Abilify has gone Generic now (low priced competitors selling the same medication) - so you might tell your parents that. Typically generic medications are only about 10% of the cost of the branded ones - so perhaps a way to save money for your family:
Will Schizophrenia and Bipolar Patients Trust Generic Abilify?
What do you think?
The trend towards generic drugs is nothing new. It does not matter if a drug has billions of dollars in annual sales or not, when they go off patent generics can enter the market. Now the question is whether schizophrenia and bipolar disorder patients will trust generic Abilify or not.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced on Tuesday that it has approved the first generic versions of Abilify.
Generic aripiprazole is an atypical antipsychotic drug approved to treat schizophrenia and bipolar disorder.
Alembic Pharmaceuticals Ltd., Hetero Labs Ltd., Teva Pharmaceutical Industries, Ltd. (NYSE:…
I think Wellbutrin has also gone Generic:
Bupropion, sold under the brand name Wellbutrin among others, is an atypical antidepressant primarily used to treat major depressive disorder and to support smoking cessation. It is also popular as an add-on medication in the cases of "incomplete response" to the first-line selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) antidepressant. Bupropion has several features that distinguish it from other antidepressants: it does not usually cause sexual dysfunction, it is not associate Common adverse ...
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