CancerCompass message board discussion started by djr810 on 3/11/2008 http://www.cancercompass.com/message-board/message/all,21874,0.htm Wed, 20 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT Wed, 20 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://backend.userland.com/rss RSS.NET: http://www.rssdotnet.com/ i'm taking REV 25mg. i'm on my second Rx of it and the capsule color looks different. can anyone taking REV 25mg describe your capsule color? thanks djr810 Tue, 11 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT Hello djr ~~ I have some Revlimid capsules - 25mg - and they are a soft clear capsule with white powder in them. They look like a white capsule with 25mg REV written on them.   I also have Revlimid 10mg and they are a soft two toned capsule, with a cream end and a green end and have 10mg REV written on them. I started on 50mg capsules, then dropped to the 25mg and have been on the 10mg for the past 19 months.  I understand that there are also 5mg capsules. The product description from my latest package of Revlimid reads: "Revlimid 5mg capsules are hard white capsules with 5mg REV written on them. Revlimid 10mg capsules are hard yellow/blue/green capsules with 10mg REV written on them. Revlimid 15 mg capsules are hard white/blue capsules with 15mgREV written on them. Revlimid 25 mg capsules are hard white capsules with 25mg REV written on them.  The capsules are provided in packs.  Each pack contains three blisters, each with seven capsules, giving a total of twenty-one capsules per pack."  It is interesting that they are all described as 'hard capsules' because my capsules are 'soft' in that when I press them out of the blister pack I often leave a dent in the capsule. I hope that this helps you.  Cath poppy/cath Wed, 12 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT  On 3/12/2008 poppy/cath wrote:Hello djr ~~ I have some Revlimid capsules - 25mg - and they are a soft clear capsule with white powder in them. They look like a white capsule with 25mg REV written on them.   I also have Revlimid 10mg and they are a soft two toned capsule, with a cream end and a green end and have 10mg REV written on them. I started on 50mg capsules, then dropped to the 25mg and have been on the 10mg for the past 19 months.  I understand that there are also 5mg capsules. The product description from my latest package of Revlimid reads: "Revlimid 5mg capsules are hard white capsules with 5mg REV written on them. Revlimid 10mg capsules are hard yellow/blue/green capsules with 10mg REV written on them. Revlimid 15 mg capsules are hard white/blue capsules with 15mgREV written on them. Revlimid 25 mg capsules are hard white capsules with 25mg REV written on them.  The capsules are provided in packs.  Each pack contains three blisters, each with seven capsules, giving a total of twenty-one capsules per pack."  It is interesting that they are all described as 'hard capsules' because my capsules are 'soft' in that when I press them out of the blister pack I often leave a dent in the capsule. I hope that this helps you.  Cath i am worried about my capsules. my first batch were as you described. the second batch was very much just plain white, not opaque as you described and not like my first batch. mine come in a Rx bottle(amber with a white lid).i was told that only special pharmicies are able to destribute them.Pharmacy--medco/accredo sends me REV25mg from Celegene.i called and sent mine back to Celegene so they can check them out to see if anything may be wrong with them. meanwhile, i continue to take the replacement batch  they(medco) sent me. and that batch looks just white too.  djr810 Wed, 12 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT I finished my last dose in December but they were off white with 25 printed on the capsule. Mine came in a regular prescription bottle of 21 pills. I would have thought that they would have come in a pack of 21 not in a bottle since that is how my Thalidamide was sent. Chapbin Wed, 12 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT  On 3/12/2008 Chapbin wrote:I finished my last dose in December but they were off white with 25 printed on the capsule. Mine came in a regular prescription bottle of 21 pills. I would have thought that they would have come in a pack of 21 not in a bottle since that is how my Thalidamide was sent.  djr810 Wed, 12 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT  On 3/12/2008 djr810 wrote: On 3/12/2008 Chapbin wrote:I finished my last dose in December but they were off white with 25 printed on the capsule. Mine came in a regular prescription bottle of 21 pills. I would have thought that they would have come in a pack of 21 not in a bottle since that is how my Thalidamide was sent.i agree, when i was taking thalidimid it came in the packs too. thank you and everyone who is replying to me. i'm new on this site. it seems i'm the only one getting the 'solid white color capsules'. and i'm eager to hear from Celegene,the company that makes my pills. they should have tracking numbers/electric chips to verify that the pills are genuine and not switched along the transportation route Celegene , to the pharmacy then fedex to me. ....djr  djr810 Wed, 12 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT  Good Evening DJR;"and i'm eager to hear from Celegene,the company that makes my pills. they should have tracking numbers/electric chips to verify that the pills are genuine and not switched along the transportation route Celegene , to the pharmacy then fedex to me. ....djr"I haven't taken REV in over 6 weeks but when I would receive my shipments I could get a tracking number from the pharmacy and an approximate delivery time, then I had to sign for them. They were shipped inside a sealed box and also within a sealed, large envelop. Don't know if that's changed since then but I highly doubt any tampering could take place.Take care;Kevin K. C. Wed, 12 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT Hi djr~  Good thinking to send them back to Celegene, especially as there have been cases where the drugs have been tampered with.  Celegene will soon sort it out.  When I was first prescribed Revlimid I got it in plastic bottles that were sealed.  Now the Revlimid is coming in the blister sheets of seven capsules per sheet -- not as convienent but much more difficult to tamper with.  Given the cost of Revlimid and how powerful it is, safety is paramount.  I'll be interested to hear what Celegene tells you.  Good luck, Cath poppy/cath Wed, 12 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT i am eagerly waiting to hear from Celegene. in fact i'm going to call them today.  i don't know anyone else who got 'solid white capsules'.......djr djr810 Thu, 13 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT celgene called me. they said they tested the capsules i returned and they tested ok. so i'm to assume everything is safe with them. they said they will call my dr. and email him a copy of their report. which i want to see.but no one ,so far, knows or can explain, the solid white color of the capsules.,which should be opaque white. so i'll continue to ask why. djr810 Sat, 22 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT