How Does One Differentiate Between A Generic Tablet And A Branded Tablet Of Percocet?

Posted on Tue, 29 May 2018

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Question : Is an imprinted M523, 10/325 Percocet tablet a Generic or a pure brand Percocet?

Answered by Dr. Dr. Michelle Gibson (46 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
if percocet is printed on package- it is the branded product

Detailed Answer:

Hi,

Percocet is a mixture of oxycodone and acetaminophen.

Percocet is the brand name. The numbers at the back give an indication of the strength of the different components.
If the tablet/packaging is labelled percocet then it is the brand not a generic.

Generics would be labelled eg- oxycodone/acetaminophen - just listing the ingredients, would not be called percocet
Generics cannot have the branded name on them.

I hope this helps, feel free to ask any other questions

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar