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Expert: Nigel Simmons - 3/30/2007


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I've been taking Lisinopril 10 mg for 2 years, it was always a pink oval with E101 on it. I just got a refill and it is a white round pill with L 24 on one side and a M on the other side. Is this the right medication and if so, why did it change?

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Cathy

It sounds as though you have come across one of the rare occasions when a generic product is significantly different in appearance to the original brand or other generic competitors.

If I am correct, the product you are referring to is shown here:

www.mylanpharms.com/professionals/productDetails.aspx?pid=137

If so, you can be confident that it is Lisinopril from a legitimate and well established manufacturer.

It would have been good for your pharmacy to highlight such a significant difference in appearance.

I hope this helps.

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Nigel Simmons

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I am happy to answer general questions on medicines and hospital care. If possible, please use approved / chemical names rather than brands which are not internationally recognised. Like all health professionals I am bound by a duty of care which prevents me giving detailed information about medication or treatment of people other than the questioner. I will endeavour to help wherever possible or point towards more appropriate advice. If however your question crosses too far into patient confidentiality, I hope you will understand why I cannot answer your question. Consider.. would you want me to discuss your care with a friend or relative without your knowledge?

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Registered as a UK pharmacist in 1982 and have worked in a number of hospital and health management posts around the UK. Formerly Chief Pharmacist for a 440 bed general hospital in Cambridgeshire.
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