Posted by jono_in_adelaide on June 7, 2013, at 21:28:29
In reply to Real or Imaginary, Generic or Brand, posted by gadchik on June 7, 2013, at 16:12:33
I always get generics - and have never noticed one iota of difference
the drug regulatory agencies demand that generic manufacturers show bioequivalence to brand (ie, produce blood levels that are within the normal range)
Most of the bad stuff about generic drugs dates from the days before bioequivalence testing, in the 60's when my mother was a young pharmacist generic thyroid wasn't as good as, no two ways about it, but today they are in all but a very small minority of cases. I think a lot of the issues people have are power of suggestion. The guy ahead of me in te pharmacy queue the other day was telling the pharmacist that only one particular generic of oxazepam worked for him - the original brand didn't work, and none of the generics except one were any good. To me, this just has to be atleast partly psychological..... the prettier packaging, brightly coloured pills and well known names of the original brands have just the same effect on peoples psyche as the advertising of big brand laundry detergents
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