Generic Medicines/cozaar

I have been taking branded COZAAR for several years. Recently, my GP switched me over to generic version of Losartan Potassium. The side effects I am experiencing is unbearable. Where or who
should I write to restore my medication to the Branded one?

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If it is your doctor that is writing the prescription for the generic, then that is who you will have to speak to and ask them to write it for the brand, instead.

There is a place on the prescription where he can right or check off the phrase 'brand medically necessary.' and then that is what the pharmacy has to dispense.


There can be some variations from the name brand to the generic, since the FDA does allow a difference, in the active ingredient, of up to plus or minus 20%, which they consider an acceptable therapeutic window.

I am very sensitive to blood pressure medication side effects myself, so I can confirm that for some people this variation can be enough to cause them severe problems.

Since you say they are unbearable, yes, you should contact your doctor immediately and let them know that the generic just isn't working for you.


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