Posted by yxibow on September 21, 2009, at 4:25:12
In reply to Re: Dexedrine (Dextroamphetamine) Has Disappeared, posted by bulldog2 on September 19, 2009, at 12:59:58
> > teva's a horrible company for psych drugs. every teva drug i have is completley different than other generics/brand name.
> >
> > HEAR THIS: micheal jacksons propofol was made by Teva. Nobody says nething about that. Teva is terrible in my experience
What the heck does a generic anesthetic have to do with Michael Jackson's death ? It's been around since the 80's for short acting anesthesia.
Teva has nothing to do with an irresponsible doctor injecting someone with a drug to be used in ERs.
> I disagree. I've had Teva nortriptyline and gabapentin and both were excellent.
I've had "real" Lamictal, Teva lamotrigine and Apotex lamotrigine. I thought there was some difference in the way it took effect, but this may really have been nothing to do with the medication and instead due to raising the level of Anafranil as there really hasn't been any reports of thirst with Lamictal.
Teva has been one of Israel's most successful bio-tech corporations, and yes, it acquired two other companies (Ivax and Barr specifically) bringing it to the status of a multinational entity. But, that's trivia....
If you take an example of any generic medication, say a tricyclic or a benzodiazepine, you are bound to find by this point at least half a dozen generic manufacturers.Apotex, Teva, Watson, Mylan, Sandoz, Dr. Reddy's, the list goes on.
Yes, Teva is the world's largest generic manufacturer. They also have brought two of their own medications to market and are partering to do more of their own research.
My point is, I'm sure someone will find their generic to be "awful" compared to the original or another one because 1) possibly the binding is different meaning the drug is released a bit faster or slower or 2) it has nothing to do with the generic and they had a shift in their illness that happened to coincide with it.
It's a tight market out there so pharmacies frequently order different generics because the price for a particular generic has risen or fallen with the stock market and numerous other factors.I recently retried the Teva lamotrigine because I had some still around and I can't say I felt the same side effect sensation (yet) anyhow that I felt before.
Conclusion... I don't know ?
The pharmacy did say I could request the Teva generic instead of the Apotex if they ordered it a bit in advance. I think other pharmacies can special order that too -- depends on their flexibility.
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