October 5, 2007 - 5:55pm
is there any difference between the name brand xanax bars (that are long, slender and the same size as the generics) and the newer xanax bars that i have recently seen. they are also name brand reading "xanax" but they are stubby and fat. instead of the thin and long, like the ones that i have always known. i don't have my camera to take a picture right now. i was just wondering if these were simply a new style?
October 5, 2007 - 7:59pm
#2
October 6, 2007 - 4:20pm
#3
In the common imprint
In the common imprint section it says xanax is made by pfizer. Yet above it is stated it is made by upjohn...can anyone clarify this?
October 6, 2007 - 4:31pm
#4
pfizer owns pharmacia and
pfizer owns pharmacia and upjohn which is the manufacturer of Xanax
Check with a licensed MD before you take any suggestions!
October 6, 2007 - 5:05pm
#5
i know that name brand xanax
i know that name brand xanax bars are made by pfizer, but what i'm saying is that the normal ones i've known are longer and of course say xanax on them. i recently came across these "newer" name brand xanax bars that are stubbier and fatter. they are not as rectangular or long as the ones i'm used to seeing. all i'm asking is if pfizer has slightly changed their style of xanax bars? these bars are more compact and the letters "X-A-N-A-X" are not as spread out as much as the other name brand bars. i thought maybe they could be fakes or something...
October 6, 2007 - 5:34pm
#6
Well i cant compared the two
Well i cant compare the two different Xanax brand bars you are talking about but I know that greenstone pharms produces a bar wit numbers G3722 IIRC and greenstone is a division of pfizer so it is a generic by the same company yet the g3722 is more narrow and longer than the Xanax 2 I have seen. So it could be very possible that they have two versions of the Xanax2's because the same parent company makes two different styles of bars although one is generic yet still from a subsidary of pfizer
October 6, 2007 - 6:18pm
#7
According to the FDA there
According to the FDA there hasnt been a "manufacturing change or addition" since 09/30/1993. Maybe your memory is failing you and they just seem to be a little bit off in size. If you have one of each, take a picture if you can so we can see the difference in size. Also, why do you guys keep bringing up different generic versions, the OP has said several times that it is a name brand tablet and has giving the descritption that both tablets have the same imprints. (XANAX2) So when you can take a pic.
October 6, 2007 - 7:10pm
#8
October 6, 2007 - 9:12pm
#9
this is the best picture i
this is the best picture i could get: i'm sorry but i can't get my camera to get a good upclose picture to see the lettering. you can see that they are stubbier, maybe it's just me, but i totally believe that they are different in shape. now that i know how to upload pics i can add another one if you guys would like me to.
October 6, 2007 - 9:17pm
#10
you can click on the
you can click on the "original link" which does help illistrate the size, but not the lettering. i can gpromise you that they are brand name xanax bars but what i am curious about is the shape...
October 6, 2007 - 9:36pm
#11
here's another: here's
here's another: here's another pic.... let me know if you would like another. i just took some so they are def not fake, but i would bet that they are a different shape...
October 7, 2007 - 11:19am
#12
anyone? can anyone tell that
anyone? can anyone tell that these pfizer xanax bars are not as long and thin as the other name brand pfizer bars? or am i just losing my mind...
October 7, 2007 - 11:55am
#13
with your pictures it is
with your pictures it is nearly impossible to tell. I would suggest looking at the good image on the common imprints section and comparing the pill you have to that one. It is a very clear, well taken picture.
Check with a licensed MD before you take any suggestions!
October 7, 2007 - 11:57am
#14
Xanax Bar
Can you get us a better picture of the Xanax bar? Use the macro setting on your camera and keep the lens about 3 to 9 inches away from the pill (read your manual - each camera is different).
And, if you have have generic bar available, place it next to the Xanax bar and photograph them together.
Two questions - is the 'bar' scored in three places like the older Xanax tab? And what are the measurements in millimeters (length, width and depth)?
I'm not a pharmacist or a medical doctor. This message is not medical advice nor is it an offer to provide medical advice. All drug identifications should be validated by a licensed MD or pharmacist.
October 7, 2007 - 12:10pm
#15
diff xanax bar
i have also seen a yellow circle 2mg xanax, they came by the 10 in a package
October 7, 2007 - 12:28pm
#16
that picture sucked, i've never posted a picture on here. before
i will do all of that tonight when i get home, since i'm currently at work. i don't have a generic bar, but i will take measurements. yes the bar is scored in 3 places, it has the #2 on the back side and it is exactly the same as the other pfizer xanax bars in terms of lettering. the back side has those sort of "inverts" but like i said the words xanax don't seem to be as spread out. and again it's stubbier lol i will be posting a new picture tonight and have measurments for you guys. i talked to a friend who said he's seen these different ones before and he figured that these were just a newer, compact style. should i use a flash with the camera and whats the best surface to take the picture on? wood or something dark? one more things, even though the pictures that i posted earlier were blurry and wern't good, can anyone still tell that the shape of them seems to be not as long and thin? like i said before i could just be a !^%*^%!, and if it turns out that these bars are still the same, i apologize for wasting your guys' time.
October 7, 2007 - 12:40pm
#17
Best way to photograph a pill
Best way to photograph a pill is with daylight (overcast day) or by a window (no sun streaming in). Flash usually washes out the imprint and makes everything look like a blob. Best background is something neutral. I find beige works best. Black and dark colors provide too much contrast. The light meter will overcompensate for the darkness and put too much light on the tablet.
Macro setting is the most important thing when photographing small items.
I can't tell that the shape is any different.
Here's an image of a Xanax bar taken recently by ddmmats:
I'm not a pharmacist or a medical doctor. This message is not medical advice nor is it an offer to provide medical advice. All drug identifications should be validated by a licensed MD or pharmacist.
October 8, 2007 - 12:23pm
#18
here are the "older"
here are the "older" longer xanax bars i was talking about...: the xanax bars in the picture that you submited, kirby, are the "newer" ones that i have been talking about. can anyone tell from the picture that these xanax bars are longer?
Original image from Drug Digest
click on that link, hold your cursor on drug library, then click "pill images" then type in xanax and click search. and then click the very bottom link to the image "XANAX 2MG TABLET" (PHARMACIA/UPJHN)
October 8, 2007 - 12:59pm
#19
New Xanax Bar
After seeing both images in the same thread, I can definitely see the difference. And the 'ANA' letters in Xanax are considerably closer together in the new bar compared to the old bar.
Thanks for your post, chicago_cubs25. It's fun to learn something new.
I'm not a pharmacist or a medical doctor. This message is not medical advice nor is it an offer to provide medical advice. All drug identifications should be validated by a licensed MD or pharmacist.
October 8, 2007 - 1:16pm
#20
awesome!
ahh finally! confirmation that there is a newer style xanax bar. now i know that i'm not crazy. thanks for your input kirby (and everyone else). that was a bit of an adventure lol. no problem for posting the topic, i like to learn new things too. take care all.
March 23, 2008 - 5:38pm
#21
New size of Sandoz genreics
Yes I realize I may be a bit off topic but ran across this thread and simply thought I'd throw in my 2 cents worth. For the past six years I've been Rx'd 2 mg Alprazolam, getting them filled at the same pharmacy- receiving Sandoz generics the entire time. Without a doubt the size of the Sandoz generics I've been getting over the past years have changed the newer ones are a bit shorter, unfortunately I didn't have any old ones to take a pic of side by side so I simply used a penny for size reference.
For what it's worth, wrax02
March 24, 2008 - 6:34am
#22
generics
I have seen 2 different types of "bars" for xanax, made by differtent manufacturers, but similar in shape and size...There are also round 2 and 3 mg tabs, I'm looking to see who manufactures them......Also the XR/ER version of xanax are round and i think the 3mg tab is triangular....at least the name brand....Not worth the money in my opinion.....Remember: Just do it.. EVERY PILL EVERY DAY
March 24, 2008 - 12:30pm
#23
Mylans 2mg alprazolam
Mylans 2mg alprazolam generic is imprinted Mylan A4 and it a circle. The Xanax XR 2mg is blue square and 3mg a green triangle.
April 19, 2009 - 10:43pm
#24
2mg xanax i am aware of
(front) X-A-N-A-X (back) --2--
(front) G-3-7-2-2 (back) ----
(front) MYLAN A4 (back) ----
(front) GG249 (back) nothing or multiscored (----).
(front) P-0-3-9- (back) ----
there is a green bar made by DAVA Pharmaceuticals with the imprint S903. I think these are upon the weakest generics available though.
May 14, 2009 - 2:04am
#25
UPJohn and Pfieser are both
Yes, DAVA is the WORST generic Xanax I've ever taken. I am prescribed Xanax 2mg and got those from a Target Pharmacy, they dont even feel like Xanax, and when i called aND complained they tolod me their was nothing they could do, so, guess no more Target for me!
May 14, 2009 - 2:13am
#26
try putting your xanax on a black
background throw a strong light on it an get focused on imprint, you may be able to enlarge to bring imprint into veiw but you must get very close
May 14, 2009 - 2:18am
#27
DAVA Generic Xanax= HORRIBLE
I have been prescribed Xanax 2mg, four times a day, for 19 months. I am a big price shopper and with every prescrition i would fill would be between Rite Aid and Walgreens, untill I heard 120 pills from Target Pharmacy was 22$, I went to Target.
Theres a reason they werre 22$.
The pills are green, cut in two places, and scored with S, 90, 3. NEVER take them. they dont even feel like xanax. especially not my good ole 2mgs.
nUMBER ONE, You cannot make the pill .5mgs, (I do that thru the day to tKE less when I can.)
and number two is that THEY TASTE LIKE MENTS. THEY DONT EVEN have a xanax taste, which is you take xanax you know what I meaN. it has a very mild effect and it does not work well at all. I cannot believe the FDA passed them.
Like i said, I've been on Xanax for a long time and im quite benzo-tolernt, but i can always feel a xanax sigh if i take enough,
not with the "green bars." ugh...im so going back to my old Greenstone brand. and i feel horrible for whomsoever is cursed with a pharmacy who orders those. i would rather have 240 1mgs or evn pay for the name brAND Before takeing the DAVA brand, or not even take em at all for real. THEY SUUUUCKKKK
The ones that say Xanax are simply the name brand by upjohn, the others are generic versions of the same pill. All 2 mg if they are four scored
Check with a licensed MD before you take any suggestions!