Working in a pharmacy I see a lot of women buying Plan B. We have to ask if they want the brand name or the generic. I usually get looked at like I have 5 heads when I ask them. Most of the time they give me attitude and tell me they don't trust the generic and are ok with spending almost $30 more.

But honestly, how do you feel? Would you trust a generic of Plan B?

I'm just curious and bored tonight lol

Yeah, they're exactly the same aren't they?

Quoting Noneya Business:" Working in a pharmacy I see a lot of women buying Plan B. We have to ask if they want the brand name ... [snip!] ... almost $30 more. But honestly, how do you feel? Would you trust a generic of Plan B? I'm just curious and bored tonight lol"

Same stuff really. The formula has been sold to other companies making it "generic".

Generic just means the patent on the drug has run out.

So yes, I'd buy generic.

Yep,I always get generic when I can. I don't like paying extra just b/c it's "name brand" (medication or anything else)

I would think the FDA would have standards to make the generic and the name brand equivalent but I could be wrong. And yes I would get the generic.

I usually buy generic with medication. I took the generic plan B one step, and i still ended up pregnant. But I dont think it had to do with the fact it was generic. I dont trust plan B anymore in general.

I worked in a pharmacy for years.... for me, I've always used generic.. 99% of the time, it's the exact same stuff

According to a federal pharmecuetical (cant spell that) law, all medicines are supposed to be made with the same ingredients and potency in the US. Whether it be generic or not, so in theory they'll work the same.

Although not all generics work the same as the brand name.

My son takes Intuniv and can't take the generic.

I probably would trust it. I used generics all the time. Except the Intuniv. Obviously having him getting suspended from school wasn't worth using the generics.

Quoting Daesey:" I worked in a pharmacy for years.... for me, I've always used generic.. 99% of the time, it's the exact same stuff"

Same here. My insurance usually only covers generics anyway. The only thing that I have noticed to be different is BC. The pills I used to take were awesome. Then my insurance stopped covering it and I had to switch the the generic and I broke out horrible, I had painful periods, I was moody and it was just horrible.

Quoting Noneya Business:" Same here. My insurance usually only covers generics anyway. The only thing that I have noticed to ... [snip!] ... it and I had to switch the the generic and I broke out horrible, I had painful periods, I was moody and it was just horrible."

Agreed! I say 99% of the time b/c sometimes a generic will have some filler ingredient that's different and you'd get reactions like yours. For the most part, tho... I wouldn't buy brand name just for the name  

Quoting *Mary Moon*:" I would think the FDA would have standards to make the generic and the name brand equivalent but I could be wrong. And yes I would get the generic."

It is, the only difference might be inert ingredients. The active ingredients must be the same. So it is possible to be allergic to generic & not name brand, or vice versa, if your allergy is to a non active component, but that is the only difference it would make.

Quoting TheCoopersKnitWitch:" According to a federal pharmecuetical (cant spell that) law, all medicines are supposed to be made with ... [snip!] ... generics all the time. Except the Intuniv. Obviously having him getting suspended from school wasn't worth using the generics."

Yep - I've also seen some people have issue with generics in thyroid meds specifically too. Sometimes a dose adjustment fixes that, other times they have to stick with brand name.

Quoting justanothamotha:" Yep - I've also seen some people have issue with generics in thyroid meds specifically too. Sometimes a dose adjustment fixes that, other times they have to stick with brand name."

Yeah my son's meds. If he's on the brand name, he can keep his safety level to about 80% at school.

The state refused to pay for our brand name, because it went from being on a coupon($15) to normal price ($300), and they said we had to have valid proof that generics or other medications didn't work.

So we switched him to generics, the only real difference was one was time released and one wasn't(and obviously a generic), and his behavior tanked. He went from 80% safety to like 40% got suspended, did a lot of self harm, a lot of physical harm to others. Before the teacher begged us to fix it.

I told her what it would take, she printed out the specs on what was happening, and we took him back to his pedi and submitted all the information, and now he's back on brand name, and his behavior has gotten better again.

It's amazing how that works.

meds are meds..generic is the exact same so I always buy generic meds