Community Update

January 12, 2014
After having such a terrible experience from meds purchased at CVS Pharmacy #7448 815 W Main Street, Tomball Tx. 77375 … 281-255-8365 … I took to researching this Teva manufacturer and was confronted with so much negative reports as “Teva’s generics are poorly produced in third-world countries and are not the same as their brand-name equivalents. While the main chemical components of their drugs are technically the same, or bio-equivalent (according to the FDA), as the main chemical compound of the name-brand, it is the low-quality precursor chemicals, inferior manufacturing facilities and lack of production oversight that is causing adverse and harmful reactions in consumers that have begun taking generics produced under the Teva Umbrella.” .http://thepigeonpost.org/2010/06/09/teva-pharmaceuticals-and-poor-qualit... ..

I really want to believe that CVS is unaware of these such revealing reports … rather than believe that these cheaper brand, lower quality and life threatening meds are prejudicially reserved for the Medicaid recipient, the poor and the elderly … I don’t want to believe that the hearts of CVS could be so cruel to humanity …

In good management, I often monitor my blood pressure … and as usual before taking a new refill prescription I also take my blood pressure just before and within an hour after taking my first dose ..

And after taking my first dose of “lot 1308T06 RX # 606246 .. within the hour my blood pressure shot up to 220/120 … and remained dangerously elevated until I took a previous Diltiazem 180mg of another manufacturer … which then dropped down to 201/101 .. and further dropped to a safe level through the night ..

It was on 1-10-14, as written by prescription … I received two bottles of a 90 count TEVA brand Diltiazem ER 180 mg … my insurance paid for 60 and I paid for the remainder 120 …

Nevertheless … more importantly now is rectifying this life threatening health situation … I can’t afford such a financial lost and I don’t want to continue to suffer due to a bad batch of medicines …

And I’m asking that my bad medicine be replaced with a quality manufacturer