I dont have a problem with my pharmacy

just to let you know endo pharmaceuticals makes their own generics as well and i would assume it is the same exact pill just a different imprint. I know they have a 10/325 one says percocet and 10/325 on the back the other is e712 with 10/325 on the back...same size color and shape and made from the same company so i would assume it is the same thing just a different imprint. They also have the same thing with teh 5mg...one is blue and says percocet 5 and their generic is endo 602 and it should be the same exact thing. Also i have never seen the qualitest perc generic and i am an addict so i have seen almost all opiate pain killers so this generic must be rather rare. They only make a generic 5mg so that is prolly why not many places carry it when they can get a different brand generic that has all the strengths. 

Spence, The rite aid I go to only carrys Mallinkrodt...no other generic choice (unfortunately). I don't know if any major chain pharmacys carry Qualitest anymore? I wonder if CVS does? Not sure if you have those up there? Maybe  emailing Qualitest they could tell you what pharmacys handle their brand in your area? Just a thought. Would be nice to know if there were any major chains that did carry them these days..or any place for that matter...seems harder and harder to find them...seems like too many have switched to Mallinkrodt because they are cheaper for them, they get a better deal..even some that carried Watson's before have switched over to Mallinkrodt. Watson would be my second choice I think..longer pain relief than Mallinkrodt. If you can find a pharmacy up there that does carry Qualitest tho its worth it IMO. I noticed quite a difference when I tried them. Lately I am thinking about switching pharmacys myself for that very reason. I get great service where I go, very efficient etc. just wish they carried Qualitest or at least Watson.  Let us know how it goes. Good Luck!

to the person who said a pharmacy that carries qualitest generics will carry the qualitest percocet that isnt always true. The cvs in my area carries a lot of qualitest but has the mallinkrodt percocet and the walgreens in my area has the watson brand. And as said above the endo generic is known as Endocet. 

Also to Solo..... I find that strange because the walgreens in my area carries all mallinkrodt for their hydrocodone except for the norco 7.5 and 10 which are watson except they had the mallinkrodt 7.5 once....all other times it was watson(my mom had a script before she had the percocet 5mg). All vicodin and lortab generics i have seen from there were mallinknrodt. 

solo5010, thanks for that info. I get the 10/660 Mallinkrodt hydrocodone from rite aid. I just refilled there, but I'll check with CVS and Good Neighbor, like you mentioned, and see if they carry Qualitest before my  refill next month. I'll also keep the Lorcet 10/650 and Lortab 10 in mind as a back up if the 10/660 doesn't pan out..thats a good solution too..I've had both the Watson 503 and the Watson 540 before and they were both very good..I preferred those over these Mallinkrodt 10/660's . Thanks again!

IMHO the Qualitest 5/325 are about this much better than the Mallinckrodt 5/325 ::Hold arms up:: {_________________________}

Whereas the Qualitest 5/325 are only about this much better than the Watson 5/325 ::holds arms up:: {_____________} 

 Spence, when you go to the pharmacy to get your script look and see if there is a round white sticker on the door that says its a Good Neighbor Pharmacy. There are a lot of mom and pop style and hospital pharmacies in my area that are Good Neighbor Pharmacies but dont use that as there name. I guess they are a network of independant pharmacies.

I also go to one of the Walgreen pharmacy's. What I think is odd is other people in these rooms get certain generic med's when I get complete other generic's (mostly narcotics) The generics Oxy IR med from other Walgreen's around the country is the generic I have been searching for. Strange.

This is just my own observation and opinion-I have Qualitest brand & I have felt for a long time they are a much better product than other brands I have had.ie.Mallinrott. I will never use a Wallgreens Pharmacy-I have many legitamate reasons why. The Safeway Pharmacies I think give outstanding service, and offer other generics, they will even order a brand they have access to. The service is excellent-even when I lived in Illinois a year ago (Safeway is Dominicks in Ill )-I live in Arizona I will never change pharmacies. They did fill my script with Mallinrott (1x)-how ever the 20% of ingrediants in that brand trashes my stomach and in all honesty they do not last for any length of time in my system. Qualitest has very good longevity and consistancy this is very important to me -Safeway had no problem making sure I receive the Qualitest brand-they cost more as a generic vs for Mallinrott is all about profit-I pay the same with my copay for either brand.

 There are a lot of legitimate reasons to ask for name brand or a specific brand other than diversion. A lot of generic companies use Lactose as a cheap filler, and a lot people are lactose intolerant. Also there are a lot of people that associate brand names with quality and the mind is a powerful thing and can influence your feelings about how medications feel. And finally, since you are in the profession you might want to actually read some of the generic Prescribing Infomation leaflets. Just because a generic drug is rate AA or Bioequivalent doesnt mean they are exactly the same as the name brand and Im not talking just about the fillers. Im talking about the FDA's allowable variance in bioavailability, the small differences in AUC, Cmax and Tmax levels IMO have a big effect. Most of the complaints about 'bad' generic pain meds are how long they take to 'kick in' and the length of time the 'pain relief' lasts which directly corrolates with the small variance that is allowed by the FDA in Cmax and Tmax levels during the drugs application process which if approved is the guidelines that will be followed for production.

 It is also my understanding that most pharmacists prefer to stock generic alternatives because there profit margin is a lot higher with generics. And since most people get generics once they are availalbe they dont like to order too much of the name brand because they tend to sit on the shelf and expire which a lot of times leads to special ordering.

 Spence, how do you feel about the Qualitest brand?

Someone else may have already said this, but your pharmacist may be able to order that particular brand for you.  It usually only takes a few days to get it "special order."

When my refill comes up next month I am going to talk to my pharmacist and ask them if they can special order Qualitest for me for my following order.I would really like to keep the same pharmacy, if possible, because they are so close by and also they are very efficient and have never look down their nose or acted strange..plus they know me now which also helps of course.  Spence, I would think it should be a normal request to go to any pharmacy with a prescription and ask for a specific brand, which is what I should have done when I switched to this pharmacy awhile back. I think we should have the option of what brand or generic brand we want, and not have to settle for a brand that is less effective because thats the 'only' brand they offer. They can tell me there is no difference all they want, but I know that there is since I have tried 3 different generics and Mallinkrodt is at the bottom of my list.

solo5010..I see what you mean...my pharmacy is a rite aid...so they probably would operate the same way you mentioned, since they are another huge outfit..this rite aid carries Mallinkrodt for hydrocodone for as long as I have been with them, which is a couple years now. Not sure if all rite aids carry just Mallinkrodt? Finding a good mom & pop pharmacy that either carrys Qualitest, or Watson...or will order one of them, will probably be what I end up doing. I'll still ask rite aid and see what they say tho, and that way too, I can express my disappointment with the Mallinkrodt product and they will know why I would be switching pharmacys.

I certainly agree with what you are posting here, but do you really think the common person without someone like you, or others here, would actually know these differences without extensive research, or career field schooling in pharmacy. Unless you are having allergic reactions to the ingredients used, you really are not going to see a next to nothing difference between the drugs. You are very right about the fact that these pharmacies use what benefits them the most. Sure! There has to be a profit, or what would be the purpose? Bran Vs Generic. It's a mental thing. Generics were, and are a great, safe cost saving alternative.