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Do you buy name brand medicine?


Poll Started 16 Feb 2009:

Do you buy name brand medicine?

Branded medicine has a powerful selling point: nobody wants to ‘scrimp’ on their health. Yet generic medicines (unbranded/own brand) offer EXACTLY the same active ingredient (see the cheap medicines guide for more) at a fraction of the cost. Often the only difference is the lack of fancy packaging, and the coating.

Which of these do you mostly buy for yourself/your family?

A. Brand Name Medicines.  
 13% (959 votes)
B. Own brand for me, name brand for the kids.  
 8% (565 votes)
C. Supermarket/Chemist's Own Brand.  
 55% (3934 votes)
D. Uber-cheap unbranded.  
 17% (1226 votes)
E. I get free prescriptions (so there’s no price difference).  
 6% (453 votes)


Total Votes: 7137

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