The Question Cannot Be Answered Without Specifying Which Drug
Your question asks for "the generic of this drug" but no specific drug name was provided in your question. To answer which generic corresponds to a brand-name medication (or vice versa), I need you to specify the actual drug name you're asking about.
How Generic and Brand Names Work
When you do provide the drug name, here's what I can tell you:
Generic drugs contain the same active ingredient as their brand-name counterparts and must be bioequivalent, meaning they deliver the medication to the site of action at the same rate and extent 1
Generic drugs are medically appropriate alternatives to brand-name drugs and have been proven safe and effective 2
The FDA requires generic drugs to be identical in strength, dosage form, route of administration, and clinical use indications to the original brand-name product 1
Common Examples
To illustrate what you might be asking about, here are examples from the evidence:
- Advair Diskus (brand) = fluticasone-salmeterol (generic), with Wixela Inhub being an FDA-approved generic version 3
- Plavix (brand) = clopidogrel bisulfate (generic) 4
- Lipitor (brand) = atorvastatin (generic) 5
Please Resubmit Your Question
Provide the specific brand name or generic name of the drug you're asking about, and I can give you the corresponding generic or brand name equivalent.