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How to order
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Step 1: Search our prescription drug
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Step 2: Click the appropriate link below that applies to you.
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About Generic Medicine
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Q .What are generic prescription drugs?
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Generics prescription drugs are drugs that have the same ingredients, doses, effectiveness,
safety, routes of administration, and quality and performance characteristics as
brand name drugs.
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Q .Why should I use generic drugs?
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Generics drugs usually cost much less than their name brand counterparts. In fact,
you can save 50 percent to 60 percent or even more by using generic drug alternatives.
And if you purchase them from us you can save far more!
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Q .Why are generic drugs cheaper than brand
name ones?
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They're less expensive because of the patent law system. When they are first introduced,
most new drugs are patent-protected by the government for many years. During that
time, other companies can't sell the exact drug. This allows the company that developed
the drug to market it exclusively and make back the research money that was spent
to develop the drug. In many foreign countries, due to the lower income levels of
most of the people, these patent laws are not protected and therefore the generic
versions of these Name Brand medications become available much sooner.
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Q .Are generic drugs as strong as brand name
drugs?
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Generic drugs are made to have the same quality, strength, purity and stability
as name brand drugs. They work the same way and in the same amount of time as brand
names and generic drugs have to meet the same rigid standards as the brand names.
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Q .Are generics as safe to use as brand name
drugs?
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Yes, because generics have the same active ingredients as brand names. They are
also proven to have the same quality and work the same way in the body. This also
means they also carry the same risks as the brand names.
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Q .Does every brand name drug have a generic
equivalent?
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No. Only about half of the brand name drugs on the market have a generic alternative.
That's because many drugs are still protected by government patents. As patents
expire, more brand name drugs will have generic counterparts.
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Q .Why do generic drugs look different than
the brand names?
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Generic drugs have the same active ingredients as brand names, but trademark laws
prohibit generics from looking exactly like them. Colors, flavors and some inactive
ingredients may be different, but the overall effect of the drug is the same. With
this in mind, you can save a lot of money by making the choice to buy generics!
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Q .Who should I talk to about my prescription?
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Ask your doctor if they would recommend taking generic alternatives if available.
Be sure to ask if there are any risks, side effects or reactions that you should
be aware of if you change to a generic medication.
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For years many pharmaceutical companies have scorned low-priced generic imitators
that have stolen sales from their multimillion-dollar brands, suggesting that the
copies aren't as reliable as the originals. Now, however, big drug makers like Merck
and Marion Merrell Dow are announcing that they will produce copies of some of their
own products to grab a piece of the $4 billion-a-year generics market.
For consumers who might have been wary of switching to equivalent products from
unfamiliar generic-drug companies -- products that might differ slightly from the
originals and might produce less satisfactory results -- this will mean a chance
to pay far less for a product they were already using, manufactured by a large company
they have learned to trust. But in the long run, the move into generics by major
manufacturers may squeeze some competitors out of the market, which could mean prices
will not fall as sharply as they might have otherwise. When Patents Expire Racing
to Be First On the Market More than 60 important drugs whose patent protection or
other exclusive rights expire over the next three years may be exposed to generic
competition. These drugs have combined American sales of at least $8 billion a year.
(Reference: By MILT FREUDENHEIM Published: September 20, 1992 in “The New York Times)
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