Folks, I got your jokes. I quote these replies because I am afraid they miss the jokes. Just to be sure for educational purpose, since the original poster is still listed with Pre-Health status, I don't want to see this person wasting time memorizing the Orange Book for these reasons:
We have new generic every year and there are new changes all the time.
Esomeprazole just came out for Nexium. Aripiprazole just came out for Abilify.
Rating for generics changes. Example: Concerta had a few generics and now only 1 is officially generic by Watson or Actavis. The other generics are not officially equivalent. I had to ask patient to get new paper with Methylphenidate ER so I could fill with the Methylphenidate ER I have in store.
Next month, that could change and I would not be ashamed to look up the rating again monthly.
If you ask me about generic at my counter, I would answer with:
Well, new drugs come out all the time and new reports about drug-drug interaction come out very often, I will be happy to look at the
lastest information for you in my computer.
That's the perfect excuse to look in the computer because we are checking on the
lastest information. Anyone will welcome this level of help.
I know how to check latest rating in Clinical Pharmacology. As of today, the Methylphenidate ER from Mallinckrodt I have in store is still listed as BX rating and I can not fill for Concerta paper.
And no, I did not memorize the Orange Book because, FDA wrote:
"To provide timely consumer information on generic drugs, the Electronic Orange Book is updated daily as new generic approvals occur."
You can check the latest
daily update of
Orange book here:
http://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cder/ob/default.cfm
Okay...okay...I got your jokes, some did not seem to get....
With that clear for the innocent public, let's continue with humor for I preach that
laughter is the best medicine....
http://www.foxnews.com/health/2015/04/16/laughter-is-best-medicine-health-benefits-humor.html
