Why Did You Take Excedrin Off The Market (Page 2)
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I can't take aspirin so I have been taking aspirin free excedrin. All of a sudden I can't find it anywhere. Am told that they recalled it because they found glass in it.

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Just found out Excedrin PM no longer available as I infrequently use 1/2 to help with insomnia. I find it better than prescription Zimovane. Any suggestions for an otc substitute?

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"Mid-year"? That can't be true. It's the end of July already. Mid year is passed. Sure hope they hurry and get Excedrin back on the market. I hate using all my prescirption headache medication but Excedrin is the only other thing that actually works on them..so what to do? And no, the store brands are not compounded the same way as Excedrin so they don't work nearly as well..if at all.

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i have been using excedrin migraine for 2 years now,,,, but in the past 4 months or so, i noticed that everytime i take the medicine, my headache disappear but moments later i feel sharp pains in my stomach every now and then and i burp a lot. though i take the medicine with a full meal.is this a side effect? can anybody explain this? or does anyone experience something like this?

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Don't worry about Tylenol...they took that off the market too. I checked today!!!

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I am not addicted to excedrin and only use it whenever I have a severe headache. Most of the time I would only take 1/2 of a pill and it worked. I woke up with a headache this morning, went to Walmart and bought the store brand. I took one pill and an hour later nothing. I took another pill and after 6 hrs it finally started to subside a little bit but not completely gone. So IMO, the store brand DOES NOT work even close to as good as Excedrin. I smell some Bovine Fecal Matter coming on with the new Excedrin!

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Vanquish by Bayer has same ingredients and I tried it while waiting for Excedrin to come back on the market. I guess it works okay, but somehow not the same as Excedrin.

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I'm a reporter working on a story about people who are suffering because they have been unable to get Excedrin. If this applies to you please call me today at 212-456-5944

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I want to buy Excedrin for migraine when will it be back on the market?

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I liked that product too, it worked really well for me and cannot find it anywhere!

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The stores in our area have not only pulled Excedrin from the shelves but also the store brands. I may have to start traveling to find something.

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Hmmm, sounds like they're gonna change the formula to me. Have any of you noticed that when a medication works really good, they always pull it and replace it with a "new and improved" formula that doesn't work nearly as good as the old one? ( ie: Alkaseltzer Plus ) Always remember people, there is NO MONEY in the cure!

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The store brands have exactly the same ingredients to the mg. It's the idea of Excedrin, which I have taken for 100 years lol ok almost, but the store brand that I am forced to buy now works just as well.

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They found presription pain killers mixed in with excedrin and a couple of other OTC products. That is why it was pulled.

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Yes- I too agree- I am ready to ask every friend I know if they have any Excedrin at home they do not need- after 1 yr. of chronic head pain- and 15 drugs, 7 Dr.'s later- I now had founf ex. strength Excedrin to be the only help....no store brand seems to knock out my pain...such a disappointment to have all of this removed from every store- and every shelf.

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I have been suspicious for years about Excedrin containing something other than what is listed on the bottle for the simple fact that one becomes dependent on this drug and feels the need to take it daily and multiple times a day. If you stop taking it you will have withdrawal symptoms. I began taking Excedrin 28 years ago and have taken it daily as I would wake every morning with a headache. I'm glad its gone as I was forced to withdraw from it. I had a sever headache for 3 weeks. I think they have tampered with it for years to get people hooked so the consumer would continue buying it. No proof of coarse just pondering the idea.

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There's a product called Vanquish which has the same ingredients as Excedrin Migraine, but in half the amounts. You can find it in any drugstore.

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I'd like to know why they took ALL the drug and not just the contaminated batches. I'm extremely upset because I have bad migraines and have tried all the other over-counter pills and they do little or nothing for me. I NEED this to function. I'm sick of all the things that work for me being taken away and replaced with junk!

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The OTC generic brands may have the same ingredients but are " put together" differently and do not work the same in all people! I cannot take the generic/store equivalents to excedrin because the make me feel horrible!!

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If store brands and other brands worked as well as Excedrin, no body would be complaining about
Excedrin not being available. The fact is, whatever the combination of ingredients Excedrin has, it simply works far better than any other available over the counter pain meds. Period.

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Most store brands of the same type of meds have exactly the same ingredients as Excedrin and are way less expensive. They work the same as the Excedrin brand with the same exact dosage of aspirin, caffeine and acetaminphen

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