James Silverton wrote:
> Pennyaline wrote on Wed, 12 Dec 2007 07:46:27 -0700:
>
> P> Kent wrote:
> ??>> Coumadin is the generic name applied to the drug
> ??>> Warfarin.
>
> P> Actually, Kent, Coumadin (capitalized) is a brand name for
> P> the generic drug warfarin sodium (not capitalized).
>
> P> There are many brand names for warfarin sodium, as many as
> P> there are manufacturers of warfarin sodium.
>
> ??>> Also we now use the terms Warfarin and Coumadin
> ??>> interchangeably. Warfarin was the original brand name for
> ??>> coumadin. Both terms as used today to characterize the
> ??>> same drug, even on prescriptions written by your local
> ??>> doctor.
>
> This is a silly argument. I think many insurers ask to be allowed to
> make generic substitutions, as does mine: BCBS. It is superstition to
> believe that there is any difference except sometimes in the color of
> the pills.
>
>
> James Silverton
> Potomac, Maryland
>
> E-mail, with obvious alterations: not.jim.silverton.at.verizon.not

I don't understand what it is you're attributing to me here, and I don't
understand where the argument about the *difference* between brand and
generics came from. What I do understand, intimately, is that insurance
companies will not reimburse brand name meds when generics are available
except under special circumstances.

When you've worked out what it is you're arguing and why you're arguing
it, try again. Maybe it will make sense.