
Originally Posted by
JimInAK
I would be very interested to know the SPECIFIC "serious health issue" that YOU actually suffered. If you really want to know, I'll PM you the details. It was a legitimate health concern evident in my bloodwork that started within 4 weeks upon changing colored tops and was back to normal within 3 weeks upon discontinuing.
Generic Chinese HGH doesn't have a label because it is currently a grey market, if not a black market product. Your statement that "even ugl AAS labs put a label" does not convince me that the unlabeled product is inferior... labels are cheap and do not assure content or quality. I wasnt implying that a label was an assumption of quality, but the issue is that without a label the product cannot have any kind of consistent reputation. At least the chinese gh with labels (rips, elites, kigs, etc) can be discussed by users and thus be known for its quality or lack thereof. It's very convenient for sources and manufacturers of the unlabeled GH that there is no way of distinguishing their product from another except by the color of the tops, which is obviously ridiculous.
Substituting IGF-1 LR3 for HGH sounds like a convincing scam. However, excellent generic Chinese HGH cost comparable to or much less than IGF-1 LR3, depending on your source. That's like substituting gold for platinum. There would be no net gain, particularly for a manufacturer that produces a quality product for a fraction of the cost of the American product. The American product price is propped up by a monopolistic pharm system. That's why you can get HCG in India for less than one-tenth the price of the SAME product sold in the USA. It's not about cost, it's about how much will the market bear. This is true when comparing IGF-1 to unlabeled GH but there would definitely be a net gain when in comparison to pharm grade.
I can't speak for other's bad experiences. However, how do you know that your over-priced American product is genuine and not a counterfeit. Due to the high price you are paying for what you think is a genuine, American product, you may be inviting a scam due to the profit to be had because of the tremendously high prices involved. The only pharm grade I have heard of being counterfeited is Norditropin Simplexx which is being sold by some AAS sites at less than half the cost of real pharm grade. A little common sense goes a long way. Why go to the trouble of replicating the labels and packaging of pharm grade when everyone buys unlabeled vials anyway?
The bottom line is to know your source. That is done through reputation, knowledge of other satisfied customers and your personal knowledge, including sides, observed benefit, and an IGF-1 blood test... which does indicate whether the product is genuine, albeit through inferential indicator. You can game the test with IGF-1 LR3, but that would not efficiently enrich any scammer, because the cost is comparable. I used to think the same thing but the source doesn't really know any more about what's in the vial than the end consumer. The source didn't manufacture it or see it be packaged into vials nor has any idea in what kind of sanitary conditions all this was done. My old blue top source (same source that caused me problems) is trying to get his IFBB pro card right now and still takes 10iu a day and swears on the quality of the product. Even if it is a legit unlicensed GH lab, it only takes one slip up in the manufacturing/packaging process for a dangerous contaminant to wind up in the vial and injected into your body.
You can get screwed buying any HGH under the current system. There was a federal prosecution of a pharmacy in Colorado a few years ago, for repackaging and selling Chinese HGH, all while their customers went through the whole $$$ "AMA approved" $$$ scam-ola process. Their only guarantee was that the pharmacy was making a tremendous amount of money for something that cost them about 10% (or less) of their inflated selling price.
The bottom line is to know your supplier, to trust, but verify.