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Topic	Patient: "I'm allergic to generic drugs"
hockeybub89 09/28/23 2:51:49 PM #16:	COVxy posted... Threaten to call her doc to confirm lol. Some of them don't even exist on the market anymore, at least not through any of our vendors. And we're not taking a big loss because of a made-up allergy. [LFAQs-redacted-quote] Generics wouldn't even be considered therapeutically equivalent in those cases. JumpstyIe posted... genuinely curious/uneducated, are generics more likely to be foreign or something? why racists? A lot of it is made in China or India and I've literally had patients when I was at CVS that would say "I can't take that Chinese crap". s0nicfan posted... Are the people in these instances showing up at the pharmacy with a prescription for a generic and trying to get name brands? Or are they showing up with the prescription for a name brand and then complaining when they're being given a generic? The former. We'll sometimes substitute brand if insurance won't cover the generic or there's a backorder, but we don't load up on pricy or obscure brand names just for the hell of it. We'd give brand if a doctor said to dispense brand and it was available and covered Sariana21 posted... Tbf, generics might have different fillers, which could potentially trigger an allergic reaction. But it would not be universal to all generics. Correct. Hospy posted... My dad is on blood pressure meds and one of the side effects is he occasionally coughs. He coughs a lot more when he switched to generic. It's definitely something that can possibly happen, but not just for "generics". We've had patients that tell us only certain generic manufacturers of a certain drug work for them. Thyroid meds in particular can be difficult for people to switch. --- http://card.psnprofiles.com/1/NIR_Hockey.png he/him/they/them <cite>hockeybub89 posted [p:976358993] in Patient: "... [t:80579560]...</cite> <quote>COVxy posted... </cite><quote>Threaten to call her doc to confirm lol.</quote>Some of them don't even exist on the market anymore, at least not through any of our vendors. And we're not taking a big loss because of a made-up allergy.<cite>[LFAQs-redacted-quote]</cite> Generics wouldn't even be considered therapeutically equivalent in those cases.JumpstyIe posted... </cite><quote>genuinely curious/uneducated, are generics more likely to be foreign or something? why racists?</quote>A lot of it is made in China or India and I've literally had patients when I was at CVS that would say "I can't take that Chinese crap".s0nicfan posted... </cite><quote>Are the people in these instances showing up at the pharmacy with a prescription for a generic and trying to get name brands? Or are they showing up with the prescription for a name brand and then complaining when they're being given a generic?</quote>The former. We'll sometimes substitute brand if insurance won't cover the generic or there's a backorder, but we don't load up on pricy or obscure brand names just for the hell of it. We'd give brand if a doctor said to dispense brand and it was available and coveredSariana21 posted... </cite><quote>Tbf, generics might have different fillers, which could potentially trigger an allergic reaction. But it would not be universal to all generics.</quote>Correct.Hospy posted... </cite><quote>My dad is on blood pressure meds and one of the side effects is he occasionally coughs. He coughs a lot more when he switched to generic.</quote>It's definitely something that can possibly happen, but not just for "generics". We've had patients that tell us only certain generic manufacturers of a certain drug work for them. Thyroid meds in particular can be difficult for people to switch. --- http://card.psnprofiles.com/1/NIR_Hockey.pnghe/him/they/them</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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