On Mon, 17 Dec 2007 10:03:55 -0800 (PST), Michelle la Belle





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On Dec 17, 12:59 pm, Charles <ckr...@SPAMTRAP.west.net> wrote:

http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-oe-wax17dec17,0,4773783.story?...

IT'S A DRAG when you suffer from depression. And it's really a drag
when the medication you've been treating your depression with
effectively for years suddenly leaves you feeling anxious, nauseated
or even suicidal. Even more of a drag? When you realize those symptoms
began when you switched from your brand-name antidepressant to its
generic version. But it's downright depressing when

your doctor, pharmacist and health insurance provider insist that
you're wrong, that there is no difference between brand-name drugs and
their generics, and that these side effects you're experiencing must
be in your head. You are, after all, "mentally ill."

Yet the true insanity lies in the way many medical professionals,
convinced by the FDA, keep pushing the myth that "generic drugs are
identical to their brand-name counterparts." Assurances of total
sameness "in dosage form, safety, strength, route of administration,
quality, performance and intended use" pop up all over the FDA's
website and are dutifully reprinted on the sites of health insurers,
drug makers, pharmacies and others whose interests it serves.

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I'm sorry Charles.
I have not experienced any diffference in symptoms or side effects
since changing from Paxil to a generic, but, that's just me.
Sometimes, I gather, a med that has been useful for some time can stop
being effective. that must be horrible. I hope it doesn't happen to
me.

I hope you get your situation rectified asap. Best of luck.

Not me, I use generic fluoxetine and it seems to work as well as the
real stuff. that was just an article I thought might be of general
interest.

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