Are cheap medicines worthy of attention of the patient - analogues of expensive medicines?

Frankly speaking, the competence of many of our citizens in such a science as pharmacology leaves much to be desired. After visiting the doctor, even with the simplest disease a person comes out with an impressive list of medications. And to doubt this list of medicines, even when it is necessary to pay a huge sum in a pharmacy for him, many can not, because they trust the treating doctor. And if you also take into account the fact that a sick person rarely doubts and checks appointments, it becomes clear that marketing specialists, together with doctors and manufacturers, deprive us of the opportunity to choose the medication necessary for treatment.

What not to do with the disease?

Before you accuse the doctors of all mortal sins, you need to rethink the attitude towards your health. It is also necessary to stop self-medication and take medications "from advertising." By purchasing such medications, you can not only damage your body, but also prove to the producers that their advertising campaign is working. Of course, advertised medicines may be prescribed by doctors, but they do so in the light of the patient's condition. On the one hand, these funds do help, but on the other hand, their cost is unjustifiably overstated. Thus there is such situation in which doctors are interested to prescribe such medicines, after all they receive from it financial benefit. But if a person independently diagnoses a disease and rushes to a pharmacy to buy advertised drugs, then the benefit of such treatment is unlikely to be.

What you need to know in order not to fall into the trap of "hunters in white coats"

No matter how much one wants to do without a doctor, it's worthwhile to turn to a professional even with simple ARI. This is necessary not only to get a sick leave sheet. First of all, it will allow to correctly diagnose the disease and avoid complications. Do not be shy when prescribing medication to ask the doctor to argue the choice of each drug. Also it is worthwhile to clarify whether it is possible to take medication-analogues of expensive drugs that have been prescribed.

For example, when coughing, replace the drug "Lazolvan" with a cheaper generic "Ambroxol", which has an identical active substance. Do not be afraid to abandon the doctor's advice about which drugstore to purchase medicines, especially if she is in a hospital. After all, this fact already shows that the cost of medicines is covered by a financial reward for the attending physician. Many people know that in pharmacies at medical institutions the cost of almost all products is an order of magnitude higher. Leaving the doctor's office, almost all patients think about how to quickly buy the right drugs and start treatment. And if there is a pharmacy at the exit from the polyclinic, many go right into it. This arrangement is, to some extent, a marketing ploy.

What kind of "miracle" are these generics?

In simple terms, generic drugs are called cheap analogs of expensive drugs, which, like their "branded" competitors, have a patent. In most cases, the release of a generic product is preceded by the end of the patent protection period for an expensive medication, the priority of which is lost to the manufacturer. By this time, the total costs for the release of the drug have not only been paid off, but also brought substantial revenue. If the demand for medicines has fallen and the patent is not yet completed, the manufacturer, focusing on additional profits, gives permission to manufacture an analog in another country. The basis of generic drugs are the same substances that are used in expensive medicines, their distinctive feature is the presence or absence of additional elements on which the cost of the drug in the retail network depends.

Pros and cons of cheap medicines

Probably, it's pointless to talk about the fact that Russian analogues of expensive drugs have quite an attractive price. But here it is necessary to know that in comparison with the original medicines they are practically not forged because of the lack of economic benefits. In addition, another positive quality of generics is that their medicinal properties are not inferior to the properties of the original drugs, since the same active substance is based on the basis. However, those who think that domestic "substitutes" should sing odes are mistaken, as they have their own albeit insignificant but "minuses" on a par with plusses. For example, they use cheap auxiliary components, on which the duration of action of the drug, its interaction with complex therapy, and the presence of undesirable side effects on the human body may depend.

Generics of expensive antispasmodics, analgesics and antipyretics

The first aid kit is in almost every home, especially where there are small children. And not everyone is able to save on their own child, so parents usually do not even look at the analogues of expensive medicines. For example, some mothers will not be able to sleep peacefully, unless there is an antipyretic and anesthetic drug "Nurofen", "Ibufen", whose generic drug is the simplest and cheapest medicine "Ibuprofen". Adults with conventional ARI prefer to take antisymptomatic teas, such as "Fervex" or "Koldact Lorpis", consisting of simple paracetamol and vitamin C. They do not know that the total cost of blisters of these drugs is lower than one tea. As for the anesthetic "No-shpa", which many people used to use with the slightest pain, it is worthy of replacing the domestic funds "Spazmalgon" and "Dropeverin."

Analogues of gels, ointments and creams for external use

In cases where the body pierces the pain in the joints, most people, after becoming victims of marketing tricks, use only medicines "Bystrumgel" or "Fastum", not even suspecting that you can use cheaper medicines - analogues of expensive medications. After all, the drug Ketoprofen-Vramed is a generic, which is produced in Bulgaria. When problems with joints, it gives the same curative effect as expensive drugs, eliminates pain and swelling. When cutaneous manifestations of herpes, many are accustomed to using the expensive drug "Virolex", not knowing that its active ingredient is acyclovir. The cost of the homogeneous preparation of domestic production is several times lower, and the therapeutic effect is not inferior to the original. With fungal infections, as well as with skin candidiasis, our people are more likely to apply Fungoterbin ointment, recommended by a doctor or pharmacist, neglecting the generic "Terbinafil". Well, the first step in the rating of "demand", of course, is the "Diclac", although you can use the cheaper drug "Diclofenac".

What can replace the expensive antiviral and whether it should be done?

Demand in pharmacies for antiviral drugs is very high, because you can get such diseases by airborne droplets. That's what workers of medical institutions use, and they offer expensive drugs to people who are not particularly versed in pharmacology. And in the notion of a simple man, an antiviral drug is aimed at fighting the causative agent of the disease and nothing else, and the pharmacists silently agree with our opinion, trying to "save" from the bitter truth. They know for sure that many of the "fighters" with viruses that are usual for us are nothing more than immunostimulants, and in some cases they can be attributed even to the placebo group. And we give a lot of money for them, we accept them ourselves and give them almost to children. The most striking example is the drug "Amiksin", which has not even been tested in the US and other civilized countries, although in our pharmacies the demand for it is maximum. The same doubt arises from the well-known Arbidol remedy, which was experienced in China, but sold only in the CIS. The question arises: "What, the Chinese have special health, and they are not afraid of viruses?". Of course, no, it's just that their Ministry of Health does not consider it necessary to offer their people a pacifier.

Generics of anti-inflammatory, antibacterial and antiviral drugs

By purchasing cheap drugs-analogues of expensive medicines, you should not rebuke yourself in saving your own health, because generic drugs have an identical basis and possess the same property. Therefore, if the prescription of the doctor has funds "Azivok", "Zitrolid" or "Sumamed" you can buy the drug "Azithromycin". Replace "Acyclovir-Acry" or "Zovirax" can be a medicine of domestic production "Acyclovir." In the treatment of trichomoniasis, giardiasis and some intestinal infections, the patient may be assigned funds "Trichopol" or "Tiberal", a worthy generic drug is a fairly cheap drug "Metronidazole." With this information, the patient can consult a doctor and use analogues to treat them, which will help to save the family budget significantly.

Information for people with a stomach ulcer

It is known that with proper and qualitative treatment, gastrointestinal ulcers can heal and no longer disturb a person. However, as doctors tell us, such therapy requires significant expenses, because it is better to take expensive drugs purchased in the "right" pharmacy, and not to use cheap drugs - analogues of expensive drugs. Many, seriously worried about their condition, obediently agree and clearly follow the recommendations received, actively devastating their wallet. At the same time, the budget of other patients does not suffer, since they replace the prescribed funds with generics. For example, instead of drugs "Omez", "Gastrozol" or "Ultop" take the drug "Omeprazole", and the drug "Zantak" is replaced with the drug "Ranitidine". As practice shows, the recovery of both the first and the second group of patients is the same and depends on the individual properties of the organism.

Analogues for cough and inhalation drugs

In order to get rid of bothersome coughing with respiratory diseases, it is important to know that the active substance of many drugs prescribed by the attending physician is ambroxol. Therefore, the drug of the same name can be substituted for "Lazolvan", "Khaliksol", "Heliksol", "Ambroksan", and other antitussives. As for solutions for inhalation, it is possible to achieve the desired therapeutic effect not only with the preparation "Salamol Eco" or "Ventolin", but also with the less expensive preparation "Salbutamol".

Of course, everyone has the right to choose whether to succumb to the doctor's advice and purchase expensive medicines or to be cured with the help of generics. The main thing is to remember that health is the most important value in life, and it should be protected.