Red finasteride

[hoser3]

Hi - I read on another post that there had been a long discussion about this at Hairlosstalk.com in the past, but I can't find it by searching and think it's probably not around any more. The generic finasteride I got is in strips of 10 (2 rows of 5), small, round pills, and an iron oxide-red colour. They have a line down the middle, which is a bit strange. I have been taking them in quarters for about 2.5 months - not enough time to tell if much is happening. My hair looks a bit worse than it did before I started (I am 35 years old and have diffuse thinning with significant temple recession) - it's nothing that makes me worried, as I have read that 3 months seems to be a low point and I can't expect anything better so soon. I'm not worried on that count; I just want to do all I can. I don't think I've got the head shape to shave, and feel that HM, etc. will be slow enough in coming to be useful when I'm in my sixties. My question is - does anyone know who made this red finasteride, or if it is known to be fake? Thanks for any comment or information anyone may give.

 

[Nick4441]

The generic finasteride that comes from india is small white pills in CIPLA blister pack. Genuine propecia is small red hexagonal pills in Propecia blister pack. I get all of mine from In-house Pharmacy.

Yours must be another generic make....maye Dr Reddys or another...

 

[sl]

Theres lots of Generic stuff....Even available in liquid form, which doesnt taste too good. But its cheap as chips thats the reason I was on 5mg per day

 

[MPBWarrior]

Genuine propecia is small red hexagonal pills in Propecia blister pack. ..

i could've sorn the merck propecia i used to buy was blue and hexagonal, not red.

 

[Nick4441]

The one I just got is red and is definitely genuine Merk ...cost a packet. The could be different though in other batches..the colour is just the inactive ingredients..if its got all the Merck paperwork and packaging then its unlikely to be fake.

 

[hoser3]

Actually, there isn't any paperwork and it's only the blisters for packaging. It has a code number of GUJ/DRUGS/373. I'll hope that it's okay - it's not far enough along yet that I'd know if it were doing anything or not.