Brand name medicine, or generic

Generics are the way to go.  No contest.

Brand names ARE different than the generic.  My pharmacists told me the generic has to be 80% of the brand:  80% is NOT 100% there IS a difference. 

I know of at least 1 med whose generic version is much different from the brand name ... so much so that it can have a fatal side effect.  Every doctor I've been to, as well as every pharmacist I've visited have repeatedly told me this.  

I don't know or care how good it is, if it is generic, I don't want it.  

Never as good. Never the same.  Especially DRUGS.



But.... now that I remember?  I got an ear remedy (generic) that was a fraction of the $380 BRAND NAME.  So I am full of it.  

I don't like generic groceries.  UGH This post was edited by WM BARR . =ABSOLUTE TRASH at December 31, 2019 10:14 AM MST

Generics are required to have the same active ingredient (or 80% of it), but it may also have other ingredients that are different from the original.  Those different ingredients may have side effects the original would not have.  

He isn't nuts.  Generics can be quite different from their Brands.  The inert ingredients are rarely the same and can affect how your body absorbs the medicine and how quickly that happens.  People can be allergic or sensitive to the inert ingredients.  My doctor refused to allow generics on certain drugs.  He kept up with complaints about generics not performing the same as brands.  

Is the active ingredient the same composition and weight? If so, generic is the way to go.