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<blockquote data-quote="Lapper" data-source="post: 250003" data-attributes="member: 233">one thing people don’t realize is how dangerous generics can be.&nbsp; When the original company is making the drug, every batch has to be something like 99.9% identical in dosage and ingredients to the original drug submitted for approval.once it goes generic, companies from all over the world are free to start making the drug and the rules change.&nbsp; Now dosage needs to be within like 70% (don’t know the exact number but it’s a huge range) from the original.&nbsp; That means a huge swing n dosage either high or low.&nbsp; Doesn’t mean much on a cholesterol or blood pressure drug but has huge implications on other things like a thyroid medication.then comes what else goes into the pill ie the fillers.&nbsp; A pill is never all medicine.&nbsp; This is where you issure came from.&nbsp; The pills from that Chinese company were using a carcinogen as a filler and these things are not monitored by anyone for the most part.&nbsp; My local Dr has many stories of patients getting really sick or having allergic reactions to different fillers.you mentioned that your pharmacy couldn’t tell you the lot number.&nbsp; That’s because most places now have robots fill the rx.&nbsp; So they buy in bulk and dump the pills into the bin and away they go.&nbsp; If they get a better deal from their distribution center from another company they may get that and just dump it in and go.&nbsp; I’ve seen scripts filled that had several different looking pills in one bottle, all “the same” drug but look different.&nbsp; This makes it really tough on older folks taking multiple meds to even know what they are taking from day to day.its a huge frickin mess!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Lapper, post: 250003, member: 233"] one thing people don’t realize is how dangerous generics can be. When the original company is making the drug, every batch has to be something like 99.9% identical in dosage and ingredients to the original drug submitted for approval. once it goes generic, companies from all over the world are free to start making the drug and the rules change. Now dosage needs to be within like 70% (don’t know the exact number but it’s a huge range) from the original. That means a huge swing n dosage either high or low. Doesn’t mean much on a cholesterol or blood pressure drug but has huge implications on other things like a thyroid medication. then comes what else goes into the pill ie the fillers. A pill is never all medicine. This is where you issure came from. The pills from that Chinese company were using a carcinogen as a filler and these things are not monitored by anyone for the most part. My local Dr has many stories of patients getting really sick or having allergic reactions to different fillers. you mentioned that your pharmacy couldn’t tell you the lot number. That’s because most places now have robots fill the rx. So they buy in bulk and dump the pills into the bin and away they go. If they get a better deal from their distribution center from another company they may get that and just dump it in and go. I’ve seen scripts filled that had several different looking pills in one bottle, all “the same” drug but look different. This makes it really tough on older folks taking multiple meds to even know what they are taking from day to day. its a huge frickin mess! [/QUOTE]

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