Posted by bleauberry on November 11, 2008, at 21:10:13
In reply to Re: Is there a generic Lexapro? » bleauberry, posted by yxibow on November 11, 2008, at 0:19:56
Obviously not all meds are available as generic or brand for reasons you mentioned.
When there is a choice, my preferred line of attack is to start with the brand. If that med works, cool, then try switching to the generic to save money. If that works, cool. If it doesn't work, go back to the brand. If someone starts on the generic, they don't do well, and then they move on to some other med, they never even had a chance to try the real stuff. As I said, I could dig up 100 posts of people who noticed huge differences between brand and generic, myself included. Some of the more popular ones have been xanax, prozac, wellbutrin, dexedrine.
When it comes to mental health, the games the insurance companies play and the cost of the prescription should have nothing at all to do with the decision of which med to take. There is too much at stake to mess around. Duplicate the clinical trials whenever possible. That means take brand if it is on the market.
That being said, to be fair, I have heard several people say they like the generic provigil from mailorder India better than brand. The point is, brand and generic often...often enough to be taken seriously...have different results.
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