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What is a product that you won’t accept a generic alternative for? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by jeffw@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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For example, if you insist on buying Advil instead of store brand ibuprofen. I mean, you’d be wasting your money in that example, but you do you

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[–] dugmeup@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Birth control

[–] jeffw@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Interesting. In the USA, it’s nearly impossible to get a brand name drug approved by insurance unless you have a serious reaction to the generic version

[–] Very_Bad_Janet@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Unless you want a brand name IUD? I got a Mirena covered, no problem, in the US.

[–] jeffw@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I think parents for implantable devices are different than drugs, but anything that’s around long enough will eventually get a generic version. But yeah, my comment doesn’t apply to new drugs with patent protections because the insurers have no other option

[–] iheartneopets@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

Huh? Lol most birth control I've ever used or seen my friends use has been generic? Name brand is much more expensive and sometimes not entirely covered by insurance. Excepting IUDS.