Anyone else with experience ordering these online... mostly Canadian Pharmacies, but the stuff comes from India.

Have been rx'd by MD, but decided to try online for cheaper.  Did cialis, viagra, and even nexium for stomach.... none of it seemed to work worth a damn.

Anyone else get good result?

Dear curioustofftt,

This may or may not come as a surprise to you, but many generic medications obtained in regular US pharmacies may not necessarily work as well as the original formula. This goes for all sorts of name brands, not just Nexium, but for prescription meds like thyroid meds, certain narcotics such as Fiorinal and other formulations.

I am certainly not a pharmacist, but from professional experience I can tell you that clients have complained that certain antidepressants gone generic seem to lack their full and intended effect. As for meds made in India...heck, all you need to do is go to a Mexican pharmacy across the border and be subjected to potential bogus meds. The field is quite ripe with lack of q.c. and in developing countries, the potential for illegal manufacturing is higher than in the USA or Europe. And, as stated above - even if the active ingredient is the same, mediators or fillers can be different, thereby rendering the medication ineffective for your particular body chemistry.

Best bite the bullet and pay full price, it seems,
the Love Goddess

Didn't even open mine. Canadian rx just across border. Couldn't understand why the long delivery time till package came with India return address. Took one look at the pill packaging, laughed in discust and tossed in garbage. For all I knew it could have been powdered iguana toenails.

Why would you want to put something in your body of completely unknown origin?  I don't know how much the pills cost you but whatever you saved it sounds like it was still a waste of money.

I get genuine Viagra for around fifteen dollars for 100mg pill.  I cut this in half so it costs me about $7.50 per dose...and it actually works.

Would you order groceries from India? Steaks? Bottled water?

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active ingredient is evenly distributed inside the pill. In fact, the drug companies say that they make no effort to achieve this. The dosage you get from half a pill is probably not half the total dosage in the pill.

Sildenafil citrate from India - comes in round 100 mg tabs.  Works same as the blue pill.  No problems.  but of course, buyer beware.

No offense intended Mathesar but I do this on the recommendation of my doctor as do many other guys who are taking Viagra. Some cut it into quarters, some in half. A full 100mg dose is almost never required.

I would happily buy the 50mg dose but it sells for the same as the 100mg.

I understand your theory but it's worked just fine for three years now.

I received obviously fake Levitra from a "Canadian" pharmacy but shipped from India.  Trying to get it cheap.  Kwikmed.com is legit but it will cost ya.

only in certain special circumstances.

http://www.webmd.com/healthy-aging/news/20040519/cutting-pills-in-half-could-pose-problems

http://doctoor.blogspot.com/2007/03/cutting-pills-in-half.html

http://www.consumer-health.com/services/cons_take18.htm

Apparently pills that are scored can be safely cut along the scoring.

With others you are taking your chances with the dosage you are getting. And some pills won't work properly if cut.

I don't believe that Viagra, Levitra, or Cialis are scored. However, the exact dosage probably isn't important either.

Anyway, good luck, and I'm glad it works for you.

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I used the india brands for 6 years

I buy the non brand soft tabs

I uses cialis 20mg. I bite maybe a 1/5 to 1/4 of one, about 3 hours before the hookup. Then I bite roughly 1/4 of a non brand Viagra, 75 minutes before the hookup. another 1/4 or so 45 minutes before the hook up. Depending on the length of the meeting 60 or 90, I'll do another 1/4, 15 minutes or right before I go in.

Doing this has never caused me that exploding headache, that I got doing a whole 20mg of cialis or 100mg of viagra.

My first doses were bought in the USA.

Levitra in any dose, making me feel like I blew a brain gasket.

I like the idea of timing the dose, so that the peak amount is during the whole event.

to work in a call center. Sorry, couldn't resist

http://www.healingwell.com/community/default.aspx?f=35&m=826201

Actually these guys had prostate cancer surgery and use  alldaychemist.com  from India .
They know from  experience they are safe and just as effective

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