Name brand and generic medication

[Guest guest]

I have Hypothyroidism and was originally prescribed Synthroid but my

insurance recentely changed and now my prescription card wants to

give me generic version of Synthroid. Anyone know if there is a

difference in the 2?

Thanks,

[Guest guest]

I have been told by Pharmacists as well as Drs that the generic is not as

stable... I had one Pharmacists I am acquainted with via Homeschool who

advised not to take generic... he had nothing to gain.

I have found I feel better with actual Synthroid I ask my Dr. To write a

Prescription that does not allow for generic. I pay more but it is worth

it. The full price here without INS per month is only 28.00

Kathy

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From:

I have Hypothyroidism and was originally prescribed Synthroid but my

insurance recentely changed and now my prescription card wants to

give me generic version of Synthroid. Anyone know if there is a

difference in the 2?

Thanks,

[Guest guest]

Shininglight wrote:

> I have been told by Pharmacists as well as Drs that the generic is not as

> stable... I had one Pharmacists I am acquainted with via Homeschool who

> advised not to take generic... he had nothing to gain. ...

Evidently there is a brand new generic available that is actually based

on the same recipe as Synthroid. Previous ones did not. The issue then

was absorption rather than stability. So, I have been on the new generic

a month now and have not noticed any difference. I have always been

careful to take it first thing in the morning with nothing else for an

hour except a mug of coffee. I suspect that absorption differences might

be more noticeable if you eat something in that interval.

Chuck

[Guest guest]

Thanks for that info. I may decide to ck it out in the future. I know

that Synthroid warns repeatedly about eating food especially soy and

Calcium with it...When we were in The AF I was on Synthroid for several

years and they never said not to eat soy or food with it! I had no idea

until I did my own research via the internet. I am still bad about

eating less than an hour later! Oh well!

kathy

-----Original Message-----

From: Chuck B

Shininglight wrote:

> I have been told by Pharmacists as well as Drs that the generic is not as

> stable... I had one Pharmacists I am acquainted with via Homeschool who

> advised not to take generic... he had nothing to gain. ...

Evidently there is a brand new generic available that is actually based

on the same recipe as Synthroid. Previous ones did not. The issue then

was absorption rather than stability. So, I have been on the new generic

a month now and have not noticed any difference. I have always been

careful to take it first thing in the morning with nothing else for an

hour except a mug of coffee. I suspect that absorption differences might

be more noticeable if you eat something in that interval.

Chuck