Are generic medicines as good as branded ones?

Yes. Generics must prove the same active ingredient, dose and absorption profile as the original, and decades of surveillance keep confirming equivalence; most doctors take generics themselves. The price difference funds marketing and recovered research costs, not quality.

Colors, fillers and coatings differ, which occasionally matters for rare specific sensitivities, and for a handful of narrow-margin drugs doctors prefer sticking with one manufacturer.

If a switch coincides with feeling different, mention it rather than silently paying five times more; usually reassurance or a one-brand solution settles it.