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RE: generic drugs I agree with most of Katy's message about generics and the drug companies. However with some PWP do find a difference in generic medications. When the price of our co-pay increased sharply for sinemet CR, i tried switching to the generic version for a few months and i did notice a difference. While the brand name always worked well for me, with the generic i found sometimes it relieved my symptoms, other times i felt almost no effect after taking a dose. Our pharmacist said there is no difference between the generic and brand name. When i checked back with my neuro he said a some patients do find a difference in the response to the generic. I think there is a amount of variation in the composition of the meds that is allowable with generics, and apparently some PWP are sensitive to these small changes. I went back on the brand name. I've spoken to a few other PWP who also have not found good results with generic Sinemet CR, although for most it doesn't seem to be a problem. Diana, please let us know if you find the article you mentioned. Thanks Linda ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn