Proscar, Finpecia and Propecia...

[EasyEd]

Is there any difference at all between 1mg of Finpecia, Propecia and Proscar??? If so, what are the differences? I'm having a hard time understanding that if they're the same exact pill, why would people pay the much higher prices of Propecia? Help me understand...

 

[cook'n'milkies]

Finpecia and Fincar are the generic versions of Propecia and Proscar, respectively.

They are both Finasteride (the active ingredient in Propecia)

They can be sold cheaper because they are made by a pharmaceutical company called Cipla in India, where the patent laws are different.

All in all the only difference is price. Some people don't trust the authenticity of generics, but people have had stellar results. I myself buy my finpecia from inhousepharmacy.com.

 

[Guest]

I wonder why those Indian companies (Cipla, Dr Reddys, Ranbaxy) keep making duplicates of existing western drugs ????? They dont seem to invest much in R and D at all inspite of having one of the largest and most competent brain capital in the world. Agreed it helps to make cheaper versions of those drugs for the poor/less privileged people in that part but common guys put some more money into research !!! Logically, More research = Faster Cure = End of our Emotional Sufferings. If every country speeds up research it will only make the cure available faster.

 

[misterium]

conspiracy

 

[cook'n'milkies]

I agree with misterium. Why come up with a guaranteed 1 time cure when you can keep people shilling out money forever. Not that these treatments don't work, but you'd think with all the scientific advances we could stop this by now.

 

[Britannia]

I wonder why those Indian companies (Cipla, Dr Reddys, Ranbaxy) keep making duplicates of existing western drugs ????? They dont seem to invest much in R and D at all inspite of having one of the largest and most competent brain capital in the world. Agreed it helps to make cheaper versions of those drugs for the poor/less privileged people in that part but common guys put some more money into research !!! Logically, More research = Faster Cure = End of our Emotional Sufferings. If every country speeds up research it will only make the cure available faster.

Remember if the large pharmaceutical companies hadnt greedily over priced their drugs, they wouldnt have the problem of generic companies stealing their business. Charging £40 a month for 1 mg of Finasteride defies belief, but people (including me) will pay these prices. The same applies to drugs to treat cancer and AIDS. They can charge pretty much what they like because people will pay these prices. Cipla have started to produce a generic form of a drug to treat aids, and supplies the governments of poor nations which until now were unable to afford treatment for their people. Cipla are a drug company with a soul. Cipla actually did a study showing 1mg of Finasteride effectiveness on frontal hair loss which I posted on this forum. Dont ever view Cipla and other generic drug manufacterers as the enemy.

 

[Guest]

I wonder why those Indian companies (Cipla, Dr Reddys, Ranbaxy) keep making duplicates of existing western drugs ????? They dont seem to invest much in R and D at all inspite of having one of the largest and most competent brain capital in the world. Agreed it helps to make cheaper versions of those drugs for the poor/less privileged people in that part but common guys put some more money into research !!! Logically, More research = Faster Cure = End of our Emotional Sufferings. If every country speeds up research it will only make the cure available faster.

Remember if the large pharmaceutical companies hadnt greedily over priced their drugs, they wouldnt have the problem of generic companies stealing their business. Charging £40 a month for 1 mg of Finasteride defies belief, but people (including me) will pay these prices. The same applies to drugs to treat cancer and AIDS. They can charge pretty much what they like because people will pay these prices. Cipla have started to produce a generic form of a drug to treat aids, and supplies the governments of poor nations which until now were unable to afford treatment for their people. Cipla are a drug company with a soul. Cipla actually did a study showing 1mg of Finasteride effectiveness on frontal hair loss which I posted on this forum. Dont ever view Cipla and other generic drug manufacterers as the enemy.

Brits - Buddy You missed my whole point... They are not enemies by any Chance and I am not blaming them for price issues... ALL I am saying is.. instead of making duplicates they could focus more time and funds on R and D of New Drugs for Hairloss and the cure will be faster than it would take...