we are finding out that it all depends on the patient. in some cases generics for certain antidepressants have been around a long time for prozac and zoloft recently. there were some medications on the extended release family and like wellbutrin that patients are having some problems with. in that case it's putting these issues to your pharmacist your doctor or healthcare provider. patients that may complaint that they not be feeling as well. they may experience a little more side-effects and it's just the way the drug is released. so the patient may need to be switched back to the brand medication such as wellbutrin. lexapro there currently is no generic so lexapro will be at brands. but we are finding out so much more that how i take a pill and how you take a pill might be completely different. it may help you it may not help me necessarily. so antidepressant therapy is becoming a category that therapy needs to be individualized based on the patient. we ask patients to make sure that they keep a diary to see how they are feeling. this is also a case where you may start a medication. it's not going to work right away in the case of depression. usually you have to take it for a few weeks before you see any improvements. so you want to keep in touch with your physician or healthcare provider and let them know i am doing better or maybe not and they might switch you or increase the dose to see if that helps at all. talk to your pharmacist though if you have any problems or questions we are more than happy to help you. especially if you don't feel well with the generic we can switch you back to the brand. that's not a problem.
my friend says some of the antidepressant generics aren't as good as the brand versions like wellbutrin. is that true?