Clonazepam 0.5 Mg Teva Vs Accord
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I recently received Teva clonazepam and it worked great. Two weeks ago, I received clonazepam from Accord Pharmaceuticals and it was like a placebo pill. Has anyone taken this medicine By Accord and have you noticed a serious difference with it not helping? I've never had a generic never work before. I don't know what to do. All pharmacies in my area are now going with Accord Pharmaceuticals because it's cheaper. Help with an answer please.

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Re: kathy (# 266)

I do appreciate your tips and suggestions.

You might have missed a couple replies I made but in one of them I thanked you for your suggestion about finding a small compounding pharmacy, after I long ago gave up on all the big pharmacies. In fact I'd even tried some other local small pharmacies as well, here in the San Francisco Bay Area ,many months ago and nobody had accord brand.

Then finally just about a week ago I called a local small compounding pharmacy and they said they could order bottles of it in the exact dose I need, .5 mg, so I transferred my prescription with two refills left from Walgreens to them. And now I just have to wait till it's closer to my refill date and then call them to order at least a couple 100 pill bottles from the wholesaler, and they even said they would set them aside for me.

The only caveat as it may cost me some out-of-pocket money, possibly up to $50 for a refill of 60, but that's fine considering how hard it's been to get this stuff. The Teva brand does not seem as effective to me. Like you and a lot of other people posting on this forum it's very difficult for me being forced to switch to a different brand then we are used to because of the difference of binders and fillers, etc. Despite what the "experts" say, even though the active ingredient is the same from one brand to the next we know there is a difference in effectiveness.

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Re: Marcus (# 262)

I don't know if you're interested but Costco has 2mg accord here in Bend Oregon. It can be broken into half or 1/4. It cost about $2.75 per pill but that is with the pharmacists profit on the meds. You can also order brand from Amazon. I don't think they have accord but maybe.

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Re: Kita (# 264)

Thanks, yes I think you're correct. I checked back with one of Kathy's earlier messages and it was regarding the brand name. So I don't know who the wholesaler is that this small compounding pharmacy I found was able to order it from, but it proves that as you said that list we got from the Accord customer service person was not thorough and didn't include wholesalers and suppliers.

The part of all this I don't understand is if all of this product was manufactured in 2022 before the Intas manufacturing plant stopped producing the clonazepam, and if it's only been gradually tested and released since then how long can it still remain potent if it's being sold so long after it was manufactured ? The only guess I have would be benzodiazepines must have an incredibly long shelf life- because after we pick up a prescription it will have an expiration date of a year after, which means we're looking at a shelf life of a minimum of 3 years ! Hard to believe but must be true or they wouldn't be allowed to sell it.

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Re: Marcus (# 261)

I am glad it worked out for you. I don’t think H2 pharmacy sells accord. They sell the brand name. I have spoken with them, I might be wrong though.

Take care !

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Re: kathy (# 260)

I did buy the brand name from a compounding pharmacy, because they were the only ones who would order it for me.

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Re: kathy (# 260)

That's interesting, how much does it cost per pill? I want to thank you for your post a while back about ordering from a independent or compounding pharmacy. I had about given up on trying to find Accord brand which I've been using for years and become so used to it. I've had difficulty switching to the Teva ever since the Accord health Intas manufacturing plant in India stopped producing the clonazepam.

Over the time I tried calling many different pharmacies including large chains and some smaller ones. Finally I decided to call a local compounding pharmacy as you suggested and it seems they can order it - apparently they have the ability to order from different wholesalers. So I put in an order and waiting to see if it really happens, they did say it was available only 100 pill bottles, I asked for them to order two and set them aside for me.

Before that I had pretty much given up because I was looking at a list of pharmacies that the customer service person from Accord health sent me but I thought was an exhaustive list of pharmacies in California that had Accord clonazepam yet none of these pharmacies were anywhere near where I lived. She didn't also give out a list of wholesalers which might have helped me realize that other pharmacies might have it as well that aren't on the list.

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Re: Kita (# 259)

I was about to give up because I realized I couldn't get my doctor to do as you suggested, he's not my primary care physician. So finally desperately I decided to look up local independent pharmacies to try find one that I had not called before (there are not many, mostly just the huge corporate pharmacies that only have one supplier).. And lo and behold there is a relatively new small pharmacy right here where I live only 10 minute drive away. And it's a compounding pharmacy and they said they could order it ! They order from different various wholesalers and one of them has it, I even had her look at the picture to verify it was the Accord 5 mg pill. The only slightly unfortunate thing is I have to wait till my next refill because I already just filled it a week ago for Teva , at Walgreens.

And then out of curiosity I decided to go back through this thread a little bit and found a reply from Kathy that I somehow missed mentioning going to a small compounding pharmacy and she mentioned a supplier called H2 pharmacy and I bet that's the one !

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Re: Kita (# 257)

I gave up and am buying brand name. Yes it's expensive but it works great.

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Re: Marcus (# 258)

He doesn’t need to call a bunch of pharmacies, a big pharmacy like CVS chain for instance has access to the other pharmacies inventory - what they have in stock. If he calls one pharmacy, explain the situation, this pharmacy can check whether there are still pharmacies out there close to you that has this specific brand. It is not about their suppliers, it is about whether or not some pharmacies might still have Accord in stock.

You can also try CVS caremark for instance and ask them to find this brand for you. When I wanted to try Klonopin the brand to see if that would work for me instead of Accord, my pharmacist simply said she couldn’t order for me that I had to take the generic. I called my insurance, explained to them the situation and they directed me to CVS caremark. They placed an order of Klonopin the brand (it was only 10 pills though) with the doctor’s prescription obviously and I received this medication in my mailbox.

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Re: Kita (# 257)

It seems too complicated, the pharmacies only know what their supplier has. Well even then they don't know until they order it and it either comes in or it doesn't, or whether it's on the suppliers list of medications they carry..

Even the smaller pharmacies can't order from drug companies, they have to order from their supplier. The doctors don't even know what brands of medications the suppliers have. The doctor who orders my Klonopin is a specialist, not my primary care physician. And there's no way I could get him to call a bunch of pharmacies and have those pharmacies find the supplier for Accord. In fact that's what I would want to find out but I don't know if I can find it out.

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Re: Marcus (# 256)

Marcus, I understand, in my case I was willing to drive 2hrs to get it. In any case, one thing I noticed is that it seems that the list she sent us is non exhaustive. The reason I say this is bc the pharmacy I could fill the prescription was not in her list. That’s why it might be worth asking your doctor to call any pharmacy (even yours) and perhaps asking them to help find one that might still have tablets left and is not far from you. They should be able to do that if your doctor calls. My two cents.

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Re: Kita (# 255)

This does make sense and I'm glad it work for you but even though my doctor could call it in to a pharmacy that has it, the pharmacy is just way too far for me to go to... There is nothing on the list that the customer service woman at accord sent me that's anywhere remotely close to where I live unfortunately.

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Re: Marcus (# 253)

Marcus, I finally managed to get some supply. Here is how it worked: my doctor one of the pharmacies that had available but it is far from me- the purpose would be for me to make a trip to go get the medication. I can not take another brand. It is imperative for me accord.
The pharmacist was kind enough to check for her which pharmacy close to me had it. I know this was only possible because it was the doctor who did this exercise. The pharmacy won’t disclose which pharmacies have it or even if they have it sometimes if the person calling is the patient. So, if your doctor are able to call a couple of pharmacies that have accord, they might be able to fill the prescription for you if you are willing to make the travel or who know they might find one somewhere close to you.

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Re: Marcus (# 253)

Yes, let me know if you manage to get it.
I will let you know from my side also.
Thanks

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Re: Kita (# 252)

For everything I know about pharmacies is they have suppliers, so they are completely dependent on the companies that purchase and stock medications from manufacturers. It is possible that maybe a small Independent pharmacy might go out of their way to purchase something but still I think they are dependent on their suppliers. It's extremely doubtful that large pharmacies could do anything like this because they are completely dependent on their suppliers who would never care about the needs of one individual customer. But I encourage you to try and I could do the same by calling a few small Independent pharmacies.

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Re: Marcus (# 251)

Thanks. I finally managed to speak with her and like you not many pharmacies available if any at all. What she told me and that’s what I am going to try next is that my pharmacy could probably make an order, because they are shipping the medication to the warehouse, so the pharmacy must be able to place an order. The question is whether or not they are willing to do it. I know the pharmacy close to me they are not helpful, I would have to find a place willing to help me out.

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Re: Kita (# 250)

Instead of picking the option for customer service, there are a couple other options. I got a different department and told her that customer service was not answering and not returning calls, so I left a message for customer service to call me. And even know they didn't call back the next day when I called they picked up immediately so she must have told customer service to start answering their calls. You have to be persistent, I think it's just one person in that department.

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Re: Marcus (# 248)

Impossible to reach them. I have called several times now. Not sure how you managed to.

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Re: Marcus (# 245)

Thank you. Much appreciated.

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Re: kathy eldridge (# 247)

What you do when you speak to the Accord/Intas customer service rep is this: You give her your email address and tell her what State you live in and she send you a thorough list of which cities in your States and which pharmacies in the cities sells Accord clonazepam in .5, 1 mg or 2 mg pills. That's it, nothing more, nothing less. Here in CA the vast majority of pharmacies that still sell it are in Southern California. Where I live in Northern California there's very little of it and availability is not good unless one happens to live in exactly the right place where it is available.

Otherwise those of us who do not live near where it is available will have to wait who knows how many months or years for it to be available in mass production again so we will just have to adjust to a different brand.

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