Medacation

herbie · Guru

Medacation

cannylass · Senior Member

If you take cholestrol tablets I think its must be an interest to all whom are on lipitor my husband went to the local chemist to get my lipitor and shock horror the chemist held a discussing on lipator and told him that Pfizer who make it ,now getting it made in china, well we all know china is not that health concisions any way said to him to make sure we ask for the one made in Canada

A while back there was a shortage of baby formula and it was found Chinese mothers were sending baby formula back,to china they did not trust the baby milk there .So how can we trust them to make our medication

rockylizard · Guru

Gday...

Interesting ... I used to take Lipitor, but for the past three years have been using the generic one - Atorvastatin by Sandoz.

I just checked and it is made in Slovenia - of all places.

It still works and my cholestorol is held in check - I have tests for it (and a range of other nasties) every six months.

I think we would all be surprised just where most of the things we consume are manufactured.

Cheers - John

Gerty Dancer · Guru

Theres at least one company called Ranbaxy making atorvastatin in India.

I've just been trying to find where "Atorvastatin Pfizer" is made, you'd think it should be on the packet. ... ?

Grams · Guru

My Lipitor has now changed to Lorstat which is made in QLD. I have that many tablets that change names, I don't remember what some of them are for anymore.

Roving-Dutchy · Guru

Don't take any Statin drugs they will probably do more harm than good, do some research and you will find there are a number of natural ways to reduce your Cholesterol, also do research into the damage that Statin drugs can do to your body, then you won't be enriching the giant drug companies.
Cheers
David

Weedy Pigeon · Senior Member

cannylass wrote:
If you take cholestrol tablets I think its must be an interest to all whom are on lipitor my husband went to the local chemist to get my lipitor and shock horror the chemist held a discussing on lipator and told him that Pfizer who make it ,now getting it made in china, well we all know china is not that health concisions any way said to him to make sure we ask for the one made in Canada
A while back there was a shortage of baby formula and it was found Chinese mothers were sending baby formula back,to china they did not trust the baby milk there .So how can we trust them to make our medication

I've just posted [ at great expense ] a package of Karicare baby formula to my Chinese daughter-inlaw. She will not use Chinese baby formula regardless of the expense of getting the Australian product.

Some of this though is because Chinese mothers will spend any amount of money on their children, as long as it's the best. They are much more concious of how they treat their kids but have higher expectations when their kids start school.

Failure to do well is not an option in my daughter in laws family.

jules47 · The Happy Helper

Have been on lipitor for many years - have no problems, had no problems, don't expect to have any problems. I sometimes get the "generic" brands that are available now, depending on the chemist, and what brand he has. I have a hereditary issue with high cholesterol, and intend to take it for as long as I can.

China as an emerging industrial force, and their standards will reflect this as time goes on, I feel.

Sheba · Guru

There was a huge problem with Milk for babys' in China some time ago. It did make headlines around the world, and babies were dying from being poisoned by it. Not sure of the situation now.

Cheers,

Sheba.

GaryKelly · Guru

I take a generic brand of Lipex and have for years. No problems. And I'm not really concerned about where it's made.

2foot6 · Senior Member

A chinese company is in the process of refurbishing a disused milk factory into a powder milk factory in Toora (Victoria)to be sent to Chineese markets.

Happywanderer · The Master

Mine is Zimstat (Simvastatin) from alphapharm. Can't find anything on the packet to say where it is made.
It does say on the packet I can go to their website to get the information leaflet. I just might do that.

Edit. Have read up all the info online. It is made in Australia. Everything from Alphapharm seems to be made in Aus.

-- Edited by Happywanderer on Tuesday 7th of May 2013 11:50:22 AM

rockylizard · Guru

Roving-Dutchy wrote:
Don't take any Statin drugs they will probably do more harm than good, do some research and you will find there are a number of natural ways to reduce your Cholesterol, also do research into the damage that Statin drugs can do to your body, then you won't be enriching the giant drug companies.
Cheers
David

Gday...

Been there ... done that. Unfortunately, my cholesterol seems to only respond to medication. Whenever I have tried 'alternative' solutions to reduce cholesterol it has risen above the levels of my doing nothing .... doctor's, dietitians, naturapaths, quacks all just shake their collective heads and have no solution.

Whether I like it or not, I am stuck with 'medication' of some kind hmm cry

Cheers - John

marto1944 · Senior Member

Hi fellow pill takers

I take a medication called crestor for Cholesterol does any one know where it is made ?

brickies · Guru

Ask my chemist today he said he does not know of any tablets in his shop from China

jules47 · The Happy Helper

Do any of you eat chocolate - did you know that Cadbury's have a HUGE factory in China, and send some of it over here to be sold???? This factory has been in business a very long time!

Grams · Guru

Alphapharm is from Queensland in Australia, it's where my pills come from. We don't get any tablets from China through our Chemist.

herbie · Guru

Grams wrote:
Alphapharm is from Queensland in Australia, it's where my pills come from. We don't get any tablets from China through our Chemist.

Was wondering if these tablets/Medication coming in from China are from the discount chemist shops. Just a thought.

Baz421 · Guru

marto1944 wrote:
Hi fellow pill takers

I take a medication called crestor for Cholesterol does any one know where it is made ?

Mine is made in Puerto Rico,,,, I have the exotic version,,lol.

brickies · Guru

Alphapharm is at Carole Park on western side of Brisbane

herbie · Guru

So sad to think with medication ,why we have to import it to keep our own race alive....Was talking to daughter inlaw ( dr ) on phn regarding this ,she said it is due to the pharmaceutical companies profit margin being higher ,from getting medication of all sorts from countries that the wage is so very low, and the over heads are regarding other legilslation and the likes are slack.

beiffe · Guru

To cut your cholesterol cut your sugar intake.
I cut my sugar intake and within months my cholesterol level had returned to normal 4.2 from over 9.
I did not have a lot of sugar but it made a great difference.
Not sure if it was just me but you will notice there is a great move to advise people of the danger of sugar.
Even my doctor I was seeing at the time could not believe that it had dropped so much and at the time she had me off tablets to see where my level would go as I had m=been on coversil for over 20 years and she said it was too long.
Was advised if I had not been on medication for so many years she would have not prescribed anything. I went from 40mg to 5mg now.
Regards
Brian

Grams · Guru

Brian,

Unfortunately most things we eat contain some form of sugar, to cut it out or remove it would be hard. But being a Diabetic I need the sugar. As for the Coversyl, I have that too for my bad heart, but I only have 10mg.

cannylass · Senior Member

Some of us have no choice but to take the medication, since I am a pensioner I just pay the $5 or so I asked is it cheaper to take the generic brand and I was told its the same price so I will stick with the brand I know

cannylass · Senior Member

I should have said that price was for Lipitor