21. Medication

Brand-name drugs are a huge business, which means pharmaceutical companies spend a lot of time and money trying to convince you to buy items with their name on the label. However, instead of paying over the odds for brand name over-the-counter medication (such as painkillers or pills to help you sleep), consider buying generic store brands instead – they could be as much as five times cheaper.

According to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) “all generic drugs approved by FDA have the same high quality, strength, purity and stability as brand-name drugs. In addition, FDA inspects facilities to make certain the generic manufacturing, packaging and testing sites pass the same quality standards as those of brand-name drugs.”