Tricor 160 mg. prescription

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Pumbaa - 18 Feb 2005 01:46 GMT

I had my Rx refilled today for Tricor 160 mg. The pharmacist told me that
the company no longer made a 160 mg. tablet and that it was replaced by a
145 mg. tablet. That is a 15 mg. drop in active ingredient or about ten
percent less drug for the same money. I don't think the price was any
cheaper.

Is this something similar to Hershey decreasing the net weight of milk
chocolate in one of its candy bars but keeping the price the same? A way to
make more profit without increasing the retail price? Did 160 mg. of Tricor
work too well so they decided to decrease the dose? Maybe they did a study
that showed no statistical difference in patient response between the two
different dosages.

Could this be a way to get a patent extension for Tricor so as to fight off
any possible generic competition? No printed information was given from the
drug manufacturer to explain WHY they did this. I think maybe I smell a
Prilosec - Nexium rat switch!

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who - 18 Feb 2005 03:18 GMT

Check here for the "official" response. http://www.tricortablets.com/
Drug prices have little to do with the mg content of the drug.

> I had my Rx refilled today for Tricor 160 mg. The pharmacist told me that
> the company no longer made a 160 mg. tablet and that it was replaced by a
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> drug manufacturer to explain WHY they did this. I think maybe I smell a
> Prilosec - Nexium rat switch!

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Bob G - 18 Feb 2005 03:27 GMT

>I had my Rx refilled today for Tricor 160 mg. The pharmacist told me that
>the company no longer made a 160 mg. tablet and that it was replaced by a
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>drug manufacturer to explain WHY they did this. I think maybe I smell a
>Prilosec - Nexium rat switch!

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Have no fear...this is the 2nd time Tricor has done this in the last
2-3 years.......The Manufacturer did supply Pharacieys with "flyers"
intended to be given the patient BUT I bet they were filed in the
trash can ...

The drop in the amount of mg per tablet does not mean a damn thing..
its the therapuetic effect you are paying for...lol...

Bob Griffiths

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Pumbaa - 18 Feb 2005 05:29 GMT

Thanks for the good information. I didn't think the drop in mg would amount
to anything? I wonder how much patent extension Abbott got from this
"product improvement" and how many years before a generic will be
available?. I see there is a 200 mg generic "Tricor" available from Canada.
If Abbott can keep switching its dosage strength, then maybe it will be
decades before the FDA will clear the generic. The Canadian product
probably works as well as Tricor 160 mg or Tricor 145 mg. But I am like a
lot of people in that I have health insurance covering Rxs with a co-pay and
I also have stock in Abbott. So what me worry?

> >I had my Rx refilled today for Tricor 160 mg. The pharmacist told me that
> >the company no longer made a 160 mg. tablet and that it was replaced by a
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>
> Bob Griffiths

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