Qualitest Hydrocodone 10 325 (Top voted first)

Although many have said one drug is the same as the other I find that Qualitest hydrocodone 10/325 seems to not affect me as far as making me drowsy and extremely tired. It does so help with the pain but it does not make me so I can not function. The other manufacturer Mallincor (spelling not right) their hydrocodone makes me so tired I have to literally go to bed. Strange I think that if two drugs are identical how can they have different effects to you. I prefer to not take any hydrocodone but until I am through this pain I prefer to take the one that does not comatose me.

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I find Qualitest to be superior to all others in there generic Norco.

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I am grateful to find someone who is going through the same thing as I am between Qualitest and now the Watson brand. I still have pain after taking Watson when Qualitest gave quality of life back temporarily. I pray that we both find resolve in our search. I promise you as I request my doctor to help us locate this brand, and is successful, I will immediately contact you and ask that you do the same for me. This isn't a matter of addiction, but a remedy of relief of an illness that came upon me 2 years ago. RA.

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To original poster:

Generic opioids are allowed (FDA) to decrease opioid content by up to 47% as opposed to proper amount on brand.

Your generics are a crap shoot and most on pain management need consistency.

Saw this in passing and thought I'd put my professional nursing stamp and pain patient knowledge on this fact. Be very careful in particular of generic patches if you have been on brand (which is all I can use). There is an extreme difference enough to put you in severe withdrawal.

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Just to let everyone know. I've been taking qualitest Norco for a long time and just recently I found out they reformulated them. I called the company. I am outraged because now I extremely tired and and no pain relief from these. First they took away the Watsons and now replacement of these. I'm at a loss to what brand to take now.

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Hi, I'm wondering if Qualitest still makes the yellow 10/325 hydrocodone/Acet, the yellow oblong pills. I'm with pain mgt., and find the new white Watson's do be very weak, and this began about 2 months ago. I've been on this same med for 2 years, so it's not tolerance or in my head.
Any pharmacies still carry these? If anyone knows, I'd be grateful. Sarasota FL.

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Walmart has Qualtiest ,Give them a call .

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Wow, now that's the most information that I've ever seen regarding the contents of an opioid. So, to make sure I don't go around passing this new information around, where is some documentation? Thanks in advance!

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Thanks James, I do as well, but I'm having a difficult time trying to find a pharmacy that will be helpful. I recently moved back to Virginia, and my doc put me on Oxycodone 10-325, as my back is deteriorating faster than expected, (degenerative lumbar disk disease) and also 15 mg of MS Contin 2x daily. The first rx filled was some strange named generic for the Percocet, but I had been given an rx of that med while in FL, and I keep all the receipts from the meds, so I asked this pharmacy if they could order "Alvogen" as that seemed to give me better results than the other generic, and they did, so I'm in pretty good shape now. The Alvogen takes a bit longer to relieve the acute pain, but then after 30-45 minutes, I get relief. The MS Contin (morphine sulfate) also takes a bit to start working since it's ER, so as soon as I wake up in the morning I take a dose, and then wait for 40 minutes or so, and then start the day.
I hope this helps anybody that's having problems getting a generic pain med that works.
Elam

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the 20mg seem to have kicked my butt , Maybe I should have waited little longer before talking a second pill . They work .

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I agree! I am going to contact Qualitest myself and try to find out who carries their yellow ones. I don't understand why they don't or won't listen to the people (us);;We know what works for our bodies and what doesn't. It doesn't make us a "druggie", to desire the meds that actually work best!!!

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there is a great pain management doc in the frisco area...dr. craig neleson
i hope this helps!

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I'm going thru the same thing. Since I cannot get the qualitest Norco 5/325 at any pharmacy in my area, I have been stuck with Watson brand. They just don't help my severe arthritis as well. I am in a wheelchair, and I cannot stand or walk. I hurt more, and have had nosebleeds, and headaches which I have never had in the past. My life has been greatly diminished. Does anybody know if qualitest pain meds are sold in any pharmacy either at store or thru mail order?

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All care bone and joint is a pill mill and needs to be shut down. They have had several people overdose in their waiting room. They are also under investigation by the DEA. As a cash paying patient, I waited over and hour to see an intern medical assistant for under a minute and they gave my my prescriptions and I still had to pay 165.00 for a DR VISIT when I never saw the dr. After my medicare was actuvated, they would bill Medicare for EXTENDED visits when I never saw the dr. Fraud. Not to mention, the office would fill prescriptions in patients names and charge for the distribution of meds in the office. Just disgusted.

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Have they taken the yellow out of the Qualitest 10/325 hydro's?

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Not the dye but they added whatever they did to the Watsons and as of my last prescription they have become absolute garbage. I've been sick for days. I contacted qualitest and am waiting for a definitive explanation

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I'm hoping it's just a fluke and they haven't changed them all. The last two batches I got from Meijer has been garbage and I've noticed a circular stamping on them that I've never seen before and underneath the yellow it was completely White. No answer from qualitest company yet. Hopefully everyone doesn't get these and have to suffer. I've been taking qualitest for years.

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That's messed up . You should bring those back to Meijers and show them . I cracked a yellow one in half just now and it's all yellow . Got them 3 months ago at Walmart who told me they still carry them but to get a 120 it would take a week to order them . I sure hope they are not what you have received . Keep us posted . Good luck .

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Well that blows. I had to change to Oxycodone when the formula changed in the Watson hydro's, and I couldn't find the Qualitest brand, but now it sounds like they messed them up as well? I guess I won't change back.. Sorry to hear that so many of us have to deal with this junk..

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I will be getting 10mg hydro qualitest by the end of the month , I will know for sure if it's the same ones I have been getting for the last year that are very good . yellow on on side with the v and flipped it 36 01 in back words smooth hard pill slight gloss and a water oval mark ,you can only see it holding it up to a light bulb, These are the real deal .I tried to get Vicodin HP but its not covered .

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Well maybe for some reason my body just started rejecting them. I don't see it being a possibility but I hope it's just a fluke. I hope they keep the formula and keep everyone happy because these are the only brand that I can take!
I have gradually reduced my dose since I've gotten these. So my pain level is very high but at least I am not sick. The big difference I noticed was when I rubbed my finger across it seems to remove the gloss easily. I remember my other batch keeping its glossiness. I had Dirty Fingers and the dirt seemed to transfer and sink right in

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