Midwest-“Some people think that the big drug companies are using the threat from generics to keep their prices artifically high, costing us lots of $$$ extra. ”
-Im not sure what that means. What threat, that generics are bad?
Also unless someone specifically needs to avoid certain ingredients in a generic and needs a brand name, I can understand why someone might go for that. Not that a brand name is guaranteed to solve the problem, I mean unless brand name drugs are custom fit for everyones needs which I dont think they are, why buy it over the other which is much less expensive? Whos promising that brand names dont have any inactive ingredients that one needs to avoid over generics? And there are also usually more than one generic company or these types so they can just toggle through different generics.
It seems to me that many people might get a brand name thinking its safer or more effective than generic. Is there any truth to that? I mean unless its like a dollar difference then maybe you can get a brand name over generic, but even then, is there any advantage? Can inactive ingredients interfere and affect the active ingredient? Otherwise Im not sure why or how brand names would stay in business once the generic versions come out. I mean purchasing a box of 25 tylenol brand for like 4 or 5 bucks which might seem like a deal, when you can get a box of 50 for a dollar and some change, the former isnt that tempting after all.
(We should never need to use these things just speculation)