Posted by rvanson on April 15, 2008, at 0:43:25
In reply to anyone ever had greater success on a generic?, posted by g_g_g_unit on April 13, 2008, at 0:26:16
> i guess this is a two-part question. firstly, i was interested in people's personal limits they set when trialling a drug? on 2.5mg of lexapro @ 2 weeks, i've been experiencing: mild sporadic headaches, total sexual numbing, restless leg syndrome and memory loss. i've been told by my psych that i am too impatient in giving up meds, so i just wanted to know how others went about with it? will you usually give an ssri the indicated 8 weeks unless you have like a total seizure? or are you generally quite intolerant? i may go up to 5mg just to see what it's like, but so far things aren't looking up.
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> which segues into my second question: where i live, the only version of citalopram available is a generic - which also happens to be the last mainstream ssri i haven't tried. i was told as a generic it will be less potent, but also may have less sfx, so was thinking of making the transfer. has anyone ever found their ideal ad counterpart in a generic?Overall, being a M/H consumer for 26 years, the generics are usually less potent then their brand name drug.
For me, the switch from Celexa to the generic Citalopram made a huge difference in the effect profile. Also, the Alprazolam, that is the generic for Xanax can vary widely by the maker, unlike the brand name Xanax, which is much more steady, but also much more expensive.
Needless to say, some of the side-effects will be less on a generic, since the potency is less as well.
Overall, its a better deal to stay on the brand name med, but that is almost impossible to do in the USA and other countries, due to the high cost.
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