Lexapro Versus Generic

I was on Lexapro 20 mg. a day for years. In Aug of 2012 I changed to the generic form. After 2 days, I was having terrible side effects. My pharmacist told me that the generic was exactly the same as the Brand name and that it must be something else wrong. I recently switched back to Lexapro Brand name and have felt so much better that it is unbelievable. I have reported this to the FDA. I know that other people are suffering from this same problem. The more people that report this to FDA, the more likely something will be done about it. I called 18663004374 . I would advise anyone to report their problem with this generic so insurance can't get away with only covering the generic. Good Luck.

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Hello, Grandma! How are you? I'm very sorry about the problem you had with the generic.

Do you know which manufacturer made it? If not, then no one is going to be able to do anything to look into it, because the generic is manufactured by several different companies.

There can be differences between the generic and the name brand, in the amount of the active ingredient and it can cause problems in some people, especially if you were taking one for many years and then suddenly had to switch. The inactive ingredients can be completely different from one to the other, which also causes problems for some people.

Learn more Lexapro details here.

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I reported my generic. This is the response from the FDA along with the web address for making your own complaint:

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