[indymike]

> Except nobody should actually be paying $22.80 for generic Prozac. You can drive to any local Walmart and get it for $4 and they will bill your insurance, which will count toward your deductible.

Except people can, and do, all the time. Source: they lady in front of me at the pharmacy counter today, who didn't want any "risky generics".

[thematrixturtle]

I also used to think only idiots rejected generics. Then the Ranbaxy scandal happened.

https://www.hindustantimes.com/columns/the-scary-truth-behin...

[coolso]

I used to be okay with generics, until I realized that I wouldn't buy food that I knew was made in India or China. Imagine buying Cinnamon Toast Crunch if it were made in India.

So why would I eat a prescription / OTC drug that's made there?

[thematrixturtle]

Bought any cheap pickles lately? (Plain old cucumber dill pickles, that is, not achar etc.) If yes, odds are fairly high they come from India.

https://www.india.com/business/india-becomes-pickle-king-of-...

[coolso]

Thanks, now I know to check the back of my pickle jars before I buy them!

[ipaddr]

Generics are like no name brands who fight on price. Quality can be different. Usually it doesn't matter but I've seen some cause headaches in some people where the original brand doesn't have that side effect.

[ALittleLight]

Is the lady who didn't want any risky genetics going to buy a generic from Mark Cuban's online pharmacy?

[indymike]

She might think that Mark Cuban is "that nice boy from Shark Tank" and trust his generics more.