Q. I take furosemide and for a long time I took Mylan brand generic. Then the pharmacy switched me to a different generic. My weight jumped 5 pounds overnight.
I still had some Mylan tablets on hand, so I switched back and lost the water. Three days later I tried the new generic. Same problem. These are both generic forms of the drug, but even among generics there are big differences.
A. How smart of you to pay attention! Many readers report that not all generics work equally well. Submit such problems to www.FDA.gov/MedWatch and to FDA’s generic drug office: genericdrugs@fda.hhs.gov.
