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Re: anyone ever had greater success on a generic?

Posted by undopaminergic on April 13, 2008, at 5:08:13

In reply to anyone ever had greater success on a generic?, posted by g_g_g_unit on April 13, 2008, at 0:26:16

> i guess this is a two-part question. firstly, i was interested in people's personal limits they set when trialling a drug? on 2.5mg of lexapro @ 2 weeks, i've been experiencing: mild sporadic headaches, total sexual numbing, restless leg syndrome and memory loss. i've been told by my psych that i am too impatient in giving up meds, so i just wanted to know how others went about with it? will you usually give an ssri the indicated 8 weeks unless you have like a total seizure? or are you generally quite intolerant? i may go up to 5mg just to see what it's like, but so far things aren't looking up.
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I'd usually give up after 4-6 weeks, if no improvement is seen, or sooner if side-effects are unbearable. For example, with sertraline, I didn't care much about the sexual side effects or restless legs, but eventually (after about 4 weeks) I had enough of the loose stools.

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> i was told as a generic it will be less potent, but also may have less sfx, so was thinking of making the transfer.
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A generic contains the same amount of the same active ingredient. However, different manufacturers may choose different selections of helper ingredients, tablet shapes, film-coating, colouring, etc. While I don't see how the tablet shape could matter, the absence or presence of coating could potentially affect the rate or completeness of absorption, and certain ingredients present in some brands could potentially cause allergic reactions that would not occur with other brands of the medication.


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