Store Brand Medications

Drug and grocery store chains do not produce their own medications. That means that they're purchasing from companies who make the medications for them and often, these are the companies who produce the name brand medications and repackage it to sell to stores. Medications are closely regulated for quality.

The key is the active ingredient and how much is in the product. This can be discovered by looking at the packaging. If the medication contains the same active ingredients, in the same amounts, it can be safely substituted for the name brand product.

If you read the ingredients of both the store brand and the name brand medication and they list the same ingredients in exactly the same order, its likely the same medication, repackaged.

Buying store brands can save you up to 50% sometimes and you gain nothing by purchasing the name brand.