Generic equivalents to brand name medications.

The cross reference chart below is designed to assist consumers locate cheaper alternatives to brand name medications. Please contact the editor with additions that you feel will help expand the information provided below.

The pharmaceutical industry is subject to national regulatory considerations that affect the information provided. In addition the registration status of pharmaceutical products may not necessarily be the same in various regions of the world. Approved product labels may also differ depending on the country concerned.

For a drug to be categorized "generic" it has to meet 2 tests.
It has to be chemically equivalent and it has to be therapeutically equivalent to the brand name drug.
i.e.: it has to have the same therapeutic effect.
Generic drugs may differ in colour, name, size or shape but this is cosmetic and for patent reasons only.

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