Comments on: Risperdal is going generic in June

By: Praveen

Praveen — Fri, 23 May 2008 01:12:59 +0000

The Fake Persuaders

By: giannakali

giannakali — Thu, 22 May 2008 16:40:48 +0000

I don’t know where you got generic Risperdal…it would have had to be black market…

Risperdal is not generic yet and won’t be for quite a while.

http://bipolarblast.wordpress.com/2008/05/06/risperdal-will-not-be-generic-in-june-2008/

By: laurlyns_mom

laurlyns_mom — Thu, 22 May 2008 16:33:52 +0000

My 2 cents worth:
After watching my son suffer without meds, what a blessing it was to watch him return when prescribed Risperdone.

Worked like a charm, but after week 2, what a terrible allergic rash!

Devastated to find something that worked so well, that one couldn’t take.

But alas, we were on generic. When our savvy doc said to insist on namebrand, presto! Excellent results, no side effects!

I will really try to educate myself to the differences in composition, and I have seen it with my own eyes.

But if generic works for your body, that’s great!

I will now be insisting on namebrand where at all possible.

By: giannakali

giannakali — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 15:02:48 +0000

I WAS on 11 mg…I’m down to .75 mg. 11 mg is an obscene and criminal amount…

Any long term use is extremely suspect.

By: Robert

Robert — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 11:37:45 +0000

I noticed that you said you are on 11mg of Risperdal.
Am I reading that correctly?
I’ve been on Risperdal for a long time, but I’ve never gone over 3mg/day.

I hope I don’t sound too prying.

By: Marissa Miller

Marissa Miller — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 04:12:42 +0000

Oh sheesh. I never thought about this. Good call.

By: Stephany

Stephany — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 17:14:07 +0000

Sloopy, that is unbelievable about the counterfeit Zyprexa, did you have to use another med until you found it?

By: Stephany

Stephany — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 17:09:53 +0000

I understand your worry over the generic version of risperdal; I am a firm believer in the difference people [as myself]can feel a difference in the name brand vs. generic, and I always have doctors write ‘dispense as written’ on the scripts, due to the one time I found out the hard way that generic xanax XR gave me withdrawal symptoms when I had been on name brand for months. I couldn’t figure out what was wrong, why I’d be feeling like that, and I looked at the pills and sure enough it wasn’t name brand, but looked like it. Though 10 bucks for generic and 40 for name brand is outrageous! and one of the reasons I’m getting off of it altogether, besides health reasons.

Anyway, good luck with it, and I hope it doesn’t cause you any more grief in the withdrawal process, that you don’t need.

By: Doe

Doe — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 00:11:15 +0000

I have definitely noticed a difference with the generics. The People’s Pharmacy website did a show on it (you can find it on their website with a bunch of commentary from tons of people who experienced the difference.) There can also be a big difference among the generics…since they are all made in different countries, using different fillers, etc. I’m kind of surprised that it makes such a big difference, but it does.

By: missisyphus

missisyphus — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 23:15:33 +0000

i was recently told by my regular doc that the generic “wellbutrin XL” was not having the sustained release that brand labeled wellbutrinXL had…i haven’t read this and should have asked for some documentation… i’m off the wellbutrin now but it would be interesting to know where the info on this is.

By: Val

Val — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 20:13:34 +0000

Thanks, Sloopy, now I may have another sleep aid in my arsenal!
I suffered through the nightmarish roller-coaster symptoms of hypo-thyroidism a few years back; now I am unwavering in my firm belief that I got a bad bottle of generic levothyroxine (the same brand I’d been taking for 12+ yrs)…
So nowadays I suck it up & buy name-brand Synthroid; seems a small price to pay. I’ve also suffered w/chronic insomnia & have probably tried MOST of the OTC sleep aids + a couple of Rx’s…

By: Sloopy Cowbell

Sloopy Cowbell — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 19:09:18 +0000

You unearth some really important material, Gianna.

Here in Britain, the NHS sources all kinds of dubious generic medications, to cut costs.

For months, I was given a generic version of my meds that had Greek, rather than English labelling on the box and insert!

I had to take it on trust that the drugs were genuine. It seems that sometimes that’s not always the case.

I had no end of trouble getting Zyprexa a few months back. All the pharmacists said it was unavailable because of a “supply problem”.

A quick search revealed that the NHS had been sourcing counterfeit Zyprexa from “parallel distributors”.

Oh, my!

Glad you got some sleep in the end.

Maybe you’re ideologically opposed to the idea of drugging yourself to sleep, but I find Seven Seas’ herbal ‘Slumber Tablets’ are very effective.

I suck the tablets before retiring, and often wake up in the morning with a mouth full of sludge.

I must fall asleep very quickly before I’ve swallowed the tablets!