Posted by Willful on February 28, 2014, at 17:29:44
In reply to Re: Article on FDA's 'first testing of generic drugs' » jono_in_adelaide, posted by Chris O on February 28, 2014, at 16:50:50
I don't think it's unreasonable at all-- and it's very clear that despite their other technological advances neither of these countries has meaningful quality control or regulaton of factories.
How else do you explain the terrible fires in several Indian factories that killed many workers, the milk from China that poisoned babies-- before that the bad melatonin, that killed a couple of people?
I personally think many of the generics are substandard. For one thing, you can't cut them correctly into pieces, as you could the original drug. They often crumble or are so hard that the force required to cut them can only be used for relatively larger cuts. Since I cut several pills into quarters, and the generic pill is very small and hard, this is a big problem for me. I object to having to take twice as much of a drug, in one case an atypical anti-psychotic, as I need.
So no, unfortunately, I don't think this is your anxiety disorder. There is clearly reason to be concerned. I hope the FDA does real, fullscale testing and imposes greater regulations on the generic market, particularly since many insurance companies, mine included, have a significant penalty for buying non-generics.
Emsam.
Abilify
Provigil
Rilutek
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