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About Dr. Ravindra Bhaskar Ghooi
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I can provide information on drugs and medicines, their actions, uses, interactions and adverse effects. To avoid confusion, generic names of medicines may please be provided. I am a pharmacologist, having worked on animal and human pharmacology, and presently I am the Dean of Bilcare Research Academy, where we teach courses on clinical research. We dont work on saturdays and sundays, hence questions reachng me on these days will be replied on Monday, please bear with me.

 
   

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Pharmacy - pain pills


Expert: Dr. Ravindra Bhaskar Ghooi - 12/17/2006

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i have chronic kidney stones ,i pass at least one stone a month, i have been prescribed hydrocodone 10/500 generic lortab watson brand blue in color i also get,lortab 10 pink pills is there a difference between the two and sometimes i get percocet 10/500 and why not vicodone is it better than all of them  

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Hi Steve,
Loratab, ercocet and vicodine are all similar products, they all contain acetaminophen and a codiene derivative. If compared there is not much difference between the products and one can be used in place of the other. Yet if you prefer one over the other, I would sugest you talk to your doctor, though again in my opinion there are not many differences between the products.
Ravi Ghooi

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