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Topic: generic mino looks like????

duramater
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Member # 6480

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Hey Folks:

My doc called in minocycline for me to try (I'm the one who can't breathe and am bed-bound among other things. Someone just dropped it off. Having been dorked by pharmacies before (mistakes happen), I'm trying to make sure the pills in the bottle are in fact minocycline 50 mg.

Anybody on it? It looks yellowish (pink hue?). Has numbers: 93 3165 on the capsule. This sound familiar to anyone. Did searches on google, no luck.

MANY THANKS.

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docdave130
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generic drugs have no patern to how they are made and have no controls regulating them. generic minocycline could be any color but should be a capsule not a pill the following gives info on the drug
http://my.webmd.com/hw/drug_data/d00110a1?orgpath=/hw/drug_data/d00110a1

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chainsaw joe
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Yep mine are the same numbers as yours and pink.This last batch I really think is stonger than other batches Ive taken.How do you know if its generic,anyone?Minno is intense just to let you know.

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duramater
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Member # 6480

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thanks guys. chainsaw - thanks a MIL! good to know someone is putting the same thing down their gullet! how's it working for you? dose? i'm starting with 50mg every three days and titrating up to 100 twice a day per doc's orders.

btw, its generic unless is specifically says "Minocin" which is the brand name. in MA, you have to get generic unless your doc writes "don't substitute or I'll come down to the pharmacy and mess you up" on your script.

thanks again

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lla2
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Member # 2364

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there are a bunch of different generic ones..a lot of different companies make it...call your pharmacy and have them double check it for you...that s the best way...

Lisa

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chainsaw joe
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Member # 5490

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Im a neurological mess and have been on orals for over two years and mino is the only one to help a little.I want to stay on it for a few more months and see what happens.Not to scare you but its a tough drug,you san feel it in your head and it will make you dizzy.It took me months to get to three quarters of the full dose and I still only get the full dose in me every few days.Everyones different though,Im REALLY skinny and herx bad,maybe you wont.Let me know how you do

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cmichaelo
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Member # 5873

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I'm taking 200mg/day Mino (generic) too.

I ramped up to full dose in one day.

Only the first day did I experience some dizzyness.

Now I feel no side effects of the drug.

The first month the generic were yellow (sorry don't know the number).

Second month they were white (RNB94 my eyes are guessing...script is so freaking small.)

Michael

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