collect information about generic medicine and discuss them in the class
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Medicines are classified into two types, original or brand drugs and generic drugs. Brand name drugs are the drugs that are named by the company that produced it. Generic drugs are the pharmaceutical drugs which are similar to the brand name drugs and are developed by the other companies similar to that of brand name drugs. These drugs have the same clinical benefit to that of the brand name drugs but they differ in color, density, name and the filler ingredients etc. These generic drugs are subjected to the government rules and regulations.
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The example for the generic drug is metformin, which is used to treat diabetes. The brand name for the metformin is the Glucophage. Another better example is the metoprolol which is used to cure hypertension and its brand name is Lopressor.