1. Talking to TEVA about this has not been helpful.
2. I take 200mg of TEVA trazodone at bedtime and it has always helped me sleep.
3. Now TEVA has changed their 100mg trazodone to make it flatter.
4. I take the same 200mg of the new tablet and I have restless sleep and wild dreams.
5. I have to add a very small amount from another tablet to this 200mg that I take to stop sleep
problem
6. I don't know why I am having this problem.
7. I believe the TEVA formula has changed.
8. I tried another generic 200mg of trazodone and I have sleep problem with that.
9. Nothing has changed in my life to cause this problem with trazodone.
10. What can I do about this problem with trazodone?
11. I am very dependent on trazodone and I go into withdrawal by just taking off a small amount.
12. I have been taking this med for about 8 years and I regret ever starting it because of the dependence.
TEVA changed the shape of their 100mg trazodone and now it cause me sleep problem?
Question posted by 123nevada on 15 Feb 2022
Last updated on 23 May 2022
3 Answers
So many generics are changing for the worse! I now have to constantly work with my pharmacy to get only specific brands for specific drugs. I was recently substituted Aurobindo alprazolam for my usual Greenstone and it was no better than a sugar pill - I actually went into serious (and scary) withdrawal symptoms in a couple of days - the pharmacy apologized and replaced the remainder with Greenstone (which is owned by Pfizer, the originator of alprazolam as Xanax). I find that Greenstone, Sandoz, Zydus, Cipla, Amneal, and Ascend are the only generic brands that have proven fairly dependable for the particular drugs I take. They all have tablets (in some potencies) that are free of artificial color, which I've discovered I'm allergic to. And they all seem to have full potency of the main ingredient and minimal excipients. Hope that doesn't change!
Finally - someone who knows what I am talking about!!! So sick of these "Pharmacists" telling me the new 50 AND the 100 mg of Teva Trazodone is the SAME!! They're NOT. The Pills are Flatter and the Indent is Deeper/Wider. Who cares about THAT - all I know is it is making me so sick. I too have been on this medication for years - it is the ONLY med that puts me to sleep. This NEW garbage keeps me up ALL NIGHT LONG. It's the INACTIVE Ingredients that are causing you and I to become so violently ill. I had to come completely off it and am trying other brands. NOTHING WORKS. I'm SUING Teva.
How did you get off trazodone?
What was your taper?
I had that happen to me awhile back. I then went to the pharmacy and asked if I could get exactly what I had been taking. The clerk looked at me like I was nuts!
I did get what I wanted and there was a difference. It worked again, as I had hoped. I would suggest you ask your pharmacist and see if he/she can help you. I would think they could. Good luck!!
RE: TEVA 100mg tablet, new version looks different, it is wider and flatter.
1. Thank you for your response but this does not answer my question.
2. I have talked to pharmacists and they have no answer.
3. I have talked to TEVA manufacturer and they have no answer and say
nothing has changed except the shape of the TEVA 100mg tablet. has changed.
4. You went to the pharmacist and got what you wanted.
5. Are you taking TEVA 100mg tablets?
6. What did the pharmacist give you?
7. Did your doctor write another prescription for you because pharmacist
does not just give you what you want.
8. Did you get the older version of TEVA 100mg tablet, which is thicker and
not as wide as the new version.
9. What pharmacy did you go to because all pharmacies do use TEVA, some use different
manufacturer.
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