Ran T.

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Ran T.
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Hi, hope all is well with you. I also am prescribed OXY 10mg IR. 3xDay along with HYDRO 10-325,3xDay now for 4 years. I've been taking KVK Tech. Brand filled by Walgreens for the entirety of that time mostly. I haven't at all been impressed with KVKs as I thought each month was different in how affective they were. While KVKs weren't very good I at least didn't get sick from taking them. No, that dishonor belongs to RHODES PHARMACEUTICALS 10mg OXY IR. As others have posted here and at other forums about their experience with Rhodes 10mg OXY, I too have had very unpleasant side affects from them as well. I've had unbelievable itching and abdominal cramping while on them. I had to take my pain meds prescription to a different pharmacy this month (other than a Walgreens), because of hurricane Ida and it's destruction it wielded upon south Louisiana. My whole area was affected and every CVS and Walgreens in a 50 mile radius was closed due to damage of one kind or another. Fortunately we have a little mom and pop pharmacy down the road from where we live and I was able to get my prescriptions filled. That joy was short lived however, upon taking the pain meds I received. After taking the Rhodes 10mg IR I had ZERO relief and the following day as well. I soon did an online search and found at one site alone over 40, negative reviews for Rhodes brand 10mg OXYs and I imagine there were even more, but I stopped reading them for the discouragement that descended upon me. The reviewers listed among the side effects they experienced; terrible headaches, stomach cramping, diarrhea, and ineffectiveness. I kept taking it anyway because I desperately wanted them to be wrong and then within approximately 5 days the aforementioned, awful side affects began and I oh how I LONGED for the KVK brand 10s. The RHODES 10mg OXYs are without a doubt THE WOSE 10mg OXYs I've ever taken. I also received different 10mg 3-325 HYDROs from this mom and pop pharmacy, Camber Pharmaceuticals, one I haven't even heard of before this. As well they were not up to effectiveness of Watsons or Mali brand I normally receive from Walgreens. So, I now have to wait another 2 weeks until I can take my next prescriptions to another pharmacy and hopefully get a brand that works.

QUESTION:
Are there even any brand name OXY 10 IRs still being produced and carried by pharmacies so that we the patients may have the option of paying the list price instead of the crappy generics? I would appreciate any wisdom someone may have to offer as I'm tired of the merry go round I'm currently on. I will gladly pay the exorbitant price of brand name just so I may have consistent relief and peace of mind I'm not consuming a terrible generic that's made in another country with who knows what in it.

Thanks to whomever may offer an answer.