Prescription Medications?!

Prescription Medications?

Why is it that when you go to a pharmacy to fill a script, that they always offer you a cheaper brand of that medication. I have discovered that even if they claim it is the same drug, and can have different effects on me. I think it may have the same active ingredient, but perhaps a different carrier - I am not sure. What is the legality of all this. Do the manufacturers have to have a certain percentage of the same ingredient, or what? I don't understand how they can legally sell it to serve a purpose, when it may not actually do what t is supposed to do.

Does anyone know what the laws are about this?

4 weeks ago
I usually always say yes to the hceaper brand, becuase I understand it is the same and don't care either way as long as it works, but I can tell you it is not psycholoical when I am actually having seisures using one brand, after i have been taking the original for months without a problem.

In my case it's our medical insurance that requires the Pharmacy to use a generic if available. We pay a higher co-pay for meds that don't have a generic available.

And you are right about the generics not having exactly the same ingredients. They will always have the same main ingredient but, the rest of the composition can vary widely.

If you had a bad reaction to a generic after having good results with a brand name it may be that you could not tolerate one of the inactive, or filler ingredients.

For you, taking the brand name would be a medical necessity and your doctor can write a letter to your insurance company stating that.