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    Default Just a quick question, about this brand of proscar

    https://www.inhousepharmacy.biz/p-57...r-5mg-itl.aspx

    Thanks for your time.
    Is this brand or generic? I ask because the price would suggest it is generic, however it says it is produced by Merck (brand). Thanks again.

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    They do appear to be Merck Proscar tablets. They have "Merck Sharp & Dohme" on the packet (which is what Merck is known as outside of North America) and it has "film-coated tablets" written in Italian. It's European Merck Proscar.
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    Quote Originally Posted by mattj View Post
    They do appear to be Merck Proscar tablets. They have "Merck Sharp & Dohme" on the packet (which is what Merck is known as outside of North America) and it has "film-coated tablets" written in Italian. It's European Merck Proscar.
    That's what I thought, I'm just amazed that it can be so cheap when I see what other people are paying for brand finasteride. That is cheaper than some generics I've seen!

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    $3.01 per 5mg Tablet for 120 tabs is not that cheap, $360.

    They have much cheaper fin on that site.

    On that same site, they sell Fincar for $0.78 per 5mg Tablet for 180 tablets. That's $140.00.

    They're the same exact thing. What you rather pay, $360 for 120, or $140 for 180?

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    Quote Originally Posted by PatientlyWaiting View Post
    $3.01 per 5mg Tablet for 120 tabs is not that cheap, $360.

    They have much cheaper fin on that site.

    On that same site, they sell Fincar for $0.78 per 5mg Tablet for 180 tablets. That's $140.00.

    They're the same exact thing. What you rather pay, $360 for 120, or $140 for 180?
    There's a lot of debate about whether generic is anywhere near as effective as the brand stuff, and when it is that cheap anyway I would rather stay on the safe side

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    I don't know what debate is there, where are these debates going on?

    Generic 5 MG are generic for Proscar. Proscar is a generic for Propecia. They're all the same.

    I use generic 5mg and it stopped my hair loss. It's been a year and a half.

    Well you have money like that, then I suppose it's not a problem for you lol. I am a full time college student and have to go with the cheapest. Good luck with Proscar.

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    Quote Originally Posted by PatientlyWaiting View Post
    I don't know what debate is there, where are these debates going on?

    Generic 5 MG are generic for Proscar. Proscar is a generic for Propecia. They're all the same.

    I use generic 5mg and it stopped my hair loss. It's been a year and a half.

    Well you have money like that, then I suppose it's not a problem for you lol. I am a full time college student and have to go with the cheapest. Good luck with Proscar.
    Thanks £150 per year is reasonable in my book to give me a chance of keeping my hair. People have said that the only way to be sure you're getting an effective drug is to get the brand name rather than generic. I mean there must be a reason the generic is cheaper?

    Anyway good luck with your fight aswell.

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