- Why do some patients not receive generic drugs when they are available?
- Are generic drugs as efficacious and safe as brand name/innovator drugs?
- What does equivalent efficacy and safety mean? Do the generic drugs have to show 100 per cent of the efficacy and safety of the innovator product? Or is anything above 90 per cent considered equivalent?
- Can you give some advice to patients on how to save on their drug costs?
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