Actavis Oxycodone Is A Blank Placebo Per My Pharmacist Friend

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Is anyone willing to start a petition with me on Chang.org due to Actavis taking over Watson. For four years I have been satisfied with taking the Watsonn Oxycodone 10mg with no problems. I suffer with severe spinal injury along with arthritis and fibromyalgia. One day about four months ago, I noticed my medication was oval shaped and small. I was not alarmed but after taking it for a week, I noticed that I was in severe and unusual pain with irritability and headaches. I called the pharmacist who also happens to be a friend of mine and she stated that Actavis has now taken over Watson and that all Walgreens stores are now carrying Actavis. Also, Target and Cvs are carrying Actavis. I'm going to try Schnucks but in the meantime, instead of complaining on the forum which is a good start, I plan to complain and drive Actavis crazy plus call FDA and start a petition. I don't want to start a petition if noone will sign. Please help me to help all of us because Actavis is not only given us medication with nothing but binders and fillers but they are getting rich off of doing it. In order to get the actual brand Percocet would be very expensive and most insurances will not cover brand prescriptions. I honestly believe that the Actavis Oxycodone is in fact a placebo pill because I never had any complaints with Watson oxycodone. The first thing the pharmaceutical companies, doctors and FDA WANT TO SAY IS THAT ITS NOT THAT WE ARE IN PAIN BUT THAT WE ARE DRUG ADDICTS. I'm sick of it! Let's not just talk about it but we need to fight about it.

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Hi Coffey, how are you? Sorry to hear about your troubling experience with Actavis's Oxycodone. Although I've never used this medication personally, I have noticed the overwhelming amount of people complaining about this particular pill by Actavis. So I do think you're going in the right direction with wanting to start a petition.

While Actavis may have to abide by the FDA's strict guidelines, I still believe they're only showing us what they want us to know on their webpage; potentially leaving out several details that make it different from it's previous formulation.

Unfortunately the only real way to find out if it's placebo, would be to have its contents tested by a lab. Often times generic meds contain a smaller percentage of the active ingredients, making them noticeably less effective... especially for those who are used to other more potent brands.

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I am with you! I have had the same experience - not only NO pain relief from the Activis meds. but BAD side effects (Excessive sweating, bad constipation and bloating, anxiety) I will sign whatever you need me to!!!

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Where can i sign

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I agree i posted a msg up for review i WILL rewrite it if i dobt see it..Time for legal action this drug could kill me..i have heart an high blood pressure an was fine on oxycodone so i no for a fact this is placebo my bloodpressure has doubled since i started this new brand. I WILL wait an see if my other post is up yet..Its all politics!!! Im scared to continue with rhis brand it could kill me..I will now be calling Actavis.. FDA an DEA. Thank you keep posting plz..

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Sailor.....not only is this happening to Actavis' oxycodone but it happened with all their hydrocodone containing meds about 1 1/2 years ago. I was on hydro back then and you should see what went on here just over that! Now, they are doing it with the oxycodone?!?! What on Gods green earth are they trying to do to us? I switched to oxycodone back then and received Watson brand....not available anymore, and I finally got pain relief without terrible side effects! Now, they got me again with another med! ( the oxy ). I have to suffer for a whole month now and am calling my regular pharmacy, I used Walgreens the other day, and going to ask them if they will order Mallinkrodt or Qualitest for me. I have had those 2 brands and the seem ok. I am also calling Actavis because I was told they would refund me my money.....which is good, their crap med cost me $218! I am not happy about any of this. I will also call the FDA and DEA if needed.....the FDA FOR SURE! I believe Actavis should be put out of business if this is the kind of crap they are going to pull!

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Time for all pain patients to join together. It is time for us to make a stand against the FDA and the DEA and tell them to get out of the doctor patient relationship. These Bureaucrats need to back off! They have it set in their own minds that all pain patients are drug addicts and we as the American people do not need to stand for this BS. It's time that we stand together. Please voice your opinion. Hold a rally at the end of April. National Pain Patients Advocacy week, remember it's the last week of April

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With all the restrictions being handed down and the Anti Narcotic Doctors would go for a placebo like this. I will sign your petition, but we need to act together as chronic pain advocates. We organized a "MARCH ON WASHINGTON" in 2003 & 2004, my Doctor is our Medical Adviser and I am the National Facilitator. We are trying to get this issue to go nationwide. You can do your part by holding a rally and we will try to help support you. We are a "Grass Roots" coalition. If we don't take a stand the government will walk all over you. It's already happened and this has to stop and stop now.

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I am sorry for your troubles with Actavis...But I got my oxy 15mg refilled the other day which was mfg by Actavis...First time using that mfg. I went about 4 days with not taking any of the oxy nor any other pain meds in effort to experiment and see if the ones I had been getting was placebo. Because the ones I Had been getting...Watson, Malencroft...was like taking aspirin. I got absolutely No pain relief from it and wrestled with thinking about taking even more.

Believe me, the pain felt the same as if I had taken the oxy...Horrible. So when I got my oxies filled I took one. And I mean to say that 10 mins later I felt it!!! It took All of my pain away and gave me that easy feeling that I am so familiar with when I take Legit pain medication.

But there was another Major difference...5 hours, 6 hours, and even 7 hours later I was still totally pain free. The next day I actually woke up and had 2 oxies left over from the previous day. This is when I looked at the bottle and saw a different mfg than before...The mfg being Actavis.

Not sure why you had this bad experience but my first experience with Actavis Mfg. is a very positive one. Who knows? Maybe they Were cheating patients by giving placebos, either got caught or knew they were about to get caught, and got their act together. I have taken 30mg oxies before and believe me, these Actavis 15's are definitely even stronger than those!!!

Either way, I thank you and everyone else for exposing Actavis. This has evidently forced them to get their act together!!! But it is also possible that there was a bad batch of meds and they didn't catch it. They could he totally faultless ...meaning they wasn't Purposely trying to cheat people and pharmacies by giving them bad meds...ya know bad batch of oxies.

No one really knows for sure what happened. But all I know for sure is that my Oxy 15mg pills mfg'd by Actavis are very strong. They are Beyond the real deal.

I am even going to try cutting them in Half just to see if half a pill would be enough!!!

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7 years with rare form of epilepsy clean over 10 years st drugs.sons 24 time honor student bills are pd. I do everything asked by country. even 10 year army vet. and rite aid pharmacist play God or dr. and give us brands elirgic too and thay laught. Clinton and pres. seem to be running us all into suffering hell. why do the right thing only to suffer do to a few pills .looks like placebo and after 7 years we know the upper tear of society don't care for us just the money

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I am with you cause it fills like poison is in this pill and it's not helping

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I'm experiencing the exact same side effects I got my new meds from the University of Washington last Friday horrible side effects

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I have been on oxycodone for nearly a year. Last 2 scripts manufactured in INDIA, distributed by ACTAVIS have no pain medicine, appears to only be fillers. I take 1 four times a day 10-325 A333 and get no relief. They're so bad, it did not show on my drug panel in my system. Everyone needs to contact the FDA and Actavis \ Teva and Walgreens to report problems with this generic drug. Only way to get this investigated.

PLEASE, everyone taking Actavis 10-325 marked with A333 on the pill needs to report. I have reported to the FDA, Actavis/Teva, Walgreens, my doctor AND insurance company along with Quest Diagnostics as to WHY this opioid does not come up in U/A's. Still waiting on results on claims from all 6 claims!

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Yes, I will sign. The last week I have had similar if not the same problems. With the medicine not working. Some doctors are non caring and have a tendency to lie about patients diagnoses.

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I am in for a petition!

I have complained to 5 authorities with no results, so now I am going to the Attorney General for the State of Florida.

Actavis is definitely only manufacturing deadly fillers, not medication. And, they can put 20% less or more of medicine in pills. Logically thinking, they would not put more, only LESS, no brainer, they make more money. And no one is monitoring this 20% less or more!!!

Another problem, NO LOT numbers on prescription pill bottles.

FDA cannot do anything unless we have a LOT number from bottle that our meds are dispensed from. I spoke with the FDA and it's futile to complain if you do not have a LOT number.

It's a big problem, everything is on the prescription label except the LOT number, so there is NO WAY for the FDA to trace production, nor is there a way for the manufacturer to trace it.

The FDA is responsible for labeling, very thorough, EXCEPT LOT number, MOST IMPORTANT NUMBER missing from label. My belief is that FDA is protecting pharmaceutical companies!!!! We have no way to find out where, how, when or anything about our prescription pills are dispensed without a LOT number, UNLESS you get the ORIGINAL bottle from the pharmaceutical company.

My Atorvastatin came in the manufacturer's bottle because it's a bottle of 90, exactly the count of pills my doctor prescribed, so they just took the bottle and placed my prescription label on it.

Every product you purchase, laundry detergent, over the counter meds, makeup, i.e. mascara, lipstick, canned goods, all food products, diapers, sheets, school supplies, on and on HAVE LOT numbers to track production, but NOT PRESCRIPTIONS. Something is horribly wrong. Go to the Attorney General for your state to complain on this subject; "why does my prescription NOT have lot number on it".

LABELING OF PRESCRIPTION DRUGS NEED LOT NUMBERS, so when consumers have a bad reaction/complaint, IF WE DON'T die, FDA can track and investigate. Even if you do die, no lot number, no way to track your bad medication.

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