Posted by bleauberry on July 30, 2010, at 19:04:58
In reply to Re: Fillers in meds, why not the same? Generics, posted by ed_uk2010 on July 28, 2010, at 15:38:46
Well, the active ingredient is theoretically the same, but no one has proven it to be clinically the same. Anecdotal evidence suggests just the opposite.
One could write a book on the whole generic/brand thing. There are so many issues and details it would surprise you.
Assuming exact same ingredient....generics only have to be within a certain percentage of brand. If one pill is 6% short, and the other 6% over, guess what, you just go a 12% difference in your dose. What if the entire bottle was 10% short?
Even plain jane fillers have an influence on the absorption of the ingredient. Somemay interfere, some may speed it up, some may help carry it to the brain, some may not.
There is alot to this issue. All I know for sure is that if I counted all the accounts I have seen of people having trouble with a generic, it would be in the hundreds. One of my docs won't even prescribe generics, so that tells ya something right there.
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