Sick and tired of high drug costs? You're not alone. Americans spend more than 150 billion dollars per year on pharmaceuticals, and with costs rising all the time, many are looking to generic alternatives. These products promise the same benefits as their name-brand equivalents, but at a fraction of the cost. When considering something as important as your personal health, do generic drugs measure up?
Although the FDA gives assurances as the safety and efficacy of generic drugs, generics do not undergo human testing to assure that they are safe and effective. The thinking is that since the active ingredient is the same as in an approved brand name drug (which was tested for safety and efficacy) and it is released at roughly the same rate, it should behave the same way in the body. For the reasons noted below, this reasoning may not always be correct.
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