Mylan generic Vs. REAL Xanax

i think that they are just as good as the rest of the generic xanax such as the footballs.

I am not sure about the generic mylan alprazolam but I know from experience that the mylan generic valium (diazepam) does not seem to be nearly as potent as the original roche version or even the watson or ivax generics. It may just be me but I feel like a 10mg mylan diazepam tablet affects me abuot as much as a 5mg of the brand or another generic. I have also heard from a friend that the brand xanax seems to be stronger in his opinion than any of the generics. Not sure if anyone else has experienced similar effects but I and some friends certainly have. Hope this gives you some insight.

JeckPDX

Alprazolam is generic Xanax.  The active ingredient in Xanax is Alprazolam, therefore; the two pills should be therapeutically the same.  Some of the top posters can link up to the original thread that discussed this in length. 

gtrplayer

Hi,

I have been taking the Sandoz brand of Alprazolam 0.5mg for quite some time and it has always agreed with me. It did the job of reducing my anxiety. However, after my brain surgery caused from a ruptured aneurysm in 2005, I went to refill my prescription and found that Walmart had switched to the Mylan brand. After taking the Mylan brand for just two days I became very sick to my stomach. I ended up going to Rite Aid which has been special ordering the Sandoz brand for me since that time. I recently decided to try the Mylan again because Rite Aid isn't open on weekends and keeps losing pharmacists and I have been told by my doctor not to stop taking Alprazolam suddenly since it can result in seizures if stopped abruptly. The Mylan once again made me very nauseous and I was unable to take it. I have been told that the fillers are all different in generic medicines and that whatever they mix the medication with can cause a lot of other problems. I also believe that the generics are a lot weaker than the brand names. I hope this has been helpful.

It must be a filler or binder that is making you sick because if anything i actually prefer the mylan generic for the 2mg xanax (white circle x scored on back with mylan A4 on front).

Just called my mom and asked her the name of the manufacturer on her xanax bottle. She said it was purepac, (Purpac?) and she got them filled at a walgreens. (much better than my Mylans)

I will say I also get greenstone but I didn't know they were a division of phizer which is great because I always used to get the brand name of the ER pills but switched to the IR again and just got greenstone and although I can't knock mylan I just like em better.

Check with a licensed MD before you take any suggestions!

Im replying to my own post that I made before on this topic regarding Mylan generic xanax's not working. I got my new script for xanax  0.5mg's.   I called walgreens, a different one, but they said they carry purpac. So I went there and got them. They still didnt work as good as my moms .25's. Whats up with that? All in my head I guess. Maybe I'll just take my moms instead, lol.

My doctor originally perscribed me 1.0mg of alprazolam per day saying take twice per day. I went back the following month saying they were working and helping me sleep but on the days of my anxiety attacks I felt as I needed 3. Anyway my dose as stayed at 1.5mg per day. I get 3 (0.5mg) tablets a day. I have tried every kind Sandoz, Actavis, Mylan. Here is how they are rated in my opinion. Actavis do work fine and can be felt as little as taking 0.5mg. They however are a different kind of feeling still blocking anxiety just not making one drousy and extremley intoxicated. Sandoz on the other hand is much stronger in terms of fast acting and short lived but very intoxicating. Mylans do work and are similar to actavis except weaker. Mylan is interesting because I feel as I can take more and still feel intoxicated without being overpowered. All together my choice is if you are trying to really relax and possibly sleep I would try Sandoz. Actavis are nice for making it throughout a few hours without a panic attack and still being able to maintain without overly intoxicated. I really don't have enough knowledge about Mylan because I have noticed a difference between them verse actavis and sandoz. Mylans still work however just to my personal preference not as well. By the way I could not find greenstone 0.5's only 2.0mg so I don't have information to report sorry. Also mentioned there is Dava but I have not found them to make 0.5's either.

I would say its all in your mind , people think when they see the actual word Xanax on the pill they are proble stronger , and then people think if they pay more for the brandname then they are proble getting more , like i said its proble all in your head because not to long ago was i givin a 0.5 brandname Xanax that had the letters Xanax and 0.5 under it , now im not saying it was any better but to me it felt like there were a little more how can i say stable i guess is the word. But really its about saving your money these days so i for one would not pay more just to have the name on the pill.

-David

The walgreens I go to here in california have actavis as the generic for xanax. I feel they work fine. I was recently taking ativan generic (actavis) and I feel the xanax works better. Well it definitely calms me down quicker. I also take norco and the generic here at the walgreens is watson. I see people on here posting about rite aid... what is the generics there, and are they cheaper than walgreens?

Well I am just saying..

I have both available to me and the Xanax kicks in within 5-20 minutes VS the Greenstone Alprazolam that usually takes 20-40 min to kick in.

The real Xanax most definetly calms the anxiety quicker and longer then the Greenstones or any generic at that.

I could give two ??^%& if the pill said eatme1.0 on it, xanax 1.0, g3721.. there different! Generics are made differently as we all should know.. and greenstone is a subdivision of pfizer.. woah big deal? That does not mean they are putting in the same ingredients etc like they would with there brand stuff.

And, personally.. when I take 2mg of XANAX i am totally good for the whole day, when if i take 2mg of Alprazolam(mft:Greenstone) I am not good for the whole day, only a couple of hours actually. I usualy have to up it to 3mg daily to get the same effect.

Jeez, now that i think about it, since I was 17 and I'm 37 now, so I'll let all of you do the math...I've taken every brand they make and have not noticed and appreciable difference in any of them.  I think it is all in ones head about the differences between generic vs. brand....Save your money and buy the generic.....Ray

Greenstone has been by FAR the best generic Xanax I've had... Activis are ok..Mylans just felt so much weaker.. I literally had to take twice the amount just to get some type of relief.  So, I always request Greenstones.  But, thank god my Rite Aid always has them in stock.. Rite Aid may be more expensive, but with insurance it really doesnt make a difference.  Plus, alprazolam has been around a while and is usually really cheap anywhere, compared to alot of meds.

Depends on the Generic house, the strength can vary as much as 40%. I was engaged to a Novartis Pharm. Clinical Trials Head.

You get what you pay for.. Its sad but true. Med should be equal strength no matter who makes them. Better Quallity costs more..  More research, more trials, Quality control is more exact when you pay the person $150,000 a year. exact dosage per unit>>$$$

It is different, from person to person, i dont fell any difference on brand or generics meds, I think it is all, in Peoples HEAD´s...Psykologi I´m no Doc, Or a psyk.  just my meaning.

And proof on we are all Different. (Thank GOOD, For That)or your Parents, sorry for bad English writing..

BIMMER78

I decided to put all this to the test, again as mentioned above I am lacking insurance at my current full time job, (at least I hav the oppturinty to get insurance through my part time job) ok back on track, I went ahead and decided to fill my alaprozam 1mg at CVS because I could get my perscription for $7.00 which was almost $4.00 cheaper than at Winn Dixie, BIG MISTAKE!! the CVS generics were absoutley horriable, as if they were placebos  or something. I had previously gotten alaprozam from CVS in another part of the state, and the 1mg generics were manafactured by Greenstone, so I thought I would be gtting the same from this CVS. errrr wrong. after putting up with the non-working mylan trash from CVS for 30 days, I transfered back to Winn Dixie.

Generics ARE NOT the same as the name brand, and generics DO vary in potency and effectness from brand to brand. If your comfortable with the generic you are taking, by all means do not switch to save a few $$$, as it will cost you more than just money in the long run.

I have the same problem. Mylan is less strength as the name brand. Will the pharmacist adjust it or do I have to go back to the doctor, You know they ask if you want generic at the pharmacy and I dont want to pay for dr and more for the name brand as well. I dont mind paying more for the brand xanax. Thanks My refill has the generic and I want that changed. Bottle says generic for xanax.

Those round ones are horrible IMO. They didn't even help me. I used to get them from my 3 month plan from CareMark. Now I just go to Rite Aid and get the bar shaped ones. They're so much better I found. (I don't know what brand the round ones where)

I dont have any good advice. Just a personal experience.

I live about 15 miles from any pharmacys, except a pamida where I live. I was about 60 miles away and was going to have a short dental procedure done, so I called my Dr. explained I left my xanax at home, and if he could call in 2mg worth to walgreens where I was. So after picking them up, I took the 2mg at once. and holy &*&? what a deifference. I don't know what I was taking before, but it surely coudln't be the same drug. The stuff I had at home was useless to me after that and got it transfered, along with every other prescription I had to a walgreens. I will drive the 15 miles to get them. Same with hydroconde. the "m357" seem to be about half as potent as the "Watson349"

Mylans have always been the best generic Alprazolam I've had....they melt right under your tongue and fend off anxiety quickly if you can stand the taste (personally, I don't find it pleasant, but it doesn't make me dry-heave either).  They're the fastest "melting" manufacturer I've found...as long as you place it under your tongue for a few minutes and just let it dissolve.  Personally, I think they're the best generics available....

You know as I've been reading these posts on Generics vs Name brands basically being the topic of this thread. I can't help but think to myself that from a psychology stand point alot of these statements are in peoples heads. Like the person who stated that there has to be studies for 7 years before they will RX them. The main chemical used for sedation, being Alprazolam, is still the same in every generic drug. Even in name brand Xanax they still use the chemical Alprazolam. Generics work just as good. Now some of the generics won't give you the drug seekers wanted feeling of complete sedation or Euphoria. But they still will work on your anxiety. Sometimes people get used to a certain feeling from a certain brand of medication like the mylan brand or Santoz brand of Aplrazolam. So when switched to a different brand of Aplrazolam they won't get those same feelings. Alot of times what you see are people with addictions to this medication saying differen't versions of it aren't working because they want the Euphoria associated with it. People the active chemical used for sedation and for it's calming affects, no matter what pharmacutical company makes it, is Alprazolam we all know that and just because differen't pharmacutical manufacturers use differen't fillers or as I call them buffers does not mean that they are differen't. Just because the fillers or buffers differ does not mean they play any role in the medications metabolism or the way they are brought into the brain for their affects. The fillers and buffers are not active chemical ingedrients and so they do not give any effect whatsoever. My main concern with trying to find a good generic version of this medication that works for people the best is that is an example of drug seeking behavior. Medicines like Xanaxs and even Pain medication like Lorcets or Percocets are not meant to totally take away all your anxiety or pain. They are only meant to make it tolerable. I have seen no difference at all between Mylan, Sandoz, or the name brand Xanax as far as sedative properties go. Same goes for pain medicine I currently am prescribed 180 percocet 10/325s a month as well as 10 50McG Duragesic patches a month. I get generic for every medication I take. I am also prescribed 180 Xanax 1mgs a month again I get generics for that. I have been on these medications now for 8 years. I have only switched between Mylan, Xanax name brand, Sandoz and other generics based on what the pharmacy orders. For my percocets I get the Mallinckrodt Oxycodone/APAP generics. For my Duragesic patches I get the Mylan patches. Watson is not a name brand either for Xanaxs,klonopins, Valium, or Lorcets or Percoets. They don't have the exclusive license for name brand medications.I have never once had a problem at all for the purpose the medications are prescribed for when my pharmacy switches. Again I believe this is all in everyones head that certain generics won't work as good as the name brand Xanax or others like Mylan or Sandoz. They all have the same active chemical ingredient and no other active chemical ingedrients. People do not be fooled into thinking that one is better than the other. I was prescribed Lorcet 10/650 for a long time and I would get the Watson Generic version being Hydrocodone/APAP and then I would get the Mallinckrodt versions and when you take them just for pain no other reason they work just as well. Same goes for Xanax when you take them just for anxiety or the reason why they are prescribed they work all the same . What's hidden alot is why people want a certain generic version of xanax or other medicines is because they are drug seekers looking to fuel their addiction and also because they are looking for that Euphoria. They have done alot to curve this and maybe thats why people complain that certain brands will not work as well as others. Because they are not getting the same effects as others brands.

It doesn't make any difference did you read the part that I said that it's all in people's head? That's the difference not the medicines that was the whole point in my post that it's not the fillers or buffers that make the differene and there is no difference in the medications. It's all in people's heads and the drug seekers think that they have to have a certain brand of the medication. That was the whole point in my post and I don't believe what I said contradicts myself maybe the way you read it sounded like I did, but reread it and try to understand what I said.

Also because I said that they dont metabolize to give you an effect does not mean they don't slow down the release of alprazolam since thats the main medication of this thread. They're inactive meaning they dont affect the active chemical in the medicines  or have any affect on you. I can see how you might not have understood what I was saying, but because the buffers, as I call them not fillers so I'll just say buffers from now, do differ they still might effect the way the medicine is released into the brain or affects the brain.But the active chemical no matter what brand that controlls sedation and anxiety is still the SAME. An example of this would be the medication OxyContin. Now the only active chemical in OxyContin is Oxycodone, but because of the Contin at the end it stands for Continious release. Now given they are differen't medications. but because they add Hcl or Hydrochloride to the mixture in a way that makes it a timed release medication people , even though there are ways around the timed release, who are drug seekers will find the ways to void out that buffer, Hydrochloride, and to get the sudden rush of all the medicine into their bodies like an instant release medicine would be. Hydrochloride is not normally an inactive ingredient that controlls the release of the medication throughout a period of time. But the way Purdue Pharmacuticals the manufacturers of the name brand OxyContin structure it checmically it does slow down the process of it being released into the body. You can find hydrochloride in Percocets and in Lorcets, Lortabs for people on the west coast of the country. But because the chemical structure of Hydrochloride is differen't in OxyContin that in Percocets it does control how much is released into your body over a certain period of time. When I say it's an inactive ingedrient I mean that it doesn't controll your pain and it doesn't give you any effects at all. It's just in there as a "filler." So what am I saying here? Basically that despite the buffers the active ingredient is still the same like I said in two posts before this one, but the drugseekers will want what they're used to and not a medication that controlls the release of the active chemical ingredient and in most cases the differen't fillers won't. That is where it is all in peoples heads like I have been saying this whole time. People who take the medication for what it's meant to be prescribed for will not care that it might not give them a sudden rush of the medicine because in the end it still works the same on your GABA recieptors in your brain. But in no way shape or form would the FDA allow generics to be manufactured that don't work. One example not involving medicine that might help you understand what I'm saying better is this Coca Cola is a name brand soft drink, I'm from Atlanta so ha ha Coke is king for drinks down here, We have what's called Bubba Cola as a generic Cola. Now they both taste completely differen't, taste has nothing to do with medicine but just read on what I'm saying before you jump to any conclusions, But in the end they both are used because people are thirsty and they both quinch your thirst. To relay that in terms for what were talking about here. The name brand Xanax is meant to help anxiety, Insomnia in some cases, and stress. The other generic versions of Xanax are meant to do the same thing as well. Just because they may effect you differently does not mean that they are both not doing the same job. Unless you have it in your head that certain generics forms of Xanaxs like Mylan or Sandoz will not work as good. Fillers and buffers do differ in the differen't Generics, but so do the ingedrients in Coca Cola and Bubba Cola, but they both do the same job. It's all in peoples head that will tell you Coca Cola quinches your thirst better because it's what theyre used to. As for buffers and fillers go they do not in anyway munless stated Timed Release or Controlled release, and in that case still do not have any affect on the active chemicals affect on your brain, do anything to make the active chemical in the medication less potent. Let me know if you still don't understand what I am trying to say I can understand how it would be somewhat confusing and hard to understand, but you just have to read the analogies I have given and that might help you out a little bit more to understand what I am saying