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Re: Generic versus Brand
      06/07/03 06:01 PM

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My local pharmacy ALWAYS seems to fill my scripts generic..I HAVE to tell them I want brand..this just makes me crazy..I do think that generic is a lot less potiant then the brand...Boo




I think if you were to read the FDA website regarding generics you would realize that the potency of generic is no less than brand, especially meds such as hydro which usually get an AA rating.

My honestly opinion on the whole debate is the same one I take on people who go into a grocery store and buy brand instead of generic. Packaging. Take norco for instance. Brand is pleasing to the eye, a nice shade of yellow. They have a nice feel to him...they stand out at you say "buy me". Generic norco on the other...plain, bland white pills. Nothing special...no fancy colors, no special stamps like norco...just a few required identifying numbers.

What's even more amusing is the fact that 50% of generic drugs in the US are manufactured by the brand manufacturer.

It's my humble opinion that the whole debate can be boiled down to the placebo effect in reverse. The mind has alot of power over the body, whether we like it or not.

But that's just my opinion and I certainly am not trying to discount yours. Perhaps you got a bad batch of meds along the way that were generic.

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