#41 – Generic
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 12:00 am by Chris
Chapter: Comic
I recently switched brand on some pills that I take everyday. They were half the price! They have the same dosage and the same active ingredient but… they are a different shape! Psychologically they are different and I think my brain is making me think the results are different as well.
Tags: drugs, medication, placebo
That could depend on the pills some pills with modified release of the active ingredient have diferent release time and becorse of this diferent result.
A good exempel is Ritalin and Concerta. whare Ritalin hawe a faster initial release and Concerta a slower.
Funny thing is, this is completely true.
http://blogs.wsj.com/health/2008/03/04/placebos-might-work-even-better-with-a-brand-name/
Well, there is also the fun thing of how sometimes the inert fillers aren’t as inert as were previously thought.
It turned out that part of the reason CFC asthma inhalers worked so much better than the post ban inhalers is that CFC itself has a small bronchodilatory effect. Its very short, but it was quick enough acting that it was dilating things enough for the main medication to get into the lungs.
Good to know. The last few inhalers i’ve had seemed to kick in a bit slower than I was used to, even though I never switched prescriptions. I’ve rarely had to use them as I got older, but the doc has me keep one handy, just in case, so I never noticed right away.
Impressive squint.
Dang fake sugar pills. Give me real sugar pills!