Any body try both and see a dfifference?
Is there a difference between generic valium and the real valium?
Question posted by Eclecticats on 14 April 2010
Last updated on 10 July 2018
Added 14 April 2010:
If the real valium isn't better than the generic, how come the real one costs $180 with your plan and the generic costs $4 with your plan?
3 Answers
k2ghz960
10 July 2018
The generic gives me headache and nausea and ruins my sleep, but none of the benefits of real valium. I am a value shopper, but I must pay outrageous prices for the original, cause the generic is poison to me. There should be a rule that the generic should be identical in every way.
k2ghz960
11 July 2018
It makes no sense to require that only one ingredient in the generic be the same as the original when so many folks have had problems with them. The pharmacies won't take them back, so we're just throwing money away and we still have to buy the original. Sick people cannot afford this, and it resembles a scam.
christineATU
1 Dec 2010
Oxyaaron is right in that they both contain the same active ingredient. But my family doc always insisted on the brand name valium and not the generic. I did notice a little difference. The generic version seems to cause a headache for me the next morning.
Good luck and best wishes,
chris
Sacosam
1 Dec 2010
Hi "Sis"! I aggree with you totally... also, I aggree with the "above addition"! All the generics i've tried are not only a bit different, but they are weaker!! "Brother Bill"!
christineATU
1 Dec 2010
I agree brother. I think it has something to do with the "other" ingredients in generic brands. Why do people pay so much more for name brand? Because they work better! Too bad it's we the people who get the raw end of the deal. It's such a racket, Big Pharma.
oxyaaron
1 Dec 2010
no they both contain diazepam
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