Warn patients that generic pills look different
Generic formulations of drugs using active pharmaceutical ingredients are an immense cost savings to patients and healthcare systems.
On the other hand, questions remain as to whether generics are truly equivalent to brand name pharmaceuticals. Are the pharmacokinetics the same? Are they bioequivalent? While this is a difficult topic to research clinically, I would argue that the vast majority of brand name and corresponding generic drugs are indeed equivalent (though there …
