It was recently brought to my attention that vyv@nse is not being produced or sold in Mexico. It is being sold in pharmacies, but they are fakes. I found a recent piece from the LA Times that discusses this:
"When reporters visited a small chain called Súper Farmacias del Pueblo, one worker offered up a bottle of Vyv@nse bearing the brand name Shire Pharmaceuticals for a little over $200. There were no obvious mistakes on the sealed bottle or the Spanish-language informational material that came with it.
And both items were enclosed in a neatly printed box with tamper-proof holographic stickers at the edges. The only red flag was the capsules themselves. Like regular 50-milligram Vyv@nse, they were half-blue and half-white — but they didn’t have the “5489” and “50mg” imprints that appear on the legitimate medication.
Takeda Pharmaceutical Company, which acquired Shire in 2019, said it has not sold Vyv@nse in Mexico since 2021 and confirmed the lot number on the box was “not one associated” with the legitimate Takeda medication. The company said it could not comment on the rest of the packaging."
I came across these exact ones recently. The giveaway was the powder inside was orange. (Usually halve the dose between capsules) I'm sure even some of the best vendors are unaware of this so buyers beware. The compound in V's is much subtler than whatever is in these, I had a rough go with it.
"When reporters visited a small chain called Súper Farmacias del Pueblo, one worker offered up a bottle of Vyv@nse bearing the brand name Shire Pharmaceuticals for a little over $200. There were no obvious mistakes on the sealed bottle or the Spanish-language informational material that came with it.
And both items were enclosed in a neatly printed box with tamper-proof holographic stickers at the edges. The only red flag was the capsules themselves. Like regular 50-milligram Vyv@nse, they were half-blue and half-white — but they didn’t have the “5489” and “50mg” imprints that appear on the legitimate medication.
Takeda Pharmaceutical Company, which acquired Shire in 2019, said it has not sold Vyv@nse in Mexico since 2021 and confirmed the lot number on the box was “not one associated” with the legitimate Takeda medication. The company said it could not comment on the rest of the packaging."
I came across these exact ones recently. The giveaway was the powder inside was orange. (Usually halve the dose between capsules) I'm sure even some of the best vendors are unaware of this so buyers beware. The compound in V's is much subtler than whatever is in these, I had a rough go with it.
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