Posted by blueberry on April 4, 2006, at 20:40:37
In reply to are generics weaker, posted by dondon on April 3, 2006, at 21:16:49
There is mounting evidence that generics are not equal. For example, a recent study with celexa showed that many people who were already stable on brand celexa relapsed beginning in 8 days after they had been unknowingly switched to generic. They recovered again after being switched back to brand.
Personally I can tell a subtle difference between brand prozac and generic. I can tell a big difference between brand remeron and generic.
Even though the drugs are basically the same, there may be different methods for arriving at the same molecule. And even just the tiniest little indetectable difference in a molecule or how that molecule was created can be a big thing when you're talking about the brain.
The debate goes on. But more and more there is evidence in scientific literature, like with celexa for example.
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