There are so many brand names for the same drug in market, how do we know which brand is better ,for example in case of psychiatry drugs with escitalopram as the salt .there are many manufacturers of the same salt .And is sold under different brand names like cipralex, nexito,depranex, rexipra,how do we get to know which one to buy.

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