tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2318756985870843725.post591724818451408504..comments2024-03-21T03:36:00.644-04:00Comments on Caroline's Breast Cancer Blog: An even playing field please.Carolinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14607559482363983911noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2318756985870843725.post-69959998014741985852013-03-21T07:01:56.512-04:002013-03-21T07:01:56.512-04:00The stories about reactions to generics always mak...The stories about reactions to generics always make me wonder if the 'recipes' the manufacturers follow are the same. Could the original manufacturers not be sharing everything? Or are the generic manufacturers changing something?Carolinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14607559482363983911noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2318756985870843725.post-73507206344020115622013-03-21T00:33:58.226-04:002013-03-21T00:33:58.226-04:00I have always heard that the "active" me...I have always heard that the "active" medication in a generic drug is the same as the name brand...but the stuff that the active medication is in (the "carrier" of the drug) doesn't have to be the same.<br /><br />I'm on a hypertensive medication named Toprol XL. I absolutely can NOT take the generic of this drug. It gives me heart palpitations & "flips". But I have no problem taking name brand. *However* my doctor doesn't believe it & therefore still prescribes the generic for me. Thus, my insurance company will only pay for generic. I must pay for name brand out-of-pocket.<br /><br />Disgusting but there it is. I've taken the generic by accident before (3x actually) and all 3 times, without knowing what was up, my heart went crazy after 24-48 hrs. on the generic.<br /><br />I don't have much faith in doctors, the pharmaceutical industry, all the "A's" (AMA, FDA, yada, yada, yada), any of it. I take my hypertension meds because I have to or I'll have a stroke. But these meds are doing other things to my body & I'm going to end up having a stroke anyway, somewhere down the line (drs have said round about my 60th b/d...I'll be 57 this summer). I'd love to just stop taking all my meds & let come what may. But the pressure that builds up in my body is breath-taking. Even my teeth feel like they're going to jettison out of my head sometimes. Ugh!<br /><br />God bless us all--AndreaAndreahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06906294073463591713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2318756985870843725.post-15854919559384968032013-03-20T20:35:03.172-04:002013-03-20T20:35:03.172-04:00Hi Caroline, I'd like to chat with you about s...Hi Caroline, I'd like to chat with you about something. Please email me at michellepammenteryoung at gmail dot com<br /><br />or see my contact information on my blog<br />www.pammenteryoung.com<br /><br />Thanks,<br />MichelleAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05734730638158205050noreply@blogger.com