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i have been told there shouldnt be any diffrence in talking diffent brands of omeprazole tablets. but i find some dont work as good as others and cause more discomfort than usual. i have had a hihatus hernia op a few years ago and still take omeprazole for acid indigestion has any body else found useing diffrent brands causes any thing to them
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Okay well here's my thoughts on this matter.
I have asthma and I do find that the inhalers are definitely different. The cheaper versions are rubbish and just don't force the spray out as fast as the more expensive ones therefore, for me they don't have the same effect!
Tablets? I have heard this said before but in all honesty I can't really say.
Word of warning though :oops:
I am on zopilcone and started a new batch Tuesday night. They were a different colour and different size - different box and different blister packet! Tuedsay night I didn't sleep very well nor did I have that awful bitter taste that came with my last batch. So me being me - red alert! Melbi thinks :weird: how dare the doctor give me a placebo batch!
As if I am not going to notice - so he thinks my insomnia is all made up! Last night, because I am :zen: decided that after taking my prescribed dose of 7.5mg and no bitter taste, no feeling drowsy or heavy limbs took another 7.5mg.... so what? Placebo right? WRONG!
Oh boy! Did I sleep - apparantly my daughter came into my room at 10pm moved my cup and shifted the cat and I didn't budge!
So do they differ?
Melbi x
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I've been taking this med for yonks (technical expression), and IMHO there are differences.
For a long time it was marketed by a company called Doctor [something or other]. No probs.
Then I found that my friendly neighbourhood pharmacist was obtaing it from a different supplier, the licensee being Alpharma. First of all there are marked differences in presentation. The capsules are colour coded quite differently (yellow, instead of the two tone pinky brown used previously) and instead of the usual push-out 'blister pack' they were in a pack which required me to peel off some foil, which I found frustrating and difficult. [b:c56fa5e00b]Most importantly, though,[/b:c56fa5e00b] I believe that this supply exacerbated an existing problem with flatulence. This was all somewhat worrying. Was it the right med?
Have now received my latest scrip which is from a licensee called Dexcel Pharma. These have reverted to the previous, more acceptable, presentation although I still believe that the med is responsible for flatulence (read the leaflet).
I am amazed that, as my pharmacist said, a manufacturer can unilaterally change presentation not only of the packaging but also of the colour coding of the capsule itself. I foolishly assumed this was standardised in the industry.
If they can do that, how do we know what's going on in the med itself?
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I would definitely agree that there seems to be a difference in the different brands of this drug, also to me I can also tell the difference between taking the tablets or the capsules ( although my G.P does not agree with this) although I am currently trying to get off this drug after taking it for the last couple of years, however I had started asking the chemist ( before handing in my prescription, as once handed in you cant get it back ! what brand of omeprazole they stocked, } if they did not stock the brand of capsules I preferred I took my prescription elsewhere, simply due to the fact that certain brands did not seem to work the same for me.
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Regards Vee
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