What are Blisters Worth?

[Ladybugsrcool]

I ordered some pk's in blisters. I haven't recieveed them however but....still waiting mostly patiently.

[barq2]

Good point about the "psychological thing". The placebo effect is very real, and surprisingly knowing about placebo doesn't nullify it. So, do we perceive blistered pills to be better even when they are fake (let's say "good fakes")?

I hope no one misunderstands me labelling this "psychological". The psychological is no less important, or real, than the physical.

[teddy1998]

I received fake Rivotril in blister packs.  The meds didn't seem to fit correctly in the blisters and were basically chalk.

I have had the same thing happen.   The meds looked fine but no feeling from them.  They were in galenika blisters.

I have purchased nuuuuummmmmmmmmerous blisters of bunk meds.    I have had Galenika blisters of bunk meds as well.  was really

disappointed when i got the Galenika blisters.  Thats supposed to be cream of the crop.

[Charon]

They know we have forums and can out them for these hijinks. WTH is wrong with some vendors?

The best vendors will listen to a client and get a new supplier. Send another brand.

So, they are bathtub made, and just put in blisters? (that is so much worse than believing the heat and travel time took the meds abilities away.)

[Jvancouver]

I have to agree that I prefer blisters to loose but it defiantly doesn't mean that you aren't getting fakes. I've had fakes in blisters and loose.

[Raven]

Personally, I have had a variety of experiences with blistered meds. The good news is that I have not had any problems with the current vendors I use here on IOPList.

All of the problems I have had with blistered product are, in fact, related to a single med. / single brand. Roche Valium manufactured in one of the stans. Sometimes the quality was good, sometimes really good, but sometimes they were bunk, and I mean the dangerous type of bunk. When bunk meds. were delivered, they were often mixed in with some good ones. When I consumed the bad ones, I would experience intense abdominal pain after taking the med.. Very strange. It could hit within a couple hours, or it could wake me in the middle of the night many hours after. There were definitely poison pills mixed into those blisters.

I don't use those vendors anymore and they may be gone for good now, let's hope so. Charon knows who they are, so no worries here. As I think I said earlier, I have become a fan of the vacuum sealed pack. Very handy for shipping and keeping your vitamins fresh for the long term. Also, great if you have a leaky mailbox! Stay safe my friends.

Raven

[barq2]

All of the problems I have had with blistered product are, in fact, related to a single med. / single brand. Roche Valium manufactured in one of the stans. Sometimes the quality was good, sometimes really good, but sometimes they were bunk, and I mean the dangerous type of bunk. When bunk meds. were delivered, they were often mixed in with some good ones. When I consumed the bad ones, I would experience intense abdominal pain after taking the med.. Very strange. It could hit within a couple hours, or it could wake me in the middle of the night many hours after. There were definitely poison pills mixed into those blisters.  [My emphasis added in the quote - barq]

:-( You obviously recovered, but sounds very nasty.

This is a good reason for all of us being cautious with new medicine. Taking a very small dose eg crushing a pill and taking a crumb can be a good "allergy test" (as the RC users call it). Of course this isn't suitable for time release medication, but in other cases can be possible. Also be careful with the remaining pill - crushed up it might effect you differently to whole. Just something to keep in mind for safety.


Raven, your case sounds especially unusual. Makes you wonder why a seller would mix good and bad meds together? If they were getting rid of bunk that would be one thing, but poison...! I'm afraid there is no guarantee my testing method would pick up something as random as your experience.

[Raven]

All of the problems I have had with blistered product are, in fact, related to a single med. / single brand. Roche Valium manufactured in one of the stans. Sometimes the quality was good, sometimes really good, but sometimes they were bunk, and I mean the dangerous type of bunk. When bunk meds. were delivered, they were often mixed in with some good ones. When I consumed the bad ones, I would experience intense abdominal pain after taking the med.. Very strange. It could hit within a couple hours, or it could wake me in the middle of the night many hours after. There were definitely poison pills mixed into those blisters.  [My emphasis added in the quote - barq]

:-( You obviously recovered, but sounds very nasty.

This is a good reason for all of us being cautious with new medicine. Taking a very small dose eg crushing a pill and taking a crumb can be a good "allergy test" (as the RC users call it). Of course this isn't suitable for time release medication, but in other cases can be possible. Also be careful with the remaining pill - crushed up it might effect you differently to whole. Just something to keep in mind for safety.

Raven, your case sounds especially unusual. Makes you wonder why a seller would mix good and bad meds together? If they were getting rid of bunk that would be one thing, but poison...! I'm afraid there is no guarantee my testing method would pick up something as random as your experience.

barq:

I'm really glad you mentioned "allergy" in your post. That may, in fact, have been what I was experiencing, an allergic reaction to whatever binder, filler... was in the med.. The vendors were located remote to the source of manufacture so they were just middle men selling whatever arrived in their shipments. A good strip here, a bunk strip there. Anything could wind up in the mix.

Finally, I used the word "poison" in my previous post. What you should take away from this is that even peanut butter is poison to some people. Certainly not manufactured to do people harm, but if it gets into the product you are consuming, and you consume that product without knowing it is in there, and you are severely allergic to peanut butter, then I consider that seemingly innocuous ingredient to be a poison.

Raven.

[btodd9]

I just had a set of blisters that arrived sticky. I tried cleaning them off with rubbing alcohol, and the print wore off.

Lol ew. I've rarely gotten blisters and have yet to have a really bad experience. There is so much counterfeiting that if they want to fake the packaging it will probably be hard to tell.

[comingdown]

I know what you are talking about, my guess is tape residue left on from heat/travel. I would imagine that rubbing alcohol would remove the ink on blisters as it is hard to get all ink print to stick well on foil esp the freshness info printed on each blister, they should be ok though. The sticky tacky residue can be quite annoying though!

I just had a set of blisters that arrived sticky. I tried cleaning them off with rubbing alcohol, and the print wore off.