Posted by stargazer2 on July 17, 2007, at 20:26:08
In reply to Budeprion XL versus Bupropion HCL XL, posted by Wildflower on February 15, 2007, at 17:19:16
I just filled a prescription with the generic wellbutrin SR and got Budeprion. Why is it called Budeprion if the active ingredient is called buproprion. And how do I know these pills (yellow with the letter 'G' on one side and the number '2444'on the other side) are really buproprion when the generic manufacturor changes the name from Buproprion to Budeprion. How's that for making a situation more confusing.
I wish I read these posts before filling the prescription with the generic brand. Why is there a 'G' on the pill , what does that stand for????
I think the manuacturor is Teva (why no 'T' on the pill)...What if the pharmacist tech filled the bottle with another drug how would you know it if the pill is not identified with the name 'Buproprion', this is really upsetting to me.
We are being messed with again and again with these generics not being identical to the brand names, happened with Nardil in 2003 and people got worse, seemingly related to the new formulation.
How are we to know that the generics are as good as the brand name? Too much uncertainty surrounds the generics that I may go back and get Buproprion rather than Budeprion. Is Buproprion still available as a generic or has Budeprion replaced all the previous generics I knew as buroprion?
Stargazer
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