Watson's generic 10/325 is identical in every respect to Watson's Norco ... except for the imprint code and price, that is. A Watson generic 10/500 is not exactly the same as a name-brand Lortab 10/500 only because they're made by different companies. The Watson generics for Lorcet and Lortab seem to be slightly smaller than the name brands. The pressure used to form the tablet as well as its binders and fillers will affect how quickly it is absorbed, or whether the absorption rate is affected by stomach content, pH, etc.

If you think about the economics of generics competing against name-brand drugs and consider that the cost of an extra half or full milligram of hydrocodone per 10-mg tab might lead to higher sales and higher profits from a near-nil incremental cost of goods, the "neo-name-brand" Watson hydro/apap that people seem to prefer might possibly contain slightly more than the nominal strength ... to gain consumer preference.

As long as they don't exceed FDA's 5 or 10% accuracy rule (i haven't looked up what it is and how it's calculated), they might make the tablets slightly stronger than necessary.

This is just speculation. I haven't looked at the FDA regs to see if they could get in trouble for doing this intentionally.

Trampy