Canadian Generics

The generic drug for plavix 75 (clopidogrel 75) current availability:

Trade Brand Name: Plavix ®. Registered mark of sanofi-aventis. Marketed by pharmaceutical companies: Bristol-Myers Squibb/Sanofi Pharmaceuticals Partnership. Commonly prescribed to lower heart attack, stoke, or clot risk. Clopidogrel keeps blood platelets from sticking and is the international generic name assigned to reference the active ingredient. Rx generally required, although some pharmacies in the world are allowed to dispense this medications without prescription. We are advised by our Canadian pharmacy that a cheap generic alternative is available.  Learn more:

Where to get a cheap generic for Plavix: Finding a low cost alternative for Plavix in many countries is next to impossible, unless you are willing to switch to another blood thinning medication.  Which is certainly not advisable:  if your symptoms and platelet aggregation are under control with this prescription therapy.

Cheaper generics for brand name drugs are not available in all countries at the same time.  Internationally, patents expire on various dates, opening up the market for competition by pharmaceutical companies to manufacture and distribute their generic brand drug with the same active ingredient (Clopidogrel) and therapeutic properties as Plavix.   After much exploration we found where in the world a Plavix generic equivalent is currently available.

http://www.thedrugcompany.com/blood_thinner/plavix/75/

To get the Plavix generic substitute and save, you may need to purchase from an international or Canadian pharmacy.   But contact your pharmacy’s generic drugstore specialist to see if your expensive brand name medication has or will have a generic equivalent available in your area anytime soon.  If not, be certain whomever you buy from they are a licensed online pharmacy. Clopidogrel generics are available from India, United Kingdom, South African  and can for  purchased through licensed Canadian pharmacies.

Plavix (clopidogrel) discounts and money saving tips.

1. Buy the generic drug online. Free Clopidogrel generic for plavix price quote
2. A patient assistance program may provide discounts or free plavix medications to qualified individualsask your doctor for a less expensive alternative.
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Note: A generic prescription may be required to convert from brand medications.

Plavix generic name: All drugs have a generic name, a short unique international reference for the medicine.  Clopidogrel is the trade generic name. The brand and generic name comes in the following tablet strengths:

• Plavix 75 mg / Clopidogrel 75 mg

Patent protection is due for expiration in 2010 for Canada and in USA 2011.

Canadian generics manufacture Apotex , briefly distributed a generic for plavix in 2006.   Prior to Bristol-myers squibb obtaining a court ruling to protect it’s patent against infringement.

Clopidogrel generic brands: Generic vs brand name medicine.  Lets compare the brand medicine versus generic drug: What is the difference?

• Plavix is the trade name marketed by Sanofi-aventis Vs. clopidogrel is the name marketed by generic company (companies).

• Plavix’s active ingredient is clopidogrel Vs. the generic brand’s contains and is commonly referred to as clopidogrel.

• The FDA or equivalent regulator in each country regulates Plavix for safety.  But so are the products of pharmaceutical generic companies.

Generally speaking, due to therapeutic efficacy requirements the only difference a consumer should experience when consuming a generic equivalent is price.   Generic brands will be distributed under the generic pharmaceutical manufacture’s name and prominence given to the active ingredient. Some common generic brand names are:

• Ranbaxy Laboratories – India
• Apotex – Canada
• Barr – USA
• Cipla – India
• Ratiopharm – Euro
• Teva Pharmaceutical Industries – Israel

Buy Plavix online; a most popular blood thinner medication brand name drug . To explore if switching to a generic blood thinner is right for you give one of our health professionals a toll free call.  Or chat with them online.  They will happily discuss your alternatives and how much you could save by buying Plavix online.

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Generic Plavix does not exist: Price conscious consumers know to ask for the generic medicine as a low cost alternative to a prescribed brand name.  However, they often mistakenly ask for the generic equivalent of a brand drug by adding “generic” pre or post the trade name.  i.e. “Plavix generic”

This is a common error due to the fact that the consumer does not know the brand’s chemical name. Even though health professionals know they are looking for, factually since Plavix is registered name, their request does not exist.

A generic alternative is only available where a patent has not been issued or after it expires.  To properly request a quote, ask for the chemical name.  You can find it on the label of you product under active ingredients.

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Definitions:

1. Blood thinner – an anti coagulating medicine used in preventing the formation of blood clots
2. Clopidogrel – is the generic name for an approved blood thinning medication.
3. Plavix – is a trade mark used to brand the drug Clopidogrel
4. Generic – is a generalized class for a substance not having a brand name
5. Generic prescription – is a directive given from a medical doctor in the form or the chemical name rather then requesting the brand or brand only without substitution
6. Plavex – is a common misspelling