Doesn’t these GLP1’s have to be refrigerated? Doesn’t that pose a shipping problem? Could you please repeat Maulik’s email? Thank you
Its one of those edge cases… you probably don’t want to buy a lot of it from India, but perhaps smaller orders?
It is generally recommended to store Mounjaro® in the refrigerator (36⁰F-46⁰F) and keep it in the original box to protect it from the light. If you do not have access to a refrigerator, it can be stored at room temperature (up to 86⁰F) for no more than 21 days. Some patients find the injection to be more comfortable if they first let the medication warm to room temperature before administration, if storing in the refrigerator.
Source: How Do You Store Mounjaro (tirzepatide)? | Form Health.
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Just letting folks know maybe Jagdish Nikose has gone MIA or is taking funds or ?? I sent the amount in an invoice for SGLT-2 of $286 or there abouts via revolute to the same Indian bank and account as my last purchase of rapa 9 mo ago. jagdish was conversing up to the point of me starting the multi step process of sending through revolute, mentioning my invoice # in the wire. As soon as I got the confirm from revolute I emailed Jagdish and no replies for about 1.5 weeks since the funds where sent.
I’m ok with the loss realizing the dark alley nature of emailing and wiring funds for drugs…
Just warning others that at least or me on this transaction Jagdish has MIAed.
I was wanting to add 5mg dapa to my anti aging protocol. I was buying 10mg and planning on breaking in half. As an aside I could use a referral for a dapagliflozin source (without prescription).
Good luck to all, curt
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FWIW, I sent Jagdish funds through wise.com on 03/31/25, he sent out the package on 04/05/25 and it is now moving through the USPS system.
Meanwhile, I also sent payment on the same day 03/31/25 through wise.com for the same meds to a different vendor and encountered difficulties. He contacted me on 04/04/25 to ask if I could agree to a different manufacturer of the pioglitazone (I ordered the Sun Pharma one), as he can’t obtain it, there would be a week delay. So I agreed to a Zydus version. Ever since - it is now 04/15/25 - silence.
This other vendor was also more expensive than Jagdish. At this point, I think it will be the last time I’m buying from him and will stick to Jagdish and try other vendors. So far Jagdish has not disappointed me. I’ve ordered from him several times. The longest it’s been from payment to sending out the package was 8 days. I wouldn’t panic quite yet. Sometimes they have availability issues so they just wait - of course it would be nice if they keep us informed as to what is happening instead of radio silence, but nothing is perfect. I hope things get resolved for you soon.
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A few years ago, I loaded up on rapamycin, which I have been keeping in the freezer. It was a big supply and lasted till recently. Ran out, took a six month break and ordered again from the same source as before - Pravin Lahoti at Varun Medicals. I originally ordered from him in 2021 after looking around online for licenses, length of time in business and other things I hoped would indicate legitimacy. He came through then and now.
36 boxes of Zydus Siromus for $216 ($6 per box), $45 shipping, and ~$10 bank wire fee, for ~$275 total (~$1.27 per pill, all in). The pills were fresh, with an August, 2027 expiration date. Delivery was about two weeks from the day I contacted him. He mentioned that he also takes Wise and a couple of other services. I prefer bank wire because it’s an established, trouble free method.
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I have ordered a number of medications from PM Business Hub in India and dealt with Vidhan. His customer service and response to texts if almost alway immediate. He texts you updates on the shipping process frequently. Shipping time has been one week to two weeks max. I recommend him. His info:
Name :- Vidhan Agrawal
Phone number/Whatsapp/imessage :- +919370109347
Alternative number :- +919766661491
Email address :- sales@pmbusinesshub.com
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Anyone is hoarding any medication for the impending trade war with China? I have not bought anyting from India so all my medications are from here but I am starting to worry as China does have a huge market share in basic medical ingredients.
As of tomorrow, all mails are stopped from Hong Kong to US.
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Good news Jagdish replied with the shipping label. This is in line with someones comment that it can take over a week for Jagdish to fetch drugs and get shipped. I guess a new threshold of giving him 2 weeks post wired funds arrive to get back.
Gotta wonder what mess tariffs and drug import customs are doing to these businesses… ;(
Good luck to all, curt
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This is an excellent point!!! I feel China has all the power and I don’t foresee them crying uncle first.
Does anyone here know which common drugs are vulnerable or how we find out? It might be a great time to place a bulk Good RX order outside of insurance (at least for me who has useless insurance).
I imagine no one knows, but I’ll just list my US sourced rx’s on the chance anyone knows
Estrogen gel, progesterone, repatha, colchicine, acarbose, generic synthroid, cytomel
Also, does anyone know the expiration date of these items… meaning, I assume I can safely buy 12 months worth?
If anything, shipments seem to be moving faster than before.
On 4/11 I got my tracking number from Maulik.
On 4/15 shipment arrived in NY Customs
On 4/16 shipment left Customs (12 hours after receiving it)
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I placed an order with Jagdish about 2-3 weeks ago for Sirolimus and just received it. Everything in order, and he responded promptly. I wonder if he is maybe sick now or something?
I made the mistake of breaking empagliflozin in half- destroys the slow release enteric coating and I received huge hit of the drug that just flattened me. Took me a week to read the drug insert-so stupid. Double ck dapa. High peak flozins can induce AKI
Not bad but I know a guy who has better prices on GLP1-RA’s
I’m not sure that empagliflozin can’t be pill-split. We’ve got some indications that it can be (but ideally if people used a CGM and could confirm or deny this, I’d be greatly appreciative).
See:
Background:
Costs are important cause of therapeutic noncompliance in type-2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). Half-tablet empagliflozin (EMPA)-25 mg has lowest monthly cost among all EMPA preparations; data is unavailable on efficacy of half EMPA-25. This study compared real world weight loss and glycaemic outcomes of 10 mg versus 12.5 mg versus 25 mg of EMPA.
Methods:
Data, retrospectively captured from records of 2 different centresfor patients > 35 years-age having T2DM on EMPA as part of standard pharmacotherapy for T2DM, having > 6 months follow-up data available was analysed. Patients were in 3-groups depending on EMPA dosage: Group 1 on EMPA 10 mg/day (1-tablet EMPA-10), Group-2 on EMPA 12.5 mg/day (half-tablet EMPA-25), and Group 3 on EMPA 25 mg/day (1-tablet EMPA-25). Primary endpoints were glycaemic efficacy and weight-loss.
Results:
Of 3601 records screened, data from 599 patients (184, 239 and 176 in Group-1, 2 and 3 respectively) was analysed. All 3 groups were comparable with regards to sex, blood pressure, haemoglobin, renal function, medications use. Group-3 were significantly older, had longest diabetes duration, highest HbA1c and lowest body mass index. Glycaemic efficacy was comparable among groups (ΔHbA1c Groups 1-3: −0.9 (−1.9 – 0.0), −1.0 (−1.8 – 0.5) and − 1.0 (−1.5 – 0.22], respectively; P = 0.363). Patients on EMPA 12.5 or 25 mg/d had significantly higher total (−1.4 [−3.0 –0.2] vs. −0.3 [−2.4 – 1.32] kg; P = 0.028) and percent weight-loss (−1.75% [−4.15 – 0.26] vs. −0.44% [−3.11 – 1.39]; P = 0.039), and significantly higherfraction achieving HbA1c < 5.7% (12% vs. 0; P = 0.021), compared to EMPA-10.
Conclusion:
Half EMPA-25 is the most cost effective way of using EMPA in clinical practice.
and for canagliflozin:
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can you provide contact info on the person with those better prices?
FWIW, I’ve been taking empagliflozin for five months now. I get the original pills, not any generic. I split 25mg pills into two roughly 12.5mg/day, and have experienced no side effects that I can tell. I’ll have the results of my blood tests sometime next week, so I’ll see if there has been any impact on biomarkers. My suspicion is that splitting pills doesn’t matter, but of course I could be wrong. I should be using a pill splitter, but I lazily use a knife, so my splits are not perfect halves most of the time, but nothing too crazy, maybe 10mg + 15mg at worst? No sides that I can detect. YMMV.
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I split dapagliflozin and wore a cgm, never noticed anything unusual.
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I split my empagliflozin 25s. I haven’t noticed any bad side effects.
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I buy from research sites, many. Just google tirzepatide peptide research. I’ve bought recently from:
solution peptide
and recently: T!rz T5 - T60 | Uniting Wellness
$105 for 30mg. At say typical low dose of 2mg/week thats 15 weeks for just $105. Ad in a few $$ for syringes, the dilution water (BAC water) etc. And its barely beer money / money. In fact most will spend more on beer / mo then this source for tirzepatide. Very easy to pay for unlike buying pills from India. I’m at my ideal weight and like BHRT + thyroid, GLP-1 is also a beneficial hormone to micro dose for health. I’m taking about 0.2mg/week + 0.2mg/week of retatrutide (adds GIP to the dual aganist tirzepatide) for glucagon/liver control. I split my wkly dose into 2 to micro dose / week. At my dosing my costs for Vitamin D/K2/mo (using a silly example) is more then GLP-1.
I’ve recently stocked up!!! Craziness abounds.
FWIW my most expensive suppliment / mo is probably; stemregen. 2nd probably prodrom plasmologens. Can’t report anything noticable. Its all on “faith”. ;( ;( ;( and of course the company’s research. Alex Kikel on youtube has alot to say on these compounds.
Good luck folks, curt
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