what does proscar from merck look like

[david196868]

Hi all, i have been a long time reader and i just started my big3 regiment a few weeks ago. Actualy i started with the foam and nizoral because i just received my original proscar today.

The thing is i ordered them from pillsforall.com and they send the 2 strips of 15 pills raped in some news paper. They were out of the box (the box was there but empty).
Now i want to make sure that they are not fake pills. I did a research and found that proscar pills are blue. The ones i received are white and there is nothing writened on them.
Oh yea if i look at the serial number of the box, it matches the one on the box. The strips seem well sealed.

Did i get the right pills ?

Thank you in advance for your help !

P.S. Excuse my english, i am french...

 

[semlohc]

The proscar I have looks the same as this

 

[david196868]

The proscar I have looks the same as this

Thank you semlohc thats what i saw to when i googled it, but is that the original or generic because i ordered the original from merck (the box says so) and my pills are white.

So im very confused ?
Anyone ?
I dont want to take something that i am not sure of.

 

[beaner]

The proscar I have looks the same as this

Thank you semlohc thats what i saw to when i googled it, but is that the original or generic because i ordered the original from merck (the box says so) and my pills are white.

So im very confused ?
Anyone ?
I dont want to take something that i am not sure of.

Why don't you e-mail the website that you bought them from? That would be pretty logical rather than wait around here for an answer. The owner of that site posts on Hairlosshelp all the time so why don't you register there and PM him. His name is Guillermo and from what I've heard is a pretty good guy.

 

[Pondle]

I think Merck have ceased to manufacture Proscar since the patent expired last year. The FDA approved generic is simply called "finasteride" and is made by Teva, an Israeli company.

 

[david196868]

On the box it clearly says merck and the serial number on the box matches with the one on the sealed pills.
The pills are white and round.
Even if i email the company or talk to guilermo, i dont think they would tell that they are generic or fake.

Im still unsure about if they are original, generic or fake...
No one here takes proscar from Merck ?
come on guys

Maybe merck makes a different shape of pills for other countries like argentina. Because on the box it says merck and everything is writen in spanish.

David

 

[Pondle]

David, like I said before anyone who's bought finasteride recently will have bought a generic (unless they got old stock), for the simple reason that Merck no longer manufactures Proscar. The patent expired last year - generics are now the only things on the market. In the US, the licensed generic is made by Teva, and in the UK, by MXP (I think).

 

[david196868]

David, like I said before anyone who's bought finasteride recently will have bought a generic (unless they got old stock), for the simple reason that Merck no longer manufactures Proscar. The patent expired last year - generics are now the only things on the market. In the US, the licensed generic is made by Teva, and in the UK, by MXP (I think).

Yes i know what you said but then if your right, this means that pillsforall do fake advertising.
Because the even put serial numbers on the seals that contain the pills with the box made by merck.

The pills i receive expire in feb 2009.

 

[david196868]

I finaly decided to take 1/4 pill today, guess what, my mistake the pill was blue just like in the picture above.
I was confused because from the back of the strip it looked like a white round pill. But that was the cover, onces you get the pill out, it is blue.

Sorry if i confused anyone and thank you for the peoples that helped.

wish me luck and good luck to all !

 

[Nathaniel]

I finaly decided to take 1/4 pill today, guess what, my mistake the pill was blue just like in the picture above.
I was confused because from the back of the strip it looked like a white round pill. But that was the cover, onces you get the pill out, it is blue.

Sorry if i confused anyone and thank you for the peoples that helped.

wish me luck and good luck to all !

Lol

 

[Hit5]

The generics are almost always white:

 

[jamesbooker1975]

David, like I said before anyone who's bought finasteride recently will have bought a generic (unless they got old stock), for the simple reason that Merck no longer manufactures Proscar. The patent expired last year - generics are now the only things on the market. In the US, the licensed generic is made by Teva, and in the UK, by MXP (I think).

Never read such stupid statement, It is old, but is stupid as hell.
So, according to this a**h** once a medicine lost his patent, the laboratory that discovery it can't longer produce it !!! hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha.
Jesus . "Merck not longer producer Proscar !!!" hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
How anybody, anybody can be such an idiot ? this are the kind of dangerous idiots, the one that don't know that they are idiots.