! IT IS THEIR JOB.....WE CANNOT READ YOUR MIND!

anyway, I never heard back from Actavis after the lady told me another department would be calling me about refunding my $218 I spent on the actacrap! Oh my, WHY would they want to discuss that, right? Some people! I do not foresee a quick fix to the med problem. It took them b/t 5-7 years to fix the Wellbutrin XL 300 MG that some BiPolar and severely depressed people commit suicide because the meds "no longer worked" and they had had enough. The FDA approved the Wellbutrin XL300 based SOLELY on the analysis of the 150mg XL saying that since the 150's worked so would the 300's. EVERY med is suppose to be tested against the brand...doesn't matter if it's just a different MG! Oh, what did the FDA say about this, you ask? "We don't know how we approved that without it being tested!" Something to that effect. UN-FREAKING-BELIEVABLE!!! I read all this on The People's Pharmacy website.

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Omg, I love reading all these posts! We are not confused. They have deliberately changed pain medications to stop drug abuse on the streets!! Those we truly need pain relief are screwed! I don't know how this can be legal. Someone needs to take a serious evaluation of this nightmare!! I complained to Endocet manufacturer, Qualitest. The Endocet 10/325's in Colorado are AWFUL!! They don't work for pain, and make you deathly tired! I will never get them again!

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Has anyone found a pecocet 10-325 that works yet? I seem to only have a choice between Amneal and actavis. I used to get endocet which I liked but no one has it anymore. I have chronic pain and am so tired of purchasing meds that don't work!!

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Oh my God it has gotten so crazy in Michigan that the doctors need to run a MAPS query on you before you can get any sort of pain medication. Both my PCP and neurologist will no longer prescribe pain meds due to a surgery I had last month to repair a broken ankle. My ortho prescribed percocet which was s***ty activis and now I am black balled and can not get my pain meds filled which I need for severe back pain caused by arthritis herniated discs scoliosis etc. The pain goes all the way down my right leg. They say that sense I had one doc prescribing pain meds which was temporary that they can not give me my pain meds I have been getting for several years. I don't know what to do, I went to a pain clinic and was told they only do steroid inj's. which I have had done 6 times with no relief. I am in tears is it like this in other states or is our state which have threatened to arrest doctors for prescribing too many pain meds so I can't blame them, this has really gotten out of hand when people in pain can't get any help because the government has gotten in our medical records. Does anyone have any suggestions. Thank you so much

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Rammstein fan.....if u go back to the dr who did ur surgery for ur ankle and give him ur actavis back, he wont write u a new script? I dont understand why the drs uve been seeing for ur meds for ur back wont continue to treat u? If u gave them ur actavis back, they wont write u a new script? Youve been on this thread for awhile now....u should know when u go to a pharmacy, ask what manufacturer they use for the med ur filling.....so ur not stuck with the Actavis after its too late.
JB, alot of us here have been taking endocet and they have worked better than anything else out there at the moment. Endocet is generic Percocet. I have wrote this before....there are 4 Walgreen s in my town....two of them will special order them for me, the others wont. So before ur script is due to be filled, you need to physically go into the walgreens and ask them if they have endocet....if not, will they order it for u so they will have it when u bring ur script in. If they say no....go to another walgreens. .....keep trying till u find one that will. Unless ur in their system, they wont answer u honestly over the phone so u have to go into the pharmacy. Also, some people say CVS will order them for u as well so u can go there n try them as well. Good luck!

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Hi Jennifer, it was my fault. I have my prescriptions filled at walgreens except my pain meds which I have been getting at Shopco which carry Mals which work better for me. I had my husband take my script to be filled and he did not hear me when I told him to go to Shopko and went to walgreens so I got activis. You would not believe the people in Michigan that are unable to get the pain meds filled due to the strict enforcement on the new drug laws. If you go to the ER for pain they will not give you any meds, doctors are refusing to refill any pain meds for fear the may be prosecuted. It is crazy I am about ready to move to a different state. Thanks for your advice. Diane

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The worse pain meds out there its like tylon sucks heArt hurtin in sever pain.need to recall thus junk activis.guess they will when someone sews em.what happened to the watson percet.the qualafast was workin niw cant get them.there just throwin junk around.

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Find urself a reputable pain dr. Be able to back up ur health problems with test results, mri, ct scans. My husband had a prob. And since we did the above plus having his primary dr. Call plus write a letter, it worked. Qualitest stinks. Had an uphill battle at drug store but they ordered in actavis. We live in NJ which is 1 of the 3 most difficult states to get pain meds

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Luvjazz, Thanks for the advice. I have recent MRIs, and xrays and it shows my back is a mess. I have been to two pain clinics at the advice of my pcp and was told we don't do meds that they would schedule me for the steroid inj's. which I told them they do not work. I have one more pain clinic near me that I am hopefully going to get a referral and pray they give meds. These places make you feel like a junkie and I am tired of being talked down to. I have a few actavis left from my surgery on my ankle and when they are gone I am s*** out of luck. I am in a panic because the pain is excruciating.

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Luvjazz n rammstein.....the Actavis work for you? This whole thread and many many others are all about how horrible Actavis is.....doesnt give us any pain relief and has given us many horrible side effects....ur last comments read as if u want them n theyre working for u which is a first!
KAROL.....if u read through this thread, youll learn what happened to the infamous Watson's that worked wonders for all our pain. Also...I know theres alit of pages, but if u can, read through this entire thread from post number 1 till the end....you will learn so much u never knew and will find interesting. Best of all, youll be well informed and the more you know about your meds, the better! I always advise everyone who comes on this thread to read through it all. When ur a pain management patient, knowledge is ur power and as a responsible pain management patient , you should know as much as u can n I find this thread to be the most informative thread amongst them all on the topic area

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Activis sucks. We fought n fought witn our pharmacy, filed a complaint against the druggist n said is this a matter of dollars n cents. The next day the area mgr calledn said she instructed the pharmacist to order in the other. I'm not home so i forget the other brand. Hubby has small nerve fiber neuropathy. Extremely rare n
No cure. He now takes 2 15 mg of oxycodone n needs the meds to work n days it hardly works .

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I was warned about Walgreens. And these a333, but I am in now in Fl and trying to establish with a pharmacy.....so I just got screwed out of a 28 day supply. Down here you are lucky if you aren't turned away by Walgreens...i know what to do next month...wait as i was filling with Publix they carried Alvogen they work Mallinckrodt qualitest and Endo all work for me...another nono is Mscontin by Mylan they re 4 times the size of Mallinckrodt Mscontin...If you ask a pharmacist what brand they carry especially at Walgreens you may just get turned away all together...im just hanging by a thread and strength from the creator right now...hope this helps someone

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@Diane I left Co to come to Fl..its been a pure struggle.yes laws were changing I Co but nothing like here in Fl

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Anon, it is horrible in Michigan to try and get a pain script. Most doctors are afraid of being charged with a crime if they issue a script to a patient they have been seeing for years for chronic pain. My neurologist cut his patient load to less than half of what he was seeing. I have severe back and headache issues but he now refuses to see me because of his fear of being charged with a crime if he issues me a script I have been getting from him for several years. Where do I go now. The pain is very real but the doctors here in Michigan are not taking any new pain patients. I know the FDA is trying to stop the abuse of pain meds but when you have updated MRI's to show proof of your medical condition I do not understand why they are getting involved in OUR treatment. Also since they have made it harder for legit patients and pillbillies, the pillbillies have turned to illicit drugs and we have had numerous OD's, some resulting in death. We need to get the law changed, I don't know if they will listen to us but maybe the doctors can help us.

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@Tracy yes I used the hydrocodone too the in 2012 ..it just didn't work at all. But the A333 are giving me GI pain like razor blades on my belly..just wanted to agree with u on that actually it was the 10\500 half the scrip blue half white Watson 540 not made I that strength anymore. But

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@Rammstein, I left Co late 2014, had some problem finding a prescriber,but its all @ ppl you know...but in Co a thread on which a cpp started ppl opened up n shared docs info actually helping a lot of legit pain patients..and there are clinics there that do drug panels, but if u use marijuana therapy and had the license u were ok not down here in Fl, nothing near as bad as Fl...

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CVs has been of no help to me as I'm not on their system.. Walgreens pharmacist turned away 3 or 4 ppl in front of me I saw it today, turned me away too, but last week I filled 112 a333 transferred my lyrics flexerill etc , they also filled my long acting morphine last month, but turned me away today..but its probably a blessing, I received Endo mscontin it worked, but I'm going to Publix tomorrow they be always been good to me. I just can't drive so I have to wait for a ride for tomorrow...

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Hi I've been reading all of ur responses I was on hydro 10mg/325. For 2yrs they stopped working my Dr then added 125microg fentanyl really not much difference I turned my new script of patches back into him so he just put me on oxy 10mg/325 an yes im taking generic actu as A333. The reason I'm even on here this morning Id I was searching to see which generic is best for perks cuz I'm not feeling that much pain relief. I'm disabled neck Id just not It's all messed up car accident like 11 yrs ago knee damage they had to take miniscus and cartridge out so bone on bone since 2010 arthritis throuout an fibro. Now 3 wks ago ER visit cuza jaw pain end up 80% blockage so I had to have stent im blessed an thankful I made it an still here Anyway back to these M&Ms I feel that I bght are really upsetting to me byes I remember Watson they were fantastic pain was gone!!! Now I'm taking 2 pills each time I need for pain insteada 1 every 4 to 6 hrs An yes stomach is a mess sick feeling im going to ask my pharm I go to walgreens also but I'm going to ask her for a different generic if they can't then im trying Riteaid or giant eagle I'll call first Im really hoping for all of us that live an suffer daily with pain that we get a stronger oxy next time I've been paying outa pocket for over a ur I finally got Medicare an pharm card today Why cnt we get roxicet ? On my script it says oxy. Generic Roxys PLZ Id app an answer back ty for all of ur comments PLZ talk to me guys

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