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NullTuples

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10. I'd agree w/ comments about generic drugs, except...
Sun Nov 21, 2021, 12:59 PM
Nov 2021

The standards are already extremely low, stating they don't have to have the same amount of active ingredient.

That alone would make dosing difficult ("oh, it's CVS house brand so I need to take two&quot but what's even worse is there really is no regulation in terms of 3rd party testing of generic drugs. Most are simply made in a factory somewhere without regulations, bottled, shipped, eventually reach store shelves at some level of original potency, and then bought and utilized.

Generic drugs are a fine idea. The problem is we barely have any regulation left in America, and even less that's been granted actual enforcement powers.

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