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crimycarny

(1,669 posts)
3. Same here
Thu Jan 9, 2025, 04:32 PM
Jan 9

I have epilepsy and I do not trust generics to have the same active ingredient as the brand name. I have been getting my epilepsy drug from an online Canadian pharmacy for over 10 years now. My pills come in the manufacturer's box. I have never had an issue.

I would be more worried about generic manufacturers in general than online pharmacies. The FDA has little to no oversight of overseas generic drug manufacturers.

NOTE: I had always assumed generics were the same, or close enough, to brand name and I never thought twice about taking a generic. Then I started noticing certain generics didn't seem to work the same and I would have side effects I'd never had with brand name. That's when I started digging. I ran across the book "Bottle of Lies" by investigative reporter Katherine Eban. A whistleblower approached her about alarming quality control issues and falsifying records at Ranbaxy, one of the largest generic drug manufacturers in India (at the time).

It should be a national security issue to increase drug manufacturing in the US, IMO. 90% of generics are now manufactured overseas. Quality issues are so alarming that the DOD recently partnered with a private lab, Valisure, to test all generics for the military.

A recent horror story:
https://www.propublica.org/article/glenmark-pharmaceuticals-recalls-fda-oversight

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2 members have recommended this reply (displayed in chronological order):

I import a very expensive drug from Canada. rog Jan 9 #1
Same here crimycarny Jan 9 #3
Thanks ... I should check out Bottle Of Lies. rog Jan 9 #5
It's a very good read (Bottle of Lies) crimycarny Jan 9 #6
I've Been Afraid RobinA Jan 10 #13
DOD has partnered with an Independent Lab (Valisure) to test generic drugs as part of a study crimycarny Jan 11 #14
Sun Pharmaceuticals is based on India. I've ordered products out of Tara Skincare in LA until they got shutdown. LeftInTX Jan 10 #9
Re: Sun Pharma rog Jan 10 #10
I used to order generic lattisse w/o a prescription. Well, a few years ago, there were contaminated eye drops out LeftInTX Jan 10 #11
What's more infuriating, a $5,000 per month US prescription or trusting a generic from Canada for $800? lostnfound Jan 11 #15
Absolutely infuriating, and yet ... rog Jan 11 #16
Fantastic. I can conclude that US pharma corporations are most sociopathic in the world lostnfound Jan 12 #17
out of 35k pharmacies 30 were selling countefeits moonshinegnomie Jan 9 #2
Oh noes! You mean those 50-cent penis pill ads everywhere on the tee vee are fake? Oh noes!11!1!!11 PSPS Jan 9 #4
File under: Surprising No One. FSogol Jan 9 #7
It's almost as if area51 Jan 10 #8
Agreed, we need Universal Health Care, but most brand-name drugs are not manufactured here. rog Jan 10 #12
But they are PRICED here. Nt lostnfound Jan 12 #18
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