Guest guest Posted January 16, 2007 Report Share Posted January 16, 2007 Bob absolutely. When I first started to take amoxacillin early in the disease process I noticed the original smith kline beecham brand would distribute better kill more bugs and make my neck stiffness improve a lot quicker than the generics. I would actually swear black and blue to the pharmacist that I needed to only get in the real deal stuff and his 2 or 3 generic brands weren't kicking it as nice. --- In infections , Bob Grommes <bob@...> wrote: > > I am curious whether any of you on this list respond differently to > brand vs generic abx. My wife has found for example that brand name > Biaxin is *much* easier on her stomach than at least the generic brands > she has tried. In other words, while a generic has to have identical > active ingredients, it is not required to have the same excipients, > fillers, buffers, coatings, artificial coloring, etc. And this is an > area where they can cut corners to save $$. Anyone else noticed this? > > --Bob > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 16, 2007 Report Share Posted January 16, 2007 Bob, we used to have big discussions on this back when we were all taking minocycline. There definitely seemed to be different responses to the generic. As to Biaxin, I never responded to it at all, and I have heard other docs and scientists say the same. It doesn't seem to work as well as Zithromax, but, of course, you wife may be the exception - there always are some. a Carnes > > I am curious whether any of you on this list respond differently to > brand vs generic abx. My wife has found for example that brand name > Biaxin is *much* easier on her stomach than at least the generic brands > she has tried. In other words, while a generic has to have identical > active ingredients, it is not required to have the same excipients, > fillers, buffers, coatings, artificial coloring, etc. And this is an > area where they can cut corners to save $$. Anyone else noticed this? > > --Bob > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 16, 2007 Report Share Posted January 16, 2007 definitiely. Unfortunately you can only know through trial and error. pennyBob Grommes <bob@...> wrote: I am curious whether any of you on this list respond differently to brand vs generic abx. My wife has found for example that brand name Biaxin is *much* easier on her stomach than at least the generic brands she has tried. In other words, while a generic has to have identical active ingredients, it is not required to have the same excipients, fillers, buffers, coatings, artificial coloring, etc. And this is an area where they can cut corners to save $$. Anyone else noticed this?--Bob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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