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If you've taken a prescription over a long enough time you'll know this to be true even if you've never really considered it. Some time ago I was very frustrat
by monster_truck 1y ago
If you've taken a prescription over a long enough time you'll know this to be true even if you've never really considered it.
Some time ago I was very frustrated with the massive swings in how well a prescription was working so I started looking into it. Saved a pill from every month, sent 12 of them off for testing.
+/- 30% accuracy on that dosage, and that's within spec for the US. Some months your 20mg pills are 26mg. Others? 14mg. Later repeated this test with a family member's blood pressure medication, which has a dosage of just 0.5mg. Same deal, 0.35-0.65
- Hojojo 1y agoThere are labs where you can just send prescription pills for testing as an end user?
- nerdsniper 1y agoFor something like amphetamine, could get it tested at Energy Control lab in Spain. Valisure used to offer this kind of service for most pharmaceuticals in the USA but faced lawsuits and pushback: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2023-12-05/pentagon-is-skeptical-of-cheap-generic-drugs-approved-by-the-fda https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2023-12-05/pentagon-... [ https://archive.md/eyWSn https://archive.md/eyWSn ]
- sizzle 1y agoGeneric amp huh? Thought I was going crazy. Who does name brand? Shire sold to Teva?