Posted by CarolAnn on July 15, 2000, at 18:59:10
Hey everyone,
In one of the threads someone mentioned having trouble with a generic form of her regular medication. I was going to post the following in the thread, but then I thought I'd put it in a new thread so more people would be likely to see it.
So, here it is:
Even though all generics are supposed to be regulated to be exactly the same as the name brand, and even though the labels may say exactly the same ingredients, there are some generics that ARE NOT the same as their name brand counterpart.
My insurance has a rule that if a generic is available, they will only pay if you get the generic. In most medications there's no difference, but my Pdoc believes that one reason for my problems with Ritalin is that I was on a generic version. He chose Adderall specifically because there is NOT a generic version of it, so he knew my insurance would pay for the real stuff.
So, there ya go. I just thought I'd share this, in case the info can help anyone.
Ya'll be careful 'out there'. CarolAnn
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