Deborah Harrell wrote:
> [Note that
> there _are_ cases where a brand name matters - frex
> generic digoxin seems to be much harder to keep at
> stable levels than Lanoxin, in my and many
> cardiologists' experience; _bioavailability_ can vary
> dramatically in different delivery vehicles (frex pill
> ingredient composition which may include "inert
> carriers", pill structure etc.).]
I've historically had a problem with a certain OTC drug wtih certain
*active* ingredients; if I take those *active* ingredients in the same
amount from some other source(s), there is no problem. It's the
"inactive ingredients" that cause the problem. So I don't take it.
Period. And if anyone asks about drug allergies, that's the one I give,
and then if I'm questioned, I explain that it seems to be the stuff in
the pill that's *not* the medicine.
(The reaction is gastric, if anyone cares; the one time I managed to
*not* throw it up within 30 minutes of taking it, I couldn't go to
school the next day because my intestines were in a bit of a mess from
it.)
Julia
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