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I can no longer get Librax by Oceanside. What brand of Librax is working for everbody now? Thanks for your help. So many don't work for me.

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Lisa, I hope you had luck with your insurance company! Mine refuses to pay for it and with the price increases I'm realizing more and more that there is no way I can continue to afford being on it, but I am terrified of the consequences of stopping.

Has anyone on here made any attempt of going through an online pharmacy for this or any other drugs? There are so many fake drug sites it's hard to know if any are legitimate.

I'm also curious if anyone stumbling around in here has gone from taking this medicine for a period of years to stopping completely and how that may have affected their condition?

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very effective. trying to fight my insurance to supply it to me. have been on it for 5yrs

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This still really makes me nervous as I honestly can't imagine a fate more horrible than River's Edge being the only option. It equates to an expensive placebo, which is nothing short of dangerous considering the benzodiazepine in Librax.

The way Oceanside worded their response to me definitely sounded like it had the potential to be a carefully worded P.R. damage control script, but I still have to think if them ceasing production was a solid fact they would have worded it differently.

Please do let us all know if you are able to get someone to special order it for you or not. If anything does happen to Oceanside, which I really prefer to consider unlikely thanks to their connection to Valeant, I certainly don't want to be caught off guard by it. I had gotten distracted by the holidays and was running very low when I saw your post this morning; I was absolutely petrified until I got a hold of my pharmacy.

I REALLY hope you manage to find it without too much hassle!

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Thank you very much for looking into this. HEB assured me Oceanside had been discontinued and they wouldn't be getting anymore. Now I feel better...we will all be in trouble when River's Edge is all that is available!

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I contacted my pharmacy (Kroger) this morning and they are still carrying Oceanside. Still extremely nervous, I decided to contact Oceanside as well. They got back to me quite quickly and said that "There are no plans to discontinue this product at this time that we are aware of." That reply still leaves a bit of room for fear of the future, but it sounds like at least for now you should still be able to find it. Both Kroger and CVS have been willing to work with me in the past and, upon listening to my concerns, special order brands that are not typically stocked by their distributors. That is something to look into, although CVS has rather high prices in my experience. If you can't find anyone in town it might be worth looking online. I have never attempted to purchase prescription drugs online but anything sounds better than being put back on River's Edge~ Please let me know if you continue to have trouble finding it!

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I don't know how I didn't see this sooner, but thank you so much for sharing that update. It might the scariest update I have seen since finding this website, but I am extremely glad to be aware that the nightmare may be on the verge of restarting. I never did fully adapt to Oceanside, even using it 3 times as often as I ever had to take Breckenridge. I will look around myself and see if I can find any alternatives that can't be traced back to River's Edge and share any news I am able to dig up. Thank you so much for the update!

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I can't find Oceanside anymore. I was told they quit making it. I looked up Acelli and it looks like it is made by Rivers Edge. :( Maybe they came up with a new formulation?

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Sandi, I too am glad you found your way to this forum. I do wish that River's Edge would just be shut down and this could be a forgotten problem, but I am glad that this forum at least allows people to figure out what's going on.

I am always especially intrigued by people like yourself, who have had experience with the name brand version of the drug. I have never experienced the Acella version of the pill but very much hope you will share your experience. I have continued taking the Oceanside version but I am taking 3x what I had to take of Breckenridge and still experience recurrences of my original symptoms as well as frequent "withdrawal" like symptoms that I remember from my original switch from Breckenridge to River's Edge. It seems the longer I take it the less effective it's becoming. Which is normal for any benzodiazepine, I suppose, but so very frustrating since I was extremely careful to stay on a low dose when I started because of that and now I'm taking my full dose and it's nowhere near enough. My doctor doesn't appear to understand at all and offered to try switching me to a different medication, but I see no solution in that as nothing else had worked previously and I have no desire to watch my problems escalate while trying to get away from the Librax.

I wish you a lot of luck with the Acella generic and hope that you will come back soon to say that you have found something that works for you!! Good luck and best of health to you!!

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I was so grateful to find this site. I knew something was terribly wrong when my pharmacy switced to Rivers Edge from Breckenridge. I too contacted Breckenridge only to find out they'd discontinued production. It was a miracle generic only in comparision with the name brand Librax. I took myself off the Rivers Edge because of the
syptoms I knew weren't right. I originally began on the the name brand Librax over 20 years ago. I've had these
syptoms since I was a child and my parents use to rush me to the hospital never knowing what was wrong or ever finding out what it was. When I was finally diagonised in my twenties, I began taking Librax and it
truly was a miracle. After this I was switched to Breckenridge and found it to be quite comparable. I'm so frustrated also. I did try Oceanside but found that it
helps somewhat but not as good of course as Breckenridge. My Walgreens pharamacy has now said they offer a generic brand Acella. Anyone have any
information on this? I'll be picking it up tonight and
let you know how it's working. I agree so much with everyone on this site. It's extremely scary when they change medications and it can have effects that are really frightening! I was becoming depressed and extremely angry at small things, never happend before. At least we all know what we should be experiencing and can let others know and our doctors that the Rivers Edge brand is something no one should be taking.

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HEB tells me this month Ascend Pharmaceticals has quit making generic Librax. Now they only have two...one being Oceanside that would cost me +/- $350.00 for 240 pills and the other would cost much more. So what is everybody else able to buy?

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I am so sorry that all of you have had these awful problems. I know what it is like to have IBS and the old Librax when you took it it worked instantly everything just calmed down. As I told you before I had the terrible problem with the generic ativan I was using Sandoz and they discontinued and I got this terrible drug from Activis. I have writing to them about their horrible product and will keep doing so. Because of all the anxiety over this stupid pill I have to use the Oceanside Librax occassionaly and not also have to take an antidepressant because of all the problems I have had. It has been a nightmare but I am getting better.Y

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Haha, thank you LMac, that helped a lot. Your sensitivity to drugs is an important part of the equation cause I seem to have the opposite problem. >.< I also had to laugh at your comment about them pulling out a bottle of Breckenridge at CVS. I called around yesterday and Walgreens (who I no longer use) told me they had Breckenridge in stock but not enough to fill my script and they would only order Oceanside, I practically jumped through the phone trying to figure out a way to pry those pills away from the woman. *^^;* I am at a loss with the whole situation right now. I take more than ever and my doctor seems to have switched locations without my knowledge and I'm having a hell of a time getting a refill. I miss the ease, comfort, and simplicity of Breckenridge. A bottle cost $100 but it lasted 3 months. No more. =/

Prior to reading what Mary had to say I agreed 100% that Oceanside is merely a repack of the name brand, but I question it now. The thing is that the stupid yellow pill could very well have screwed things up, merely making the Oceanside pill seem less effective. I know I took the yellow pill long enough to initially suffer residual effects from stopping it. It literally behaved as another, equally addictive but entirely ineffective, drug for me.

I am sorry to hear you are still walking on eggshells, worried about an allergic reaction... It might be worth looking into Ascend for yourself, as well? I am just glad you don't seem to have horrible (withdrawal) symptoms from not taking it, not being able to take it out of fear is bad enough!

Thank you Barbie as well, combined with what LMac has said I may look at Ascend instead, because if I have to take as much as I do now, or even up it, then I really need a cheaper variation!

I really wish that the doctors would complain, if they're actually noticing people returning with recurring symptoms after being given River's Edge. I hate that it's still out there.

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When I switched from Oceanside to Ascend I didn't notice any difference. My problem is low intestinal cramping and both generics work for me. I do take two caps 4Xdaily. I have taken it for years and because of that I don't get sleepy, tired, or any of those side effects. It just relieves my pain. The only generic that was a total disaster was River Ridge(the yellow one.) and I was constantly in pain for the first time in years. My Dr. said it did not work for any of his patients!

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Hmm, I wanted to clarify that it wasn't the Qualitest that was too strong necessarily, but that's the one I was taking when I started emptying out half the capsule since I didn't like how dizzy and tired this drug has always made me feel, regardless of brand. I was (and still am) very underweight and have always been super sensitive to drugs, more so now with the weight loss, so I'm sure that contributes. The Qualitest didn't seem to do a thing for me as far as symptom control. The Oceanside is like night and day in how well it works. I still get the numb tongue thing so I'm afraid to take it, but I love it. It honestly takes all pain away in minutes. I've taken literally just a pinch of the powder (to test the allergy concern) and it still works, so it's either very strong, I'm extraordinarily sensitive or I've got one heck of a placebo thing going on in my head ;)

For what it's worth, I really, truly think the Oceanside is a rebranded brand name. Brand name Librax and the Oceanside generic have the exact same ingredients in the exact same order, are both sold by the same company and are both manufactured in the same plant. If you call the Oceanside company they answer the phone with the Valeant name, which is who makes Librax, and Valeant owns Oceanside. Even the pharmacist said this is likely the case since it would make no sense to produce two different forms of the same drug in the same place. She told me what companies do is run the same pills down the assembly line, one day with the brand name imprints and another day with the generic imprints. She said she knows this is how it's done with other companies who make both brand and generic, so considering all the "evidence" I don't know what else to think but that they're one and the same.

Hoping everyone finds what works for them so we can all feel better :) And Hmm lol you will hate this but I was at CVS a month or so ago and checked which brand they had, and they pulled out a bottle of Breckenridge. I was like what?? I couldn't get it (can't transfer refills) but wish I could have snatched them up for you. I need to get a new script and try another brand to check the numb tongue issue.

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I am grateful for both updates, Mary and Barbie. I am tempted to try another brand, since I really haven't felt "right" for the past 6 months now and am taking it much more often than I ever had to before. I am a little leery to try and switch though, considering how disastrous it was last time.

Mary, I am very grateful for your insight into this whole situation since I don't know anyone else who reacted as badly as I did when I was switched. Though it wasn't the exact same drug you had to suffer long standing consequences with, your experience it makes me feel a little bit less crazy; which I really think I've needed. It's also extremely helpful to know that Oceanside still doesn't work as well as the original Librax did. I have always been on a generic and had no way to compare the two. I am considering trying Qualitest, since LMac mentioned it being too strong and at this point I think too strong is sounding much better than too weak.

Barbie, when you transitioned from Oceanside to Ascend did you notice *any* kind of changes? Did it seem to work better, or relax you more, make you tired, feel a little ill, any temporary recurrence of symptoms or anxiety; anything? Good or bad? I am very frightened to experiment but I don't have insurance either and the rising cost of Oceanside, along with it still not working nearly as well as Breckenridge, is really making me consider another change.

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Oceanside's price has double, tripled in the last few months. Since I don't have insurance I have been using one by Ascend and it works great and is a third of the cost of Oceanside. Just an FYI for those who's insurance won't cover it.

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I got the Librax made by oceanside, it is still not as good as the real Librax I used to get. That worked right away. The yellow pills should not even be called a pill, they do nothing. It is a real problem when you are on one generic for a long time and they switch you. I am still have trouble with my Ativan and do not get anything manufactured by Activis.

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Mary, I am so glad you were able to find this forum and switch back to Oceanside as quickly as possible. Your experience with Lorazepam reminds me very much of mine with this drug and I would hate to hear that you had to endure another similar nightmare; especially since the original one is how you ended up on this drug to begin with. I think it's safe to assume that the yellow pill was not going to work for you, based on your dinner outing. It was at least a week before I started noticing signs that should have clearly told me the yellow pill wasn't working, but I naively ignored them at first. I am very glad to know that you won't be making the same mistake! Thank you for sharing your experience here~ Take care of yourself! <3

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I was able to get the green ones by Oceanside. My pharmacy has those. I will let you know how they work. All I can say is I have only been on the yellow ones for 3 days and last night while out to dinner had to run to the bathroom so maybe the yellow ones are not working. I hope your problems are resolved.

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