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Can different manufacturers of medications cause symptoms to become worse?

So last Friday I went to the pharmacy like I do every month to pick up my prescriptions and this time my medication looked alt different. (Different size, and color) That next day my anxiety was at an all time high and has been for a week now. Of course being anxious for days turns into depression. I was wondering if anyone has experienced something similar. I called the pharmacist and she just reacted like I was crazy for thinking that was the reason. But the time line just lines up too perfect. I do plan on seeing my doctor tomorrow, of course this happened during a holiday weekend.
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If you're on a generic, yes, many people do find that generics are often less effective than brand names and some generic manufacturers are better than others.  Others don't notice these things.  Generics are not identical to brand name drugs, they are similar enough to work pretty much the same but our bodies differ and might not absorb the generic as well.  Brand name manufacturers are also much more consistent in meeting manufacturing standards -- while they do a lot of horrible things, this is an area where they are far superior to generics manufacturers who are fined regularly for cutting corners to cut costs on their very low margin products.  Now, if your medication looked a lot different, I'd go back to the pharmacy and have the pharmacist look at it and make sure you got the right drug -- different generics can have different colors and your pharmacist knows if they switched companies -- they do this a lot if they get a better price, though they don't pass that savings on to us or our insurance companies.  But again, if it looks a lot different and you're having this much of a reaction, it wouldn't hurt to take it back to your pharmacy to make sure -- your pharmacies will know this better than your doctor will.  
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