Wednesday, August 25, 2010

Are generic drugs as effective as brand?

This question is usually on the minds of all the individuals who come across the generic versions of any medication that they wish to buy online. It is only obvious and one cannot blame them on this because one would always love to know how the generic will work and would it have any side effect that the original doesn’t have and so on. To clear your doubts and put your quandaries to rest, we would like to answer your, this query precisely giving all the facts.

Generic drugs are just like the brand ones, they are a typical replica of the branded version of a medication. For instance take Viagra it was launched by Pfizer but after its patent expired, it has given birth to many of its generic versions like Generic Viagra, Silagra, Kamagra, Penegra, etc. These general forms of the original brand contain the same active ingredient of Sildenafil Citrate in the same proportion and hence, its action mechanism, precautions, side effects and dosage patterns are similar to that of brand Viagra. The generics also take 25 to 45minutes to get activated and their effect lasts for a good 4 to 6 hours and helps in attaining an erection in the presence of sexual stimulation. All their features are just like the brand.

Hence, one can safely say that generic are as effective as the branded medicines.