My Bemdac is made by a different contract manufacturer.
I’m not on it right now, but I’m pretty sure it works.
First, I went with ezetimibe only, and that cut ldl in half. Then I switched to the above, and ldl appeared to drop a bit further, but not as dramatic a change as ezetimibe. It was as least as good as ezet alone, maybe 5-10% better. ATM, I’m only on ezet only, for reasons.
Interesting… my Zydus Bemdac is made by another manufacturer… and while I’ve had good results with this medication, it doesn’t make me happy that they don’t make the medicine themselves.
Seems like Zydus (and probably others) use a bunch of contract manufacturers for some of their medications:
The stateside, patent-covered tablets are made in India.
I would take the specifics above with a grain of salt, but the actual label does say ‘Made in India’.
Excellent find @amuser because my solution to all of this was to go back to taking nexletol
I don’t doubt Brillo EZ works as many of you have taken it with success, but it’s the safety issue about something being made in a potentially subpar facility I was trying to avoid. (I assume I am preaching to the choir)
Nexletol also says ‘manufactured for’
Yeah, it’s the potential contamination with lead and heavy metal contaminants
Given uncertainties, it may be a good idea to just get from a trustable source (eg Ezemibe (Ezetimibe) - United Pharmacies ) and self-test. There isn’t a fully trustworthy source of nexlizet but it’s not like I have emergency levels of LDL
I asked DeepSeek:
Akums Drugs & Pharmaceuticals Ltd. is a prominent Indian contract manufacturing organization (CMO) in the pharmaceutical sector. Here’s a detailed overview:
Akums is a critical player in India’s pharmaceutical landscape, leveraging its manufacturing prowess and compliance focus to serve global markets. Its growth reflects India’s strength in generic drug production and contract manufacturing.
Must been trained on a marketing brochure.
Based on what I found through Google, Akums has had drug recalls averaging about 1 every 2 years. That means that it is not without risk, but based on the sheer number of generics they manufacture, the recall rate seems quite low. In addition, many of the recalls were not life-threatening. They tended to be relatively harmless - ‘less of the drug than the advertised’ type. When you’re getting your generics from India at a 90% discount, you do take your chances.
The problem is, if we had to pay 10X more for each drug, we probably wouldn’t be able to take them. So, is an untreated problem worse than the chance that a drug may have a recall? I’d say so. So, I’ll stick with my generics.
Don’t know how recent this change is, but I just received an order of Bemdac, and it seem the color has changed from white to sky blue, thanks to ‘Brilliant Blue Lake’. My first order was white pills.
I received mine a few months ago and they are also electric blue.
EDIT: ooops, I assumed these were Brillo EZ, which mine are.
Is there a reason to prefer Bemdac over Brillo EZ? I ask, because I bought a 1000 tabs of Brillo EZ, based on @DeStrider experience, where he reports that the pills worked (brought his and his father’s LDL down significantly). I haven’t taken any yet, so I’m open to change if there’s a good reason.
If they are both Bempedoic Acid and Ezetemibe, they should both have the same results. You can test them yourself.
I have used both at different times. I do not see any difference in efficacy. Blood test results stay fairly consistent. Cheers
I’m pretty sure they’re actually the exact same thing from the exact same manufacturer (Akums). Look at the fine print on the foil.
