Tony & a.... Re: generic azithromycin?

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a,

Did Nicolson perform (or have knowledge of) any testing of the generic

mino? After all, it's easy to test in vitro.

Tony,

Do you pour your own agar plates? If so, do you use a stove-top

autoclave to sterilize the agar before pouring it? Or do you buy agar

plates that are already poured?

I've always had half a mind to test the potency of my generics, since

it is pretty simple. Mine are mostly from Southern Asia. I am not sure

personally what the FDA does to assure potency of either domestic or

foreign drugs. I don't think they do any examination of the

antibacterials I order from Britain, that are manufactured in Thailand

and India.

> Hi Jim and Tony,

>

> I understand that Pfizer may well be suing just to get more people

to take

> their generic. But it looks like there is a real difference in this case

> between the generic from Teva and the generic from Green___. I

forget the

> name.

>

> Most of us who have been around a bit know that minocycline had a

generic

> that was no good. Dr. Garth Nicolson recognized this, although now I

think

> there is a generic that is the same as the original which is no longer

> produced.

>

> I was able to get a refill of Zithromax yesterday which is Pfizer's

generic.

> I will keep you folks posted on whether it seems to work. I have been

> gradually getting very sick for over a year now, and that fits the

timeframe

> that I took less Zithromax and the Z I did take was generic and

seemed to

> have NO effect at all.

>

> a

>