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c/compounding·submitted 7 months ago by u/ismael_pires

three years of telehealth threads, summarised so you do not have to read them

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Posting this as a discussion rather than a claim: three years of telehealth threads, summarised so you do not have to read them. Why "compounded" is not "generic", written out because the confusion is constant. A generic is an approved product demonstrated to be bioequivalent to a reference. A compounded preparation…

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u/vikram_mbeki14 points·7 months ago

Nothing in this thread is medical advice, and the choice between arrangements is one for you and a prescriber who knows your history.

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u/honest_syringe-15 points·7 months ago

Careful. Naming a clinic without describing what actually happened turns this into a different kind of thread.

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u/chidi_demir4 points·7 months ago

Potency and sterility testing on the finished preparation are separate from any certificate covering the starting material. Ask which you are being shown.

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u/rafael_ostergaard4 points·7 months ago

Agreed on potency testing of the finished preparation. That is a different question from the purity of the starting material.

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u/hamza_serrano2 points·7 months ago

Right, and the concentration genuinely can differ from the branded product, which breaks people’s arithmetic.

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u/liv_vukovic1 point·7 months ago

the price difference is mostly the intake, not the vial

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