The real issue at hand in the Limbaugh/Fluke controversy

[krashkart]

What exactly is entitlement spending?

[mookiemookie]

Originally Posted by August

So while they fight it out amongst themselves i'm stuck with a cheap copy.

Generics work just as well as the name brand stuff. A chemical's a chemical's a chemical.

Originally Posted by krashkart

What exactly is entitlement spending?

It's simply spending that happens automatically under law. It's more accurate to call it "mandatory spending" - it happens unless Congress specifically votes to change it.

In reality it's a loaded phrase. "Entitlement" has a negative connotation, and those with a political agenda loooooove to use that to their advantage.

[August]

Originally Posted by mookiemookie

Generics work just as well as the name brand stuff. A chemical's a chemical's a chemical.

But i'm not buying a chemical. I'm buying a little white oval pill that somebody says contains a certain amount of a chemical. Now I wouldn't care if it was laundry detergent but when it comes to health maintaining drugs I just like knowing who that somebody is.

[Platapus]

Originally Posted by August

But i'm not buying a chemical. I'm buying a little white oval pill that somebody says contains a certain amount of a chemical. Now I wouldn't care if it was laundry detergent but when it comes to health maintaining drugs I just like knowing who that somebody is.

You can always ask your doctor if you are concerned. If you still have questions, consult the PDR. If you are still concerned, you can pull the FDA report on the generic product. You can also contact the company that makes the generic product for information. If you are still concerned, I guess you can take one of the pills and pay for a lab to analyze it. I would not recommend that thought.

But seriously, ask your doctor.

But seriously, ask your doctor.

But what about buying in bulk on the internets instead of doing all that silly doctor pharmacist routine, I am surehe can find tablets with pfitzer on the box or tizer or piffer so its all good and reasuring

[August]

Originally Posted by Platapus

You can always ask your doctor if you are concerned. If you still have questions, consult the PDR. If you are still concerned, you can pull the FDA report on the generic product. You can also contact the company that makes the generic product for information. If you are still concerned, I guess you can take one of the pills and pay for a lab to analyze it. I would not recommend that thought.

But seriously, ask your doctor.

I've already talked to her about it and she shares my concerns. The PDR and FDA report are immaterial to my point here. I know what the drug is supposed to do. That's not the issue.

My problem with generic drugs in general is the difficulty of maintaining quality controls on a drug being made by numerous, often obscure and unknown companies located God knows where.

My problem with generic drugs in general is the difficulty of maintaining quality controls on a drug being made by numerous, often obscure and unknown companies located God knows where.

Good point, what is needed is more rigorous government enforcement and more government regulation.
After all if a label says the company and the product have been identified and approved by the government then they had better not be an obscure unknown company from god knows where and the product had better be what it says it is.