Posted by Quintal on March 20, 2007, at 12:32:15
In reply to Generic Parnate, posted by Crazy Horse on March 20, 2007, at 11:29:04
It's possible you don't get the most out of the particular formulation of the generic brand you were using, but all tablets that contain 10mg tranylcypromine are genuine and real medicines. My psychiatric nurse once asked a pharmacology professor if he believed there was a difference between brands, and he said in his own personal opinion there was a potential for different effects due to the different binders, colorants and fillers used. They can affect rates of absorption and the site in the gut where most of the drug is absorbed, and that can make a difference to the overall effect of the drug.
You might then assume that generics are inferior and the most reliable response is to the brand name drug, but that isn't the case. My psychiatric nurse had many patients who only responded to one particular make, and it wasn't the brand name Prozac, it was generic Dr. Reddy's fluoxetine that was often most effective. Some generic manufacturers by either accident or design produce medicines superior to the brand name manufacturers.
Q
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