DrugBuyers.Com: Best Hydro?

Yes, they are different but only in some of thier non pain relieving areas. Generics use different binders for the most part or will change a few molocules. In order to be a generic they have to by law make some changes to the formula but, as has been pointed out, they also by law have to be what they say they are and have to have the same pain relieving qualities that there name brand brothers do.

The thing is that some people are sensitive to the binders or other changes that are made to generic meds. For some people there will be no noticable difference and for others there will be severe differences between the two. I was one of those people who had "severe" reactions to the generics but no problem with the name brand. (even though they were made at the same company.) I contacted the company and asked them about why I would experience the differences and they told me about the differences in the two meds and that it usually came down to the types of die (color additives) that they used when it came to the allergic reactions.

That being said, most people are only concerned about the overall pain relieving effect and that typically the same as name brand. I had a small research company to a chemical breakdown of the two different pills I had been given because my reaction to the generic was severe and I felt that I might have been poisened. They told me that they had found several different compounds between the two pills (I actually gave them 5 of each) but that they were both the same in the areas that the manufactuer claimed them to be and of course, i hadn't been poisened. There was a discrepency on how much actual hydrocodone was in the generic vs the name brand but that was believed to have been caused by the age of the generics which I believe was probably the case.

I hope that helps. I have had to (unfortunately) take most of the hydrocodone products available and totally agree with the precept that says that they are all about the same with the exception of the amount of apap that is in them. I eventually was forced to use hydrocodone in a liquid matrix that contained no apap at all in order to find one that worked for me. Too bad they don't just offer that as an alternative generally. To answer the obvious question on where that came from I can only say that when considering a PM or an OP ask if they use a "Compounding Pharmacy". If they do then they can make your medicine suit your specific needs. I know that YOD does and in order to make up for the loss of apap they made it 15 mg instead of 10.

Whenever you need to find an answer with meds go to the manufacturer.

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