Testing Compounding Pharms?

[CookiesPlease]

I’m wondering if anyone has 3P tested their vials from legit compounding pharmacies in the US? Or 3P tested their brand name GLP vials, for that matter! I know they are supposed to be less risky than gray market. But has anyone here tested that assumption?

 

[CoquiPrincess]

Honestly, there shouldn’t be any need to. They risk too much. You could try it

 

[desinr-gal]

Do any provide any COAs for their compounds?

 

[indolent]

I know they are supposed to be less risky than gray market.

I would assume exactly the opposite.

Because there are no legit compounding pharmacies for GLP-1s, for over a year, when the FDA ended the shortage status. The same sociopathy that causes them to pretend otherwise is the sociopathy that would have them pay no attention to the mass, purity, sanitation, endotoxins or contamination that they sell their customers. Nor proper recon proportions, diluents, etc.

And of course they're clearly buying from the same sources as you would through the grey market. But you will be much more careful because it's going in your body.

And very very definitely don't trust a CoA coming from an online compounding pharmacy. Worse than trusting a CoA coming from a CN vendor.

Just no!

 

[FartfulCodger]

Longtime, reputable pharmacies like Hallandale have too much to lose by not testing. Any reputational damage would torch their business across all of their other compounded products and state regulators would shut them down. My guess is they test even more thoroughly than Janoshik's best option.

 

[Flash-BCR]

Aside from all the theories and guess work, I think the OP's question remains, "has anyone done the testing"...Really be interesting to see some results... 👍

 

[HouseCat]

When I was on Reddit a few months ago (Jan? Feb?) I saw two people get testing done on compounded tirz (Tirzepatide Compound subreddit) but then never again. It’s very uncommon in part because most labs test lypholized powder, not solutions. Also, since you have to give up a vial, which is usually $130+, and since using the single vial way of acquiring meds (or 3-6 months worth in a multi use vial) takes a longer time to get a stockpile, people are more reluctant to give up their meds for tests.

Before my time, there was a scandal on the subreddit about a compounding pharmacy, Ousia, which was produced in not at all sterile conditions, and people call it bathtub tirz. Most people say it still worked well, and one user said it tested clean, but all this is just hearsay from what I’ve read.