Isn't it just like paying for a brand name in clothes ie irrational?
I understand up to a point that you feel confident buying from a trusted brand but don't all prescription drugs have to pass tests and contain the exact same product?
I read some fda thing or something about how the generics have to be certified to have exact same purity and contents of the name brands however does this still apply for european companies.
For example baclofen has tons of different name brands. I found also that even the same name brand - lioresal which seems standard in the US- has a spanish counterpart and their baclofen is a third of the price even though the name lioresal is used. When looking at the pharmacy of manufacture it said it was made the spanish branch of novartis rather then the main one.
Also there is another brand miorel which is made by the greek pharma company kleva. I looked online though and it didn't have any hits almost in google. So that wasn't too inspiring. Also with the greek financial crash I wonder if they might also have lower standards with their pharma industry - like where theres' smoke there's fire. If the economic system fucked up who knows what else they cut corners with.
The generics can be less than a third of the price of the well known brands so this is no trifling matter. But does that lesser price come at a risk to your health is what I'm trying to find out. I can understand that in western countries they still have to keep a high standard but what about these 'developing' countries where the generics happen to be from one of them?
I understand up to a point that you feel confident buying from a trusted brand but don't all prescription drugs have to pass tests and contain the exact same product?
I read some fda thing or something about how the generics have to be certified to have exact same purity and contents of the name brands however does this still apply for european companies.
For example baclofen has tons of different name brands. I found also that even the same name brand - lioresal which seems standard in the US- has a spanish counterpart and their baclofen is a third of the price even though the name lioresal is used. When looking at the pharmacy of manufacture it said it was made the spanish branch of novartis rather then the main one.
Also there is another brand miorel which is made by the greek pharma company kleva. I looked online though and it didn't have any hits almost in google. So that wasn't too inspiring. Also with the greek financial crash I wonder if they might also have lower standards with their pharma industry - like where theres' smoke there's fire. If the economic system fucked up who knows what else they cut corners with.
The generics can be less than a third of the price of the well known brands so this is no trifling matter. But does that lesser price come at a risk to your health is what I'm trying to find out. I can understand that in western countries they still have to keep a high standard but what about these 'developing' countries where the generics happen to be from one of them?
