Hi everyone,
In France, generics for lamotrigine are ALREADY available. Problem is our medical care system now reimbourse(it pays, we don't need to pay for the medication) based on a generic price, which is about half and 2/3 of the original price => there is little we( the patients) can do as very few of us can afford to pay the difference.

I was (and still am) not very confident with the generic concept. OK the laboratory needs to get its R1D program and make profit but how come the generics are so "cheap" if they are really like the "real" thing?
However, I still have tried 2 of them. The first one was manufactured by Qualimed. The taste was just awfull. I asked my pharmacist if she could get another one. I now take the Sandoz version
There seems to be a lot of problems with the generics. I read that there are already 30 reports (just for the USA) reporting problems with the use of them (seizures come back, aura diseappears, ...)
I advise we share our experience about it
http://www.vidal.fr/medicament/lamot...imed-81277.htm http://www.vidal.fr/medicament/lamot...ndoz-71103.htm