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Non-extended-release Prilosec
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| News Reader 2005-02-12, 1:36 pm |
| I've been taking OTC Prilosec (10mg), which is an extended-release
tablet. Since my doctor suggested increasing it to 20mg, I figured it
would be more cost effective to get a prescription, so she wrote one
for the generic version.
The generic version (20mg) seems to be an ordinary capsule, not an
extended-release tablet. Would this be less effective? Would it last
all day anyway? Might I be better off taking two 10mg tablets (or
capsules) 12hr apart? Is it typical to take 20mg all at once? I'll
mostly likely take it in the morning.
Thanks
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| halo2 guy 2005-02-12, 1:36 pm |
| OTC Prilosec is 20 mg in the US
"News Reader" <SLCUUVKKQKKI@spammotel.com> wrote in message
news:1108091715.327096.32440@g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> I've been taking OTC Prilosec (10mg), which is an extended-release
> tablet. Since my doctor suggested increasing it to 20mg, I figured it
> would be more cost effective to get a prescription, so she wrote one
> for the generic version.
>
> The generic version (20mg) seems to be an ordinary capsule, not an
> extended-release tablet. Would this be less effective? Would it last
> all day anyway? Might I be better off taking two 10mg tablets (or
> capsules) 12hr apart? Is it typical to take 20mg all at once? I'll
> mostly likely take it in the morning.
>
> Thanks
>
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| News Reader 2005-02-12, 1:36 pm |
| Oops! I wonder why I got it into my head that it was 10mg. I guess I'm
not increasing my dosage, just saving money. Still, I wonder if the
non-extended-release is better/worse/makes no difference...
Is it some other dosage in other countries?
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| John Que 2005-02-12, 1:36 pm |
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"News Reader" <SLCUUVKKQKKI@spammotel.com> wrote in message
news:1108091715.327096.32440@g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> I've been taking OTC Prilosec (10mg), which is an extended-release
> tablet. Since my doctor suggested increasing it to 20mg, I figured it
> would be more cost effective to get a prescription, so she wrote one
> for the generic version.
>
> The generic version (20mg) seems to be an ordinary capsule, not an
> extended-release tablet.
This is confused. The OTC form of Prilosec is in a delayed release
tablet and the prescription form in a capsule with time release
granules.
If you want generic omeprazole, you'll have to get from
Mexico. The stuff sold in the States is made by or for the
same drug company that offered the prescription form
as I recall.
OTC Prilosec is a different salt of omeprazole than
the prescription form of the drug. The former is
a sodium salt and the latter is a magnesium salt
as I recall. The drug book doesn't say.....hmmm.
> Would this be less effective? Would it last
> all day anyway? Might I be better off taking two 10mg tablets (or
> capsules) 12hr apart? Is it typical to take 20mg all at once? I'll
> mostly likely take it in the morning.
>
> Thanks
>
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| John Que 2005-02-12, 1:36 pm |
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"News Reader" <SLCUUVKKQKKI@spammotel.com> wrote in message
news:1108098724.107189.143750@g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> Oops! I wonder why I got it into my head that it was 10mg. I guess I'm
> not increasing my dosage, just saving money. Still, I wonder if the
> non-extended-release is better/worse/makes no difference...
>
> Is it some other dosage in other countries?
>
The prescription TR capsules came in both 10 and 20 mg
dosages.
The OTC form is delayed release. Read the package
under where is says PRILOSEC where it says
omeprazole delayed-release tablets. OTC
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| Repeating Rifle 2005-02-12, 1:36 pm |
| in article 1108091715.327096.32440@g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com, News Reader
at SLCUUVKKQKKI@spammotel.com wrote on 2/10/05 7:15 PM:
> I've been taking OTC Prilosec (10mg), which is an extended-release
> tablet. Since my doctor suggested increasing it to 20mg, I figured it
> would be more cost effective to get a prescription, so she wrote one
> for the generic version.
>
> The generic version (20mg) seems to be an ordinary capsule, not an
> extended-release tablet. Would this be less effective? Would it last
> all day anyway? Might I be better off taking two 10mg tablets (or
> capsules) 12hr apart? Is it typical to take 20mg all at once? I'll
> mostly likely take it in the morning.
>
> Thanks
>
In my humble NONPROFESSIONAL and casual opinion, much of the motivation
behind slow release formulations is to get additional patent protection
status. If the regular formulation works, it is probably good enough. Much
as its professional practitioners may claim otherwise, Medicine IS an
engineering-like art. If it works, that is fine, but if it does not, then
the results can be disasterous in the same way a collapsing bridge can be.
Bill
Bill
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| News Reader 2005-02-12, 1:36 pm |
| Maybe I was confused, but what I have now says (on the Rx label):
IC OMEPRAZOLE 20MG CAPSULE DRMYL
MYLAN
SUBSTITUTED FOR PRILOSEC
The capsules are blue and green and say MYLAN 6150 on them.
This I got from CVS here on the USA.
What I had before was the Prilosec OTC in the purplish box.
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| John Que 2005-02-12, 1:36 pm |
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"News Reader" <SLCUUVKKQKKI@spammotel.com> wrote in message
news:1108127660.343329.120470@g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> Maybe I was confused, but what I have now says (on the Rx label):
>
> IC OMEPRAZOLE 20MG CAPSULE DRMYL
> MYLAN
> SUBSTITUTED FOR PRILOSEC
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> The capsules are blue and green and say MYLAN 6150 on them.
>
> This I got from CVS here on the USA.
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> What I had before was the Prilosec OTC in the purplish box.
DR stands for delayed release. MYL must just stand for Mylan.
You do have generic omeprazole.
And I had the salts reversed. The magnesium form is the
OTC form and the sodium form the prescription form.
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| You are exactly correct. The coating is a patent scam to delay
availability of generic prilosec, from which the manufacturers have
profited mightily at the expense of the consumer (what else is new).
Personally, I cut the 20 mg tabs in half with a large nail clipper
(which effectively defeating the delayed release effect) and get perfect
acid control from 10 mg (1/2 tab/day). My reflux is mild, but this
approach may be worthwhile for others both to lower costs as well as the
amount of drug being consumed.
Dan
Repeating Rifle wrote:
> in article 1108091715.327096.32440@g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com, News Reader
> at SLCUUVKKQKKI@spammotel.com wrote on 2/10/05 7:15 PM:
>
>
>
> In my humble NONPROFESSIONAL and casual opinion, much of the motivation
> behind slow release formulations is to get additional patent protection
> status. If the regular formulation works, it is probably good enough. Much
> as its professional practitioners may claim otherwise, Medicine IS an
> engineering-like art. If it works, that is fine, but if it does not, then
> the results can be disasterous in the same way a collapsing bridge can be.
>
> Bill
>
> Bill
>
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