Keeping an Eye on Generics
Monitor How You're Feeling
Take note of your subjective symptoms on the generic drug. If it's an antidepressant, has your mood changed? If you're taking a thyroid hormone, have your energy levels shifted? Does the generic work as well as the brand-name drug to control symptoms (like fatigue) that don't show up in a lab test?
From the
December 2008 issue of
O, The Oprah Magazine
