Posted by Nickengland on August 19, 2005, at 5:07:40
In reply to Re: Generic Gabapentin?! Cheap Service » Nickengland, posted by ed_uk on August 18, 2005, at 17:58:24
Hello Ed..
>Do you have the one in the green and white box? Do the capsules look 'powdery'?
Yep the box is white...with green on the other side. Its 'APS' Gabapentin (300mg capsules) The capsules are a different colour as well to the 'brand' their closer to a red colour..whereas the Neurontin was orange-ish. The powder inside is a very fine powder...very similar to the brand in that respect I think.
One thing that i've found interesting ~ is the difference with the inactive ingredients of the drug. I've still got some Pfizer Neurontin and the drug information leaflet. The inactive ingients of the Neurontin..seem to be less than all the junk they've put in this generic stuff. Theres even a warning on my generic leaflet about one of the inactive ingredients:
"E110 can cause an allergic-type reaction, including asthma. this reaction is more common in thos people who are allergic to aspirin."
You don't get this E110 in the brand i don't think...Is this one of the ways generic drugs are alot cheaper..because they use cheaper inactive substances too?
I think the E110 is only in the 300mg caspules as well, not in the other sizes...and the only other sizes they seem to do are 100, 300 and 400mg capsules (not tablets)...Neurontin comes in 600 and 800mg size 'tablets' too i think.
I was wondering Ed as well...the inactive substance in drugs..are they considered generally safe?...I mean I'll never forget when I was taking tegretol retard and I looked and read that it contained
"polyethoxylated castor oil" - ....that kinda got me thinking about some of the stuff I was ingesting on a daily basis LOLWell I took the "Approved Prescription Services" Gabapentin last night...and there was a slight difference, hard to put my finger on it, but I definately know that it just 'felt' different...all in all though it felt good :)
Kind regards
Nick
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