Why are some medications, like arthritis medication, not standardized?

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Why do we rely on random companies to make the medicine instead of being a standard treatment?

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I’m not sure what you mean by “standard treatment”. Do you mean why do patients get different drugs? Or why multiple companies make the same drug? A drug will initially be made solely by the company that developed it. But when the patent runs out, other companies will be able to make it. However, it will be the same medication no matter who makes it, and the regulatory bodies for drugs (FDA in the US) require that any company making it will have the right drug/amount in each tablet

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