| Why we choose generic medication? The answer | | | | medications is as safe as their branded counterparts. |
| come in two words. The generic are "Safe" and | | | | The second word is "Affordable", this indicate that |
| "Affordable". These two words have important | | | | generic drugs are sold at lower price, much..much.. |
| meaning of why we better use the generic than the | | | | lower than its brand version. Why this could be ? |
| brand version. I will explain each of the definition of | | | | According to the previous paragraph, generic |
| those two words. | | | | medications have the same active ingredient with its |
| The first one is "Safe", what this is mean? It means | | | | branded counterpart. If they have the same ingredient |
| generic drug has the same ingredient with its branded | | | | the pharmacy should sell it at the same price isn't it? |
| drug, It has the same active ingredient, usually this | | | | Or maybe the difference is not too far between them. |
| active ingredient became the generic name. But then | | | | Well, the answer is because the branded version is |
| come another question, why the look, colour, and flavor | | | | always the innovator. The pharmaceutical company |
| from this generic medicine are different with their | | | | make lot of research and development to find this |
| brand competitor? This is what we called as inactive | | | | type of drug. This research and development activity |
| ingredients that used as the differences between | | | | spent much money and time. So when the drug is |
| generic medicine and branded medicine, this thing is | | | | made they mark up the price as huge as possible in |
| needed because according to the US law the generic | | | | addition to cover up all their past their R&D costs. |
| drug can't copy exactly the branded version. For your | | | | Some of popular prescriptions such as fosamax, |
| information, this inactive ingredient don't have any side | | | | metformin, norvasc, zocor, diovan, nexium, plavix, |
| effect for your health. If one of generic drug has the | | | | singulair, flomax, synthroid, and celebrex have their own |
| same active ingredient with that branded one, so you | | | | generic version too. |
| have the same drug effect. The point is the generic | | | | |