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Any reason to buy branded when generics are available? So far my takeaway was the difference goes to marketing budgets resulting in more prime time ads.
by a_imho 7y ago
Any reason to buy branded when generics are available? So far my takeaway was the difference goes to marketing budgets resulting in more prime time ads.
- cygaril 7y agoBranded medicines are more effective and result in fewer reported side effects, despite being pharmacologically identical. Many citations available, eg https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/23115341/?i=2&from=/26462056/related https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/23115341/?i=2&from=/26...
- a_imho 7y agoAll tablets were placebos. Isn't this basically measuring placebo effect?
- minipci1321 7y agoLike this one for example? https://www.fda.gov/drugs/drug-safety-and-availability/fda-updates-and-press-announcements-angiotensin-ii-receptor-blocker-arb-recalls-valsartan-losartan https://www.fda.gov/drugs/drug-safety-and-availability/fda-u...
- lonelappde 7y agoYou forgot bribing doctor's to prescribe variants that aren't generic.