I don't understand this Generic thing any more
By bonnie
@bunnybon7 (50970)
Holiday, Florida
February 21, 2019 3:10pm CST
When the stores started putting out products that were "generic" it was said this stuff was the exact thing as the brand products. and only cheaper because no fancy labels had to be on it.. 9 out of ten times it was just as good.
Then came generic drugs, Over the counter ones do seem to be just the same mostly too. But now prescribed medicine comes in generic also
which makes it hard to know why? They don't label it any different but the doctor calls it a different thing. My doctor said she was giving me Singular to help with breathing. So when daughter went to the pharmacy she picked up what they gave her which was called Montelukast 
So I of course thought it was something else.
Come to find out it is the generic for Singular. So if it is just as good and the same, why bother giving it a different name. So confusing for a lay person such as myself. Makes you wonder what they are trying to pull. So, now when they ask me are you still taking this or that? a person sometimes wonders Am I 
and just don't know. Any idea?
Photo here is me and my 2 daughters hamming it up on the couch trying to get a photo we all agree is good when the oldest came to visit us. We had a great time, but as soon as she went back home, she started hating me again for no particular reason 
Still don't know what gets into her. She is the dark haired one.
which makes it hard to know why? They don't label it any different but the doctor calls it a different thing. My doctor said she was giving me Singular to help with breathing. So when daughter went to the pharmacy she picked up what they gave her which was called Montelukast So I of course thought it was something else.
Come to find out it is the generic for Singular. So if it is just as good and the same, why bother giving it a different name. So confusing for a lay person such as myself. Makes you wonder what they are trying to pull. So, now when they ask me are you still taking this or that? a person sometimes wonders Am I and just don't know. Any idea?
Photo here is me and my 2 daughters hamming it up on the couch trying to get a photo we all agree is good when the oldest came to visit us. We had a great time, but as soon as she went back home, she started hating me again for no particular reason Still don't know what gets into her. She is the dark haired one.19 people like this
17 responses
@1creekgirl (44560)
• United States
21 Feb 19
Most of the time, generics seem to work as well as brands for me. But my husband has a chronic eye condition and has to take three different kinds of eye drops. Two are generics and work fine, but one of them has to be the brand name (and expensive!) one. He tried the generic and his eye got worse, so we have to buy the brand name one. But it's worth it if it keeps him from losing his eye (and not just his vision.)
Cute photo, hope things get better there.
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@shaggin (74988)
• United States
22 Feb 19
@1creekgirl I took Zoloft for years for depression. When they came out called Sertraline my insurance wouldn’t cover the name brand so I had to take Sertraline for a few years and it was horrible. It was only about 10% as effective as the Zoloft.
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@bunnybon7 (50970)
• Holiday, Florida
22 Feb 19
thanks me too. @1creekgirl
sometimes I too think generics aren't working right for me. I have one inhaler that gets expensive co-pay at the beginning of each year but still pay it and do without other things because it is all that works and if you can't breathe nothing else matters.
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@bunnybon7 (50970)
• Holiday, Florida
22 Feb 19
@shaggin so did you get back your good stuff or go to something else?
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@bunnybon7 (50970)
• Holiday, Florida
3 Mar 19
yes but for medicine it should not be like that.
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@bunnybon7 (50970)
• Holiday, Florida
4 Mar 19
@YrNemo me too. have to without money to spend on it. take what you can get i guess
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@YrNemo (20254)
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3 Mar 19
@bunnybon7 The moment I got used to some generic stuff, the same chemist would tell me, '' ah, there is a more generic one which is cheaper... " (I give up really with this generic thing!)
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@bunnybon7 (50970)
• Holiday, Florida
3 Mar 19
sorry for your loss too dear lady. hope you are still coping well
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@bunnybon7 (50970)
• Holiday, Florida
4 Mar 19
@jaboUK it is the best way i know. what i have done
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@jaboUK (64346)
• United Kingdom
3 Mar 19
@bunnybon7 I'm coping well, thanks Bonnie. Trying to keep myself busy and occupied,
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@bunnybon7 (50970)
• Holiday, Florida
3 Mar 19
thank you. it breaks my heart. i think it is because her dad and grand mother on that side turned her against me making up lies.
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@Courtlynn (67089)
• United States
22 Feb 19
My mom and I have wondered the same. As most of my medicine is generic instead of the name the doctor tells me. But they always say its the pharmacy that decides which you get. Unless your doctor puts 'not generic' on the scirpt. So who knows.
Sorry about your daughter.
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@bunnybon7 (50970)
• Holiday, Florida
23 Feb 19
you know strange you say that and i just read it.
because just about 2 hrs. ago I was asking the pharmacy about it on the phone and she said the same thing. to get my doctor to put "medically nessisary " on my prescription to see if that helps
smart girl you are.
smart girl you are.1 person likes this
@bunnybon7 (50970)
• Holiday, Florida
3 Mar 19
yes it's not the one i live with thank goodness. but the one in Ohio. she has always been one hard to get along with
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@nela13 (59367)
• Portugal
3 Mar 19
@bunnybon7 as your daughter she should treat you with love and tenderness.
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@GardenGerty (169406)
• United States
27 Feb 19
The paperwork should state what things are generic for, and the pharmacist should talk to the person picking up the meds. Often there is no difference in ingredients. Other times it is an inactive ingredient that is different, and can cause problems. Around here medicare/medicaid was not wanting to pay for certain seizure meds, but only the generic. At least one neurologist wrote their presciptions as "no substitute" because this was one of those cases where it did not work as well.
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@bunnybon7 (50970)
• Holiday, Florida
27 Feb 19
yes that is what was done. my doctor was back this past Monday and said she would state I needed the Singular instead of generic Monteluskat but she also said the name brand would cost 200 bucks. 
so I said i better stick with this in hopes. everything just costs too much these days.
so I said i better stick with this in hopes. everything just costs too much these days. @bunnybon7 (50970)
• Holiday, Florida
3 Mar 19
yes not always. plus you wonder if they are observed as well by the FDA
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@maezee (41985)
• United States
22 Feb 19
I tend to agree with you on the generic products debate. Yet, I know people who will NOT use generic products because they believe they DO NOT work as good as the original stuff. Even though the original non-generics cost so much more! And nice pic!
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@bunnybon7 (50970)
• Holiday, Florida
4 Mar 19
yes if we can't afford the real stuff we have to settle and that is just not fair as usual if you are not rich
@bunnybon7 (50970)
• Holiday, Florida
23 Feb 19
No. it is supposed to be "just as good" not better but cheaper because it is not regulated by the FDA as closely . so who knows if we are getting anything but sugar pills.
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@PatZAnthony (14749)
• Charlotte, North Carolina
24 Feb 19
Generic products do seem to complicate things at times. It would be nice if we were given more information when given the Rx.
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@bunnybon7 (50970)
• Holiday, Florida
3 Mar 19
yes and no matter what is said you just know they are different
@janethwayne (5191)
• Philippines
22 Feb 19
Medicines now are having generics but I think they are still good to take and cheaper.You have a lovely family.
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@LovingMyBabies (85923)
• Valdosta, Georgia
21 Feb 19
I'm sorry to hear about your oldest daughter. =( I will be praying things improve in your relationship.
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@bunnybon7 (50970)
• Holiday, Florida
4 Mar 19
thank you so much. glad your problems were worked out with your new living arrangements . i prayed for you also cause i know what that is like with in laws. now all i need is a prayer about my health.
i prayed for you also cause i know what that is like with in laws. now all i need is a prayer about my health. 
@Missmwngi (12915)
• Nairobi, Kenya
21 Feb 19
That is surely confusing.
Maybe she just misses you so much
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@bunnybon7 (50970)
• Holiday, Florida
4 Mar 19
no, she plainly says mean things to me and then hangs up.
@Nana49 (3399)
• United States
21 Feb 19
Hi that is a sweet picture of you guys :) i buy generic brands of just about everthing and i do get generic brand medication as well inface i will.ask the dr to prescribe me the genetic to save cost so im already expecting. The generic when i pick it up ..
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@bunnybon7 (50970)
• Holiday, Florida
4 Mar 19
if you are not allergic to a ton of things like me, then i can see the trust. i used to be the same. before i aged and got so disabled with so many things
