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    Doctors often tell patients to take a certain kind of medicine in order to get over an illness. For example, a patient may need medicine because his or her shoulder hurts. The doctor may tell the patient that there is a brand name medicine which will help him or her. This brand name medicine is made by a famous company. However, there may also be a generic type of the same medicine.
    Genetic medicines are preferred by some people because they are usually less expensive, yet they have the same ingredients as brand name medicines. If the generic medicine has the same ingredients, this means that the medicine should have the same effect on the person as the brand name medicine. If the ingredients in the generic and the brand name medicines ale a little different, then the generic type cannot claim to be the same as the brand name medicine.
    Generic medicines are almost always cheaper than brand name medicines. Why is this? Making any kind of medicine takes a lot of money and a lot of time. This is because a company has to pay doctors and scientists to study an illness and to find some kind of medicine to fight this illness. Then, it takes more money and more time for the company to test the medicine to make sure it is safe and that it works. Once a company is ready to sell its product to people, the company usually sets the price of the medicine very high. The company charges a lot of money in order to get back all of the money that it spent making the medicine. Generic medicine makers, on the other hand, copy some kind of medicine that has already been developed and tested. For this reason, they do not have to spend as much money to develop the medicine.
    Generic medicines are usually not sold right away. Companies that make generic medicines must wait a certain amount of time before they can make the same medicine. But once the generic medicine is on the market, doctors are usually quick to offer it to their patients. This is because the price of medicine is very expensive. Taking a genetic medicine can save a patient, of his or her insurance company, a lot of money. Generic medicines are just as good as brand name medicines. Therefore, doctors feel safe in having their patients take these medicines.