Amneal Oxycodone (generic Percocet) 10 325 (Top voted first)

Amneal's oxycodone, generic for percocet 10/325 is white, oblong, blank on one side, and imprinted with IP 204 (not IP 203)! I usually take Watson or Mallinckrodt, 10/325, (2) tablets every 4-6 hours (240 monthly), but I was given Amneal today when filling my script, and I am not happy! I have cancer, and I also take morphine sulphate 30 mgs as well (1 every 12 hours), and Fioricet with Codeine for severe migraines (as needed)! I do not feel Amneal is sufficient or even close to the chemical makeup as Watson or Mallinckrodt for controlling pain/chronic pain! Amneal does not act the same way on my body, and I should not have to take more for same result! I think when you pay cash for your medications, and have been on the medication for 8 years, using the same pharmacy, they should order what helps you! The pharmacist says he has been ordering Watson 10/325 and Mallinckrodt 10/325, but they are only sending him Amneal! I am not happy, as I pay over $300 out of my own pocket for the my generic oxycodone alone! Pharmacist says he has to take what is shipped to him! Not sure I like that answer, but I checked 7 pharmacies within a 10 mile radius of me, and they all are stating the same fact, and substituting Watson or Mallinckrodt with Amneal! What is going on with ocycodone, generic percocet 10/325? Whatever it is, I don't like it? Generics are NOT all created equal as they say they are! It sucks to have to rely on medications to live, but what else are we to do! Thank you all for reading this! Love to all! <3

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I too have to take Percocet 10-325 and have always had and asked for Watson brand,recently all the pharmacies including my regular, have started getting actavis, last month I had headaches and my pain was not under control like usual. In the past I've been given other brands besides Watson and had similar effects. I did find studies and literature about different manufactures,cutting corners,using alt fillers and dyes,using a curtain companies time release or synthetic cheaper alt. This is def the problem and unfortunately I have know idea what I'm going to do now? I was told a company bought out Watson also,so trying to find that manufacture will be impossible as CVS,Kroger and others are buying other manufactures because they're cheaper. We're now paying the price for this.

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These generics are NOT at all the same. Amneal has changed its formulation, and now is the very worst. Endocet is the best you can get if you can get it. Its the closest to brand. Amneal has added stimulants, and less of the active ingredient. It hoops me up and works against my anti anxiety meds. They used to be good.But this changed about a year ago. Watson does absolutly nothing at all.Im pretty unhappy and having trouble sleeping on these crappy pills. Shame on them.

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You can tell when a post is from someone who doesn't experiences pain. It's like reading the back of a cereal box. I have had 3 major joints replaced & need 3 more done. As stated by others, Amneal is like taking an aspirin. I tried chomping on it, turning it to dust in my mouth, then swallowing. It was much better; it was like taking TWO aspirin. I got the Amneal brand from Walmart--- of course, you can't return anything like that and have to wait until you are due for the next prescription. These games the pharmaceuticals play are debilitating. I went to the Safeway food store that carries the Endo brand in their pharmacy. I just want to thank everyone for sharing their experiences! ...take time to voice your opinions to your pharmacist.

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I have called my insurance company for an override to allow only brand drugs in the pain area. The generics vary SO MUCH? that they can actualy interact with what else you may need to take. Your doctor must work on this with you.Its red tape, and a huge pain in the ass, but if you can get them to work with you, you will never have this problem again. You may pay 50.00-100.00 per bottle. But without insurance, precocet 120 tabs, is over $ 1,000 a bottle. If you can get a generic for 5.00? It has to be much much different. Because this request gets rejected atleast 2 times before it gets accepted, you must be on top of the process. Brand drugs run through your system just fine doing their job nicely. All, this other crap, is just that. Crap.Wish me luck with this one...

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Raven,i totally agree with you my pharmacy pulled the switch on me with knowing I get the brand endocet 10/325 for amneal pharmarcy 10/325 pill label ip204 I'm not happy at all I trusted my pharmacy I even called in ahead of to make sure I would get only endocet they chose to dispense ip204 without informing me. trusting them I left the line while walking out of the store I checked,saw that it wasn't endocet I turn around couldn't be more than 3mins they refused to make correction so now for 30 days I have to suffer unnecessary pain for a switch they chose to make without making me aware I could've taken my script somewhere and got the endocet but then the pharmacy wouldn't have gotten a sale then right,never again will I get tricked because of trusting my pharmacy......I'm very upset..........

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I use to take Percocet 10/650 and the same thing as been done to me. I am now forced to get ip204 or active. Both are crap. PERCOCET was made by Watson, and Watson was sold out to a company in India. Guess what we are taking? All the crap pills from India. The pharmacies are making a fortune and probably a lot of other companies. I have a lot of back problems and believe me, these pills are no good. We are being ripped off here in our country! Where do I go to get these pills analzed, something has to be done. Chronic pain.

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I hate it when you tell your doc or pharmacist that the crap you are getting for pain doesn't work any more and they look at you like you are crazy. They all know good and well what is going on. Watson sold out to India and now we are getting their crap. There are just too many complaints coming in about this problem. Another unsatisfied customer.

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Activa and watson merged but activa brand and formulation is what is used. not nearly as effective as watson

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You are obviously less experianced as alot of us on these pills. Ive been on them since 1997. And Endocet, is the very best generic you can get, if you can get them. They are made by Percocet, and are the most effective in the area of pain managemnet, and anti anxiety. This is NOT in our minds, the world cannot all be wrong about these generics and how different they are.I remember once bening switched just for a month to Roxycet from watson. I was at the market where my pharmacy was, and I took the new roxycet. I soon after walked directly into a pile of lettuce, they were so much stronger. Its amazing how different each company is. Amneal only lasts for 3 and a half hours, while endocet last for 6 hours. Your lucly that ignorance is bliss in this case. You will remain comfortable without knowing the difference.Kuddos to you. Your luckier than most of us. Who wouldnt be on this site if everything was actually just...fine.

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We The People need to open our own Citizens For Truth Medicine Testing Labs because here is the Answer to WHY we are in Pain after paying insurance premiums, pay for Doctor's Visits and never ending U/A's and tests, pay the Pharmacy so we can go home to suffer: FAKE OPIOID PAIN RELIEVERS that the FDA APPROVED BECAUSE IF IT ONLY "MIMICS" OPIOIDS THEY CAN CALL THEM THAT. SO WHAT we have here people are FAKE 100% SYNTHETIC Opioid BioSimilar that admittedly kill 330,000 of us that is currently reported each year, compared to 20 Straight Years of of Documented research stating less than 20,000 deaths per year on real BioLogics that ACTUALLY ARE MADE WITH AN EARTHLY GOD GIVEN OPIUM PLANT (Poppy) instead of FAKE MAN MADE SYNTHETIC BioSimilar. So Please Spread The Word!! Multi-State legal cases are In the works!! The FDA AND Pharmaceutical Companies ARE BEING SUED BECAUSE OF MIS-LABELING AND/OR MIS-BRANDING!! THE PAIN MEDS THAT SUCK ARE FAKE LAB CREATED SYNTHETICS.
There is only man made acetaminophen or something like ibuprofen in BioLogics along with A Real AMOUNT OF OPIOID NATURAL PAIN RELIEVER. That is the ANSWER MY FELLOW PAIN SUFFERERS. NOW WE CAN COMPLAIN AND START GETTING LAWYERS AND LAWS CHANGED TO SOMEHOW PROTECT US!!

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I too just switched from years on norco which stioped working when watson changed,ever since then i have been in pain went up to 5 norco a day that didnt helpbafter 9 months then new pharmacy( i moved to new area)started giving me the crap watson the last gew months n i been complaining to my dr for months that i suffer for over a week every month as 5 of these doesnt touch my pain,last month broke down crying as i am forced to work part time in addition to get disability and i cannot work on the extended release meds like ms contin. i was also taking 15 mg but they dont work and make me sleep ajd headaches, so last month he FINALLY switched me to oxycoodne but ONLY 4 a day and cut out the ms contin.

he said taking 1 ocycodone will be same as taking 2 norco as i told him 4 wont be enough since 5 norco did nothing,so he said 4 a day n thats it said call if any problems well pharnacy gave me amneal generic oxycodone 10 325 right away i was nervous as amneal norco r horrible n dont work,so being as i never took oxycodone before the firsf few days i only took half at a time n that felt a little relief,but after a week they stopped working even taking 1 at a time i felt nothing!so i started taking 5 instead of 4 a day tmassuming my dr woukd help me as he said to call if i have any problems,well its not been a month n im almost ououtf them now so i called last thurs to make appt at 27 days n they said hes full n i cant get in til WEDNESDAY i explained i am gonna BE OUT OF MY MEDS BY SUNDAY n that he said to call if i had problems.

they said hes on vacation n let me leave voicemail to prescription refills line i explained my situation n told them i cant get an appt til wednesday and ill be out of my meds Sunday n i have a job that i cannot afford to lose n if im in withdrawal i will lose it ,they called back n said no im not due til thursday for new script i explained again n finlly defeated said ill just call dr on monday n iam scared to death now i got 2 pills left n trying to make them last the last few days has been hell i am scheduled to work mon thru thurs so what am i susupposedo do now. Funny cuz this dr i see they supposedly take walk ins yet when i asked if i could do that they told me no..its like they want me to suffer as i heard medicare will fill meds when you are 75 percent finished. this should he illegal. these pharmaceutical companies are DEFINITELY not using correct AMOUNT OF THE opioids as my mother tried them and she's got horrible arthritis n never taken any narcotics and she doesn't even feel anything. I wish there was an affordable lab we can have these analyzed at. Id bet my life that they are not making them right.

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I think malli r just as bad if not worse then amneal im on 4 a day and its NOT WORKING i run out eearly because iHAVE TO WORK and if i sont take 6 A day i cant work, MY POS NEW DR DOESN'T SEEM TO CARE THAT IF I LOS3 MY job i will become homeless, he refuses to even out,me BACK ON what i was on for years in anotger state that was more helpful then this which was 5 norco and 1 ms contin 15mg the dea has destroyed so many lives while the junkies on the street continue to do as they have always done.

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I can evaluate the meds as I work in a forensic lab that measures anything from food to medications to potency of thc in marijuana or pills. I can see the exact mg. of each drug in each pill and the acetaminophen mg as well. I checked 1 company so far and it was alvogen 10/325 round yellow with an imprint of a strange letter C and 230 on the other side. Those reportedly contain 322.6mg of acetaminophen and 8.786mg of oxycodone so it's not exact and must be off on all brands but wonder which brand has more or less.

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My pharmacy says that they can only get what their supplier can get. They told me that they can ask for certain brands of generics, but it doesn't mean they will get them! I used to get Endo and Mallinkrodt. Now it changes monthly, and it's always junk. The other pharmacies around me all use Watson, which is even worse for me. I don't have insurance anymore, so I have a discount card, and pay over $200 for my percocet script alone! I get Percocet 10/325 #240 per month (8 per day), and Morphine Sulphate 15 mg, #60, one every 12 hours. I also take Fioricet with Codeine, 4 per day/120 monthly. I take multiple narcotics, as I have severe chronic pain with (3) types of arthritis (post cancer therapy, chemo and radiation). I also have severe migraines, and have had (2) strokes because of them. I was told that I could ask my pharmacy to order the generic that helps me, but no guarantees I will get it! I pay over $200 for my percocet script, so I should be able to get what works for me. Thank you for your help. I truly appreciate it!

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I just researched ingredients and found something called microcrystalline which is fancy name for refined wood pulp! For people who have allergies to idk say saw dust trees etc like i do! probly not a good medicine to take

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I tried to get the brand but because I have medicare and because my pain doctor just kept saying that it wont work, I gave up. Im in constant pain since Watson was taken over by Actavis and my oxycodone is not working. Actavis also causes stomach problems for me. I dont know what to do.

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I was using Mallinkrodt 512's for two years because of cancer issues. After a recent refill, I started getting mouth sores, extreme dry mouth and bloating. When I looked up information on the pill I saw I was getting Amneal brand instead. I tried having my doctor request the Mallinkrodt but even that didn't work. My pharmacy said Mallinkrodt doesn't make them anymore so I called the company - their reply: Your pharmacy is lying!! Enough said. Amneal is being pushed on everyone - I think an investigation is needed here.

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I too received Amneal and it was awful. Most pills did nothing and then 2 pills taken at the same time made me violently ill. I contacted the pharma company to report it. By law they must also then contact the FDA to report any complaints. They promptly sent me a fed-x package and asked me to send them some pills back to test. It is very important that we let the pharma companies know how awful their product is so perhaps if enough people complain they will change it but they will never know if they don't get any feedback. I got my med at Rite Aid. NOT going back there. I also told Rite Aid. They are liable too I believe, if someone has a bad reaction to meds.

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Activa and watson are now merged. They have chosen to drop the formulation of watsons and only manufacture the activa formulation which is what I have now. I am relatively sure they suck as well. I was getting watson for years. Pretty upset. Name brand Percocet cost 1,200 for #120! From your post,perhaps I will get Mallinckrodt? You seem to state they were better. You can order from any Pharmacy. Good luck. Respond via email if you want. If you get any news on generics please let me know. Thank you. Laura

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I noticed in your statement about percocet 10/325 120 tablets cost over a $1000 without ins. Brother i dont know where you are getn your meds? But it sounds like when they vsee you coming they have a huge smile on their faces! In my town i go to family owned pharmacy, 120 percocet 10/325 is only $58 cvs walgreens an other big name stores are 3 times that amount. My oxycontin 80 are $1000 oc 40's $505 with coupon. This is without ins. I agree it shouldnt cost so damn much! We are in enough pain as it is dont need the finacial paons to go with it!

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