‘I nearly died on generic drugs’

Fiona McMahon, who suffers from epilepsy, says inadvertently switching to a generic medication earlier this year could have cost her life.

‘I nearly died on generic drugs’

According to Epilepsy Ireland, Ms McMahon is one of 10 people with epilepsy who have already experienced serious consequences of generic substitution.

The organisation’s chief executive, Michael Glynn, made a final call for an amendment to the Generic Substitution Bill at yesterday’s Oireachtas health committee meeting.

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