Generic blog post | Lake Neuron

I went to the doctor today. He had tweaked the dosage of my thyroid medicine a month ago and had given me some free samples at the new dosage.
The good news: the samples did just what they were supposed to do, and my thyroid test was spot-on.

The bad news: the doctor decided, without much reason that I could see, that this related not only to the dosage but to the fact that the samples were name-brand Synthroid and not the generic levothyrox I’d been taking at the lower dosage. So he wrote my new prescription “dispense as written.” My health insurance doesn’t like me using a name brand drug for which a generic is available, so I will have to pay more. It’s not too outrageous, but money has been very tight lately and every little bit hurts or helps.

Of course, I didn’t go to medical school. Maybe my doctor has good reasons for thinking the name brand will work better than some equivalent. Or maybe the drug company rep who gave him the samples had a winning smile and a pleasant personality. I may never know, and this is the type of thing where you can go crazy if you keep trying to second-guess it.

http://www.gryfalia.com Kristi

So…why not just call and ask the doctor?
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So…why not just call and ask the doctor?
http://lakeneuron.com John

Well, I tried to tell him when I was in the office that I’d rather get the generic. I asked him if there was any difference, and got a sort of condescending “you’d be surprised” or something like that. But it was all so rushed.
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Well, I tried to tell him when I was in the office that I’d rather get the generic. I asked him if there was any difference, and got a sort of condescending “you’d be surprised” or something like that. But it was all so rushed.
http://mycropht.blogspot.com/ Katherine Coble

whoooboy.

Sounds like time for a new doctor. Seriously, he should’ve been able to give you a justifiable answer to your very LEGITIMATE question.
http://mycropht.blogspot.com/ Katherine Coble

whoooboy.

Sounds like time for a new doctor. Seriously, he should’ve been able to give you a justifiable answer to your very LEGITIMATE question.
http://www.gryfalia.com Kristi

I’d have to agree there. We’re in the process of finding a new doctor as well, but mostly because of his incredibly unfriendly and incompetent staff. Fun fun!
http://www.gryfalia.com Kristi

I’d have to agree there. We’re in the process of finding a new doctor as well, but mostly because of his incredibly unfriendly and incompetent staff. Fun fun!
http://www.inthatnumber.com/index.php Phisch

My SIL found out that there sometimes is a difference. AT least in her case. She got some anti-gas meds for my baby neice which worked. Next time she got the generic and it caused some sort of reaction. What she thought it might be is that, while the active ingredient was the same, the inactive one(s) may not have been and caused the reaction.
http://www.inthatnumber.com/index.php Phisch

My SIL found out that there sometimes is a difference. AT least in her case. She got some anti-gas meds for my baby neice which worked. Next time she got the generic and it caused some sort of reaction. What she thought it might be is that, while the active ingredient was the same, the inactive one(s) may not have been and caused the reaction.