Super good point Elizabeth. Make SURE your druggist does NOT change manufacturers on you. This goes for any
drug you are on and whether it be brand/generic. Doesn't matter. I had a change of manufacturers done on me on
a totally different drug and could tell immediately by the label on the bottle. Wasn't same colour and wasn't
same ... just nothing the same about it. Well thank goodness he let me take them back after the weekend and
get the ones use to having. I never questioned until got home about being different and by that time he was
closed for the weekend...what did I do but called him at home and asked why it looked different. Said was same
thing just different company and shouldn't make a difference. Hey by the end of the weekend I was a total
mess. Thankfully no seizure but was I out of this world and on some other planet far away. Wasn't the drs
fault but the druggist.
Good job we live in a small town and know everyone and he was willing to take back and exchange for the old
ones on Monday.
He prob had one of those days when salesman came in and he was trying a new kind out who knows.
Julie
Julie Hope
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----- Original Message -----
From: "marshiie51" <Marshiie51@yahoo.
To: <epilepsy@yahoogroup
Sent: Tuesday, September 01, 2009 1:49 PM
Subject: [epilepsy] Re: Regular Lamictal vs genetic Lamictal
I(1)Generics change from manufacturer to manufacturer. This can mess up your levels.
(2)You doctor could and in my opinion, SHOULD write DAW on your script. No one can give you anything but name
brand if Dispense As Written is on the script.
(3)If you are on generic, make sure your doctor knows.
(4)If you are on generic, make sure you know when your pharmacy changes manufacturers.
(5)Monitor your seizures and your Lamictal levels.
Money is tough. Medicare isn't paying for my meds anymore, because I am still covered under my mother's
insurance since I am 100% disabled. Is paying more for the medication that is KNOWN to help YOUR seizures
more expensive than ER visits, hospital stays, attacks while being not fully aware of what is going on around
you, or death not worth it?
Some of that is a little dramatic, but true. At 25, I've learned some of those things the hard way. With my
seizures meds, my eptimologist has it as DAW on Lamictal, Dilantin...
Best of luck!
Elizabeth
--- In epilepsy@yahoogroup
>
> Since it is that time of year when the partical drug coverage under
> social security or disability, has reached its limit, I was wondering
> how anyone else is doing on the genetic Lamictal. I am not on it
> and when mentioning at doctor's office, they express it is not a good
> idea since the strength of the drug is not as accurate with the
> genetic one. How did you do if you made this type of change, or
> what do you think of this? Thanks for your time.
> Doris
>
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