<<<<------ after cystic acne and using retin a (2 yrs later) 
<<<<----Google chick with cystic acne :(
My cystic acne used to be worse than this girl from google... with time and retin A it went away. however, the scarring remains on my chin, but most of it healed well by using vitamin E capsules directly on my chin @ night :)
Retin A >>>>>
Post a blog in the blogspot you have created for yourself describing how you feel about generic vs. name brand pharmaceuticals. Do you think one is more effective or better than the other? What would you recommend for your patients if they ask you if they should buy generic vs. namebrand, knowing they will most likely do what you say for ALL their prescription drugs, no matter what it is?
I feel that generic and name brand have some differences, but that ultimately both “supposedly” have the same mechanism of action. Personally, I believe in utilizing generic because most of the time the product has such subtle differences I can’t even tell or I get the same results. For example: I had really bad cystic acne 2 years ago and the doctor prescribed “Retin A” which was almost $200… he refused to prescribe generic because he said it did not work the same or as well as the name brand. Due to this doctor’s decision, I could only afford to get the topical medication I needed ONCE even though I had a refill of 2 more… I just could not afford it. I think that there is a place for recommendation, especially as health professionals, but I think that the option of generic should always be open to our patients due to their budgets and lifestyle. As for my patients, I would recommend whichever one was known to be better, but I would give my patient the option of purchasing a generic brand in case they could not afford it. I feel like pharmaceutical companies tend to take advantages of people when they are ill because we will buy anything that will fix or cure our symptoms and problems. I didn’t have the money for that Retin A, but I bought it because I believed it would fix the problem and did not want to find another doctor to prescribe the generic or try to convince the doctor to give me what I wanted. I would recommend for my patients to buy whichever prescription drug they can afford – I believe that generic and name brands are so similar that the difference would be minimal.
