16 January 2017 - Earlier this month I went to the chemist and got a new prescription filled to take on holiday with me. I didn't open the bag till I was far away and when I did I was surprised.

It was not Effexor but the generic, cheaper, version of the drug, which is called venlafaxine. Given that generics are, I believed, chemically identical versions of the substance, I figured this shouldn't make any difference.

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