Posted by Viridis on March 13, 2004, at 22:28:50
In reply to Re: Opinions on PurePac Klonopin (clonazepam)??, posted by NotAddicted on March 13, 2004, at 20:00:21
I've never taken name-brand Klonopin, but find the Teva generic very effective (yellow 0.5 mg pills or green 1 mg). One month, I went to a different pharmacy and got pink clonazepam pills from a different manufacturer (0.5 mg; not sure which company). These were noticeably weaker and less effective. I never thought there was much of a difference between generic and name-brand meds, but these definitely were inferior.
Now I just get a three-month supply by mail order -- Teva brand -- and all seems well. I mentioned this to my pdoc and he said that he's heard these sorts of comments before about certain meds, and given that the generics are allowed to deviate fairly substantially in concentration from the "real thing", he wasn't surprised.
However, he declined to prescribe "genuine" (Roche) Klonopin because despite my curiosity, he felt this was a waste of money if the Teva brand was working fine. I really can't argue with this logic.
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