Generic Medications

[lesliepear]

Just found out my Xanax XR has gone generic - so I'm going to try it (saving 15.00 is worth it). I also just read an article in a Drugstore Trade maagzine my husband had that showed which medicines will be going generic in the next 2 years - I saw my Advair will go generic in 2008 (boy that's an expensive medicine without insurance) and my Zoloft in 2007 if I rememebr right. (You have to register @ drugstorenews.com or I'd link to it).

The only one I won't take generic is my levoxyl. It's my one life essential medicine and from what I've heard over and over on the thyca list, the different brands don't always work the same and the generic levothyroid isn't always from the same mfg when you order it. As long as my prescription plan considers it the generic for synthroid, I'm happy (so I pay the 5.00 generic price for it!)

In the list of top generic drugs, I only recognized one - amoxicillin. Apparently there are 2 different kinds of it - but given the # of children I know who have taken it at one time or another I'm not surprised. I think my cat Moxie took amoxicillin once too!

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[lesliepear.livejournal.com]

I try to mail order my long term medicines so I get a 3 month supply for 20.00 rather than a 1 month supply. I only have 2 currently I can't do that with - one is the levoxyl (heat issues), the other is my xanax XR (because the psy doc only writes one month at a time). Now that it's generic that will help though.

I was even suprised to get a generic zythromax (z-pack) the last time I was sick. It worked just fine.