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Originally Posted by Z K
"All generic drugs approved by FDA have the same high quality, strength, purity and stability as brand-name drugs. And, the generic manufacturing, packaging, and testing sites must pass the same quality standards as those of brand name." Quoted from the FDA web site. I've seen a lot of generic products never make it to market and approvals get yanked.
Of course generics are needed. The costs are much less than the branded drugs. Customers save money in getting the same products. And in the case of "authorized generics", they are even made by the same companies who make the branded product and is essentially the same product!
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+1 refusing to use generics is something I see from drug abusers who need to sell their meds on the street no real other reason to spend more for the same chemical entity. Its not the same as a knock of soda or something its a chemical stucture, if it has the same one it is the same thing.