Gholam K. Motamedi, MD; Margot G. Wheeler, MD Department of Neurology (Dr. Motamedi), Department of Medicine (Dr. Wheeler), Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, DC motamedi@georgetown.edu
The authors reported no potential conflict of interest relevant to this article.
Of course, patients should be reminded that a generic medication may not always look the same as a brand-name drug or a previous generic prescription. But it can’t hurt for the patient to ask whether that medication that “looks different” is just a different generic—or a sign of a more worrisome mix-up.