Faced with rising health care costs and a recession, many people are looking for ways to cut back on their monthly medical bills. One way we can do this is by choosing generic over brand name drugs. But some have reservations about opting for the cheaper choice, assuming that more money means a better pill. Are they the same? (more…)

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 his signature it means that a patient or a pharmacy may choose between the brand name drug and the generic version of that very drug.

It is quite naturally that manufacturers as well as companies that developed and patented the drug would prove that the brand name drugs are better than generics and are superior to them. And of course those who produced generics would make you believe that there is no a significant difference between two such medications. (more…)