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"Hmmm. The equivalency/potency answer is what I would've suspected, as that is the same answer I got.\n \n\n\n\t \n \n\n\n\tHowever, I guess not all PCCA Member pharmacies follow the formula PCCA provides, because the pharmacist I spoke with told me she would follow the the PCCA formula exactly, which calls for the delayed-release capsule and the filler.\n \n\n\n\t \n \n\n\n\tAre you sure the pharmacies you contacted are PCCA Member pharmacies? You can search on the PCCA website to find Compounding Pharmacies that are PCCA members. \n \n\n\n\t \n \n\n\n\tWhen I opened my 20mg capsules, they all had varying number of beads, but I took the average of the number of beads from 5 capsules (112, 114, 115, 116, 117) which came out to about 115 beads per capsule. Thus, in my case 1mg comes out to about 6 beads. 2 mg is 12.\n \n\n\n\t \n \n\n\n\tMy only concern with the beads method has been what another poster mentioned a while back...that a pharmacist suggested to them once that the beads within each capsule vary from each other in their design for specific release times. I'm not exactly sure how that would work, and the poster actually said they weren't sure if they believed that pharmacist or not. Nobody else seems to know if that claim is true or not. \n \n\n\n\tBut I have decided not to worry about that. As others have mentioned, there have been several people who tapered successfully by the counting beads method.\n \n\n\n\t \n \n\n\n\tI am guessing the number of beads in each capsule will vary from manufacturer to manufacturer. The manufacturer that makes the prescriptions I've gotten lately from my pharmacy here is called Rising Pharma.\n \n\n\n\tThe prescription is generic duloxetine.\n "
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