This. The inactive ingredients--binders, mostly--won't interfere with your protection. But all inactive means is that they're not the ingredients that do the job listed on the side of the box. Your body might still react to them if you're sensitive to some ingredients. (A friend of mine is allergic to a very common pill binder! It's all liquid medications for her!)
For years, I had to be on brand name Ritalin, because the generic available in my area gave me increased anxiety. My doc had heard this multiple times from her patients, and suspects that it just was metabolized a little faster than the brand name. But the kind available to me now doesn't have that anxiety-inducing side effect.
So sometimes your body might treat it a little differently from the brand name, but you're unlikely to have major issues. You might want to be prepared for a bit of adjustment spotting or pms symptoms, though, due to the slight possibility that your body thinks it's different enough.
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Date: 2012-03-19 09:42 pm (UTC)For years, I had to be on brand name Ritalin, because the generic available in my area gave me increased anxiety. My doc had heard this multiple times from her patients, and suspects that it just was metabolized a little faster than the brand name. But the kind available to me now doesn't have that anxiety-inducing side effect.
So sometimes your body might treat it a little differently from the brand name, but you're unlikely to have major issues. You might want to be prepared for a bit of adjustment spotting or pms symptoms, though, due to the slight possibility that your body thinks it's different enough.