Clonazepam Ingredients Solco Brand Vs Actavis (Page 2)
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I have been taking TEVA clonazepam .5 for years and it was very effective! Now I hear that TEVA does not make it anymore. I was prescribed it via ACCORD mfg with very poor results... headaches, nervous, and more. I hear that the are also SOLCO and AVTIVIS mfg. I need some input re which one would be better... or any others. I heard that the inactive ingredients have a lot to do with it. I also know ACCORD is made in China and have heard some horror stories about their clonozepam. ANY INPUT GREATLY APPRECIATED!!

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Re: suzpat68 (# 22)
I hope it works out ok. That is sure a lot of stuff going on.

I hope your Dr will help you. You might tell him you belong to an online discussion group about Clonazepam, and print out a copy of my prior reply to you that you can show him.

Let me know how it goes.

Arlis

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Re: ArlisT (# 21)

I went to talk to the pharmacy to find out what brand they carry and show them the script that I have and she told me that there’s no such thing as they’re being an active medication in the Generics. She said there’s another explanation for not showing up in my lab work she said all of the generics are exactly alike. So then I went across the street to CVS and they told me the same exact thing. I was like WTH. I’m not crazy. I know how my labs read and I know that I take them three times a day! So I don’t know if I will have any luck getting anywhere with either the doctors or the pharmacies. Because no one believes me..

These people have their heads in the sand.

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Re: ArlisT (# 21)

Thank you for the reply and advice. It’s been a really big worry of mine since having a small seizure this spring and around the same time and not showing up in my labs. My labs are only every three months. And I’ve been on this brand for about nine months. So the timing is about right.

I have been going through extra anxiety the last six months. My daughter had anorexia and has PTSD related panic and anxiety. My 40-year-old sister was diagnosed with an on treatable cancer this past year. I fell down the stairs and broke my arm. This year has just been plagued with bad luck. So the stress has been really really up there. But still I was doing OK for the most part. But the fact that it’s not showing up on my labs tells me that this is why you’re part of the reason why am feeling super super anxious all the time. As I’m not really getting any active medication.

I just found it really hard to believe that there could be so little medications that it did not show up in a lab. To me that is mind boggling and a real disservice to the patients that need the medication. I know it is a benzodiazepine and many people are against these medications. But there is a reason for them. They do help people and they do prevent seizures which if you know anything about, any seizure can kill you at any time. There is a thing called sudden death Re: seizures. It is every seizure patients worst fear. They will be left a non-productive citizen that cannot function on their own. So thank you for the information. If you hear anything else please let me know. You’re the first response I have gotten.

I will get back to you when I see my doctor Friday. We’ll see what he says. I am hoping that he will believe me for the reason it not showing up in lab work. But some doctors don’t believe stuff like that. Some do I’ll see which kind this one is.

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Re: suzysurf (# 20)
This is not the first I have read in this thread about Solcor brand not showing up in the blood. I have never read of any other brand having that problem. Many people have different brands that work best for them. For me, I have tried many different brands, but always got the best results with TEVA, until they stopped making their regular clonazepam when they bought Activis and started marketing their brand instead. I had been taking TEVA exclusively for 5 years, then suddenly one day they refilled the scrip with Activis, which proved ineffective for me, and my condition started to deteriorate. Then someone here mentioned that Teva does still make the Orally Dissolving Tablet version of clonazepam. Neither my doctor nor my pharmacist had ever heard of this, but when I told my doctor he wrote me a new prescription for 1 mg TEVA ODT clonazepam, and my pharmacist special ordered it for me. Not all pharmacies will honor a 'dispense as written' order for a generic, or special order them for you, but my local CVS pharmacist was happy to do it. Just ask your doctor to specify it on the prescription, and your pharmacist if he/she will order it for you.

One other thing: someone mentioned that because the ODT version is absorbed through the tongue, it is not as long lasting as the regular tabs, and I think that could be true true - I found myself needing a little extra, so my doctor increase my scrip from 1 mg 2x daily to 3x daily, and that has done the trick.

Back in June this year I called TEVA and a rep there told me that they'd had a lot of complaints, and they were planning on bringing back the regular tablets, hopefully by late Summer. Well that hasn't happened yet and who knows if it will, but in the meantime, if you have had success with Teva before, see if your doctor will write you for these ODT tablets, and if your pharmacist will order them for you. If they won't change pharmacies. it's a hassle, but it's worth it. Who knows, but depending on how many prescriptions you have with them, just the threat of changing pharmacies may change their minds if they refuse to help you.

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Can anyone help me as to what brands are decent? Everyone seems to have a different opinion about Actavis and Accord and Teva. I am on Solco brand 1 mg 3 times a day. I have epilepsy, Meniere's disease and anxiety. The correct one for Meniere's is actually Valium. I did try it. However they could never get the dosage right.

So I went back on clonazepam and only take Valium when I am hospitalized with a bad or acute episode. And it was fine for a while. But now it’s not showing up in my lab work. It showing up as an insufficient amount to test positive for. WTH. I take it three times a day and I never miss a dose. Because if I miss a dose it’s possible that I could have a breakthrough seizure and with every seizure I have, I can get injured during seizures and my worst two seizures ever I went into cardiac arrest.

So I need to have this medication in my system. But my doctor thinks I’m not taking it because it’s not showing up in my lab work. Whether it be a saliva swab or blood draw.

I just don’t understand how this is possible. That must be absolutely very little active medication in the solco brand.

I’m worried that my doctor will take me off of it thinking I’m not taking it and possibly selling it on the street. Which is always a concern when you’re taking these medications and they don’t show up in your blood work. They think you’re selling them. I wouldn’t sell them because my life depends on it. I have been through almost every seizure medication. The only thing that works is having clonazepam adjunct medication. Plus the anxiety is absolutely terrible. It also keeps down the vertigo episodes to a dull roar.

However, they are not working anymore. I felt like this for the last six months and have one small seizure late spring. I’m really scared that I may have a big one.

This happened to me once before with a previous doctor, the brand wasn’t strong enough and it was not showing up in lab work. So they took me off of the medication. This was about 7 years ago. And within five months of being off of it, sure enough I had a grand mal seizure with cardiac arrest. But everyone on these threads has different suggestions. The only suggestion that I saw that look like a possibility was for the dissolvable. Because they have to be dispense as written. My question is will the dissolvable last as long in my system or are they going to have to start filling with the dosage again? This is just really mind-boggling that a drug could have no active medication in it or so little active medication that it doesn’t show up on labs. I have taken it daily for past 7 years. And then before that I took it for three years. The dosage has never really changed. It’s been tweaked a couple times but nothing major. But it’s always been between 2 to 3 mg per day.

But I am very concerned. I have my appointment coming up with my doctor September 14th. I don’t know what to do or what to ask him or how to find out which store carries which brand. In New York State, you cannot call out the pharmacy and ask them what brand of a controlled substance they carry. They are not allowed to answer that question. I can visit individual pharmacies and show them the script I have an ask them what they carry. But they have to see that I actively have a script before they will give out information on controlled medications that they keep in stock. I’m sure this is a safety precaution and prevents Pharmacy theft. And people from Pharmacy shopping. But I just don’t know what to do. I really need some advice and I am begging for some help. Should I just go back on the Valium. But that never really helped with my anxiety. They could never get the dose just right. I don’t know what to do and I don’t know what brand. I think my family owned pharmacy that I go to said they are carrying something new now and it is the accord brand . HELP. Need advice

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Re: Connie (# 4)

I am on the Solco brand. It is not showing up in my blood work for epilepsy meds or in my swab/saliva test. My other meds do. What is going on? I feel like I’m in nothing. Though I have been on it for a while and I should not really feel it. Instead I just feel word and anxious and had one small breakthrough seizure.

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I called TEVA today, 6/19/19, and according to the customer service rep, TEVA is bringing back their clonazepam tablets, probably by the end of this Summer, although she had no exact date. In the meantime, TEVA does still manufacture clonazepam in orally dissolving tablets. My pharmacist nor my doctor knew about this. I only found it out by accident online, but if you are having problems with the other brands tell your doctor about it and ask him to write you anew scrip specifying TEVA ODT (orally dissolving tablets). You might have to wait a bit for your pharmacy to order them for you - as I said, my pharmacist had never even heard of them. Also, your pharmacy may or may not get special orders for you, but my local CVS is very good about it, and I don't even have private insurance - I'm on Medicaid. It's worth trying - especially if you've had success with TEVA, and other brands are not effective for you.

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I, too, used TEVA brand clonazepam for years and was suddenly switched to Activis with no explanation. I leaned that TEVA had bought Activis Pharmaceuticles, and was no longer producing clonazepam tablets - but distributing the Activis brand instead.

Further researcy showed that, at least for now, TEVA *does* still manufacture 1 mg cloazepam in the orally dissolving tablet. My pharmacist, nor my doctor knew this. I had to find it out myself and tell my doctor. You r doctor has to write the scrip for 'TEVA ODT' (orally dissolving tablets), and you might have to wait for your pharmacy to order them and get them in for you. Like I said, my pharmacist didn't even know about these - she just changed me to the new brand with no warning, bounced me back and forth between Accord and Activs - both utterly useless for me. Different people react differently, but if you have a problem with these, tell your doctor about it, and ask him to write you a new scrip for the TEVA ODT.

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Re: Klonz (# 15)

Good work....wouldn't that be great.

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Re: Jen (# 13)

Keep emailing them ALL!

"Thank you for contacting Teva Pharmaceuticals Customer Service Department. We have recently been notified that we are hoping to have the original Teva Clonazepam available within approximately the next 3 to 4 months, mid to late summer. Since the product has been unavailable for many months, it will need to be reintroduced. The best way to be notified when this product is available is to go to our tevagenerics.com website. On the main page is a box that says ‘Get Informed’. Putting your email address in this box will notify you any time a new product launches with Teva. That will be the most efficient way for you to be notified when this product becomes available.

I hope this information has been helpful in addressing your concerns. Please feel free to call us at 1-800-545-8800 or email at [email protected] if you have any additional questions.Thank you very much for contacting us and please enjoy the rest of your day.

Best regards,

Customer Service
Tel: 1.800.545.8800 (option 3, then option 5)
[email protected]
tevapharm.com"

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Re: Jen (# 13)

Hi Jen. I received a call from customer service at the number noted below on 4/1/19 that they were going to bring back the old formula clonazepam in 3-4 (I don’t know what that means).

WE ALL need to keep contacting them. The customer service guy told me to email TEVA at:

[email protected] to complain about Actavis, ask for the old formula TEVA back, and ask about a timeframe.

Please post updates. Thank you!

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Re: Klonz (# 12)

Hi how do you know this....bringing back TEVA generic is this a possible or a for sure thing.

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TEVA is considering bringing back the old clonazepam formula per a call to them on 4/1/19.

ALL CALL 888-838-2872 (option #3 then option #5) for customer service to demand they bring it back asap.

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Re: Eric (# 10)

Thanks for the input. Activis has worked for me and I won't take Solco or Accord going forward.

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Re: Anna (# 2)

Solco is absolute crap having tried almost all generic brands of clonazepam, this brand is by far the worst and least effective, with the DEA law that only allows transfering medications once. This is a huge problem for me. Teva was and Accord is way better than this trash.

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Re: Sam (# 7)

Actavis is the brand from hell i almost seized in the nail salon luckily i had seizure meds with me so i took that and it passed i had just switched from teva to actavis 2 weeks prior it slowly dawned on me i was in withdrawals once i went on solco within 20 min the symptoms went away. I'm so mad at teva for doing this to me and other patients first it was lamotrigine and now clonazepam

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I went through withdrawals on actavis after being on teva forever shuddered a seizure from it yesterday switched to solco in 20 min l8tr became a miracle drug for me that's the one i would go with i take it at night it definitely does it's job lol

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I tried the activas clonazepam, horrible, Solco is Qualitest, which is not bad. Teva was great. but not available anymore. I take 1 mg pills, and 2 mg pills, this time I got accord 1 mg and 2 mg solco. Hard to tell any difference, but they are different strengths.
Jim

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You are so right it's horrible,talk to precription company go back on brand name made by Roche

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You. Are right Teva was bought out Atiivies.Now they are making gernic.

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