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0 pointsmonetus7y ago0 comments

It doesn't have to be fake to cause harm, at least for epilepsy. The filler in the pills can vary by manufacturer.

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Yup. Insurance companies like to pretend all generics are the same, but they are not. Getting them to pay for the brand because all of a sudden your pharmacy switches generic brands is almost impossible.

aflessner7y ago

Can you explain what is different about certain generics?

monetusOP7y ago

Generics, all of them I'd intuit, seem to be manufactured with the same active ingredients but different 'filler' ingredients that are non-active.

Abruptly changing that filler could very well send an epileptic into a static seizure.

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