many patients think that more expensive brand medications are better than their cheaper generic equivalents. the fda requires pharmaceutical companies to prove all brand and generic drugs meeting specific requirements for not only safety and efficacy but also related to identity strength quality purity and potency. scientific tests and procedures are undertaken to demonstrate generic drugs can be substituted or be therapeutic equivalent to their brand-drugs counterparts. generic drug products must contain the identical amounts of the same active drug ingredient as the brand-name product but can differ in shape flavor preservatives and other inactive ingredients along with how they are "released" into the body (especially for extended release products).
are brand-name drugs superior in quality to their generic equivalents?