Use Caution for Generic Drugs

We recently ran across a great article that details the dangers posed by generic drugs and thought you might find it useful. Though written about human medications, the same dangers apply to companion medications.

Inexact Copies: How Generics Differ From Brand Names
by Melinda Beck

Joe Zealberg, a psychiatrist in Charleston, S.C., prescribed generic drugs to patients for years and rarely had problems -- until last year. A number of patients who had done very well on brand-name medications "crashed and burned" when they switched to generics, he says.

One woman "went from being perfectly fine to crying inconsolably 24 hours a day" after she switched from one generic antidepressant to another, read more...