Sidenafil Citrate is just the full name
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What other ingredients are in Viagra that aren't in the generics? Cause as far as I can tell Viagra is merely more expensive because they invented it, branded it and need to claw back money from their considerable research costs.
I genuinely can't find anywhere on the net that supports the claim that there's any difference between Viagra and the generics. Is there a doctor, a paper or something that backs this up?
One of the NHS generics I've been prescribed is TEVA Sidenafil
I have copied the ingredient list from their website. You will note that they quote Sidenafil (NOT Sidenafil Citrate) as an ingredient
What form(s) does Teva-Sildenafil come in?
25 mg
Each blue, diamond-shaped, film-coated tablet engraved with "N" on one side and "25" on the other side, contains sildenafil 25 mg. Nonmedicinal ingredients: croscarmellose sodium, dibasic calcium phosphate, FD&C Blue No. 2/Indigo Carmine Aluminum Lake, microcrystalline cellulose, magnesium stearate, polyethylene glycol, talc, and titanium dioxide.
50 mg
Each blue, diamond-shaped, film-coated tablet engraved with "N" on one side and "50" on the other side, contains sildenafil 50 mg. Nonmedicinal ingredients: croscarmellose sodium, dibasic calcium phosphate, FD&C Blue No. 2/Indigo Carmine Aluminum Lake, microcrystalline cellulose, magnesium stearate, polyethylene glycol, talc, and titanium dioxide.
100 mg
Each blue, diamond-shaped, film-coated tablet engraved with "N" on one side and "100" on the other side, contains sildenafil 100 mg. Nonmedicinal ingredients: croscarmellose sodium, dibasic calcium phosphate, FD&C Blue No. 2/Indigo Carmine Aluminum Lake, microcrystalline cellulose, magnesium stearate, polyethylene glycol, talc, and titanium dioxide.
VIAGRA
VIAGRA® (sildenafil citrate) , an oral therapy for erectile dysfunction, is the citrate salt of sildenafil, a selective inhibitor of cyclic guanosine monophosphate (cGMP)-specific phosphodiesterase type 5 (PDE5).
Sildenafil citrate is a white to off-white crystalline powder with a solubility of 3.5 mg/mL in water and a molecular weight of 666.7. VIAGRA (sildenafil citrate) is formulated as blue, film-coated rounded-diamond-shaped tablets equivalent to 25 mg, 50 mg and 100 mg of sildenafil citrate for oral administration. In addition to the active ingredient, sildenafil citrate, each tablet contains the following inactive ingredients: microcrystalline cellulose, anhydrous dibasic calcium phosphate, croscarmellose sodium, magnesium stearate, hypromellose, titanium dioxide, lactose, triacetin, and FD & C Blue #2 aluminum lake.
So there are differences to the ingredients!!