Thanks for the link, interesting stuff. What I found even more interesting were some of the other "sub links". Lots of really interesting and useful info in all those links. (It helps a lot to have a background in statistics to really understand a lot of it).
I guess I'm lucky, but having taken hydrocodone preparations made by numerous manufacturers, I can honestly say that FOR ME, it doesn't make diddly squat difference who the manufacturer is.
One thing I've always found interesting in these generic vs brand discussions it this. It seems to me that MALLINCKRODT consistently gets a reputation as a lousy manufacturer. The interesting thing is that the name brand Lortab is manufactured by... MALLINCKRODT. I've gotten into friendly discussions with people who'll say "I've got to have name brand Lortab, I can't take that generic Best if kept off the board from Mallinckrodt." There are lots of examples of a pharmceutical company making BOTH name brand and generic versions of a drug (Watson is probably the most famous around here. Watson manufactures the name brand NORCO as well as its generic).
My guess is that since everyone's body and metabolism are different, the generic vs name brand argument will never end.
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