Posted by Squiggles on October 9, 2007, at 20:28:01
In reply to Re: Drug manufacturing and quality control » laima, posted by KayeBaby on October 9, 2007, at 19:20:06
> Sorry for digging up this old post but 2 weeks ago I was talked into trying the generic adderall and it is the pits. I have been a mess since day one on it. The month before I had brand and all was well. Since I started on the generic I have been wracking my brain trying to figure out what has went wrong with me. I have changed my supplements and everything I could think of till it dawned on me that I got generic and that is when things started going south.
>Every generic drug I have tried, has been weaker
than the non-generic. Infact, I suspect that the
lithium catastrophe may have been a result of
a generic type - as i asked for a generic, and at that time Health Canada had placed a warning about generic lithium being weak. In the case of a friend of mine, i believe that her switch to a generic AD, caused her to misinterpret her symptoms for the underlying illness, when infact it was a sub-therapeutic dose from a generic.As I may now speak freely, having attained some greater degree of freedom, yes, i agree generics are not what they claim to be, in my experience-- ditto for Xanax and for Rivotril. I dread the coming of the thyroxine preparations in generic form.
Squiggles
> Anxiety, irritability awful. Insomnia the first week, now depressed and ill feeling. I noticed that I feel ok till that crap kicks in. I am calling my dr to see if I can return the unused generics and get another script for brand.
>
> Oh, I had a couple of brand from last month and tested them out and felt a lot better. This is certainly not my imagination.
>
> Those generics suck!
> I'm mad I had two awful weeks because of them when I have been so well.
>
> Feels like ephedrine or some crud like that!
>
> Kaye
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