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Click the arrow to play audio file:Generic drugs are supposed to be identical to their brand-name counterparts, but they are much cheaper. That's why so many insurance companies and HMOs insist upon their use. Reports have been cropping up that suggest not all generic drugs meet the high quality standards Americans expect. We get perspectives from the generic drug manufacturers, a scientist analyzing FDA adverse event data, and an investigative journalist who took a year to look into the issue. Guests: Kathleen Jaeger, president and CEO of the Generic Pharmaceutical Association Thomas J. Moore, senior scientist at the Institute for Safe Medication Practices Katherine Eban, investigative journalist specializing in health care. Author of Dangerous Doses: A True Story of Cops, Counterfeiters and the Contamination of America's Drug Supply and of "Bad Bargain," an article in the June issue of SELF. The photo is of Ms. Eban.
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I am getting very afraid to use generics! I just got a prescription of diazepam 2mg made by Mylan Pharmaceuticals that did not even work. And I have been using valium and their generic brand for years.
I sure would be afraid to take a generic RX for anything serious like a heart condition. I take generic lisinopril for high blood pressure and I am very skeptical of their manufacturers. We are not safe in this country using most generics! It's time for the elected officials in Washington D.C. to do something to protect us!
You said it!
Re Coconut oil and the 'bottom burn' that occurs with diarrhea. Applied topically it stops the burning on contact and promotes rapid healing. My friend's husband is bed ridden. He was raw 'down there'. She was distraught because she did not know what to do to ease his pain. I brought her some coconut oil. From the time it touched him he was relieved of that horrible pain. ~ C
For 25 years I have taken Corgard which is for a prolapsed Mitral Valve. I have attempted, every once-in-awhile, to change to generic Corgard but it has failed me every time. After about 3 days, I begin to have chest pains, so generic isn't always the way to go.
I have no doubt generics can be effective, but they can also be UNeffective. Zoloft's generic, sertraline, worked fine for me for years. Then my pharmacy changed the supplier. It all changed on me, my symptoms came roaring back in a few days (and I had no preconceived notion about generics).
Just keep on top of your pills, the look of them, the supplier. If everything is working fine, and your pill looks different the next refill, notice your symptoms. "Bioequivalent" upon FDA inspection may not be consistent.
Has anyone had any issues using the generic brand of Celexa?