+- IOPList.Org (https://www.ioplist.org)
+-- Forum: International Online Pharmacies (https://www.ioplist.org/forumdisplay.php?fid=4)
+--- Forum: IOP General Discussion (https://www.ioplist.org/forumdisplay.php?fid=6)
+--- Thread: Question about fakes (/showthread.php?tid=3569)
Pages:
1
2
RE: Question about fakes - hqinmaine - 08-23-2017
i have never received fakes. Always exactly what I have ordered. The vendors here are outstanding.
RE: Question about fakes - zebra1922 - 08-24-2017
I don't think I've ever received fakes, but you need to be realistic. There are differences in price for the same item for a reason, if you want top quality you're going to have to pay for it.
RE: Question about fakes - Balls and chain - 08-26-2017
(08-23-2017, 07:40 PM)hqinmaine Wrote: i have never received fakes. Always exactly what I have ordered. The vendors here are outstanding.
same, always knocking on wood, though. lol.
RE: Question about fakes - Cricket - 08-26-2017
(08-26-2017, 05:13 AM)Balls and chain Wrote:(08-23-2017, 07:40 PM)hqinmaine Wrote: i have never received fakes. Always exactly what I have ordered. The vendors here are outstanding.
same, always knocking on wood, though. lol.
I have received fakes a couple of times, but the vendor replaced them right away. Some are very obvious and some were very good fakes. These "fakers" are gettin' pretty good at their trade, but if you have a legit one, check it next to one in question. Sometimes just a difference in the shape of a letter in the imprint can give it away, along with the weight.
It's gettin' harder to tell, but I'd be afraid to take ANYTHING in question until you know for sure. Who really knows what's in those fakes.
Be careful
Cricket
RE: Question about fakes - WhichBlair - 08-26-2017
There's a vendor that is mentioned from time to time here that sells a popular type of flower. I don't know that it would qualify as "fake" but there's some uncertainty of what it actually is. But they are pretty upfront about it so who knows. I'd love to see an ingredient test for it.
Otherwise, I've never gotten anything that I thought as being fake...
RE: Question about fakes - Raven - 08-29-2017
Interesting situation equinox. If your employer uses a test strip for testing, then maybe the kit had expired, not been stored properly, or just a poor quality test kit to begin with. Makes a big difference.
I used to order V's from an IOP in the tropical Pacific. I never quite felt comfortable with them. Quality was usually very good, but I don't think I ever received meds. where the quality was consistently good through-out the entire order. Still, there were always enough good meds. sent, they were easy to work with, the price was good, and their packaging was amongst the best I have ever seen. So, I stuck with them for a couple years.
Many IOPs are located in environments where climate controlled storage is critical. If your vendor does not store their products properly, then the efficacy can degrade rapidly in tropical heat and humidity. Expiration dates can be critical as well and you need to be careful of vendors that remove meds. from blisters in this regard... i.e. did they remove blisters to improve shipping (a legitimate reason by the way), or did they just want to get the meds. out of strips that expired two years ago?
Lots of what-ifs? I know equinox. It's the risk we take.
Black Bird
P.S. After many years in this game and many vendors used, I am not able to definitively state that I have received fake meds. from any vendor I have used. Poor quality meds.? Yes, I can definitively state that I have received poor quality meds. at times. What I don't know is whether this was due to the manufacturing of the med., or whether there were mitigating circumstances which diminished the quality of the med. due to poor handling by the vendor.
RE: Question about fakes - perfectpazzy - 08-29-2017
if anyone is really curious about what they're getting, and if your anything like me you got your couple of vendors that you mainly stick to, so your repeatedly using your specific thing. you can get testing agents to test for your thing of choice. its a little touchy but not too expensive. however you need the right agents to react to it. and if it isn't that thing you think it is it won't tell you what it is , just that it isn't what you thought depending on chemical reaction.
. If you want to get even more detailed they're is a website where you can send the substance to be tested and they will figure out exactly what it is. very accurate. also it is a database to anonymously post what area the faulty substance was found in. I have used it once and was glad i did
RE: Question about fakes - nj42086 - 08-29-2017
I would think if your work drug test came back negative and you have been taking them for a while then I would believe they are fakes.
RE: Question about fakes - Stealth38 - 09-03-2017
Just wondering if it definitely was a drug test? I dont mean to sound silly as they may have made it clear they are testing you for drugs.
I had a situation where we were doing urine samples which we just assumed were drug tests, I then asked for more detail about the tests and was told they were just checking for blood in the urine as a matter of health issues.
Apart from that, a very good post regarding a testing kit you can get from Amazon on this thread. (I had no Idea Amazon supplied kits for sale)