Article: Consumer: Is your chemist ripping you off? Cheap versions of brand-name medicines are just as good at curing all ills - and the price won't make you feel queasy.(Mirror Health)

Byline: CHRISTINE MORGAN

WHEN it comes to buying basic medicines, we don't look after the pounds, let alone the pennies - and that can be a headache in itself if you're on a tight budget.

A survey by the Consumers' Association magazine Which?, reveals that up to two thirds of us choose expensive, big-name cures believing they are better than cheaper, unbranded alternatives - even though they contain exactly the same ingredients.

"People get taken in by advertising and think cheaper medicines won't be as effective, but that's all in their heads," ...

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