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I have been taking Propanolol for 10 years for high blood pressure. Recently I switched from my regular pharmacy to Walmart. I took the Walmart prescription for a couple weeks. I wasn't feeling well at all, I was getting sporadic pains in my neck, jaw, shoulders and arms.When I first thought that maybe the medicine was wrong, I Googled the imprint on the pill, and found it was propanolol. I had some of the medicine from my original pharmacy so I decided to go back to that to see if there was any difference. All of the pain and general ill feeling went away. I was shocked, and had my doctor call me in a new prescription at my regular pharmacy today.

what I would like to know is what could be in that medicine to cause that? Is there anywhere to have a pill analyzed to see what is in it? I am furious with the garbage medicine that Walmart is selling, I will never shop at Walmart for anything again. It scares me to think of what might have happened, had I continued taking it. The pills from Walmart are green with "v" on one side and 54/84 on the other side.

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Hello, Denise! How are you?

You did receive the correct medication, but there can be slight fluctuations in the amount of the active ingredient from one generic to another, since they are allowed to differ from the name brand by as much as plus or minus 20%.

And what you've described leads me to suspect that the ones you received from Wal-Mart were actually slightly higher in it, because the symptoms you've described can be side effects of it, so it sounds like you were just experiencing a new round of side effects, which you didn't expect, but can happen if your dosage was suddenly slightly higher.

This medication is most commonly used to treat high blood pressure and certain cardiac conditions. Typical side effects may also include nausea, dry cough, headache, increase urination and hypotension.

How are you feeling, now? Are you still doing well, since getting back on your old ones?

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Thank you for the info about generic drugs. Walmart medicines still scare me because having taken Propanolol for 10 years, I have taken it from different manufacturers but never with those side effects. I found articles last night on the internet saying that Walmart buys pills from India, from a company that has been banned from many countries for the poor quality. I am feeling normal ever since I stopped the Walmart prescription, about a week ago. Thank you for your reply, I appreciate your time.

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You are very welcome, Denise!

Are you still feeling okay?

Walk-Mart isn't allowed to offer any medications that haven't been approved by FDA.

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