Posted by circusboy on May 7, 2006, at 13:51:54
In reply to Re: week three on Prozac... brand or generic?, posted by blueberry on May 5, 2006, at 17:31:38
> I've been on and off prozac for years, with varying doses, and always found brand name prozac to be considerably better than generic. It's hard to describe how it was better, but it just felt better somehow. Two weeks after my doctor switched me to generic, and I didn't know it, I went back and told him something wasn't quite right, something had changed.
>blueberry -- I came back to Prozac after it'd gone off patent, and Barr Labs was pretty much the only generic manufacturer of the stuff. I noticed no difference at all.
Came back to it again later, using a new pharmacy in a new state, and they filled my bottle with capsules made by Teva. It certainly did not feel the same! I started feeling...I don't know. Not depressed exactly, and not like an impending "poop-out." Just not as good. My mood darkened a bit, it was harder to concentrate...
For a time I was also taking the 10mg tablets made by Par, but that was alongside the Teva capsules, so I can't really judge their quality.
I also agree that lower doses of Prozac are better. For a very long time I felt stable at 20mg every other day. The apathy was manageable and I didn't experience the long-term cognitive decline that 20-30mg brought on.
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