R 194 On A Pink Tablet

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Can anyone identify a pink oval tablet with R 194 on it?

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Sorry, I can't find any tablets listed with this imprint.

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I am searching for this also. I was given this as a generic for allegra 180. I am trying to verify that it is a generic fexofenadine. Is that also your circumstance?

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Sorry, I am still searching, I can't find any tablets listed with this marking. In the US prescription drug database, the only thing I am showing with this marking is a capsule that is an antibiotic.

The closest I can find is an over the counter allergy tablet with 194 on it, but it is not Allegra or the generic for it, it is Chlorpheniramine.

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Thanks for your efforts!!!
After a few hours of research, I did finally find that my tablets are in fact an Allegra 180mg generic. I finally did a google under Allegra(R) and fexofenadine. Not sure about the other poster's tablets, but mine have a terrible aftertaste that was not present with either Allegra or my usual generic.

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The aftertaste just really depends on the manufacturing of the tablet, if theirs is softer and more powdery than the others then that will happen.

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I performed the same research - and found this site. The pills do have an aftertaste. So I stopped taking them. I will contact the pharmacist to determine if I can get the old tastless generic for Allegra 180.

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I am not surprised, as I said it depends on the manufacturer and the manufacturing process they use to make them. Softer and more powdery pills will start to dissolve in your mouth and throat very easily, especially if they stick in your mouth and/or you have trouble swallowing them.

This usually happens with the cheapest types of generics and when you go to your pharmacy, that is usually what you get when you are on generic meds, unless you specifically request otherwise. They usually carry to cheapest possible, which almost always happens to be softer made pills that do not have any type of coating on them to prevent this.

I was on Allegra for awhile, while it was still under the propietary patent, and they did have a coating. However, then my insurance quit covering it and I had to switch to Claritin and that was available in a generic, they are also very soft pills that cause a nasty aftertaste.

The worst ones that I have experienced this with is Oxybutynin, a generic for Ditropan, they cause an aftertaste every time and it is gross.

Now as to the meds, like I said, it depends on how they make and who is making it. Since not al generics are made by the same company, there are some out there that are not as cheaply made and will have the protective coating on them.

If the pharmacy you are currently using doesn't carry them or can't get them anymore, you can try other pharmacies in your area. There is a good chance that the generic they carry would be made by a different company than the ones you are getting now.

One pharmacy's cheapest generic is not necessarily the same as the brand carried by a pharmcy a few blocks down.the street.

The reason for this, is because their bulk buying deals may be different, no two pharmacies usually sell the same amount of any one type of med, just because of the variances in customer preferences, doctor's prescription preferences, and etc. in certain areas.

So one pharmacy who sells a lot of a more expensive med, for instance Cymbalta, they may fill thousands of scrips for this med in a month and the company that makes that, may also have a generic for Allegra, so since they are already doing business on such a large scale with this company, they are going to get special discounts on the other meds they manufacture, so that brand is the cheapest the pharmacy can find to provide as the generics for their customers scrips.

However, across town, maybe a different pharmacy does its largest business in Prevacid, from a different manufacturer than the other pharmacy was using. Thus, the generic they can get cheapest in their bulk orders is made by a totally different company.

On top of this, they can also all differ in the active ingredients that they use, there is nothing in the law saying that they must all use the same exact ingredients as the name brand counterparts, They just have to be items that are completely inert and will not have any effect on the active ingredient.

Some people who may, for example, use a generic from Watson, can have great results with it, with very few side effects, tthen suddenly the pharmacy has to switch the generic they carry, or the person moves to a different area, or switches pharmacies, so they get pills from a different manufacturer and they suddenly find that it doesn't work as well for them and/or they experience more side effects, even though they have been using the same medication and same dosage that they were using for years.

Everyone reacts to meds differently, and while the inactive ingredients that they use for binders and fillers have to be inert in relation to the active ingredient, they can react to someones body or other meds they are taking and cause problems.

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If this isn't enough, you could even, conceivably get a different dose of the med, even though your scrip was supposed to be exactly the same for the same dosage.

I know medical professionals and pharmacists, plus all the medical and FDA literature says that generics are exactly the same as their name brand counterparts, but the reason they have to say this has nothing to do with it being the truth, it has has to do with the laws, they can lose their license, and thus, their whole careers and source of income if they tell you any different.

The FDA's reason for this is because they claim they don't want to scare people away from taking needed meds. However, to keep the manufacturing process cheaper and get generics on the market faster for people who don't have insurance and can't afford the name brand, they actually allow them to differ in the amount of the ACTIVE ingredient by as much as plus or minus 20%.

I was curious when I sometimes had pills in the same bottle, all from the same company, in what was supposed to be the same dose,that acted differently when I took them. I did a little research and discovered these differences.

So if a manufacturer wants to get this product on the market in a hurry, as soon as it is available for generic sales, they have a little leeway with their quality control so they can speed up the process.

Now, knowing how strictly some med doses need to be calibrated for some conditions, meds like blood thinners and such, this difference, as insignificant as it seems, could cause serious problems, illnesses or death.

IE: In some instances if you are taking 10mgs of a certain medication, if the company was rushing the process and doesn't keep strict quality control standards, then you could end up with 12mgs in some of these pills or just 8mgs.

Here's a link to an article I found which explains this, it also contains references to the laws which permit this, so you can see that I am not just making this up.

Generic Meds Click Here!

The name of the law is the 'Hatch-Waxman Act of 1984.

Anyway, I know this post is a little long winded, but I really want to try and explain clearly why you can experience this after taste with generics, why they may seem to affect you differently from a prior pill you were taking did, and etc.

I am not sure if any of you keep up on the pharmaceutical industry and recalls and such, but since I do have this job here, I keep track of them and check out the new information regularly. Last year there was a major recall and total production shut down of a major US generic med supplier named Able Labs. They have severe quality control issues and were continuously, with all the meds they manufacture, far exceeding that 40% window. Consumers and doctors began to notice, some people took a regular dosage, not taking and extra or abusing the meds in anyway, yet they were rushed to the hospital in full blown overdose, other times they worked find, and still others some people ended up in withdrawal because they were getting a drastically lower dose than what their body was used to.

So if a company has poor quality control, it is very easy for these meds to make it to the shelves of pharmacies all over the country.

Able Labs was unable to ever recover from the financial losses caused by the medical lawsuits and the loss of revenue due to the recalls, since they had to pull ALL of their products off the market immediately.

They ended up shutting down permanently, and selling all their proprietary patents and pill marking trademarks to other companies to pay off the lawsuit debts, then bankruptcy.

The biggest issue, of course, is that our FDA is very short handed and underfunded, so they cannot check every med manufacturer on any type of regular basis, the companies are supposed to police themselves, but you know there are others out there who can't be bothered, so I am sure there are more screwed up meds on the pharmacy shelves.

Anyway, I hope this info explains some things and helps someone.

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