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Generic Medicines
Apr. 29th, 2014 11:18 amApparently not all generic medicines are the exact equivalents of the regular stuff. For example, I take Prilosec for acid reflux. Now, I migrated to that from Prevacid, and during the migration I noted that, whenever I switched, I had a day of stomach cramps during the cutover.
On Monday, I had another bout of stomach cramps, serious enough that I went home from work early. It wasn't until I got home that I realized the problem - I had switched from brand-name Prilosec to generic! I decided that if the differences were obvious enough to create cramping, the generic might not work as well. "Working" is more important than saving three bucks, so I'm back on the brand-name stuff and feeling better.
On Monday, I had another bout of stomach cramps, serious enough that I went home from work early. It wasn't until I got home that I realized the problem - I had switched from brand-name Prilosec to generic! I decided that if the differences were obvious enough to create cramping, the generic might not work as well. "Working" is more important than saving three bucks, so I'm back on the brand-name stuff and feeling better.
