Last week I had occasion to look into a new generic drug. What I found
was somewhat horrific. The generics used a sample of twenty people, ten
on the new version and ten on the original. The test lasted a few weeks
and the results showed similar drug blood levels between both groups.
The results stated that no side effects were seen, but that the sample
size and duration was so small that no real results could be given
credence. The drug was approved for the NHS with the caveat that side
effects should be reported. To add to my confidence, the drug was made
in India, but the packaging stated that it was made in the UK! When I
think of the lengthy trials that the original maker had to undertake, I
am now very suspicious of the quality of any generic.

It is of interest to see the efficacy of Sumatriptan (Immigran)
generics reported by various users. Some versions don't work at all and
the rest seem less effective than the branded product. I haven't looked
at the sumatriptan testing, but have my suspicions. The info is
available on the internet if you search the drug approval number printed
on the leaflet in the packet.

"Capitol" wrote in message
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Last week I had occasion to look into a new generic drug. What I found was
somewhat horrific. The generics used a sample of twenty people, ten on the
new version and ten on the original. The test lasted a few weeks and the
results showed similar drug blood levels between both groups. The results
stated that no side effects were seen, but that the sample size and
duration was so small that no real results could be given credence. The
drug was approved for the NHS with the caveat that side effects should be
reported. To add to my confidence, the drug was made in India, but the
packaging stated that it was made in the UK! When I think of the lengthy
trials that the original maker had to undertake, I am now very suspicious
of the quality of any generic.

There is a massive difference between a new drug and a generic.

It is of interest to see the efficacy of Sumatriptan (Immigran) generics
reported by various users. Some versions don't work at all and the rest
seem less effective than the branded product. I haven't looked at the
sumatriptan testing, but have my suspicions. The info is available on the
internet if you search the drug approval number printed on the leaflet in
the packet.

On Tuesday, 5 May 2015 23:09:58 UTC+1, Capitol wrote:
Last week I had occasion to look into a new generic drug. What I found
was somewhat horrific. The generics used a sample of twenty people, ten
on the new version and ten on the original. The test lasted a few weeks
and the results showed similar drug blood levels between both groups.
The results stated that no side effects were seen, but that the sample
size and duration was so small that no real results could be given
credence. The drug was approved for the NHS with the caveat that side
effects should be reported. To add to my confidence, the drug was made
in India, but the packaging stated that it was made in the UK! When I
think of the lengthy trials that the original maker had to undertake, I
am now very suspicious of the quality of any generic.

It is of interest to see the efficacy of Sumatriptan (Immigran)
generics reported by various users. Some versions don't work at all and
the rest seem less effective than the branded product. I haven't looked
at the sumatriptan testing, but have my suspicions. The info is
available on the internet if you search the drug approval number printed
on the leaflet in the packet.

What's your problem with this?


NT

at least they won't let you take generic Prograf Tacrolimus...generic MMF
is OK though .......

So its really a call on who inspects the generic output to make sure its the
same as the original one then. That is where the confidence should be.
However it has been known for a long time that noteveryoneone responds to
medication in the same way. If its a very old drug, for example unless the
drug is for a womans complaint, most of its testing was done on males.
Brian

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"Capitol" wrote in message
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Last week I had occasion to look into a new generic drug. What I found was
somewhat horrific. The generics used a sample of twenty people, ten on the
new version and ten on the original. The test lasted a few weeks and the
results showed similar drug blood levels between both groups. The results
stated that no side effects were seen, but that the sample size and
duration was so small that no real results could be given credence. The
drug was approved for the NHS with the caveat that side effects should be
reported. To add to my confidence, the drug was made in India, but the
packaging stated that it was made in the UK! When I think of the lengthy
trials that the original maker had to undertake, I am now very suspicious
of the quality of any generic.

It is of interest to see the efficacy of Sumatriptan (Immigran) generics
reported by various users. Some versions don't work at all and the rest
seem less effective than the branded product. I haven't looked at the
sumatriptan testing, but have my suspicions. The info is available on the
internet if you search the drug approval number printed on the leaflet in
the packet.