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All About Cheap Generic Medications |
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| Date Added: March 19, 2011 12:12:31 AM | |
| Author: disrs45 | |
| Category: Health: Pharmacy | |
Now you can get to know a lot about generics. But the majority of people do not know for sure what generic drugs mean. And in result they are afraid to apply generic medicinal products although they are much cheaper than branded medicinal products. At the same time people who realize what generics constitute generally give preference to such medicines and save a lot of money. First of all, you should know that generic medications have the same composition like brand name medical products, including active ingredients and in-active substances. It signifies that generic medical products are identical to branded medications in efficiency, indications, strength, side actions, contraindications and other parameters. From time to time generic medical products have a different composition of excipients, but it doesn't influence the effectiveness of the medicine. The action of any drug is conditioned to the active substance, and active ingredient is always the same in branded products and generics. Before permitting generic medical products to the pharmaceutical market the study of bioequivalence is held. Branded medication and the generic one are regarded as bioequivalent in case the rate and availability after being administered in an identical quantity have the same effect. In case 2 medicines are regarded as bioequivalent it means that they are interchangeable. Taking into account that brand name medications are new, their manufacturers have to conduct different types of researches and to invest significantly to the marketing of the product. Moreover, obtaining patent for the drug is also quite expensive. In result, all the costs are included in the price for the medicinal product. That is why brand name medications are usually of high price. As soon as the patent is finished other manufacturers have a chance to produce generic products that are identical in composition to the brand name product. Taking into account that generic producers don't have any research and development expenses, and no patent costs, they can offer considerably lower price for their medications. As a result, the market of generic drugs allows you to obtain qualitative drugs, but at a reasonable price. |
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