OXYCODONE 15 mg IR results of my self study of quality difference in the generics

BOTTOM LINE:

ETHEX 445 :BEST ANALGESIA, LONGEST ACTING DURATION,LEAST SIDE EFFECTS

ACTAVIS (OLD AMIDE): MIDDLE OF THE ROAD ANALGESIA, MODERATE DURATION

 MALLINKRODT:  QUICK SHORT ACTING PUNCH, SHORT DURATION, GI UPSET AND OTHERS

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I have been a longtime lurker and this is my first post. I have read every comparison and wanted to put those posts to the test. After 5 years of vicodin for a chronic condition, my doc said lets try a CII. Opana didn't agree with me and I had been prescribed oxy ir after my open gallbladder surgery and a 5 day hospital stay due to multiple bile duct stones so my doctor prescribed 15mg ir 4 times a day. I get my prescriptions every 15 days per my lovely socialistic insurance company. and now after 3 months I have had each one 2 seperate times for 15 days each.

 Ethex 445 , has the best pain control, lasted the longest, and only caused mild constipation.

generally If I missed a dose , I could wait until the next one was due with no adverse effects.

 I once went 15 hours in between and still had no symptoms of dependence like I would with the others.

Actavis (Amide)  was the biggest dissapointment. After reading all of the posts about amide I thought I would be satisfied . Well, I was not. It did have decent short term analgesia, but I was always waking up early in the morning and had to take a dose just to get out of bed.

Mallincrodt had a decent analgesia, but it too was short acting, too short.. and I had to dose just to get out of bed..plus the GI effects including upset stomach, Nausea etc. was present daily.  Sorry but these things are junk science.

In conclusion , I read somewhere to follow the money. Rie- Aid bought Eckerd. (JC Penny owned Eckerd) I got the last batch of Ethex from my local Rite Aid(Eckerd). The pharmacist said their computer indicated they would be using Mallincrodt in the future. *(TYCO...Kozloski (sp.?) rings any bells?) Our local chain of supermarkets just switched to mallies from Ethex and Walgreens has Actavis. I found a mom and pop and they had Actavis also at 10 dollars less than Walgreens...go figure.

My point is this...find what works for you and confront your pharmacist with what works for you and insist on the brands that work for you. Don't just believe that "all generics are created equal becasue the overwhelming evidence as told by all of your folks on the net indicates otherwise.  Insist that your pharmacy get you what works for you and don't pay for an inferior product...and if they look at you funny,,, look back at them funny!

 For me, Ethex 445 is a cheap effective medicine and I have gone so far as to make them aware that their market share in my community is being squeezed my Mallies. aND EVEN THEY WERE SURPISED WHEN THEY CALLED THE PHARMS and found out they were losing out.

 There is no free lunch. All of these "cheap presciption drug" schemes that are in vogue by the big guys  have to be paid for. And it is being done by large quantities of inferior product being delivered to market  and you and I ultimately pay.

 Except that when it involves narcotics, health care providers can make the wrong assumptions such as abuse of your medicine, when in reality it is just a good product vs and inferior product. The ramifications are serious.

Knowledge is power. And the internet when taken in the aggregate, on is able to vette a hypothesis to something pretty close to the way it really is.

 Ethex is making a quality product, for me, just make sure that your voice is heard so that whatever works for you will be available, for you.

footnote: I was not able to aquire Xanodyne (roxanne). no one would even order it for me.