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In my state you can choose name brand or generic, unless it is signed "DAW".
There are only two signature places on scripts, one says, "product selection permitted" and the other says, "DAW".
If it says selection permitted and you don't tell the pharmacist you want generic, you will get name brand.
I've never been to a pharmacy in the US that didn't have it posted that "Unless you request brand name, we subsitute high-quality generics." High-quality, as we know, is a questionabale term, but I've never gotten brand name scripts for anything that was out of patent.
Obviously this doesn't count if your doctor writes DAW on the script. You can request a specific generic this way, too. I found out just how big a deal quality control is when my pharmacy changed their supply of generic halcion. Geneva sucked byond a show of a doubt, another brand (Cibo-Geigy or something?) sucked just a little less. A little research cleared up that Greenstone was my generic of choice and my doc wrote that name and DAW on the script.
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