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Title: "There is always a well-known solution to every human problem--neat, plausible, and wrong

Generics are made after the patent runs out on a drug. When the patent runs out the company that had the patent no longer owns the rights to the formula. Any company can build a drug to that patent. From wikipedia

" A generic drug (generic drugs, short: generics) is a drug which is produced and distributed without patent protection. The generic drug may still have a patent on the formulation but not on the active ingredient.

A generic must contain the same active ingredients as the original formulation. According to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), generic drugs are identical or bioequivalent to the brand name counterpart with respect to pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic properties. By extension, therefore, generics are identical in dose, strength, route of administration, safety, efficacy, and intended use[1]. In most cases, generic products are available once the patent protections afforded to the original developer have expired. When generic products become available, the market competition often leads to substantially lower prices for both the original brand name product and the generic forms. The time it takes a generic drug to appear on the market varies. In the US, drug patents give twenty years of protection, but they are applied for before clinical trials begin, so the effective life of a drug patent tends to be between seven and twelve years."

A compound pharmacy cannot legally compound a product that has an active patent. It turns out that this pharmacy is in Ocala and there was an article in the local paper this afternoon that not only is the FDA investigating the drug but federal law enforcement is investigating if they were guilty of patent infringement. It might not be in business much longer.

Truman

Carla Richardson wrote:

Yes, you're right, compounded products?are not a true?generic product.? But they're usually an attempt to copy or be very close to a name product.? That's why to me, it's similar to a generic product.? I do know that the generics are tested, but I don't think they're 100.000% exactly the same as the original product.

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"There is always a well-known solution to every human problem--neat, plausible, and wrong." H. L. Mencken