Rhodes Vs Mylan Buprenorphine (Page 2)

I was just switched from the Mylan brand of Buprenorphine to the Rhodes brand. I haven’t taken any of the Rhodes brand yet. I have taken Mylan bupe for several years and totally love it. The only other bupe I have tried is the hi-tech and it made me extremely depressed and I couldn’t function at all, just felt so much anxiety and wanted to crawl in a hole! Who here has taken Rhodes and/or Mylan?? Any experience, please share! I have a couple days left of my Mylan and then I’m on to try the Rhodes. (This is only happening because Mylan brand got thrown on long term backorder and Mylan says they still have no update on when it will be back)

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Re: Charlene (# 18)

oh wow really ask him what generic he thinks is best he would know?

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Re: Christina (# 13)

that's strange because I have the Rhodes and himkas and they are 2 times less effective than the Rhodes and of they compare to mylan I probably won't like them as they may be 2 time as less efficient for me but everyone is different. I'm interested in Rhodes and the teva b 799 no one seems to knkw about anymore. maybe one day I will get mylan because it is always available to me if I decided but Rhodes has been great. i am always tired but on other medicene and have many health issues.

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Re: Addie (# 12)

hi tech is a great company and I wish I have tried that version myself ibwoukd if i want but do enjoy Rhodes so not sure. and most likely that's what caused it was switch in inactive ingredients for you when u switched

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Re: Charlene (# 15)

IM WRITING BACK TO MYSELF EVERYONE..IF YOU ALL NOTICE MY TYPING ERRORS..... ITS JUST THAT..IM NOT THE BEST TYPEST AND I SHOULD GO BACK AND FORTH WITH MY TEXTS AND REREAD WHAT I MISS SPELLED..BUT YOU ALL GET IT, THX

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Goozer (# 20) --

I don't need to write him back..I already know..one other time I wrote him....asked what most of his patients preferred of all the generics ?? Obviously brand name..but he gets alot of requests to write on the script pts..preference forever it was teva..and 54 411s.. even tho he is a recovering addict doctor suboxone was not in the picture so he had to do it the old fashioned way. He used to be an the one in the operating room putting ppl under..got cough being an addict. Changed his career to psychiatry..and an advocate for addiction and his own practice and speaker..he is probably doing better than before at least more popular anyway..so the answer I already know is teva still ranks at #1 I..I had just forgotten about it because its been so long since I've seen them. I thought they were gone.. BUT IF YOU COULD GET A HOLD OF THOSE BABIES..PLEASE, PLEASE LET ME IN ON THAT LITTLE SECRET lol yes. Yes very good generic..

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Re: Charlene (# 18)

Hi everyone! I’m still doing great on the Roxanne brand but now pay $100 a bottle, which is insane but I’m going to do whatever I have to to keep my life together.

From what I’ve read, I believe it’s the Sun Pharma or Activis brand that people complain about burning their mouths. I’m not sure though as I’ve never tried either of those brands. I’ve heard some horror stories on them though! Anyway, the Westward bupe has been a total life saver since Mylan is STILL on long term back order. When they come back, I’ll only go back to them because I pay so much less for them than I do the Westward brand. Truthfully, I’m just excited that I have a medication that works so well for me. We all just want to live our lives ya know?

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Re: Charlene (# 25)

that is good feedback thank you. i did want to confirm after my recent search for teva generic that they are still being made but hard to find and they also have the same inactive ingredients in then as the Rhodes generic except Rhodes does not have sodium citrate in it lile the Rhodes does. so the Rhodes and teva are identical in every way except teva contains sodium citrate wjere Rhodes doesn't but all other eight inactive ingredients are the exact same. so of if teva is and was the best them that makes Rhodes equal to tevas generic as the active and inactive ingredients are identical except just the sodium citrate in teva generics so I will keep looking for teva but they are identical to Rhodes except the sodium citrate which is a binder that will not effect much if any. yay this means Rhodes are just as good as the teva b 799 good to know

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Re: Charlene (# 25)

I will keep looking trust me but they seem very hard to find on west side but only talked to few pharmacies. but no need to look for them if you have Rhodes because they are identical in active and inactive ingredients except for sodium citrate which does not do much as a filler and binder meaning Rhodes are just as good as teva generics if not better but once I get my hands on some I will compare to Rhodes personally and let you know but with the same active and inactive ingredients except one the Rhodes will be identical to teva generics in efficiency and likeness how awesome I knew Rhodes was the best. so anyone stating teva was the best but like 54 411 s well Rhodes is exact same as teva so if anyone who thinks teva is the best generic yet believes Rhodes is not as good as 54 411 s then it is in your head as Rhodes and teva are same ingredients discluding the sodium citrate filler so anyone saying 54 411 is better than Rhodes you may be wrong as teva is best and Rhodes are exact same as teva. Rhodes and teva are best generics for bup I have confirmed

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Re: Goozer (# 28)

Ya. I agree I most definitely love Rhodes. I know I mentioned that I thought between teva and Rhodes which is better ??? Its really hard to say because for me anyway it was atleast 10 years or so ago. All I would say is I didn't even notice they were different from the original brand name they looked completely the same to me and I did them forever until I happen to think about the bottle change. Originally subs always came in the bottle from the manufacturer I took 4 8s a day . Idk just one day sitting around doing nothing I thought about the change in the bottle again I noticed they were from teva. All I even squawked about back then was generic had finally come out..back then insurance companies didn't pay mine only covered the doc.so my scripts for 4 day was running me close to $6 & 7 hundred a month I had run all my credit cards up back then so teva came out $4-5 hundreds that was better and as each generic came the prices just kept dropping. Anyway I go into port Charlotte today to get my refill I still get 120 8s a month I called yesterday to make sure they have Rhodes in at that amount. They said yes and from now on it's the only brand they will carry from now on..so idk they used to always, always have54 411s do you think they are getting Rhodes cheaper?

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Re: Goozer (# 27)

Wow, almost the same inactive ingredients except for one so that would make both generics just about identical then..like you said just the one doesn't make a big difference. No wonder I like the Rhodes so much..dont get me wrong hikma is good to . What I would say between these two is the Rhodes is definitely smoother and hardly no water taste is left in my mouth. It doesn't matter what generic out there I bump into is the damn after taste..but not so much with Rhodes. And then the only other thing that was starting to bother me about the hikma was I started to notice these little crumbs afterwards I didn't know if it was the pill or what? I stop and think. What did I eat? Nothing so it had to be the pill..but gosh I love how well the Rhodes is so new looking and shiny..I now Purdue puts it out last night I was reading an article about them being sued for oxycontin and I kept thinking I hope it doesn't damage them to much better then our subs will be gone to...oh well that's another topic I could go on and on about. I will say one thing since this is not the appropriate column for it..I feel Rhodes did nothing wrong in my eyes except put a pain pill on the market. Ok its addictive but so many are they just happen to cone out with the best. Why the hell didn't the government stop them wayy back when they gave the ok to launch it. Everyone and even the doctors knew that they were the best too.im sorry I think the government is hipicritacl in many ways..ya, I'm a drug addict and live here in southwest Florida where this opioid crisis started. ..ha,ha, I know wrong column...but I don't want a Rhodes to disappear

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Re: MommaMurph (# 26)

Thx for your comment. Out of all my years on buprenorphine treatment I never bumped into sun, or Mylan brand. I've heard some good reviews on Mylan other than the burning, but I also read that some ppl actually went out of their way to complain either to the pharmacy or directly to the company. So I have to wonder if it was so true the burning I know all the pharmacies can do is order elsewhere but if they are made available and ppl are still buying them they will stick with it considering I've heard they are the cheapest and if it was such a problem why wouldn't they pull them off shelves before they get a problem on their hands, so?? Now actavis orange half moon to me.. I just don't like it has to do with the taste mainly and I get a dull feeling all month long sort of a depression. For one thing I know for a fact they have less bup in them..and me to I'm not much of a complainer because in 2007 this med saved me I drove up 3 hours away back then he was the only one around me other than going into deep Naples area for bup treatment I was prescribed 4 8s a day I went up their in a bad W/D state hit the Pharmacies up there and within 20 minutes I was completely better I was even able to walk into the grocery store on the way home..my husband and I were in shock...but now many years later I wished I had just detox off drugs..because my pill habit was wayy cheaper than subs..I say that because I have insurance so they covered 80% of medications and my co-pay for dr visits back then was $15 bucks.

On top of this sub issue ive tried to detox off more than once with no luck. This last time was just a few months ago I decided to use pain management for help I got percocet 10s x 4 daily with muscle relaxers to..I did it only 9 days inbetween those 9 days my husband rushed me into his office twice that's when he increased my dose from 3 to 4 daily. I lost 14lbs and ate nothing could hardly even drink anything I was so sick..I called the dr. On a Sunday evening he told me to come in Monday before the office opened we went there I had no strength my husband carried me as if it was our wedding day lol but ya the dr looked at me then him and said I suggest she goes back on subutex until she regains her strength and weight, health. She can try again. It took me almost a month to feel kinda normal. Big difference from the beginning of buprenorphine treatment I was in detox for a good week until we found a dr..back then there was very few bup was brand new. I would never suggest someone struggling with addiction I would say try to detox off first. Now its probably alot of reasons why I can't do it. #1 the length of time and the doses I take could be a big factor. My age is almost 59. Ya I'm old.

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Re: Charlene (# 30)

lol i love it charlene you are me smile hope you have had a great day and good heath

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Re: Goozer (# 10)

Hi again goozer, same topic just a different page, but I'm glad your trying to clarify this issue's of proper names of medications,,,...it absolutely drives me crazy when everyone refers to..Roxxane.....Because it is no longer...and has not for a VERY LONG . Been called roxanne,...darn it's been through Roxanne. /westward/and now hikma..please, please people...its now hikma 54 411 Roxanne has been gone, gone gone along time ago...thank you goozer for clearing this up. Or at lrast trying to

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Re: Goozer (# 21)

That doctor I follow, he wrote me again, because I wrote him with another question I had, but he mentioned in his practice of psychiatry all most of his patients choose hikma type. And he said alot of his patients now are asking him to write on there scripts for the new Rhodes because they are still somewhat hard to find, he said the Pharmacy's are hard to work with and some pharmacies just wont order them..so I began to tell him to tell his patients to try small pop shops they are more out to order than chain because chain Pharmacy's usually always get the same ones and when Rhodes becomes more noticeable I'm sure you will start to see them showing up..

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Re: Addie (# 12)

Wow, I have never ever heard someone say bup was so strong they could almost pass out or faint??.. maybe like you said you were on a weaker brand type and then went on to try a good bup brand of generic...you must be very sensitive to pain medications then I am anyway. I do 4 8mg a day.and never have I gotten dizzy...what kind of medications did you take before that led you to bup in the first place?? If you dont mind, I was just curious about it and why this bup could have affected you in such a way

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Re: Goozer (# 8)

So your telling me Rhodes imprint rp b8 is better then the 54 411???

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Re: Sinner85 (# 36)

A lot of people seem to prefer the Rhodes over the Roxanne 54 411... I DO NOT. The 54 411’s are really inconsistent but still better than the Rhodes for me.

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Re: Christina (# 37)

no way i jave both generics and rhodes are identical in ingredients to brand name subutex and made by purdue at high quality and are pretty much the same as brand name. i also have the 54 411 ones from roxanne also westward and the himkas. roxannes were great but are gone now and ive tested all 4 and any 54 411 compared to brand name rhodes are much weaker. the rhodes last two times longer and are two times stronger easily and this is me having taking and compared and tested with the 54 411 which were great but now garbage. but everyone is different in body chemical make up. rhodes though are identical to hrand subutex in ingredients so if u get rhodes you are pretty much getting the brand name subutex that is no longer available so i got to disagree. rhodes are same as brand name and the 54411 AR certainly not even comparable in ingredients to the old brand name Subutex but Rhodes is identical so I disagree but everyone is different God bless

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Re: Charlene (# 34)

rhodes are identical to old brand name tevas and subutex by reckitt benkiser they are brand name but everyone hasv their preferences when it comes down to facts roads are identical to brand name while there are no other generics out of all eight that are only Rhodes

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Re: goozer (# 39)

Yep, I most definitely agree with you. When I went to get my refill this month at my normal pharmacy they didn't get there shipment so I stuck it out a few more days, and still they didn't get it in. So for the first time in about 6 months or so I almost had to breakdown and accept Walgreens actavis, I was in shopping and almost handed in my script..but my conscience got felling was I'll to even go that route..CVS is just ACROSS the street I have never gotten anything filled there nsobi handed it in they had the 54 411s 90 pills..I don't know if it's my mind playing games but the last 3 nights I felt slightly W/D, nothing bad but noticeable..like body adjustment. Now when I have the Rhodes I can only take 2 a day and no problems with chills or sweats. That's how it has been the past couple of nights. So I really hope by next month my pharmacy has what I want next refill..so all,and all.i have to admit the Rhodes are the way to go..just speaking from my experience of 6 months to have changed to me I definitely can tell a difference..but I shouldn't complain because I almost accepted Walgreens brand and I would have been calling my doctor for clonadine for nausea..good to hear from you goozer

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