Medication
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Generics – Part 4
June 18, 2010
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The new generic ADHD medication in Canada had Rick confused about what’s considered ‘the same as’ in the world of prescription medications and what the process is for getting a generic medication approved for use on you and me. Based on what he learned, he’s got a lot of concerns and you might too.
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Wow! Very cool. So good to know. Every time I watch a video here, or read a blog I feel both more in control and yet more… what’s the word… not alarmed, but feeling like there’s so much to be done. Anyway, thanks for the ammunition. Keep it up! We bought the extended version of the documentary, it’s awesome. The extra stories of Patrick and Janet are killer.
Thanks so much for explain this issue so clearly. I work in health policy and work with folks in health communication all the time. I mention because I’ve seen a lot of attempts to explain complicated issues like that of “bioequivalence”. This video is magnificent! (And I have to admit that while I’m not usually a flag waver for the FDA, I have to express some relief that I’m an American Concerta user.)
this is absolutely blowing my mind! I did a work term for school at a hospital Research Ethics Board so I was able to get a feel for what goes into a study – I am downright FLABBERGASTED at the numbers and methods (or lack thereof) to test this drug! 25 cannot be a statistically valid amount to prove it is effective and even then, these patients are not even ADHD patients! At least they should have done a double-blind study (randomly assign patients either concerta or the generic , have the meds look the same, the patient and the dr doesn’t know which they are getting til after the study is completed and symptoms are recorded)
This seems UBER sneaky and Health Canada had better get their butts in gear and stop this thing.
This is astonishing! Amazed that Health Canada approved this generic to begin with, let alone letting it be considered a replacement for Concerta….without testing it on ANY kids and only 25 people IN TOTAL (none of whom even had ADHD!!!).
I’m going to share this with anyone I know who’s on ADHD meds or *any* mental health-related meds for that matter. This is info we need to know before seeing our doctors AND pharmacists (especially the info from the other parts of this series about how pharmacists are getting ‘kickbacks’ for promoting generics).