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<blockquote data-quote="UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)" data-source="post: 1267477" data-attributes="member: 12570"><p>99.9% of the time this is true.</p><p></p><p>The last time my son was home we talked about the differences between brand name and generic medicine. He said there are companies overseas that can breakdown the ingredients found in brand name meds and create a similar generic version which is much cheaper and equally effective. It's called reverse something or other (I forgot the actual term). There is either a 5 or 7 year moratorium imposed to protect the major pharmaceutical companies but in some cases they waive this in exchange for a royalty. This is most prevalent in third world countries where the price of brand name medicine is often out of reach. I normally ask for the generic but there have been times when I have been told that there is no generic version or the brand name version works more effectively.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="UpstateNYUPSer(Ret), post: 1267477, member: 12570"] 99.9% of the time this is true. The last time my son was home we talked about the differences between brand name and generic medicine. He said there are companies overseas that can breakdown the ingredients found in brand name meds and create a similar generic version which is much cheaper and equally effective. It's called reverse something or other (I forgot the actual term). There is either a 5 or 7 year moratorium imposed to protect the major pharmaceutical companies but in some cases they waive this in exchange for a royalty. This is most prevalent in third world countries where the price of brand name medicine is often out of reach. I normally ask for the generic but there have been times when I have been told that there is no generic version or the brand name version works more effectively. [/QUOTE]
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