There are two important lessons here for me
- If the pharmacists try and sell you other brands in place of prescribed medicine brands then don't buy
- We don't have much option when it comes to medical tests. Even if we find it expensive, we have to do them
Yea, most Pharmaceutical companies, just like their big pharma counterparts are after profit. Hence, they will rather provide you with an alternative than let you take the money somewhere else. Concerning the medical test, of course, we do not have a lot of options.
NB: I don't know why your comment was downvoted, I've decided to upvote to neutralize it.