FINPECIA

[davidpolo]

Hi guys,

I've been having alopecia since five years. I am currently 27 and I can say I am professional at that stuff. Now I am visiting India and guess what... I asked at a Pharmacy if they had generic finasteride. (this is the component of propecia) and they said YES!!!. I heard that India was strong in generic products. WEll the medicine is called FINPECIA and costs... 35 rupees 10 tablets. 1 Euro is equal to 58 rupees so make your calculations.... 10 tablets aprox 65 cents of euro so a month treatment is less than 2.5 euro!!!!!! and a year treatment 30 euro!!!! for the price of one box of propecia I treat myself 2 YEARS with the same product!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I was paying 60 euro in my country for the bloody propecia. More than 25 five times more!!!!!! this propecia bastards!!!! You know how much money am I going to save????????
The medicine is EXACTLY THE SAME THAN PROPECIA. I've checked the web and they sell it for 6 $ 10 tablets.... still people want to make good profits at our pockets...
anyway, if you someone in India, ask that person to send you the medicine or try to contact any indian pharmacy on the net.
Regards
David

 

[Guest]

I would not trust the generic drug at all. If you treat your hairloss seriously then you would have to go with the real deal. Proscar or Propecia by Merck.

That's my take on it.....

 

[davidpolo]

well,
I've been already five years treating myself with propecia, I know how this works and honestly, generic drug is exactly the same everywhere, this is 1 mg of finasteride is the same in India, in the US in europe or wherever. Besides, it has a patent, yes a patent and it is sold in pharmacies, in all indian pahrmacies, all indian people treat themselves with this product. The name finpecia is not the name of finasteride is the name of the product that contains finasteride and it is developed by a company. I don't know wether you are one of this guys that make money with propecia but this post is to help people not to get broke with propecia, so your comment is not very appropriate. Do you really think indian people with incomes less than 100 us $ month will buy propecia?
Finally, if you are aware of how this works, and I am sure you are you should know that India is the biggest producer of generic products and has one of the stronger pharmaceuticals industry in the world.

 

[Guest]

Hang on a minute here. You make a post saying that Finpecia is the best thing since sliced bread. Then I give you an opinion and you tell me I work for the makers of Propecia. Do you work for Fincar then.

I also drive an Audi and they are great cars. Do you think I work for them also.


Don't be so bloody stupid. I just value my fight against hairloss and want the real deal. You pop what you bloody well like mate and good luck. Just don't knock people who's opinions are different than yours.

Now look at the tits to the left and entertain yourself.

 

[not me!]

Traxdata is absolutely correct. I am sure that most everyone on this forum has heard of Finpecia before, yet you sound like their new marketing campaign.

Hey, if you want to risk taking that stuff, then fine. I am not here to lecture you. However, when you go on a public discussion board and say that you KNOW that it is legitimate medication without actually knowing, then you are posting careless and potentially false information.

The people that read these forums are, for the most part, intelligent consumers. They do not need to be force-fed that any one product is better than another. Give them the facts and let them draw their own conclusions. THe only facts in your original post was about the friggin' exchange rate. Sure, I can buy aspirin all day long at $6.99 a bottle but its not going to help my hairloss.

It is a FACT that India is a hotbed of generic pharmeceutical fraud.

It is a FACT that Indian standards of practice for their medical field is nowhere near the standards that American and Europeans employ.

It is a FACT that blister packs and other medication markings can look extremely authentic, as can the actual pills.

It is a FACT that foreign drugs are confiscated coming into the U.S. almost everyday. They are tested and many times contain ALMOST NONE OF THE ACTIVE INGREDIENT and UNSAFE LEVELS OF HEAVY METALS.

So take your generic Finasteride. By all means, I won't tell you not to take it. You are a big boy, you can make your own mistakes. However don't make it look like you have found the pot at the end of the rainbow when you know that there is a very real level of danger in buying foreign medication. If you didn't know you wouldn't spend all that time on your post raving about it.

Now that I look back, that was your first post. Just the tone of it smells of something suspicious. I will not say that you are a shill but you damn sure stink of one.

 

[davidpolo]

Man....
Don't get that stressed or you will loose your hair...!

First of all, I am just telling my story and sharing with you guys. The answer of : dont take generics sounded a bit poor without explanation

Second, If I was a marketing campaing I wouldn't say the indian price 35 Rps (less than 50 cents of euro) Instead I would say that 6$ a box of ten pills. Since last post I did some research since maybe I was mistaken and this finpecia thing is a fraud... so far by tiping on google "finpecia, fraud, false, cipla (the company)" and other things I don't see anything suspicious.

of course I see many websites that try to sell the product by 6$ which of course supports the thing. Also I swa your posts...

In any case, treating it from the common sense perspective, as long as you get this in normal pharmacies, it should be ok in India. I don't know whether the product sent to US or Europe could be damaged or fake! I guess there are bad guys everywhere and there are some online frauds. But in the end a pahrmacy is a pharmacy and it is unlikely to find fakes in a real pharmacy, this is on the street in calcutta, delhi or bambay.

On the other hand, this company, Cipla, looks like a pretty big company, well you know that

Finally, it makes sense to sell products cheaper for cheaper incomes... not everybody has dollars or euros (which by the way has raised up to 1.28 us $!!!) Don't the indians deserve medicines as well?

I also read that as long as India is not in the WTO, the intellectual property does not apply so far, so apart from the merck complains they have nothing to do with Cipla.

Maybe you've never took a generic aspirin, no that BAYER thing but I tell you it works pretty well as well that boots (uk) paracetamol works fine as well.

I saw the posts of drink man or whoever he is. Man, you are sick. honestly you are taking the thing so far. you also said you were taking fincar. I think you are a bit racist. Indians do their stuff pretty well (scams apart, that exists everywhere and it happens to be online companies).

My conclusion is in line with yours I guess... This is a serious staff. we know that and its worth our money. Don't take risks with it. I guess online ordering is risky for finpecia/fincar more than for propecia, but as long as you get it from a pharmacy in India yourself it should be alright.

take it easy. Remain looking at the boobs of your friend's picture.
yours
the rastafari

 

[not me!]

I am taking things too far?

I am racist?

Wow, ok. Tell me how its racist to warn everyone on a discussion forum about the potential dangers of medications that are produced in a country with less than optimum standards for pharmeceutical manufacturing. I am assuming that the visitors to this forum are of all creeds, colors, and nationalities. I didn't just say "hey, white guys! dont take Finpecia" or "hey black guys, dont take finpecia!" or "hey, those of middle-eastern-descent, dont take finpecia!"

I warned EVERYONE about the potential hazard of the generics that come out of India.

That comment was childish and unnecessary. If that is the only way that you can back up your claim that the medication that you are touting is legit, then I feel for your debating skills.

Oh, I forgot. Your comfort comes from "It comes from a pharmacy, therefore it HAS to be good." This also showcases your top-notch intelligence.

Oh, and your unsuccessful google search?

I typed (it is spelled "typing," not "tiping") "fake drugs" into google. Here are just a few of the links that popped right up.


http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2003- ... rugs_x.htm

a quote: "But investigators in recent months have seized a variety of fakes. They include Lipitor pills that contained only small amounts of the ingredient needed to lower cholesterol and vials of an expensive cancer drug filled with only bacteria-laden salt water."


http://www.usatoday.com/money/industrie ... over_x.htm

"Many of the fakes are so good that pharmacists have trouble telling them from the real thing."

Wow. It happened in U.S. pharmacies. Wouldn't that lead you to believe that it could happen in Indian pharmacies?

http://health.iafrica.com/healthnews/331489.htm

"According to US health officials, one in ten medicines sold worldwide is fake, treating nothing but providing about $32-billion (€26-billion) in annual sales for drug dealers."



These are just three news articles that I found in less than 30 seconds. I don't know where you learned to research, mr. "the rastafari," but I hope for your sake that you start learning to do it a little better.

 

[davidpolo]

Man... you are an impulsive twat

I used google to search for "cipla, finprecia, fraud", not for fake drugs in general.

Of course there are problems with fake drugs also outside US, and you spent all this time searching the net to let me know! thanks for the info, anyway, its been pretty useful to show how stupid you are. Did you also know that there are also wars in the world? and that Real Madrid is an Spanish football team?

About the pharmacies thing... I guess there are risks, but as I tried to let your short intelligence understand, it SHOULD be much safer than ordering online.

About India, you should know that they are pretty competitive, much more than many americans in many fields like computing and also becoming finance experts. About pharmaceuticals, India is being one of the biggest producers in the world, I don't think the second most important pharmaceutical company in India (cipla) has low standards.

You may try to assume the reality or not, but again your behaviour of not US not qualifying is pretty out of fashion specially today.

Again, take it easy, don't get too stressed or you may loose your hair, and thanks for the spelling correction.

 

[gopithegr8]

i am using fincepia for last 2-3 month,
does it work or not

 

[not me!]

No problem on the spelling correction. As a matter of fact, I can offer a few more from your latest post. However, I do not wish to detract from the point at hand (even if it has become more than tiresome).

Because I respect this forum and will not belittle it with a quarrel with someone, I will simply laugh off your personal attacks on me. It is obvious that you have your mind made up, I am only posting relevant contradictory facts to help those that may otherwise believe you. I do find it rather odd that you are going to great lengths to showcase your love for your generic finasteride.

Take what you see fit. I truly hope that it works for you. I only offer up evidence that it is very possibly counterfeit and dangerous. For some reason that seems to rile your feathers. I also find it odd that you immediately want to jump into an argument with someone that doesn't agree with your point of view with only your second post on the forum.

The readers of this forum are not stupid. They come here to educate themselves about their affliction and to hopefully find a suitable solution. Do not try to sway anyone into a decision by stating something is fact when it is not. That is careless and can even be dangerous.

Best of luck in your sales, however .

 

[n1kki6]

the question i have is the drugs they are confiscating and finding metals in from cipla. Lets say for instance you really are getting real cipla finasteride, does this stuff still have metals in it. Also how does drugstore.com sel proscar i though it was illegal to sell finasteride out of the united states wihtout a presciption.

 

[not me!]

Drugstore.com is located in the U.S. and require you to have a prescription.