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Expert: Nigel Simmons - 8/23/2007


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10 ng methadone by roxane has the numbers 54/142 on one side and are white does 5mg methadone by the same company have the same numbers on one side

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Thomas

Fortunately Roxane do include photographs of their products on their website, which confirms the view I would have expected, that the codes are unique to the product (drug and strength) and not the drug alone.

The image of 10mg tablets is found here:

http://tinyurl.com/2jbzy3

which confirms the code you describe.

The 5mg tablets are here:

http://tinyurl.com/2nlq2c

with a code of 54/210

I hope this helps.

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