REAL, FAKE, OR IMPOSTER: Prescribed Medications or Generic Medications?
Does it really matter that the pharmacy routinely replaces prescribed medications with generic medications?
“If a rose was called by any other name would it not smell as sweet?” Shakespeare, “Romeo & Juliet”. Medications: Generic vs. Brand Name
How much difference does it make if you take a generic brand medication instead of the brand name?
Does it matter? If it doesn’t matter, why do different companies make the same medications to sell for a various amounts of money? Why are they allowed to?
Why do we ever buy Brands? Is it all because of advertising?
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March 19th, 2010 - Posted in Medicines | | Comments Off
Relieve Migraine Pain
As much as 20% of the US population suffers from migraine headache pain, affecting daily life activities and having negative consequences for society. Because the effects of migraines permeate the lives of migraine sufferers, impacting job performance, daily routine activities and family and social relationships, these people are on a continual quest to find relief for the symptoms and ways to prevent migraines from occurring at all.
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September 14th, 2009 - Posted in Medicines | | Comments Off
Tramadol – The Cheaper Version of the Pain Relievers
Made in the latter 1970’s in Germany, it was believed that tramadol was more safe than opioid analgesics. Tramadol still had the same function on opioid receptors, but this was an imitation, cheaper version of the usual narcotic pain relievers, and believed to be better because it was very different.
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August 22nd, 2009 - Posted in Medicines | | Comments Off
Metronidazole is an Optimal Anti-Anaerobic Solution
Metronidazole is a nitroimidazole anti-infective drug utilized primarily to treat infections caused by susceptible organisms, especially anaerobic bacteria and protozoa. It is held up as the optimal anti-anaerobic solution.
In the U.S., generic Metronidazole with the trade name Flagyl, while internationally Sanofi-Aventis provides it using the same trade name. It is also marketed by assorted generic makers, and thus is available at more affordable prices. (more…)
July 7th, 2009 - Posted in Medicines | | Comments Off
Prescription drugs for neck pain with no prior prescription
It is not typical to administer prescription drugs for neck discomfort. In general, physicians are reluctant to prescribe drugs for neck discomfort until tests have been performed to ascertain whether this is necessary. The main reason is that prescription drugs that target neck discomfort are inclined to be quite potent, accompanied by serious side effects.
Instruction
Complexity: Moderate
Select the appropriate kind – Take oral steroids for intense neck discomfort which will not be helped by non-prescription drugs. Remember that you should not take steroids longer than one week.
Inform your physician if you suffer from diabetes or have any infection, since steroid drugs impact some bodily functions and may result in severe side effects.
Inquire about using narcotic type drugs for pain when the level of discomfort from an injury becomes too much too handle.
Inform your physician of any past drug use or addiction since narcotic medications have this potential. Although they can be effective for brief periods, there is the tendency to build up tolerance and even become addicted with prolonged use.
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April 26th, 2009 - Posted in Medicines | | Comments Off
Brand name and generic blood pressure medications
Blood pressure medicines get more expensive every day. That’s why lots of people with hypertension are giving generic equivalents a try. Brand name medications and generic medications are supposed to be equivally effective. Generics are just available more affordably. When the patent on a drug expires, it becomes available to be distributed as generic. This means that a number of companies can produce and distribute that drug, making it available at lower costs.
Doctors and consumers sometimes worry that generic blood pressure medications are not as effective as brand name medications. In particular, they are concerned that they may not really be clinically equivalent. It’s easy to see why lots of people initially think that less expensive products lack quality.
Brand name and generic blood pressure medications, however, produce equivalent chemical actions. For this reason, they are called “bioequivalent”. The only difference between generic medications and brand name medications is appearance, such as shape and size, and the types of inactive fillers that are used. Sometimes this is confusing for consumers. They are used to looking at their brand name medication, and the different appearance of the generic medication can be startling.
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March 16th, 2009 - Posted in Medicines | | Comments Off
How and Why to Buy Prescription Drugs
Do you get anxious when you need to fill a prescription? There are ways to decrease your monthly bill for medication, and even to stop taking some of the medications. In some cases it is very easy, but sometimes it requires you to make a commitment.
* Be prepared at your visit to the doctor. Think of any questions ahead of time and write them on a piece of paper. Bring a list of questions and make sure that you ask all of them.
* The most important question you should have for your doctor is why they feel that prescribing the medication is necessary.
* Could a change in lifestyle get rid of the problem? If you are carrying some extra pounds, could losing weight allow you to keep off the medicine? Would it help to start a physical fitness program?
* Is there a generic drug on the market that awill produce the same results?
* Ask your prescriber if the new medicine will have negative interactions with any medication you are already taking. Keep you medications listed on a piece of paper, and carry them with you in your wallet so you can refer to them when you need to.
* Once you are sure the new medication is needed and there are no samples available to you, ask for a month’s worth of the medication. This should give you enough time to find out if there are any adverse drug reactions, and if the medicine is truly doing its job.
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February 10th, 2009 - Posted in Medicines | | Comments Off
