Simvastatin 20mg Different Shape And Colour (Top voted first)

I have been taking simvastin 20mg for over a year now and it has always been an eliptical tablet with the number 20 impressed.I have just received my latest prescibed tabs and they are small round tabs wit CT impessed. They both say Simvastatin 20mg film coated tabs... are they the same? There is such a drastic change in size and shape.

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Hi could you tell me if there is any difference in Simvastatin by the colours, as my mum say's when she has the white one's she get's muscle pains in her legs....but when she takes the orange one's she is ok.
Thanks
Steve

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I was geting small round tablets since one year. Just now I got almost eliptical shape 20mg tablet. I am little confused with shape change.

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I have 20mg simvastatin pill from two different mfrs. One pill is oval shape the other is round. Are ingredients identical?

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This is a generic medication, so it is perfectly normal for the size, shape, color, and markings to vary depending on the manufacturer.

The NIH lists the typical side effects as possibly including nausea, dizziness, headache, and joint/muscle aches.

That said, can you all please post back with more details, such as the size, shape, coloring and markings on them? That would enable me to research this and hopefully provide answers to your questions. Can you please post back and clarify?

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Initially, I was confused by the change in shape of simvastatin, but upon investigation I was told that a different manufacturer is used for this drug probably caused by a better price afforded by the pharmacy purchaser. The new simvastatin pill is round and marked on one side with TV which I assume indicates the name of the manufacturer. It is almost identical in color and shape of clopidogrel but by carefully watching the clopidogrel is marked differently than the simvastatin, so this has become my method of distinguishing between the two pills.

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I have become quite accustomed to the new shape for simvastatin pills. They are clearly marked with the initials of the new supplier (TV) so my problem with distinguishability has gone away. The new pill is easily also distinguished from a clopidogrel pill which is also part of my regimen. Happy camper once again.

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I have become quite accustomed to be able to distinguish between the new form of simvastatin tab and that of clopidogrel. Careful examination is the key. Thank you for your interest

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