Generic pills

iVillage Member
Registered: 12-26-2003
Generic pills
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Tue, 03-09-2004 - 7:28pm
do you have a greater risk of becoming pregnant if you take generic birth control pills? I take Zovia which is generic for Demulen. I just want to be safe.

Does anyone in here take the generic brand of birth control pills? If so, do they work the same or are less effective?

iVillage Member
Registered: 12-30-2003
In reply to: baby_girl24
Tue, 03-09-2004 - 7:58pm
Hi baby girl24,

This definition of the term “Generic Drug” is from the glossary of terms at the U. S. FDA’s website Drugs@FDA http://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cder/drugsatfda/

“A generic drug is the same as a brand name drug in dosage, safety, strength, how it is taken, quality, performance, and intended use. Before approving a generic drug product, FDA requires many rigorous tests and procedures to assure that the generic drug can be substituted for the brand name drug. The FDA bases evaluations of substitutability, or "therapeutic equivalence," of generic drugs on scientific evaluations. By law, a generic drug product must contain the identical amounts of the same active ingredient(s) as the brand name product. Drug products evaluated as "therapeutically equivalent" can be expected to have equal effect and no difference when substituted for the brand name product.”

There should be no difference in effectiveness between a brand name drug and its generic if it is taken correctly.

Does this help?

      Jill

    

iVillage Member
Registered: 12-26-2003
In reply to: baby_girl24
Tue, 03-09-2004 - 8:49pm
yes thank you very much. now i can have sex without worrying too much