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Old 07-19-2013, 12:15 AM
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all drugs have side effects. TEN is a known risk of every NSAID whether or not it is on the label. Severe adverse skin reactions to nons... [Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2010] - PubMed - NCBI The medication she took was in every way identical to the brand name medication. It had the same ingredients, the same labeled risks, and the same unlabeled risks as the brand name. Had she been given the brand name drug rather than the generic it would have made no difference. The court held that since generics must be identical to brand name meds they cannot change the medication and call it a generic version. They also cannot change the label of benefits or of risks of that medication. The consumer has exactly the same protection whether you take a brand name or a generic. Keep in mind that because something bad happens does not mean a mistake was made. Every drug has benefit and risk which must be balanced. The risk however is never zero. So every time you take a motrin or a generic ibuprofen the risk is the same and TEN is one of the risks.
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