What is a generic drugs in pharmaceuticals
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2007-11-15 19:02:20
Answer:
It's like brand name products versus generic products. You've got Peter Pan peanut butter (the brand name) and you've got Great Value peanut butter (a generic put out by WalMart). It's the same product, just two different names and one costs more.
Same thing applies to drugs. You could be prescribed Motrin but receive Ibuprofen. It's the same thing, just two different names.
When the patent runs out on a drug, other companies can then make and sell that drug. These copies that are cheaper are generics.
A generic drug is simply a unnamed variety of a brand name drug, like generic Motrin would be referred to as simply ibuprofen 400mg....etc
generic drugs are the ones that have not been advertised, they do not waste money on expensive lables or anything, they make money by being inexpensive....they have the same ingredients as the name brands, just lower cost :]
Simply, it's medication made by someone other than the company who branded the original med. For all intents and purposes it should be the exact same drug made using the same exact process as the original. It follows the same 'recipe' hence generic meds should be the same as the original name brand med.
Generic drugs are drugs that are sold under their CHEMICAL NAME AND NOT under their -sometimes world known BRAND NAME.