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I just recieved a new prescription of norco 853 10/325. The last script was yellow and the new ones are white. The pharmacist said that Watson changed the color but the pill is the same, does anyone know if this is accurate?

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Yep. The white ones do nothing. I hate Walgreens to start with. Was filling a script for my husband and decided to get my pain pills filled there too because Watson has a good Rep for pain pills. Called the doc and went back to Kroger and got the 7.5 norcos byan qualitest and they did the job way better. I don't think there is any hydro in those stupid white ones 10/325 by Watson. It's not all in your head folks. I'm reporting it today.

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Sorry to hear that. My Dr. wrote me another script, and called CVS to confirm it was okay to give me new script. The bad ones like you have were from Walgreens. They won't refund me, and at first they acted like they weren't going to take em back and remove me from system as showing I have purchased 360 pills in 2 days. I had to leave town, and will be gone for 4 months, so 180 is for 4 months. What happens is you can get put on a black list when you purchase that many in 2 days, so the bad batch of pills, the white ones have to come off computer showing I still have them. So, if you have another pharmacy, like CVS, they still have the yellow ones with a V on the front. Call your Dr. and do what I did. They were 112 bucks for 180 at CVS. Also contact Watson, as I did, and tell them they are not working. I spoke with a quality control guy that makes records of complaints. Once they get enough, they will make a recall and check these white ones out, and see whats going on. Good luck to you, being in pain sucks...I gotta feeling, all pain meds are gonna be weakened before its all over with...At least generics...

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Tom how did you report that? I too notice a HUGE differnece in the yellow vs white and by the way my stomach and general well being goes the white ones are NOT the same and weird thing is they dont even seem consistant like some sorta help but make me queasy and some dont help at all and i hurt even worse some just make me feel like throwing up whereas the yellow ones i never could "tell" i took a thing except i felt the pain subside and or go away like i had nothing at all wrong. No buzz no high no naseau just relief from pain now with the white ones they are like ive been hit by a mack truck and landed on my head just like when i used walmart or cvs who use mallinkrodt brand i saw a tv show where they did investigation on pharm co. And mallinkrodt failed alot generics are supposed to have the EXACT same amount of active ingredient as name brand but they dont and the INActive ingredients are never listed but i wonder if its those IN active ingredients making me sick like this.im in an area where rx abuse is really bad and they are super strict about pain meds regardless of who you are or why you are in pain i use ONE doctor and ONE pharmacy and never take more than supposed to even as bad as I hurt i wont so for the most part when the pain is severe and I cant take anything for hrs i end up in the floor or bed almost ready for a trip to the ER i cant take it. Twenty years ive taken hydro of some sort for my pain and i can tell these white watsons are NOT the same they dont even seem legit because i never got ANY sort of buss before and these are giving me a weird temp buzz sometimes i dont like it plus when it does that its NOT helping /y pain any at all whatever IS in it.its almost like its benedryl in it ive only ever taken either demerol or hydro the hydros worked way better for me and the diff types of pain i have than demerol but im about ready to ask doc for something else the tylenol every day for twenty years no telling what it has done before i was put on RX hydro i was ttaking tylenol by the fistful several times a day 6to8 at a time not knowin it harms your liver. Then doc changed my hydro from 500mg to the norco with 325mg tylenol since its for life now i cant have any surgery except life saving surgery :(( so fixing anything on me surgically is out. I cant even drink alcohol for pain relief like some do and I used to have a toddy when had bad chest cold etc. If this is the quality of life Im stuck with now due to a color change in a pill I wont have a life :(( only good thing is its not dead of winter cold when i have even more bone and joint pain from the cold damp. I dont know what to do :(( cant call my doc about them due to the pain contract they ALL have to go by here and the pharmacy wont be able to DO anything once you take an RX out the door there is no giving them back. The brand name norco cost over $300!!! I cant afford that with my high 5k deductable plus premiums and my fam md doesnt take my insurance so im really in a financial mess former clinic i went to yrs ago charged more because its for pain and then drug test they chrged over FIVE hundred bux for pee in a cup PLUS the OV!! I said i will bring my own drug test from the pharmamcy and u can use that and they refused so i went to new doc who doesnt charge for drug test thank GOD. If we have to go by the drug contracts and tests THEY should be regulated somehow and not allowed to charge such high amounts just because its pain med visit and drug tests do NOT cost them five hundred dollars!!! Thats rediculous!

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I agree the white ones are NOT working as well as the yellow ones and not only is my pain level back up my intestines are acting up again the same way it did cpl yrs ago when I started using walmart pharmacy who carried mallingkrod brand norco i found freds carried watson brand and switched no more problems. Now watson has changed something and its not just the color generics are supposed to be equal but I can promise you there IS a difference in the cheaper generics watson has been pretty consistant until now and im glad I found this forum because I was beginning to think either I got slipped placebos or counterfeit med. I cant take this pain and stomach distress!! Just when I was getting a handle on the lupus and genetic defect I have and feeling better THAT way now my bone joint and muscle pain seems worse :( and after four years of tummy problems and FINALLY getting better now my tummy feels bloaty and like Im being pinched all over my intestines head hurts and I just dont feel well.i have severe dextro roto scoliosis thoractic and neck and spurs bulged discs etc always in pain but at least tolerable for the most part as long as i was careful. Now thanks to this color change i feel like im ready for a wheel chair :(( its NOT just a color change there is NO way a color change makes you feel like this :((

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I agree. Got the Norco 10 whites. I only take half two to three times a day for pain and the white one feels noticeably stronger to me.

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You guys are NOT imagining things. The white ones are not the same. Just reported it today, May 1st, 2013. There has been TONS of complaints with the white ones, and I was told its possible there needs to be some tweaking done to the ingredients to get them working properly. Personally, I think its bigger than that, but what do I know. Govt just trying to make us spend more money on the name brands, so they take out the active ingredients in the generics. I take 2 10/325 per day and I feel great. NO pain at all. These white ones, I have taken 6 in the last 5 hours and my knee is KILLING me. This is nuts...

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You can still get relief from generic Norco, just go with a different brand. Qualitest, Mallinckrodt and Amneal all work pretty good - much better than these white Watson's for sure. Call different pharmacys in your area and ask them what brand they carry before filling your script. Hope everyone finds relief from their pain!!

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I saw my doc on Weds and he changed them - he wasn't happy with what I told him as far as them not working and the weird side effects, so he changed them. However, he changed them to the 10/500, but still Watson, as we agreed we didn't want to veer too far from something that had been working for me for so long.

Well, these ones aren't any better. I still get queasy, everything tastes funny, and they still don't work. And yes, they're white, too.

I see him next Weds, so I'm just going to ride this out doing as close to nothing as possible. He said he'd change them again if these didn't work, either.

I'm so tired of pills, but with my fourth back surgery in a year only a few weeks away, I'd like there to be some semblance of relief at some point, even if it's just temporary. I already feel like a guinea pig and now this is just adding to it.

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Either way I am sick of taking pain pills, but if I have to take them, I would want it to work. With the Yellow one; I would take one or one and half, but with the white, I notice about two three days later, that pain was braking through and I had no energy . The yellow pills always help with the pain and I had energy to get up and do things, since being on the white ones, never no energy and having pain, even after taking 2-1/2 to 3 pills and I was only taking 1 to 1-1/2 of the yellow. And with the white ones I am out of pills to the 29th of April. I gurss I will ask my Doctor to change to something else. I don't care, they taken out more then yellow dye.

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The white ones are definitely weaker and have different side effects as far as I'm concerned. From what I understand, Watson pharmaceuticals was taken over by Actavis pharmaceuticals. Maybe they changed some of the inactive ingredients which may be causing alot of us to react differently, I don't know. I just wish they would go back to the yellow ones - I plan on switching away from the Watson's for now.

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I recieved the white watson pills today, been taking the yellow ones for 1 year. I think the white ones work better. After reading what everyone is saying (not as good), it makes me wonder if it has something to do with having a reaction to the yellow dye?? I dont know, maybe the white ones work better for those who had a reaction to the yellow dye.....just a guess

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I just got my new "white" ones, and I totally agree that they are not the same, so it clearly isn't all in your head. I have been taking Mylan brand for 10 yrs and they worked just fine. Walgreens gave me the Watson brand this time and they are not working like the ones from Mylan.

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It's not in your head. If they were the same, the effect with regards to pain relief would be the same.

I'm hoping it's just a wonky batch from the manufacturer, but I think it's odd so many people are saying the same thing regarding the effectiveness (well, the lack thereof).

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yes, it is the same, but personally it is not as strong as the yellow ones. Maybe it is in my head.

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LuLu,I read your response and nobody is talking about a doctor's job to make anyone a zombie.I think that was a rude comment.The white's are weaker and I have called the FDA.Allison is correct and Melissa is correct.Ladies,if you will report this to the FDA like many other's have then there will be an investigation.

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Alison you can always call your doctor or talk to the pharmacist about your medication and how they have altered it, and/or why. Yes there are other brands out there that are 10 325mg, but if your doctor felt you should have been put on one of those he or she would have prescribed you that rather than the prescription you're complaining about.
Most likely you will always experience a little bit of pain or discomfort no matter what medication you take. A doctor's job is not to make people zombies by over prescribing meds.

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Just seconding what Allison said. The white ones are not nearly as effective as the yellow tablets. My pain has become excruciating since I received the white ones last week. I took a yellow one an hour ago because it was what I had with me - it's like I've never taken these before. Dizziness aside, at least the pain has subsided. I'm calling my doc...

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Yep - I just got mine last week and they were white. Got them from Osco near Chicago.

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Vernon and Lulu if that'sd the case their are 10/325 brands that are white!

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Why go thru the trouble of taking out dyes when their are other 10/325 brands out there that are white

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