How do you make pharmaceutical drugs? How are generics made?
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The original drug is well described in a patent. The patent rights eventually expire. So, the structure is available to anyone who wants to look it up, but the actual manufacturing process is secret (unless, in the unusual case, that too is patented). So, you hire good chemists and get them to tell you how to make it once the patent expires. Sometimes, you hire a chemist who actually worked on that drug.\n\nSince brand name manufacturers know how this works, they often just knuckle under and sell the drug to generic pill manufactures who then put it in a tablet or capsule. Chances are that any asprin you buy in the US was made by Bayer, even if it has another brand on it. Since they are making it anyhow, they have all the equipment in place to sell the drug on the cheap to generic suppliers.\n\nAll this relates to the active ingredients in drugs. This doesn't necessarily mean that the tablet or capsule is exactly the same. Although, it must demonstrate the same bioavailability in testing to get on the market in the US.
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your local pharmacy should be able to help you.  they would have names of manufacturers for the products they sell and one of them should be able to help you even if it means special ordering it.
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an in-depth knowledge of chemistry is required to synthesize medications among many other things
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It is not all generic drugs but it does cover a lot of the most common prescribed ones and it is for a "normal" 30 day supply, if your script is for more than what they consider normal then you will pay a little more.
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Pharmaceutical chemistry is a sub-field in chemistry geared towards the discovery of drugs.  While many academic programs and departments are called pharmaceutical chemistry, in practice, the chemistry that is done actually in the pharmaceutical industry is named differently.\n\nMedicinal chemistry is taking potential drug candidates and altering the compound in order to make the drug more potent, more selective, or show higher affinity to the target protein.\n\nProcess chemistry takes medicinal chemistry's best compound and "scales up" synthesis of the drug.  That is, they figure out cheaper and purer ways of making the drug for larger quantities.\n\nChemical engineers usually take this new process and design ways that a chemical manufacturing plant can efficiently produce drug on a huge scale.\n\nPharmaceutical science works on formulation.  Can we make this drug into a tablet? a capsule? an intravenous formulation? etc.
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The patent for atomoxetine (Strattera) does not run out for years and there is no guarantee that a generic will be immediately available when the patent does run out.  Sorry.
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Mylan is a drug manufacturer for many generic drugs, \n\ntheir  form of macrobid can be seen at this link\nit says mylan on the capsule with the number 3422\n\nhttp://www.mylanpharms.com/product/productDetails.aspx?pid=150
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Drugs are BIG business, whether synthetic or natural
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고양이 for generic. click on link below for more.\n\nHope this helps.
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Most doctors are 'romanced' by pharmaceutical reps every weeks. These reps offer 'incentives' to doctors who write their product a lot. My brother in law in a rep and he has taken docs to games, dinners, bought them medical equipment for their offices, etc... I have even heard of docs getting trips and other gifts. Brand drugs need to be SOLD, and as a selling profession, there has to be incentive. The active ingredients in all generics MUST, by law, be the same as their brand equivalent and vise verse. Only the 'fillers' can be altered in generics, such as coating of pill, colorant, inactive medium, etc...\n\nSome doctors may actually prefer some brand Rx over their generic equivalents, but it is not standard. The only time a doctor really needs - in my opinion - to prescribe a brand when a generic is available is if the Pt is allergic to the inactive ingredients in the generic. This is not common. But and example would be, say, someone who is allergic to wheat could not take a med with a wheat based suspension.\n\nHope this helps. There is much debate over Generic vs. Brand in the us today. Pharmaceutical companies make a lot of money and fund a lot of drug research all over the world. This is the only other argument I can think of to support selling brand Rx.
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I am a Doctor of Pharmacy and work for one of the major retail chain pharmacies.  I have also had a lot of experiance in different pharmacy settings including pharmaceutical advertising.  I have to say the best way to get yourself ready for a job like this is to do some pharmaceutical reasearch such as basic terminology and some of the most commonly prescribed drugs on the market today.  Also if you know what company you want to work for do some research and see what drugs they have in development and have a basic understanding so when asked a question you will be able to answer it.  My friend went for a job as a pharmacutical sales rep and during the interview they asked her to pretend she was going to present Ambien to a Doctor and what she would tell the MD about it pharmacokinetics and dynamics and how it differs from the other Rx sedatives.  She did not know very much about that drug and was caught off guard.  Just make sure to do your research.
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Drug companies are a good place to start.  Find out what some drugs are, and who makes them.  Contact the company, they may be eager to fund something like this in turn for free advertising
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Usually there is no difference, except with prescription drugs. Often what is considered "generic" by the insurance company is actually a different medication, with different dosing. If you are taking a generic Rx and it seems that it's working differently than the brand name, bring it up with your doctor.
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Read carefully the leaflet containing information about drug use and proper storage that is inside the box.\nI don't remember if there are any specific regiments for this drug but in general drugs are kept in their box, in a cool place without humidity(avoid the bath).\nA general rule: if you need this kind of information, you can call by phone the pharmaceutical company that produces the drug.They answer usually also to phone calls, because they are interested in good maintenance of their product.\nI can't help more,because the tablets are not anymore in use in my country, but just the suppositories.\n\nKaterina
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This is the FDA's website that compares namebrand and generic medication.  Most of the generic and namebrands are the therapeutically equivalent.\n\nhttp://www.fda.gov/cder/ob/default.htm\n\nClick on search by active ingredient, type in phenytoin, then click search.  You can read about the codes by clicking on TE codes at the top.
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not sure about this but i know you can use cold medicine to make meth. thats why you cant just buy it now.
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Medicines can be cheaper in different countries but not all countries apply the same standards of quality and although the medicines are the same ones made by the same company they could be quite different.\n\nUnfortunately there are a lot of people who are prepared to sell imitation medicines and try to pass them off as the real thing, in many cases these poor imitations can be harmful.\n\nI know you're wanting to do what's best for your Mom but you should only take health advice from a professional - talk to your Mom's doctor or a pharmacist and see if they can assist.  That way you know that you are getting good advice.