I often hear, “You should never cheap out on a good office chair, shoes, underpants, backpack etc…” but what are some items that you would feel OK to cheap out on?

This can by anything from items such as: expensive clothing brands to general groceries.

  • DAMunzy@lemmy.dbzer0.com
    158·
    9 months ago

    Caveat: you aren’t super sensitive to extra/less medicine. The tolerances for generic are much wider.

    • bluefishcanteen@sh.itjust.works
      8·
      9 months ago

      Technically no. The tolerances should be more or less the same (generally 90%-110% label claim for the active ingredient) . Manufacturers aim for 100% and generally hit that target (or get very close to it).

      The bioavailability could be different though - if you are doing a bioequivalence trial for generic VS brand, the generic would have to be between 80% - 120%. This difference is generally a result of the starches, fillers, and other stuff that may be in a generic formulation.

      Same net effect as your comment (wider tolerances), but there is a bit more nuance.