Best Generic Alprazolam (xanax) (Page 8)

I have been getting the 2mg Greenstones the last few years and they work much better than the Actavis. Now i read that greenstones were changed back in early 2014. Is it people that take these to feel high or people who really need them for anxiety and nothing else? Regardless if they have been changed they're still much better Actavis and I have heard mixed results on Sandoz. Dava seems to be crap. Took it once (looks to be from Endo who bought out Qualitest). Any opinions on the current state of the generic xanax manufactures? And lastly, no insurance company will give me the name brand. It's generic or nothing.

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Re: Goozer (# 27)

Can you tell me something? I get the greenstone 1mg xr and have for a year.. today they filled Aurobindo. Have you heard anything about those? Potency, bioavailability, half life?? Tia

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Re: golfguyjoe (# 26)

It's actually 27% filler garbage they are allowed, last I heard from several people in pharmacies in NYC.

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Re: Goozer (# 27)

Who supplies greenstone limited brands alprazolam? What Pharmacy?

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Actavis are by far the best Xannax Generic, I just had Greenstone and they sucked, gave me headaches, took 40 minutes to kick in etc. Sandoz is probably 2nd best then Greenstone

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Re: PLFT (# 134)

Yes, just as good!

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Re: Goozer (# 27)

I really wanted to like Greenstone but it upset my stomach really bad. Did nothing for my anxiety as well. So far Activis has been the "best" for me. Makes me sleepy though. I just saw my pharmacy switched without telling me to Aurobindo! All I can do is try and see what happens...

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Re: Hamster (# 11)

Yes I am and
They are horrible ! I told my pharmacist that something not right but kept taking em well now I’m at wd and just changed pharmacy hoping they help me and gonna ask if they will order from greenstone heard u can ask and it took me being sick for. Months and my friend start looking it up why I wasn’t sleeping and I was not feeling good
Stay away from those !

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Any uk chatting on here? We don't have bars here. All meds have diff names any uk folk post up please. I get ksalol 1mg alprazolam and they are great. Balkan country made, not from India. Plus prodes valiums (Spanish made) both tested at wedinos and both as they advertise. c'mon uk folk comments??

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I have tried them all. At first Greenstone had the best ethocacy. For some reason their efficacy depreciated. Now I find Sandoz to have more stable efficacy. This represents my opinion only.

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Re: Babyblu486 (# 131)

I was just wondering how specifically you know that Greenstone changed their formula? How does one discover this or investigate this. I will be very interested in a reply. Thank you

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Why don't you try to get Glutethimide prescribed for you, it's much better than Alprazolam, especially with Acetaminophen with Codeine #4

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Re: Babyblu486 (# 131)

Babyblu486 said: Unfortunately, we are getting sedated instead of being treated for anxiety".

EXACTLY. @Goozer, you astutely mentioned that certain Xanax generics acted more as "sleepers" than anxiolytics, and that the Sandoz generic is notorious for this. You are so right, and it is making me non-functional!

I take Alprazolam, NOT Klonopin or Ativan or Valium because I did not become sedated from it like the other three and could continue to perform well and without crippling anxiety in a fast-paced, demanding environment! I took Greenstone (which worked great) and occasionally Aurobindo once or twice in 2018 and 2019. They were weaker than the Greenstones and a bit sedating, but nothing terrible.

For the last several months I was unable to get anything BUT Sandoz, and my God, this stuff made me feel like I was in a coma.

Unlike the "can do", anxiety-erasing properties of Greenstone, Sandoz made me practically non-functional and feeling like I was trudging through molasses. You know how when you're half-asleep you're too out of it to care about anything? That isn't a lack of anxiety, it's just a lack of higher cognitive functioning, and that is exactly how I felt on Sandoz. It wasn't a light, pleasant, drifting-off-to-sleep sensation either; it was a dull, heavy, drugged feeling and it was NOT how I feel normally on Alprazolam/Xanax.

My prescribed dose is 1mg, but the next time I took it, I only took .5 mg hoping that it would cut the sluggishness effects. Well, I still felt dull, heavy, apathetic and fatigued, albeit less so, and like with the 1mg dose, my anxiety was not helped at all.

Alprazolam/Xanax was a miraculous med for me when I started taking it years ago. My psychiatrist said recently (prior to the Sandoz debacle) that I was the exact sort of patient to use as an example for why benzodiazepines should not be banned/phased out or seen as universally "addictive"/requiring escalating doses/making patients less functional in life.

I have never needed a dose increase, the medication helped me from avoiding everything out of overwhelm and enabled me to take chances and succeed in life where before I'd been crippled by anxiety. It actually gave me energy because all of the anxiety resulted in feelings of fatigue and immobility. Now this Sandoz concoction is jeopardizing this!

I'm hoping for replies from Goozer and everyone else here who is knowledgeable about benzodiazepines and/or similarly affected by changes in Xanax/Alprazolam manufactures/formulas.

Anyone have any theories on what seems to be going on here with the widely differing generics and suspected formula changes that aren't documented?

I know the party line given to those of us not shamed into silence by "it's just in your head" gaslighting tactics or the"trust the experts" fallacy: "Sudden changes in a new generic drug's effect beyond personal lifestyle factors are caused either by a 20 percent difference in the active ingredient or due to the new generic having different inactive ingredients altering bioavailability."

Sure, maybe this explains my Aurobindo experience--lessened effect due to lower content of Alprazolam and/or fillers that didn't work optimally by my individual biochemistry in terms of metabolizing the medication. But to my knowledge (and please explain if you have additional information). But it does not explain the drastic difference between Greenstone Alprazolam and Sandoz Alprazolam (which felt like an entire different class of drug).

I had years of Greenstone Alprazolam turning off my cerebrally mediated, GABA-related anxiety (which is why Propanolol and SSRIs did not work for me), while promoting a rational, motivated state of mind, no decrease in energy and no experienced somatic effects at all. Sandoz Alprazolam did not lessen my cerebrally mediated anxiety in the least. It turned me into a foggy-brained, sluggish, amotivated zombie blob, incapable of anything at all beyond sitting on the couch, feeling unable to move.

Anyone know of a good generic recently with regards to good relief of mental anxiety without Sandoz's odd physical sensation, as non-Sandoz Alprazolam gave me some energy and focus to accomplish tasks?

How would it stack up next to all other generics, if you've taken it/them lately? Who carries it?

Anyone taken brand the last few months? How does it compare?

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Re: Goozer (# 39)

I agree with you…..no one should have judgement not knowing other’s conditions. That was a brutal reply to you!

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Re: Darcy (# 28)

I have been on 2mg for years now as I have been taking Xanax so long for my anxiety that my tolerance has become really high. Because of this I don't get as much relief as I should. I can take 4mg and be totally able to function properly. Unfortunately this has also increased my tolerance to everything. I had surgery and had to take a bigger dosage of pain meds just for a few hours relief. I have chronic insomnia and have tried every pill out there and bone work because of my tolerance issues. I don't take my on a regular basis. only when I feel anxiety or like I'm going to have a panic attack but one alone doesn't really much. I'm sure if they were not generic they would have a much better effect.

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Re: Lelo (# 143)

I would like to know the same thing but have not found pharmacies that carry this.

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I see everyone mention Greenstone a lot as being the best. Could you please let me know what pharmacies you are getting these at as I have not been able to find this brand. I get 2mg bars at CVS and lately it seems they are going between Sandoz and Aurobindo. I can tell the difference even in their consistency Sandoz seems to have a thicker coating.

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Re: EDDY (# 1)

It's not weird when you notice a difference in the medications and how they are effective in treating your problem

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Re: frenchy (# 2)

Have your doctor write the prescription the brand that works the best for you. My Dr had no problems doing that for me! I hope that will help..

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Re: frenchy (# 2)

Sorry I did not include the brand but my doctor writes for Greenstone. The round Xanax do not work near as well not to mention I have proven that I am allergic to the fillers that they use in them and these are the cheaper brand that pharmacies order!

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Re: Girlinflorida (# 8)

I go through the exact same thing. I was on mylan for years, mylan manufacturer, they were great, well that ended, and then target before it came cvs would order them for me, well it turned to cvs, I was on aurobindo manufacturer with my dr stating only aurobindo manuf, well they gave me Sandoz, and I ended up in er with chest pain, it felt like they weren't even working but I had to take them because cvs would do nothing, but after being on it for a month it got into my system and was working, but now im getting aurobindo, took first one this morning, and gna have to suffer till my system gets use to these again. I hate not having my anxiety controlled after 20 yesrs

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