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CLKD

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Supermarket or Generic tablets etc.?
« on: November 01, 2015, 05:02:06 PM »

We always buy supermarket 'best', costing pennies rather than pounds  ;).  Article in the paper yesterday saying that the active ingredient and quality will be the same as 'branded' medications.
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Joyce

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Re: Supermarket or Generic tablets etc.?
« Reply #1 on: November 01, 2015, 06:36:32 PM »

Always buy supermarket brand where possible.
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Re: Supermarket or Generic tablets etc.?
« Reply #2 on: November 01, 2015, 06:38:34 PM »

We always buy supermarket 'best', costing pennies rather than pounds  ;).  Article in the paper yesterday saying that the active ingredient and quality will be the same as 'branded' medications.

I have read the same and i do buy supermarket/generic versions of most medications (paracetamol or anti histamine for example)  but the exception for me is Ibuprofen. I still buy Nurofen as I find that they work better for a tension headache, particularly for a first dose.  I have tried to persuade myself otherwise but have failed.
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Re: Supermarket or Generic tablets etc.?
« Reply #3 on: November 01, 2015, 08:00:30 PM »

I buy Ibubrufen from the Supermarket and it works fine  ::)
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Scampi

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Re: Supermarket or Generic tablets etc.?
« Reply #4 on: November 02, 2015, 03:17:08 PM »

Cetirizine puts me to sleep, so loratidine it has to be!

I always buy generics, usually supermarket's own.  I'm allergic to ibruprofen, but when I could take it I bought the liquid capsules rather than tablets and they worked much faster (DD uses them now and finds the same - tablets take just too long to dissolve and start to work).
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