Something like ADHD medication can make a difference. One of the most difficult months I've had has been a month where I tried the generic and the side effects were way worse than the brand name at same dosage.
The moral, for me, is to be very cautious with generics. I believe most of them are fine (I would never pay full price for Tylenol :), but the more critical the medication is to me, the more research I will do on the generic.
The FDA recently pulled a 300mg generic bupropion generic because the extended release formation produced nowhere near what the branded medication did.
Most generics are equivalent to the branded medication, but there are exceptions out there.
http://health.usnews.com/health-news/news/articles/2012/12/0...
if so, you're a liar. the generic patches undergo thousands of tests before a doctor ever has one prescribed.
sorry to burst your anecdotal evidence bubble. but you are fabricating things.
'Anecdotal evidence bubbles' are fascinating. Try posting links to research about the placebo effect instead of resorting to name calling.
But in my mind the generics are just as good as name brand, albeit sometimes different. I guess I'd be just as likely to react poorly to the inactive ingredients in the name brand and might find a generic better in some cases.
In addition, some of the details of the chemicals (such as I guess the angles of the molecules) may be different, because the generic manufacturer imperfectly reverse engineers the process used to make the drug.
Clinical trials to validate the generic are less strict.