DMEMEDS shared post via Chicago Tribune: Pill look different? Shape and color changes may prompt lapses

In a decade, Americans have saved an estimated $1.2 trillion by taking generic drugs instead of the high-priced originals. But the booming market in copycat prescription pharmaceuticals - coupled with insurance companies' efforts to keep healthcare costs low - often means that when they refill a prescription, patients get a familiar medication in a new shape or color. [By Author: Melissa Healy] http://chicagotribune.feedsportal.com/c/34253/f/622900/s/3c967ee5/sc/36/l/0L0Schicagotribune0N0Chealth0Cla0Esci0Esn0Egeneric0Emedication0Elapses0E20A140A7140H0A0H25537160Bstory0Dtrack0Frss/story01.htm

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