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Lamictal - switch to generic lamotrigine?
Fri, 08/08/2008 - 18:27Comments
Re: Talking to your doctor about switching
Submitted by daydreamer410 on Wed, 2008-10-22 - 21:00
Re: Talking to your doctor about switching
Submitted by robl on Wed, 2009-06-10 - 02:27
The one time I had generic was not good. I started having seizures again. The chemistry is different in the generics. For me, the name brand is like driving a Mercedes and the generic is like driving a truck. Fortunately I live in a country where I only have to pay 10 bucks a prescription.
The one time I had generic was not good. I started having seizures again. The chemistry is different in the generics. For me, the name brand is like driving a Mercedes and the generic is like driving a truck. Fortunately I live in a country where I only have to pay 10 bucks a prescription.
Talking to your doctor about switching
Submitted by apmast on Fri, 2008-10-17 - 10:06
I was concerned when the Walmart pharmacy changed me from Lamictal to the generic. I asked them if that was something they could do and they assured me it was. I contacted my doctor and he said that if I wanted he would give me a lacmital (only) script. I told him that the generic saves me $35 a month and that I would stick with it. I then told him that I didn't want to lose my license if I had a seizure and he said, "You won't lose your license because I authorized that you can be on generic so the "own us" would fall on me."
So, I urge anybody who has switched to generic to contact their prescriber and make sure that if they do have a breakthrough seizure that they are not liable to losing their license. It's worth the phone call or (better yet) written consent.
Cheers, Andrew
I was concerned when the Walmart pharmacy changed me from Lamictal to the generic. I asked them if that was something they could do and they assured me it was. I contacted my doctor and he said that if I wanted he would give me a lacmital (only) script. I told him that the generic saves me $35 a month and that I would stick with it. I then told him that I didn't want to lose my license if I had a seizure and he said, "You won't lose your license because I authorized that you can be on generic so the "own us" would fall on me."
So, I urge anybody who has switched to generic to contact their prescriber and make sure that if they do have a breakthrough seizure that they are not liable to losing their license. It's worth the phone call or (better yet) written consent.
Cheers, Andrew