Is My Generic Drug Actually Equivalent?

Send us Fan MailSummary:  This episode discusses what makes a generic drug equivalent to a brand name drug, according to the FDA, and why some variability is okay - and unavoidable.    Also discussed is the importance of monitoring your response to the generic medication, use of Pill Identifiers, participating in the FDA Medwatch program, and utilizing your pharmacist for questions about generic substitutes, including the excipients that may be different from one manufacturer to another. Topics:·       Changing Generic Companies 02:30 ·       Sertraline (Zoloft) 04:00·       Drug & Quantity Same 04:30·       Excipients Different 05:10·       Bioequivalence 05:30·       Pharmacokinetics 06:00(Rate of absorption, Total Drug absorbed)·       Variance 07:00·       Statistics 08:00·       Confidence Interval 08:30·       Variance and Probability 12:30·       Monitor You! 13:45·       Pill Identifier 14:00·       MedWatch – FDA 14:40·       Excipients 16:00Questions and comments to  [email protected]