Sertraline Vs Lustral

Doctors say "No" and claim they have the same active ingredient but different bulking agents.

but alot of pharmacies, others and my own opinion say, "Yes" I wont take nothing but lustral now and have to go to a specific chemist to get the lustral as others require a prescription specifically for lustral.

also there is a massive price difference dont quote me but the generics aurobindo, teva etc cost a few £ where as lustral costs more £25+

Oh yes there is a big difference, in the chemist they said why did i always go for Lustral as the other is cheaper, so I said grand, as you say its not cheap every month. about a week later most of my symptoms were coming back and I couldnt work out what was going on.. I had been going on so well.

I rang the Doctor, the one who listen to me originally and she said, had something happened, was I stressed etc., I said the only thing I had changed was changing from Lustral, she "there it is, while they say the two tablets are the same, its the make up is different" in my words the ingredients are a different mix and I stopped taking them and went back on LUSTRAL and sure enough all settled down again after another week.

Yes it expensive, but if like me when I was at my worst I would have paid any amount of money to help with anxiety etc.,

thats my experience, it maybe grand for some but not me.

the other thing is, if the generic is as good as they say, works the same as the other, then why were we not put on it from the start, surly if it is what the say, why put us on LUSTRAL?

Hope you get sorted very soon.

Very interesting and informing. Thanks.

Thank you for your responses. I am taking generic sertraline, if I change to Lustral, am I likely to have any side effects?

Hello,

I've been taking Sertraline for the last 17 years. For the first 6 months or so i was on Lustral and this was then changed to various generics. I have never encountered any differences between Lustral and generic tablets. The active ingredient Sertraline Chloride is exactly the same. It is just the filling ingredients that my differ slightly. I think people get scared about taking generics when they are used to a brand working for them. The longer you are taking a brand the more you think you need to keep taking. However, it is anxiety playing a trick on you again. There is no difference between brand and generic medication. The brand is just more expensive to the NHS.

Update - I have been taking Lustral for the past week and haven't felt a jot of difference. To be honest, I don't feel like I am taking a pill at all. With generics, I felt a little fuzzy, which I liked. With Lustral, I feel slightly anxious. I'm not sure if this is because it will take my body a while to get used to it like it did when I started taking generic sertraline? I will keep updating.