Does anyone take generic Topamax?

[luvwinnie]

I pay $100 a mth for my Topamax now...it would go to $30 if I used generic. Anyone using it for migraines? Work just as well?

 

[candykisses]

I've been using using the generic since it came out and haven't noticed a difference except for the price.

One of my workmates also switched to the generic (we both take it for migraines) and she hasn't noticed a difference either.

 

[luvwinnie]

Thank you!

 

[pls5286]

I take it with no differences at all. Except in price that is!

 

[tictac]

I take it too but I am sooo ready to get off of it .... I hate it with a passion. I forget everything feel really airheaded

 

[mnm.rain]

I also take the generic and notice no differences. Good luck!!!

 

[candykisses]

I take it too but I am sooo ready to get off of it .... I hate it with a passion. I forget everything feel really airheaded

That's how I feel on it all the time, but now for less!

 

[tazdev3225]

I take it too but I am sooo ready to get off of it .... I hate it with a passion. I forget everything feel really airheaded

That's why it's jokingly referred to as Dopamax. I went off of it because of the side effects. I'd rather have the migraine.

 

[purpletiger]

I pay $100 a mth for my Topamax now...it would go to $30 if I used generic. Anyone using it for migraines? Work just as well?

Personally, I would not take the generic. My friend takes the brand and she tried the generic and it did not work quite as well. You might ask your doctor for a script so you can try a 30 day trial of generic and see if you prefer it.

 

[DisneyCowgirl]

I don't understand. If the generic is the same chemical formula, why would it work any differently?

 

[tinkerfan1]

I take the generic Topamax and have felt no difference other than, like another poster said, the price. I was thrilled when they came out with a generic version and could save a little money on this expensive product!!

 

[luvwinnie]

Thanks everyone! I know it SHOULD work the same, but I've read a few opinions online saying it didn't...glad most of you had no issues.

 

[kaytieeldr]

I don't understand. If the generic is the same chemical formula, why would it work any differently?

The inactive ingredients sometimes affect the way a med works.

Call me cynical, but just the difference in size makes me leery (or else my pharmacy gave me the wrong prescription )

 

[VillageMama]

My daughter takes the generic... one month the pills looked one way and the next month they looked different. I guess it depends on which manufacturer of the generic we get each month.

 

[BCV513]

I had to switch to the generic when it came out because my insurance refused to cover the good stuff. I absolutely hate it! I have all of the "Dopamax" side effects that I never had with the brand name. One morning I got off the subway like normal and somehow got lost instead of getting to work. I knew where I was but I couldn't figure out how to get to work. It was 45 minutes before I was able to figure out where I was. And I'm getting bad breakthrough migraines that I wasn't getting on the name brand stuff.

 

[luvwinnie]

I had to switch to the generic when it came out because my insurance refused to cover the good stuff. I absolutely hate it! I have all of the "Dopamax" side effects that I never had with the brand name. One morning I got off the subway like normal and somehow got lost instead of getting to work. I knew where I was but I couldn't figure out how to get to work. It was 45 minutes before I was able to figure out where I was. And I'm getting bad breakthrough migraines that I wasn't getting on the name brand stuff.

wow, what dosage?

 

[BCV513]

wow, what dosage?

50 mg, morning and night

Of course, I still haven't found that weight loss side effect!

 

[luvwinnie]

50 mg, morning and night

Of course, I still haven't found that weight loss side effect!

Do you mean 50 in a.m. and 50 again at night, so 100 total? If I take it in morning I am KNOCKED OUT, must take at bedtime. I am on 75 right now.

 

[VillageMama]

Of course, I still haven't found that weight loss side effect!

I'm sorry to hear that but you are doing great on your weight loss efforts!

My 12 year old daughter who is taking Topomax only weighed about 97 pounds when she started and now she's down to 92. Ohhh... I was so tempted to take some of her pills!