Generic drug (plural generic drugs, in abbreviated form - generics) - is medicament that is bioequivalent to registered patent medicine taking into consideration its pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic features. These drugs are usually sold cheaper than…

Looking at the bottom of your prescription, you have probably seen two signature lines. On the first line it is printed “Product Selection Permitted” while on the other one it is “Dispense as Prescribed”. Depending on where your doctor has appended…

The Alliance of Minority Medical Associations (AMMA) and the Benenson Strategy Group held a national media briefing on poll results examining health care access and affordability in the US today. Dr. Randall Maxey, M.D., said that polling data show that…

A generic drug is a duplicate that is same as its brand-name drug. Generic drug is same as its brand-name drug in many respects such as dosage, safety, strength, quality, intended use and performance. Generic drugs are safe. FDA requires that all drugs…

Everybody face the question, whether generic drugs effective, while purchasing the medicines. The first thing that I would like everybody to understand that generic drugs are effective similarly like the branded drugs. Generic drugs are the adapted version…

A lot of people do not know exactly what generic drugs mean. This misunderstanding often results in underestimation of generics and people may not use the opportunity to save more money by buying drugs cheaper or on the contrary consider them to be exactly…

Every time I pick up my medication, I see that there is a generic name but the pharmacist says there is no generic available. Why? And how do I know if the medication I’m taking is available in generic?