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Fillers and method of delivery can and do often differ between generics and name brand drugs. Though in practice very few people are really affected by that.
by pilsetnieks 11y ago
Fillers and method of delivery can and do often differ between generics and name brand drugs. Though in practice very few people are really affected by that.
- refurb 11y agoI'd say this is true is most cases. In the US, generic drugs only need to be 80% to 125% bio-equivalent (AUC, peak concentration, etc). For most drugs that's fine. However, there have been a few that have gotten recalled because they weren't bioequivalent. Wellbutrin is a great example. It took the FDA a couple years to finally force the manufacturer to redo the tests and fix the problem.