generic,s do my head in

how come the pharmacy change generics like underwear, you just get use to one an the find another thats 2 cents cheaper than that so swap again. One chemist i used to use swaped generics an everyone on sertraline crashed with a bad batch. it took docs around my erea an age to reolise ther was a pattern forming. in England this happens all the time, there is bound to be suttle different,s in the meds that will trip someone.It does my head in , i started a new generic again yesterday , i didnt have a choise thats what the chemist had bought in, so thats all you get.

I request a certain brand for my generic adderall. Go to a mom and pop pharmacy and they will work with you. Big chain pharmacies like CVS, Walgreens, Rite Aid, they are harder to deal with and don't work with you. Incidently, their prices are usually higher than the privately owned pharmacies.

I dont work do to my illness so in england my meds are free, so you get what your given ,thats how it works. When working we have money stopped every week for the nhs ita called national insurance . i worked out i payed in, about £60,000 in my life at work. Sounds alot an it is but if i had a heart transplant or somethng costing £90,000 it will still be free.but an imigrant that starts work in this country say last week an pays national insurance, gets the same free treatment.If you work you pay £8 every item you need regardless of cost , but still pay your national insurance. Thats what there trying to do in america ,an you wont be able to choise your meds then//

Oh ok, I did not realize you were not in the USA. I have no idea how it works over there. I know they work with me here and I am also not working and am on state insurance so I don't have to pay for my medications.

Another reason I don't want the government-run health care plan.........

Please bear in mind that for some meds the generics do differ from each other, and it can be dangerous to swap from one generic to another.

I am on a Lamotrigine generic, and got told if I start the titration process on this generic, I need to stay on it. Should I use another generic of the same drug, or want the original, I need to wean myself off and restart the titration process.

Unfortunately thats what happens when the pharmaceutical market is owned by a few corporations

You have just gone against what every drug an medical health statment says. They say all generics of the original med are the same an safe. Every time we script are med,s in england it could be a different generic of the original drug. So you are saying we should wash out before we start a differerent generic of the original drug. I would be doing wash out every other week in that case Our meds are based on cost to the NHS so which ever is cheaper thats what you get.You are affectively saying every one on generic drugs in england are in danger . Because are meds are different generic on regular basis. Just think if everyone was on zoloft instead of sertraline which has hundreds of generics, THE NHS would crumble under massive dept. zoloft the original is 10 times the price of the generic.

this is what my pdoc in South Africa told me-it may only apply to South Africa and it may also only apply to Lamotrigine. I know that some generics are interchangable, I was just warned about my Lamotrigine

Same here in the USA. Many antiepileptics like lamictal, depakote, etc... when people switched to generic from name brand they had breakthrough seizures. That is why many docs are recommending you stay on brand if you started on brand. If you start on generic, you will probably stay on generic.

With most drugs the differences in bioavailability for a generic usually doesnt make a difference, but in rare cases it really matters!

In the US over 10% of the generics that make it to the pharmacy are blackmarket. Even some of the legit ones are made in Costa Rica, where the controls are not as stringent as they are here. Which is why one can experience significant problems in maintaining stability on generics vs branded meds.

Thanks for confirming that Amazonmom - I thought my pdoc was losing it! Lol