Study: Generics Fine for Heart Disease

Generic drugs treat heart and artery disease just as well as brand-name drugs do, a study concludes. Yet some doctors and patients don’t think they are as good, the authors say. The article looked at studies that compared brand-name drugs and their generic copies. Nearly all found they were equally effective. But related editorials did not agree. Half of them discouraged using generics. Most editorials did not list whether the authors received drug company funds. HealthDay News wrote about the article December 2. It appeared in the Journal of the American Medical Association.