What is/are the color(s) of Hydrocodone powder???

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marco - 01 Apr 2004 00:06 GMT

I posted this question a few days ago with no replies. I'm just a
consumer looking for another source of professional knowledge, to help
reassure me that I'm taking a medication that is not counterfeit. I
have heard of such things happening (counterfeit medication being
dispensed), and I'm very concerned about the health of my liver.
Therefore, I'm posing this question (what should the color of
compounded hydrocodone/apap 10/80 powder look like?)to a group of
professionals that would likely have an answer. Any replies will be
appreciated and helpful. Thank You in advance.

Mark

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CJ - 01 Apr 2004 04:34 GMT

Marco
Most pharmacists are not going to know this. The only ones who are able to
answer this are busy compounding so they can pay off their ISO/FDA/whatever
mandated laboratories. These pharmacists are way too busy to f.ck around on
usenet and answer your questions for free.
For that matter, I would think that the pressure on compounders is so high
right now that the likelihood of such a thing happening to you is quite
unlikely.
cjrph

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> Mark

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J. Davidson - 01 Apr 2004 05:50 GMT

Mark, in the absense of a Pharmacist answering, I would call your local
pharmacy or pharmacies and ask them this question. Not all questions posed
on this list get answers, sorry to say.
Jackie

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> Mark

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Bruce Wade Hughes - 02 Apr 2004 20:17 GMT

Its a white powder - if alone.
But the compounder may be using manufactured (generic Lortab or Lorcet for
instance) tablets to fulfill the apap portion so that could cause the final
compound to be a shade of the color of the manufactured tablet. Then they
add enough hydrocodone powder to fulfill the hydrocodone portion of the
compound. The color in a compound also helps to see whether the powders are
mixed homogenously.

Or they could simply be adding a dye to apap and hydrocodone powders to
monitor mixing
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> consumer looking for another source of professional knowledge, to help
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> Mark

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Ljohan514 - 06 Apr 2004 15:01 GMT

The powder is white. Many compounding pharmacies will add a food color to
their capsules for 2 reasons-first, to assure that the hydrocodone is
completely mixed with the filler, and second, to help with visual
identification of the capsules (for example, all the estrogen capsules our
pharmacy makes have a little pink coloring, progesterones have a little yellow
etc.)

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