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Roy J. Popkin, MD
Los Angeles

JAMA. 1979;241(18):1890.

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To the Editor.—

Recently my patients have complained of disturbing experiences with generic drugs, which have unnerved them. Pharmacists have filled prescriptions with generic drugs of a different size, shape, and color. My patients have been concerned that the prescriptions were not filled properly. They have not believed the pharmacists who reassured them that the generic drug was the proper drug and was of the appropriate dosage. This has often been a difficult situation for me.

As long as generic drugs vary so much in appearance from the brand name preparation, there will always be doubt in the mind of the patient. As the confidence of the patient is so necessary in the physician-patient relationship, this new element must be given considerable attention. . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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Edited by John D. Archer, MD, Senior Editor.

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