Benefits of Generic Drugs
Generic drugs are the drugs which can be produced and sold without the protection of patent, which means any company can start production of generic drugs with permission from a patented party. The freedom from patent has made generic drugs cheaper by several times in compare to patented drugs of same group.
The advantages of generic drugs:
1. Generic drugs can be very cheap, which makes treatment affordable, especially in developing countries.
2. There is no need of permission from a patented party. Any company with capability to produce can start production and start distribution.
3. No procedural delays for production and distribution.
A generic must contain the same active ingredients as the original formulation of the drug. USFDA defines generic drug as “a drug that is identical or bioequivalent to the brand name counterpart in respect to pharmacodynamics (what a drug does to the human body) and pharmacokinetics (what the body does to the drug after taking it or in other words what is the metabolism of the drug). So generic drugs are identical in dose, strength, route of administration, safety, efficacy, and therapeutic use. A drug becomes generic when patent protection afforded to a company expires.
There are many drugs which are now generic drug. Examples of generic drugs are first generation anti-histaminics and many more. Many drugs including many generic drugs are available online these days. You can buy generic as well as patented drugs online. Some drugs like avodart (dutesteride) are extensively sole over the net, online. You can buy avodart online. It is used for treatment of BPH (benign prostatic hyperplasia), which commonly occurs in older men and cause difficulty in passing urine.
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