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[quote=Anonymous]YES, there can be important differences between generics and brand names: 1. Inactive ingredients and coating may interact differently with a group of patients and may be less well tolerated by them. The studies done to compare generics and brands are not well funded enough to go into such detail. 2. Generics for daily meds may allow for greater variability in the active ingredient, thus not giving as reliably accurate a daily dose as the brand. A few years ago in Europe, the manufacturer of a generic thyroid medication, levothyrox, decided to change its inactive ingredients, causing a number of patients to have unwanted side effects. The American brand name Synthroid is not sold in most European countries, and these patients started lawsuits to get the generic formula changed back. For that same medication, it is well known that Synthroid is more accurately dosed and has less variability between each pill, than its generic. [/quote]
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