Generics Are Powerful Medicine - News

"Why don't my generic pills look like the brand-name pills?" Ask Pharmie!

Fri, 07 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0800

Generics are Powerful Medicine is pleased to offer visitors to our website a new resource, Ask Pharmie. Ask Pharmie is an occasional "advice column" put out by another project at Generics are Powerful Medicine's parent organization Community Catalyst, Prescription Access Litigation. Ask Pharmie aims to answer common consumer questions about prescription drugs and the pharmaceutical industry.

Question: "I recently switched from a brand name drug to a generic version to save money. Although the generic works just as well, the pill is a different color and shape from the brand-name. This is confusing. Why don’t the generic pills look the same as the brand name pills?"

To read the answer, go here.

GPM welcomes Ask Pharmie!

Thu, 06 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0800

Generics are Powerful Medicine is pleased to offer visitors to our website a new resource, Ask Pharmie. Ask Pharmie is an occasional "advice column" put out by another project at Generics are Powerful Medicine's parent organization Community Catalyst, Prescription Access Litigation. Ask Pharmie aims to answer common consumer questions about prescription drugs and the pharmaceutical industry.

The following "Ask Pharmie" columns have been added to the Learn About Generics section of the website.

We hope you find Ask Pharmie to be a useful resource. If you have questions for Pharmie, or suggestions for future columns, please send your question to Ask Pharmie.

New Generic Drugs Added to "Is Your Drug Available as a Generic?"

Fri, 31 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0700

Our "Is Your Drug Available as a Generic?" tool allows you to look up many of the most prescribed brand-name drugs to see if a generic version is available. We've just added drugs that have had generic versions become available for the first time this year. Most of the information is from a page on the FDA website, "Generic Drug Approvals." The FDA has only posted information through August 2008. Other information is from news media reports. We will continue to update our tool as new information is released.

The new drugs include:

Activella
Aricept
Cellcept
Children's zyrtec
Copegus
Depakote
Depakote delayed-release
Dovonex scalp solution, 0.005%
Efudex topical cream, 5%
Inspra
Isosirbide dinitrate extended-release
Keppra
Lithium carbonate
Loprox gel
Marinol
Olux foam
Orapred oral solution
Orapred oral solution
Precose
Prilosec delayed-release
Razadyne
Razadyne
Requip
Risperdal
Sarafem
Sonata
Sular extended-release
Vibramycin for oral suspension
Xopenex inhalation solution
Yasmin
Zyrtec syrup (rx)