Fixed income means one thing—generic drugs—I have to take 3 every day, so generic fits the bill.

http://www.fda.gov/cder/ogd/#Introduction is the description from the Food and Drug Administration. Legally, generic drugs must be identical in chemistry to the brand name drugs.

Now that I no longer have prescription coverage and MUST take Plavix and Lipitor I could care less if the guy down the street made my drugs LOL.

Thank goodness for generic drugs and Hatch-Waxman making medicine affordable!

I only require a thyroid pill having had my thyroid removed 20 years ago. I go generic. The ones that the Chinese counterfit are usually brand name. What many people don’t know, in this country, is that temp agencies have taken over the hiring of the workers for the pharmaceutical companys. This means half the wage they were being paid when hired by the companies, lg. number of legal immigrants (language ability?), fast turn over of work force, company not having to pay a lot of benefits they had to pay when company hired. Most are changed over after 3 mo. for new workers meaning former worker can’t draw unemployment, —a savings to company and a cost to us when the former worker needs to eat and pay rent. Fodder, for understanding how many ways the corps have taken over the way we the people and industry used to do business. Temp agencies won’t take resume’ unless you go to a ‘job fair’. This way they can see you, see your color, see your genderness, see your age, see if you’re fat or thin, SEE if you might be the type to ‘cause trouble’. Temp agencies are dangerous to our good help and good health. Is this called digressing? Haha. But, —it’s serious.

Some generics, however, are not the same as the name brand - and you must be aware of that true fact. I had a lotion name brand and the generic was a greasy ointment that stung - When I brought it to my dermatologist’s attention she said they are not the same although one was the “generic” version. She said this happens more than you know.

The majority of my meds are generic. Unfortunately, one drug in particular did not work as well when I was put on the generic. Now my doctor must fight my insurance company to get me approved for the name brand.

Sometimes the generic drug has a different delivery method, but it’s absolutely true that, by law, the ingredients must match that of the brand name.

I buy generic Ibuprofen, etc., but when it comes to prescriptions I still hang on to name brands, thinking they are better somehow. Thank you for opening my eyes. I will change them to generics and save a bunch of money. Really, thank you!

Only if my doctor tells there is Real Need for the Brand number. Thankfully, that is rare.

I only buy brand name if I can afford them or have no generic option. I have been on SSDI for about 18 yrs battling multiple cancers and now renal and liver failure. I take more than 16 different prescribed meds, vitamins, and mineral supplements daily. You do the math. A good question of the day would be, ‘How can you live on a fixed income and still afford adequate health care?’

Generic … makes me so mad. It is like saying there are WMD in Iraq.(because the goverment told us so) We are playing with people’s health. I have a son with Tourette Syndrome, I have had chronic pain for over 20 years and generic is not the same. Recently my son (now 29) was put on generic Zoloft after 6 months trying the generic he developed terrible indigestion then Akathisia (feeling like you are crawling out of your skin) so his dose had to be changed very drastically (lucky he has a doc that know that and watched him carefully) because the dose was so low a SERIOUS depressive state was just a hairs breathe away! After going back on the NAME brand Zoloft all the side effects went away. We were lucky my son and his Doctor work together and fixed the problem; it could have been a tragic error! So please listen to your children and also generic I feel have more side effects.

I cannot tolerate generic drugs, dont take many but when i had surgery, all the druggist would give me was generic for pain and said it was all in my head, wellllll it isnt, im not really allergic to them ,the generic ones make me ill,— nauseated, weak, headaches etc. i insist on “real” meds. dont go to that druggist now either.

There are many differences in medications formulas. Some of the “brand” name products cannot be duplicated in generic type form. It’s always best to talk to a pharmacist. They know all the up to date as well as tried and true info about meds.