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Generic Drugs are Okay

A generic drug may cost a third or less than the brand-name version of the same medication. Yet by law, the generic drug must contain the same active ingredients, work the same way in the body, be identical in strength and dosage and meet the same standards for purity and quality as the brand-name drug. The pricing of a brand named drug is the only difference.