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Haha funny. But He use it in the morning too after shower so definately still walking around with fina on his scalp and hair.
Is Topical Finasteride Worth Trying Or Not?
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Yeah, but the guy who invented topical finasteride has already come up with a solution for that, just a shame he seems like a non responder.
Why would you think that? Proscar pills dissolved in minoxidil would have filler included whereas a compounding pharmacy would seem to be more pure and evenly distributed.
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Just because you know where the Proscar is made, where as the compound pharmacy's can just buy a bucket of the stuff, from the cheapest api supplier that they see fit......
I'm not implying that's what Happy Head are doing though, just my skeptical logic at how companies like to make the most profit.
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This is why I'm picking a US-based company using a US-based pharmacy. Perhaps I'll be paying more, but I figure my chances of getting them right is higher than ordering overseas, but who knows.
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I get mine at Costco. I am sure it's legit. It even looks and feels just like the name brand Propecia. I genetically tested I was a poor responder to finasteride so why waste money on the name brand when the drug may not even be helping me much anyway. @jamesbooker1975 what are you thoughts about generic finasteride from Costco?
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Dont do it. Trust me u be wasting alot of money. I bought from a us pharmacy and now use generic from internet no difference whatsoever.
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You forgot to put the "ye" in that sentence. I want to "see" your Swedish accent.
You get topical finasteride from Costco?
What US pharmacy or service did you use to get your topical finasteride?
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No oral. My bad. I forgot you all were talking about topical. Never mind. Senior moment.
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Nah it wasnt finasteride it was topical dutasteride. It was from Murray avenue apothecary, So expensive jesus f*****g Christ. Took it orally and topically, and now use generic pills from Bangladesh. No difference whatsoever in sides or effectivness.
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Generic it all depend from where the drug actually it is made . And I really don't know from where they get it.
For example, to put a cheap example that anybody can test it, creatine, you have basically, to places that make it, China and Germany ( brand Creapure ) . If you see both drugs ( anybody can buy a sample of each ) you can't believe it is actually the same drug, cause it look total different . Why ? Well, cause the Germany it is extra pure, and the China one no . May be one is 99,9 % purity and the other 92% purity, and just that, it change how it look .
I always try to buy the original one ( that are synthesized, in general, in USA or EU ) . That don't mean that the one generic will not work. In fact , I compound my own lotion with generic raw drugs . And if you compound it in your local pharmacy, it will happen the same thing, the lotion will be made with generic version of finasteride, minoxidil, etc .
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The Indian ones work well for me, everything I tried from there is potent
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I can't remember exactly, but when I researching the topic several years ago, the common consensus is the US doesn't have much of an generic drug industry anymore.
Due to aggressive 'Predatory Pricing' tactics it became cheaper just to manufacture the raw ingredients or entire product abroad.
India and China now dominate this and control the majority of the world market.
If you are buying any finasteride product in the US, I would hazard guess that either all or virtually all of the raw finasteride is sourced from abroad, even Merck don't use finasteride manufactured in the US.
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Yep, In Europe and the US the choices available are pretty much all Indian.
They will still all 'work' as they all contain finasteride.
But Like I mentioned before Cipla was fine for me for 7 years until my hair 'magically' improved when swapped to some other obscure Generic Asian brand.
That shouldn't happen if there was 100% consistency in the active pharmaceutical ingredient manufacturing industry.
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Yes and no . Cause they do the same elaboration process with the same conditions they made the original clinical trial, and with that , they don’t play around , they made the drug in EU or North America . General , Germany , USA and couple more of 1th world country . Anyway, your scalp is closer to your folicles than your mouth
. Not sure why peplo keep using it orally .
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Well I can understand a diffuse thinner using oral. Some people need 4mL to cover their big *** heads lolYes and no . Cause they do the same elaboration process with the same conditions they made the original clinical trial, and with that , they don’t play around , they made the drug in EU or North America . General , Germany , USA and couple more of 1th world country . Anyway, your scalp is closer to your folicles than your mouth
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Not really sure what you mean?
The Indian drugs were originally made for the Indian market only, that was the whole point of the Indian pharmaceutical manufacturing industry, to remove western influence, red tape & pricing, and ultimately take their own control.
they only became available in external markets once they had priced the west out of business.
All the products they sell to the west will have obviously passed bioequivalence test at the time of submission.
Its the whether the monitoring system in place has allowed small deviations to occur over the ensuing decades that has been called into question.
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