Which vicodin is stronger. M362 or WATSON 387 thank you

Thank You for telling the truth about the medication and how to read a script label. Was CMT and have to explain meds to my sister.

If I'm every in a hospital and a "Dr. Cort" I am running. Even if my gowns not tied and I flash a few people.

This is the bad part of the Internet. People get on and feel safe getting knowledge from an "expert" when the info is wrong. 

Once again, Thank You.  I hope others will have someone like you around on another site where the information from the expert isn't correct.

Actually it's generic Vicodin HP (high potency).  Norco can come in more than one strength, but is combined with 325 mg of acetaminophen rather than the odd 660, 750, or 500 mg of acetaminophen. The sole purpose of adding the tylenol IMO is to punish addicts by destroying their livers or killing them when they take higher than the prescribed dosage of pain killer.  The tylenol also prevents disolving and injecting the drug without catastrophic consequences.  The FDA may soon be removing tylenol/narcotic combination drugs from the market due to hundreds of deaths reported annually resulting from tylenol overdose.  Abbot's request for approval of vicodin extended release was recently denied by the FDA.

Actually the reason there is acetaminophen in the medication is to make the narcotic hydrocodone work better in a smaller dose, the acetaminophen helps the opiate bind to the nervous system which is how pain killers work.

The mechanism by which tylenol works is not particularly well understood.  There are not an impressive number of deaths or hospitalizations related to tylenol overdose when compared to NSAID's such as Ibuprofen. Annual deaths from NSAIDS outweigh deaths caused by tylenol over-dose by a factor of 40 to 50.  Because narcotics that are not combined with tylenol require a triplicate prescription, the recommended ban on vicodin (percocet as well) appears to be aimed more at limiting access to narcotics.  Unfortunately addicts and chronic pain sufferers alike will be affected by this ban. Here is an article about the proposed ban and recomended tylenol dosages http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/07/health/07well.html?_r=1

Opiates (hyndrocodone in Vicodin) bind to the opioid receptors, not the "nervous system." The amount of acetominophen in Vicodin has no impact on how the hydrocodone works. They work independent of each other. Both kill pain in seperate ways. The pill that is stronger is the one which has more hydrocodone in it, irregardless of the amount of acetominophin. From the posts I have read here the M362 pills have 10 mg of hydrocodone and the Watson 387's have 7.5 mg of hydrocodone. Hence, the M362 pills are stronger.