Endocet Vs Oxycodone (Page 9) (Top voted first)

I HAVE BEEN ON OXYCODONE FOR OVER 2 YEARS AND MY DRUG STORE RAN OUT AND GAVE ME ENDOCET? SAID IT WAS THE SAME THING BUT MY BODY TELLS ME THAT IT'S NOT THE SAME. HAS ANYONE ELSE HAD ANY PROBLEMS WITH THIS CHANGE?

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Dee are you using a small local pharmacy? That's where I got mine but they don't have them now. It is oxycodone and Tylenol 10/325. Mine are yellow and oblong. I like them a lot in comparison to Watson.

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Just a tip that I found when I returned the Endocet, get them to put on your chart...no substitutes. I find they make different excuses as to why they don't have them but somehow they magically appear.
I just noticed the post I put on yesterday was submitted today. Click on the link. I am supposed to be getting Percocet and this is what I get. There definitely is a difference between Endocet and Oxycodone/oxycocete.

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I guess I never really looked. I will look and get back to you.. Thanks for the info!

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Mallinckrodt is who manufactured these oxycodone w/acetaminophen.. But that's through CVS.. I have no idea who does it through Walgreens when I went there a few months ago.

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Bella it is a small local pharm. w/ my ins I usually pay $40 for my script at wall/cvs for acta/crap at local I'm suppose to pay $45. But at local he said ins didn't pay enough for endocet an had to pay $65. I hav to call ins. But btwn drug co. An ins it's all bunch crap how their messing with everyone's meds/health for mere sake of money.

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Sue you don't like endocet? So I need to have my doctor write no substitute in order to have them order endocet? Is that what you mean? Thanks.

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No Bella, Endocet did not even touch the pain. I do find the Oxycodone does make me sick to my stomach sometimes, but I try to make sure I have eaten something. I had them put no replacement for the Oxycodone. From what I understand it is all in the way you liver metabolizes meds. Everything works differently for each person so it is just a matter of finding what works for you and sticking to it. I am glad the Endocet works for you. :-)

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Sue I don't understand. You are saying no substitute for oxycodone. Endocet is manufactured by endo pharm. and endocet is oxycodone.

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I have brand name now. I hate it. I prefer endocet any day over brand name so they said they will order it in for me. The doctor wrote a script and wrote no substitute. I like endocet better then watson now. It works so good for me.

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Steve I love endocet brand. I am having a hard time finding them this month. I like them better then brand. Cvs is trying to order them for me.

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Dowhatucan2stop are you saying percocet is better or endocet? I was confused. I have brand name and I do not like them. I like endocet.

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I found them. This pharmacy only carries endocet. Thank goodness because I hate name brand. They had side effects.

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You should try a small mom and pop pharmacy because the walgreens told me that's who mostly would carry endocet. She said they are around because if they weren't they would be out of business. Amneal is awful!

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Believe it or not.....I got my endocet from Walgreen s....one storw had em and all the surrounding Walgreen s didnt and didnt even know the other one did so u might have to call or go to each walgreens and ask...good luck!

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I have tried more than once the difference is for me very noticeable

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Bad thing they taken endocet off the market changing it so you have to take two different pills for pain just more money in drug companies pocket

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To "dowhatucan2stop"...
Do a search for "Hatch-Waxman Act". If you read thru it, you'll find a clause where pharms are allowed to deviate +/- 20% of the active ingredient.

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I agree! I've been on 5-325 oxycodone for my peripheral neuropathy, never could afford Percocet. My last script was written (generic sub okay as usual) , but this time I received Endocet 5-325. My feet are buzzing light crazy and when I walk my toes feel like they are going to fall off, and on fire, very painful. I've learned my lesson to never accept Endocet 5-325 again. Side note: Once I received Roxicet 5-325 but I could tell any difference and in the beginning some 12 years ago I started out on Percocet 5/325 and the only difference I could feel was that Oxy made me sweat terribly for a long time until I got use to it. I really need to be able to walk, I already use a cane do not want a chair. So now I wait until my next script, get it right and of course have to build back up the right amount of oxy. Making Generic drugs to hold down the cost is a good thing, but the main ingredient should not be messed with, we are not lab rats.

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I been on percocet 10/325 for 10 years which is a generic of endocet I take endocet now and get it at Kroger and it is brand name drug and I can't tell the difference in the two

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I talked to my pharmacist today as he called me. He DID answer my questions over the phone and I say this because most pharmacies will not even tell you what they have. Anyway, he put on my, my husbands, and my mothers files to NEVER fill any of our meds, doesn't matter what the med is, with Actavis brand. Now, I still have to make sure every month but I do know they have never given Actavis oxycodone/APAP or hydrocodone ( generic Percocet and Norco respectively). I got these from Walgreens because I wasn't going to make it to my pharm on time. My pharmacist said he was going to tell his customers about this and he wished everyone asked questions like I did. Well, first of all, it helps when you know what questions to ask, right? Lol. Not only being a nurse but because of chronic pain, I research everything. I read anything that has to do with the medical field.....it interests me. Now, I will say this......YOU HAVE TO BE THE HEAD OF YOUR OWN MEDICAL CARE! I have always told my patients this. Don't just leave the dr office without knowing exactly what just went on. ASK QUESTIONS OF YOUR DR, PHARMACIST, NURSE, WHATEVER! We cannot guess how you feel or read your mind! If meds are changed DO NOT assume your doc wants you to continue with all your meds! He/she, a lot of the time, are changing a med for a better one ( in his opinion) if current one isn't working the way it should. I have had many patients have serious reactions because they did not stop a drug just added more. Some docs are not good at explaining this....they assume a patient knows everything about their meds. Not so. Do not think it's a stupid question.....the only stupid question is the one not asked! Don't let anyone's attitude deter you from asking what you want to! Anyway.....back to the topic.......

My doctor put me back on hydro today even though it causes headaches....my request. I would rather put up with the headaches than what I have been going through with actacrap! My pharmacist told me, also, for some reason Actavis is 3 times more expensive, his cost, than the other 2 brands and he said something sure isn't right there! So, I wonder, are these big chain pharms getting kick backs for carrying this crap? I, in 2 weeks, am also going to tell my doc to write NO ACTAVIS BRAND MEDICATION! The hydrocodone I took today, from Qualitest, gave me more relief than the oxy from Actavis did! I have to take 2 tabs but that's ok with me as long as they work! I take them up to 3 times a day and I could have taken the Percocet from Actavis 10 times a day with no relief and BAD side effects! Of course I didn't take them ten times, just an example.......they are freaking crap! I ended up seeing my doc today because of the horrible GI problems I have been trying to take care of on my own. What that med did to me is un-freaking-believable! I almost went to the ER last night! This is why I had my pharmacist put NO ACTAVIS ANYTHING in my 70 year old mothers file. What I have been going through would have killed her! I kid you not! For goodness sake, I don't think this is going to come to a quick solution! It took them about 7 years to fix their Wellbutrin XL 300mg mistake. Oh, this gets better (insert sarcasm), the FDA approved the 300mg WITHOUT having it analyzed because the 150mg Wellbutrin XL worked so of course the 300 would work! I read this on The People's Pharmacy website. Many people commit suicide....they used this med for BiPolar disorder and major depression. Evidently it never occurred to them that it was an FDA/pharmaceutical mistake. They thought the med just wasn't working anymore and they had had enough! The FDA said something like this..... " we don't know HOW we let that happen but it did." Can you freaking believe that? WTH is next?

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