Studies Reveal that Generic Wellbutrin (bupropion) Does Not Act the Same Way as the Original Wellbutrin
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Readers of The People's Pharmacy, a syndicated newspaper column, began reporting problems back in February. Accounts were posted at www.peoplespharmacy.com. The anecdotal accounts stated that people had been successfully taking Wellbutrin XL 300 but when the switched to the generic formula they became irritable, nausea, had headaches and insomnia. Accounts noted that after switching back to the non-generic brand these symptoms went away.
The co-authors of The People's Pharmacy, Joe and Teresa Graedon, reported the above account to the FDA who told the Graedons it would be looked into. As of now the FDA has not reported the results if any testing is in fact even going on. The Graedons decided to go to ConsumerLab.com for help in testing the generic product and the original product.
The testing was funded by ConsumerLab.com without drug company involvement. The full report is available at ConsumerLab.com to subscribers.
The report includes test results, information about other generic versions of bupropion on the market, and a list of other popular extended-release generic drugs such as Global (generic bupropion); Teva (generic bupropion) and Watson (generic bupropion).
Reports of generic drug problems by consumers are posted at www.peoplespharmacy.com.
ConsumerLab.com is a New York based company that does independent evaluations of health products. Dr. Ted Cooperman, President of ConsumerLab.com, was shocked when he saw the results of the tests.
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries sells Buedeprion XL 300mg. The company has claimed that this drug performed like other brands but didn't site the research that showed this claim.
Interestingly the FDA doesn't require that generic brands get approval for clinical trials like they do for brand name drugs. The tests on brand name drugs require hundreds if not thousands of people in the test.
The agency requires that generic drugs be tested so that there is lab data in three dozen or fewer people that show the drug in the bloodstream seeming to act in a similar way as the brand name.
SOURCE: http://www.peoplespharmacy.com
SOURCE: http://www.consumerlab.com
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