Ive taken branded and i definitely feel calmer, strange, the generic always felt like i needed a top up.!! . I did find this good Article.
Active and inactive ingredients
Take note that while generic and branded medicines have the same active ingredients, their inactive ingredientsotherwise known as excipients (i.e. components not intended to treat the illness)are not always alike. In fact, many look and taste differently because they use different inactive ingredients. This may include flavours, colours, coatings, preservatives, and substances that bind the medicine together.
The danger here is that some inactive ingredients can have side effects on certain individuals. For instance, if a medicine uses lactose as an excipient, a lactose-intolerant person who takes the drug will eventually go through symptoms like cramps, nausea, bloating, vomiting, and diarrhoeaas if he or she drank milk.
Another thing you need to know about generics is that while it uses an original medicine's active ingredient, it's still quite different from the drug it's trying to copy. A patent does disclose the ingredients used but it doesn't reveal how the medicine is actually made. As mentioned earlier, other drug companies reverse-engineer the patented drug to make their own version, but the resulting product is more of an educated guess, not a copy.
This minor difference between generics and branded drugs normally isn't a concern, but it can be an issue for people who take time-release drugs, which are designed to release a continuous flow of a drug in your body over a certain duration (usually up to eight hours). The problem? Time-released substances used by branded medicines also have their own patents, which means the firms that make generic drugs have to come up with cheaper replacements that work differently.
The important thing to remember when dealing with branded or generic drugs is that patients shouldn't self-medicate, especially when they have serious medical conditions. The seemingly harmless decision to switch between branded and generic drugs without a physician's approvaleven if the medicines use the same active ingredientcan lead to unintentional double-dosing.
To avoid instances like these, always consult your doctor.
