Survey: Americans lack knowledge about generics - Nashville Business Journal:

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And, while research has shown that generics have saves the health care system anestimatefd $734 billion in the last 10 years, two-thirds of those surveyedc don’t know the true cost differences between generic and brans name drugs, according to the survey conductedf by , a leading pharmacy benefit managemeng organization. “Using generics helpa make health care more affordabl withoutcompromising results,” Jacqueline Prescription Solutions CEO said in a news release.
“Manu Americans erroneously believe that the most expensived drug is always the mosteffective drug, so by helping to changr perceptions, we can help people save moneuy and still get the best treatment available.” Thirty-one perceng of respondents indicated they knew that a brandx name drug cost 50-70 percent more on average than its generidc counterpart. Seventy-one percent of consumers remain concernedc about drug costs with more than one infour (27 having either delayed filling, not filled, or not taken as directefd a prescription drug to save money. Twenty-one percent of all respondentsw say they have talked to their doctor recentlyt about switching to a lessexpensivee drug.
Fifty-seven percent of those polled said they take prescriptiodrugs weekly. Of those, 83 percent (or 47 percent of the tota sample) take generics. Of thoss who do not take generic drugs on aweeklg basis, 58 percent say it is becaused there is no generic available for the drug they Sixty-four percent of those who take generics say theit doctor recommended them and 43 percent say their pharmacist recommendesd them. Of those who do not take generic drugs on a weekly basis, 58 percent say they would if theitr pharmacist brought a generic to their attention as a less expensive, identical and 52 percent say theifr doctor would have to recommend it.