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> Except nobody should actually be paying $22.80 for generic Prozac. You can drive to any local Walmart and get it for $4 and they will bill your insurance, whi
by indymike 5y ago
> Except nobody should actually be paying $22.80 for generic Prozac. You can drive to any local Walmart and get it for $4 and they will bill your insurance, which will count toward your deductible.
Except people can, and do, all the time. Source: they lady in front of me at the pharmacy counter today, who didn't want any "risky generics".
- thematrixturtle 5y agoI also used to think only idiots rejected generics. Then the Ranbaxy scandal happened. https://www.hindustantimes.com/columns/the-scary-truth-behind-generic-drugs-in-india/story-OfuB4lJAwWhBNkvg6pz3sN.html https://www.hindustantimes.com/columns/the-scary-truth-behin...
- coolso 5y agoI used to be okay with generics, until I realized that I wouldn't buy food that I knew was made in India or China. Imagine buying Cinnamon Toast Crunch if it were made in India. So why would I eat a prescription / OTC drug that's made there?
- thematrixturtle 5y agoBought any cheap pickles lately? (Plain old cucumber dill pickles, that is, not achar etc.) If yes, odds are fairly high they come from India. https://www.india.com/business/india-becomes-pickle-king-of-the-world-emerges-as-largest-exporter-of-cucumber-gherkins-5202365/ https://www.india.com/business/india-becomes-pickle-king-of-...
- coolso 5y agoThanks, now I know to check the back of my pickle jars before I buy them!
- ALittleLight 5y agoIs the lady who didn't want any risky genetics going to buy a generic from Mark Cuban's online pharmacy?
- indymike 5y agoShe might think that Mark Cuban is "that nice boy from Shark Tank" and trust his generics more.
- ipaddr 5y agoGenerics are like no name brands who fight on price. Quality can be different. Usually it doesn't matter but I've seen some cause headaches in some people where the original brand doesn't have that side effect.