I changed pharmacies, and my new pills are not the same color, as the my previous pharmacy pills, should i be concerned? the pharmasist insisted this was the same pill. I use it for high blood pressure.
Answer:
You haven't given enough information. XR is a release profile i.e. modified release usually over a 24 hour period. 240 would indicate the strength of the diltiazem. Are you from US? I don't recognise XR as a proprietary brand name.Ps you are supposed to have the same brand each time regardless, due to bioequivalence so I would put my foot down and go back to the pharmacist.
There is an XR formulation with 240 mg, and that is probably the 240 on the pill. The pharmacy probably just gets a different generic.
After looking in a handbook of mine, it says, dilitiazem comes in (XR extended release) preparations of, 60,90,120,180,240,300,360,420 mg. The capsules (sustained release) dilit. comes in 60,90,120 mg. And tablets come in 30, 60, 90, 120 mg. Therefore the only way you can get a 240 mg dose is by getting the XR version all along. But call your former pharmacist and check anyways.
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