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Posted by SheilaC on January 7, 2010, at 12:03:16
I have had the worst side effects from Teva generics! I have had both their generic of Wellbutrin and Effexor and both caused unbelievable gastro/stomach problems.
I saw my doc today and he said I should have had Effexor XR - not the generic Effexor (by Teva) that I have been trying for the past month!
I never had any problems with name brand Effexor XR capsules or brand name Wellbutrin.
My husband also had a terrible reaction to a generic of Prozac.
Ugh! How many generic companies do we have to deal with?!
Now I will pay top dollar for the name brand and will inform my pharmacist that I do not ever want anything made by Teva.
Posted by janejane on January 7, 2010, at 12:53:34
In reply to Teva generics suck!, posted by SheilaC on January 7, 2010, at 12:03:16
I had problems with Teva wellbutrin too. I read they're going to do a clinical study to show that their wellbutrin is as good as the original. It'll be interesting to see whether it's ever published because I have a feeling they won't get the results they want.
Posted by Phillipa on January 7, 2010, at 13:28:00
In reply to Teva generics suck!, posted by SheilaC on January 7, 2010, at 12:03:16
I know it's so hard to find the money to pay for namebrand but it sounds like you must can you doc help you get them for less? Phillipa
Posted by TriedEveryDrug on January 7, 2010, at 14:45:03
In reply to Teva generics suck!, posted by SheilaC on January 7, 2010, at 12:03:16
You know... I always thought that Teva desipramine was junk.
I wouldn't be surprised if there was some underhanded dealings w/ name-brand pharmas... Teva purposely making crap products so people are forced to buy name-brand drugs.
But more than likely it's incompetence rather than conspiracy.
Posted by linkadge on January 9, 2010, at 7:44:45
In reply to Re: Teva generics suck! » SheilaC, posted by janejane on January 7, 2010, at 12:53:34
>It'll be interesting to see whether it's ever >published because I have a feeling they won't >get the results they want.
Yeah, they'll probably getteva < brand < placebo
:)
Linkadge
Posted by bulldog2 on January 14, 2010, at 10:41:09
In reply to Re: Teva generics suck!, posted by TriedEveryDrug on January 7, 2010, at 14:45:03
> You know... I always thought that Teva desipramine was junk.
>
> I wouldn't be surprised if there was some underhanded dealings w/ name-brand pharmas... Teva purposely making crap products so people are forced to buy name-brand drugs.
>
> But more than likely it's incompetence rather than conspiracy.Their gabapentin is excellent and I thought their nortriptyline was good. They actually have a good reputation.
Posted by TriedEveryDrug on January 15, 2010, at 23:30:40
In reply to Re: Teva generics suck!, posted by bulldog2 on January 14, 2010, at 10:41:09
> Their gabapentin is excellent and I thought their nortriptyline was good. They actually have a good reputation.The desipramine generics come from teva's acquisition of Eon Labs. Perhaps Eon is to blame for shoddiness in this case...
Posted by SLS on January 16, 2010, at 5:32:38
In reply to Re: Teva generics suck! » bulldog2, posted by TriedEveryDrug on January 15, 2010, at 23:30:40
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> > Their gabapentin is excellent and I thought their nortriptyline was good. They actually have a good reputation.
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> The desipramine generics come from teva's acquisition of Eon Labs. Perhaps Eon is to blame for shoddiness in this case...I find that the Teva brand of lamotrigine is inadequate to maintain the improvement that GSK Lamictal provides. Mylan is much worse, though.
- Scott
Posted by meAgain on January 19, 2010, at 21:19:41
In reply to Re: Teva generics suck! » SheilaC, posted by janejane on January 7, 2010, at 12:53:34
does anyone have experience with Teva generic for Zoloft or has anyone heard anything good about Greenstone's generics?
thanks guys :)
Posted by Phillipa on January 19, 2010, at 21:34:37
In reply to Re: Teva generics suck!, posted by meAgain on January 19, 2010, at 21:19:41
Greenstone xanax is real xanax same company makes it. The other meds don't know. Phillipa
Posted by janejane on January 19, 2010, at 21:35:00
In reply to Re: Teva generics suck!, posted by meAgain on January 19, 2010, at 21:19:41
> does anyone have experience with Teva generic for Zoloft or has anyone heard anything good about Greenstone's generics?
> thanks guys :)Last month I did some googling and found that greenstone seemed to be the preferred generic for zoloft (there wasn't a lot out there, though, so take it with a grain of salt). Unfortunately, I only took it for 3 days before I gave up due to the unbearable anxiety it caused.
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