Mallinckrodt Hydrocodone Side Effects And Info Needed (Page 2)

I was prescribed hydrocode 10/325 by my md. I was getting yellow pills.now I'm getting pills that i believe are from mallinckrodt the hotel says manufacturing company is MLKCM. My concern is that this MLKCM brand make me feel ill. It causes heart palpitations, increased bowel movements, and it does not help the pain as well add the other. Is this mallinckrodt and had anyone else had these symptoms with this brand? Thank you so much for any help you can give on info with this brand

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@Manuel--I believe you may have a valid point when you state that many pharmacists will tell you that they do not have a certain medication available. It just could be a security issue. They actually have the medication but they say they do not because of a fear of being robbed. Some hours after you leave they call and say they now can fill your prescription. I never have thought like that until you (I believe it was you) brought it up.

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Re: ManuelG (# 15)

There has to be an answer. I've thought about drinking also but it's not going to stop the pain. There has to be an answer to our questions. I'm in terrible pain right now and just took my last pill for the day. I can only get 2. My doctor is so afraid of the DEA that he will not write anymore and now that only Mallinckrodt makes them I don't get any relief. I had no idea why I was having palpatations at night and stomach problems. Thank you for your post. I hope you find an answer for all of us that are treated like addicts when we have legimate pain.

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Re: Manuel777 (# 6)

I know exactly what you are going through. I had been taking Mallinkrodt 5.25/325 for several months as my pharmacy changed brands and for some odd reason my pharmacist couldn’t tell me what brand I had been taking for approximately 7-8 months in the 7.50/325 strengths. So he told me that Mallinkrodt was what it was, but it wasn’t. Anyway, I had to cut 1 pill in half to get the 7.5 dosage. I decided to try the 10/325 in Mallinkrodt as I didn’t have any bad reactions to the 5.25 strength. Was I wrong!! For some reason the 10 mg are TOTALLY different. I immediately got a bad pain in my upper stomach and NO pain relief! I actually went through withdrawal symptoms for the month I was on them ~ it was a LONG month. I had been researching brands by reading people’s reviews on sites like this for months and the one brand that seemed to have the best reviews was Endocet so I had my doctor specify that brand on the prescription. They work great and I want to try the 10 mg but am a little gun shy after my experience with Mallinkrodt. I get the 7.50/325 and cut one in half so it’s like taking 10 mg. I forgot to mention that before I went to the 10 mg Mallinkrodt, I was given Amneal. My pharmacy switched brands and didn’t tell me. I knew the pill was shaped different and they were a different color, but I didn’t think too much about it until I took the first pill and instant headache and pain again in upper stomach that NEVER went away the whole month I was stuck with them. They also had very little pain relief.

After all my research, I discovered that Amneal has more complaints for their Percocet than any other brand so stay away from them! What most people don’t know is that the majority of these pills are now being manufactured in CHINA OR INDIA and the quality control is non existent. They are making people extremely ill as we have no idea what is being used for fillers. Aside from “light dosing”, it’s the fillers that are making people ill and sometimes hospitalized. It’s all so wrong. What most people don’t realize is that you can have your pharmacy special order a brand IF your doctor writes it on the script and says “as medically necessary”. You DO NOT have to accept any medication that is making you ill!! Of course you have to check with different pharmacies to see if they can order the brand you want. You might have to try several before you find one that can. I talked to a nurse who didn’t believe me when I told her you can do that ~ she said I’ve been a nurse for 20 years and I’ve never heard of that so she actually called my pharmacist to verify it as she didn’t believe me!! There are 2 things I would advise to you is that you have to be your own advocate because nobody else is and DON’T accept any meds made in China or India but especially China! You can search The People’s Pharmacy for an article about it. Here’s the link:

[1] Why We Have Lost Confidence In Generic Drugs: New Report Casts More Doubts On Imported Medicines

Good luck!!

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Their generic Adderall are crap. I have to take 2 to get the dose of 1Teva. I stopped going to CVS because half the time I got that brand and it was a waste.

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I too have had same experience with Mallinckrodt! I've had 3 wrist surgeries and for yrs Watson & Qualitest have been available & worked! Now they are unavailable Mallinckrodt is under cutting them in price!! Pharmacist told me that! Like CVS & Walgreens, lg Corp. have no control locally. I've had some Mallinckrodt that worked & didn't make me sick, but most of the time they make me sick!! I've broke out all over my body this time!! I've been in bed for days with flu like symptoms!! I'm disgusted!! Their products are not consistent & the FDA ought to be investigating!!! Immediately!!! Also the Co. is trying to sell the part of the Co. that makes/produces pain medication!!! Whats that about??

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I am new to this board. I've had many issues with generic Percocet. Now, I am taking brand Percocet and I'm in disbelief that it doesn't help at all!! I have OA in both knees along with back pain. The only brand that has helped me tremendously was the WATSON brand. I live in North New Jersey. Is anyone else in Jersey dealing with the same issue? Walgreens has stopped selling Watson (that is where I used to get it); now they have CAMBER it is awful!! Yellow oblong pill that is manufactured from INDIA (DIRT CHEAP). I AM NOT ABLE TO WORK BECAUSE THE pain is so bad...When I was using WATSON I was able to work. I don't know what to do!!! I am consumed with this problem all day every day!!! Sorry for the caps...Thanks for reading and any suggestions.

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Re: w john (# 20)

I was once prescribed Oxycodone 30 mg. way before all this B.S. opioid epidemic was mainstream news. (made up B.S. in my opinion) Are they doing this because they have stock in Narcan, or maybe someone has a huge Kratom company?? I am starting to believe in a conspiracy theory here. Anyway after about 6 mos. I started counting the pills when I got home and I noticed I was exactly 20 short, so i called immediately and the pharmacist himself say's "oh, so sorry, come right back up and we'll fix you up." There was no questions asked, no telling me I should have notified them at the time of purchase or anything, because....I am SURE he is the one that took them! (This was a Walgreens too, 2013) You canNOT trust anyone anymore! I am more than certain that someone at this Mallinckrodt co. is switching blanks out for the one's with the actual codeine in them, NOT a doubt. You better believe someone is getting filthy rich off of this scheme. It has to be someone within the facility itself OR the distribution center and it is in a whole different state than the actual mfg. facility. They are made in Mo. and distributed in N.Y! It must be a pretty lax place because I KNOW something is going on. Every single site like this one there are hundreds of people saying the exact SAME thing about Mallinckrodt Hydrocodone, EVERY ONE that takes it say's the same thing, that there is NO narcotic in this medication, IF there is you can bet it's less than 1 to 2 mgs. I wished I could afford to take some to a lab and have them analyzed and then we could all file a class action suit for damages & suffering. I went through this all last year, month after month with no pain relief and getting stuck with this crap. I even had my pharmacy changed to Walgreens again and low and behold they had Mallinckrodt too! Me and another person who happened to be there at the same time asked for the Norco by brand and was told they would have to order and it takes 7 to 8 MONTHS and that is IF they can get it. The only way to find out what is going on, I think, is to hire a private investigation team, I know no other way because Mallinckrodt is not doing anything and I know people have filed complaints with the FDA as well and nothing is happening. So anyway, after a year of this crap they suddenly seemed to be o.k. about 4 mos. back and were o.k. up until I got my new supply on 6/7/2019 and low and behold it's back to blanks, NOTHING, NO pain relief whatsoever! Also, I have been experiencing screeching ear ringing NON stop for 3 mos! My doctor say's my eardrum and canal are bright, bright red and told me I had an infection, BUT I have no fever and NO earache pain, so how can it be an infection? Also this crap gives me terrible heartburn, it's nothing but JUNK! Something has to be done but the powers that be don't give a damn, NO one does their freaking jobs in the government all they want to do is draw big money and do NOTHING. We are SCREWED!

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They are HORRIBLE!! I had a pain in my stomach the whole month I was stuck with them, plus they gave NO pain relief. I now have my pharmacist order Endocet brand in the 7.5 mg and I have to cut another one in half. Not all pharmacies can or will do this, but mine will as long as he is able to order them. They work great. I could write a book on what I’ve discovered about generic drugs. They ARE NOT all the same and most are being made in China or India so who knows what’s in them! There’s very few FDA watch dogs and they announce 2 months ahead of time so the manufacturers have plenty of time to hide all the things they’re doing wrong that are making people sick. It’s not just pain meds. Do some digging on this site.

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Re: Ty Dollar Sign (# 27)

I agree with you!! I hate Mallinkrodt. I've even been telling my pharmacist for 2 years about how bad it is and he laughs . They do not help!! Nobody listens!!!

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Re: DAR (# 3)

I used to get yellow qualitest but that store started shipping orders then closed ggggrrrr. I now use walmart :( they havve mallinckrodt ..... 10/325 the designation on bottle after strenth is MAL .... i asked what manufacturer was & they confirmed mallinckrodt does have M367 on 1 side & break score on reverse ......... qualitest seem better but these do help some but since they cut me over 85% on my meds it may mess up my objectivity some ........ hope this helps

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Re: Verwon (# 1)

I changed pharmacy’s because they went from the Watson brand (which is no longer manufactured) to the Actavis brand which is totally awful for me. My prescription was filled with the Mallincrodt brand and, while they are not as good as the old Watson brand, they have helped me to get by. The reason that all of the opioid medications are awful is that ALL of the manufacturers tried to reengineer their pills by reducing the oxytocin content by 70%. The problem was solved to the extent that the pills were less addictive but in removing the oxytocin they also removed a good portion of the effectiveness of the pill. Plus, the manufacturers have been allowed to only put in 80% of the active ingredient so, for example, a 7.5 pill can legally only have 6 of the active ingredient. So we have been hot with a double whammy. 70% LESS of the oxytocin’s and a reduction by 20% of the total amount of the active ingredient.

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Re: Manuel (# 4)
I see the date on your response here. I doubt that Mallincrofdt will ever reply.

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Re: ManuelG (# 11)

The company’s name is correctly spelled MALLINCKRODT.

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NK1 (# 33) —

The correct spelling is nice but who really gives a hoot as long as anyone reading the post understands what the poster means. I misspelled it too.

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Re: Beth (# 29)
A Pharmacist will never care what one of their people think. In fact they are hoping that you will take your business elsewhere because that would mean they are not having to fill an opioid prescription which to them means one less addict that they have to be concerned with. To a Pharmacist anyone filling a prescription for an opioid medicine is an addict. In their mind there is no reason to ever be prescribed an opioid. If you go to a chain Pharmacy they are happy if you leave because they do not want to deal with the heat they get when they fill an opioid prescription.

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Re: Ty Dollar Sign (# 27)

Yes! We are screwed because the political climate is against us right now. This started with obamler and because of the thief’s stealing their grandparents pills and overdosing and also the street drug addicts that are getting bathtub fentanyl and bathtub heroin. These addicts are criminals and no one can attack them so they attack the legal users who get legal prescriptions and use their medications responsibly. What most people do not realize is that all of the opioid medications have been remanufactured and 70% of the oxytocin in the pills have been removed in an attempt to reduce the addictive qualities of the pills. The main problem about that is that in an attempt to remove the addictive qualities of the pills they also removed the pain killing qualities. Along with the long time regulation that a pill only has to have 80% of the active ingredient we are getting hit by a double whammy. As far as filing a class action lawsuit, which law firm would even touch this case? Going after the opioid users is popular on both sides of the aisle (dems and Republicans) so no one wants to take this issue on. Besides a legal firm that specializes in the class action lawsuits only want the slam dunk lay downs and they would have to spend too many hours having to work to suit them. There is just no advocates for the chronic pain people that have used their medications responsibly. Many for more than one decade+. Also the expenses that would have to be paid by the law firm up front to gather the evidence and present their case is way more than a law firm wants to expend up front. Unless it is a slam dunk case they will not take it on.

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Re: MARIE 214 (# 26)

Walgreen’s will always sell the cheapest pills possible. Quality in an opioid medication is the least of their worries.

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Re: ManuelG (# 15)

I work in a pharmacy and the pharmacist do not know anything. They are not hiding anything from us. I take this brand of Norco 7.5mg and I too believe that something is indeed wrong with them. They don’t work as well as they did years ago I believe the government is having the drug makers decrease the effective ingredient cuz of the whole so called opioid crisis. Believe me I always listen to everything the pharmacists say cuz I want to know why they don’t work as well and if they knew anything I would hear about it. So the pharmacists aren’t doing anything to the meds etc but I believe someone is

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Re: Maria (# 38)
I don’t believe that the Pharmacists are tampering with the product but the manufacturers sure are. Since the early eighties manufacturers have been allowed to put in as low as 80% of the active ingredient. However, recently, in an attempt to stem the addictive qualities of the opioid medications the manufacturers have reengineered the opioid pills to have 70% less oxytocin’s. (I have not seen it in writing myself but I believe the source). The problem is that when you take out that much of the oxytocin’s to control the addictive qualities of the pills you also remove the effectiveness of the pills as well.

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I'm so freaking sick of our government and them f***ing with our lives like its damn nothing!! Free country my ass!! No other country that I know of has the problem of going to the pharmacy and getting a generic that doesn't even have to be made with a set percentage of the active ingredient of the medication and they can use whatever buffers they want. We are told to go home and shut up or get nothing!!! They wonder why there is such a drug problem I'm this country??? Get a f***in clue damn near everything is ass backwards in our government! And they have their dirty hands in the money jars all along behind every big epidemic or war on drugs or war period!!! I've been suffering with debilitating pain that's now turned to permanent damage and deformed joints and loss of bone and ability to walk normal or do just about anything and had a disability for 7yrs. They took it away out of nowhere. That was in 07!!! I'm still trying to get it back!!! I have 3 conditions or diseases or syndromes more than I had when I was approved the first time and they basically told me to stop applying!! They force people to the breaking point! I'm FED UP!! In rural Missouri well not that rural about 30 miles north of Kcmo... I wish I lived my Mexico, I would go across and buy what I want to take and how many I know works and take them like prescribed and have somewhat of a quality of life!

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