Fillers In Mallinckrodt Methadone Pills

I am using orally 10 to 20 mgs. daily of your methadone pills. I have allergic problems with talc. Do your methadone pills contain any talc? If so, do you offer your pills without talc? I have been prescribed methadone for pain management for 7 years. I use methadone for breakthrough pain that is not controlled by the morphine/clonidine mixture in my Medatronics intrathecal pump. Our local pharmacist has filled my prescriptions over the years usually with your 10 mg. larger modified rectangular pills. I say larger because on two occasions he filled my prescription with slightly smaller round pills (one time) and much smaller round pills (the other time). I have symptoms (Possibly due to talc in the pills?) of skin rash that does not go away even after dermatologist's prescriptions. Of course the rash may not be a result of anything in your pills. But talc has caused problems for me other the years, so that is why I ask. The smallest round pills of methadone were better as far as my rash symptoms are concerned. If you can at least let me know about talc being or not being part of your 10 mg. methadone pill i wojuld greatly appreciate it. And if you know where i can obtain the smallest methadone pills I would really appreciate that too. Thank you for your patience with my inquirery.
sincerely, Mark.

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I wrote to you with one question before this one. I asked to know what the ingredients are in the filler making up the wafer of your 10 mg. Methadone. What I really would like to know is if that dose is available in a smaller size. I still would want the dosage to be the same 10 mg. just in a smaller pill with less fillers. I am farely sure that my long time rash is at least being provoked if not actually caused by the filler in that 10 mg. rectangular pill. When I had the opportunity to try the small pill for a month and a half my rash was not as severe or as enflamed as it is with the larger pill. but I asked my pharmacist if he could get that same dosage in the tiny pill as when he got them for me about 3 years ago and he told me Roxanne Company made them. I checked out Rozanne on line and found that they discontinued their LAAN products all together. But while checking out Methadone I found that LAAN is not the same and it wasn't used for pain management. so what's the real story and why can't your 10 mg methadone pills be as small as the ones I got that one time? I'm surely not the only person with this issue.

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Never Fear to ask your pharmacist ANYTHING, it is their job to service you. Any question big or small, any request. EVERYBODY should keep that in mind!

If they give you generic Percocet thats $18.00 BUT you want the brand name Percocet for $37.00, that is your choice and they must oblidge. [even though I and probably any other person would never do that. Just an example]

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Man trust me, the Roxane methadone (small white pill) pills are much better for a lot of reasons. They are more effective with relieving pain + like you said Less fillers. ALL you have to do is call around to a couple different pharmacies, and see which ones have the 10 mg Roxane methadone pills in stock. Also, the pharmacy you go to everytime may very well have the Roxanes, kindly say that you prefer them to the other ones, you have that ABSOLUTE right, infact I know a girl on Meth. and everytime she requests the Roxanes, and she gets them. Its as easy as that I hope you will listen to me,cause those Mallinkcrodt ones are weak.

{ps. it is also a rumor that the round ones give you a better 'high' }

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Iam taking Lorfast D tablet twice a day as also tablet co-trifamole twice a day on prescription . Iam feeling obstruction/pain while passing urine.Is it side effect of these tablets.I am unable to consult my doctor immediately.Kindly clarify.

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Just to clear up some things and avoid any confusion due to posts like the first ones in this thread…

This website does not manufacture any medications of any type, it is an information only website.

As to the differences in pill sizes from one manufacturer to another, that is usually just due to the choice of fillers being used. There is a list that are generally considered safe and inactive that companies can choose from to use at their own whit, whim and preference.

Now, as to the ones manufactured by Mallinckrodt, in case this information is still being sought, no they do not contain talc. The inactive ingredients are lactose monohydrate, magnesium stearate, microcrystalline cellulose and silicon dioxide.

Learn more Methadone details here.

But that is only for the Methadone pills from Mallinckrodt.

And as to the last question, the problem may have been caused by the Clo-Trifamole, it contains Sulfamethoxazole and Trimethoprim, which is most commonly known as Bactrim in the U.S.

Being a sulfa based antibiotic, it has been known to cause dehydration and urinary retention in some people that take it. This could be dangerous, so anyone experiencing it should consult their doctor immediately.

Learn more Bactrim details here.

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Mallinckrodt methadone all of a sudden is making me feel ill. Not sure if the switched formulas or what are causing this to happen, but I feel withdrawing.

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