Bioequivalence

When you’re at the drugstore trying to decide between the more expensive name brand and the generic version, fret not: the drugs are bioequivalent, meaning they’ll affect your body the same way.

When two drugs are bioequivalent, it means your body can’t tell the difference between two drugs, and they do the same thing. Why pay more for one over the other if they’re bioequivalent? You can say that ten times fast, or just the next time you see someone pick the more expensive name brand. “Even doctors go with generic...because bioequivalence. Duh.”

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