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  Donmega123 on 12/02/2026 - 21:38

  How much hayfever can a man have!

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  h0mbre on 13/02/2026 - 08:26

  I have purchased many of these packs and I appreciate the offers you provide but I want to point out something.

  I use Cetirizine to manage an obscure skin/allergy condition and I usually buy Aller-tec in bulk from Costco when I'm in the states.

  I have found that this generic Cetrizine is almost completely ineffective in comparison to Aller-tec.

  Now admittedly, I have also noticed that the Paracetamol and Ibuprofen from Costco(USA) are much quicker acting and more efficient than anything locally sourced but the local stuff is not ineffective like the Cetirizine above.

  Why could this be?

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    ShiKu on 13/02/2026 - 09:14

    I'm no pharmacist or chemist, but are the doses of active ingredient the same? If not, could it be (for para/ibu at least) be you perceive them to be more effective since they're from the same country as Aller-tec but they're actually acting in the same time?

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      h0mbre on 13/02/2026 - 09:49

      Dosages of active ingredients are the same.

      I too thought about the placebo but I have given them out (the para/ibu) to about 10 people now and all 10 commented the same. I must add that I bought the more premium capsules (not the caplets) and it could be something as simple as the material used for the capsule breaking down faster? I just find it interesting because how fast they act is very noticeable even when compared to the equivalent "rapid release" here which I believe may not be so equivalent. I don't really take my 10 anecdotal peers as strong evidence to anything because they could just be comparing it to normal panadol or nurofen (not the rapid release). I could also just be responding to the "liqui gel" better. So thats not really relevant.

      Regarding the Cetirizine, this is different in that I find the Dr Reddy stuff completely ineffective in comparison to Aller-tec. January and Feb are the worst months of the year for my allergy and I just ran out of the Aller-tec so thats why I've noticed it. I found a few rogue Aller-tecs the other day and did some comparisons and it confirmed that the Dr Reddy Cetirizine wasn't working for me while the Aller-tec still does.

      These are the products from Costco:

      https://www.costco.com/p/-/kirkland-signature-aller-tec-365-…
      https://www.costco.com/p/-/kirkland-signature-extra-strength…
      https://www.walmart.com/ip/Kirkland-Signature-Ibuprofen-200-… (Can't find it on the Costco website, may be discontinued or replaced)

      I'm going to the States again later this year so will stock up again.

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    Associatedjason101 @ PharmacySavings on 13/02/2026 - 18:06

    Not looking to rage bait but what you say is not technically possible. Same active ingredient, same out come.
    But…. your body may be different on the day, may react differently on the day, there may be more sever allergy triggers on day A vs day B - this is the difference, as mentioned by others - different meds also have different fillers, unlikely but possible these also make a difference to you (on a day at a time for a reason related to you - not the drug). If the active ingredient is the same and dose is the same, the outcome is the same.

    We receive hundreds of emails telling us X works better than Y (even amongst our generics we sell) and this may well be true for a particular person on a particular day, but there is zero science behind drug X actually working better than drug Y where both are the same active ingredient and dose.

    Forgetting our business, or this product and thinking openly - would governments around the world permit (and pay for via subsidy) the use of generic medicines for life saving script items if brand A really had a different efficacy than brand B. If a contraceptive pill A was more effective than contraceptive pill B - containing the same active ingredient in the same dose - one working better than the other - would this be permitted ? If it could be proven a generic which contained the same ingredient in the same dosage had a different efficacy, the sale of all brand X or Y would be banned, lose its TGA status or at best fall away due to zero sales and there would be an outcry. Would our government really support and pay (via PBS) for the use of a brand knowing it had a worse efficacy than another brand and allow local pharmacists to dictate which efficacy / brand they supply based on their own margins?

    ie/ What is being suggested is the government knowingly allows pharmacists to select the brand they make the most margin on (despite as is being suggested varying efficacy and outcomes) to be supplied to patients and this (supply of variable outcomes based on profit margin not efficacy) is supported by government subsidies to pharmacist via PBS payments - it just wouldn't happen, when put in this context its actually a little absurd.

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      h0mbre on 14/02/2026 - 17:24

      No stress mate, genuinely wasn't having a go at your product. I buy from you for myself and other family members.

      But I do disagree with your main point.

      Bioequivalence is not the same as therapeutic equivalence and generics aren't required to be identical, they're required to be close enough. The TGA allows a range in how much of the active ingredient actually gets absorbed and how fast.

      For most people and most conditions that doesn't matter, but I've been dealing with cholinergic urticaria for a long time and I've trialled this over months, not days. It's not a day to day variation thing. Anyways, I'm not looking for an argument, or to undermine your business or generics (I'm an avid user of generics and the Costco product I spoke of previously is also a generic).

      I am merely curious to find out if anyone had a similar experience as I continue the search to find ways to manage my CU.

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  edrift on 17/03/2026 - 12:18

  For anyone waiting for their order to arrive, yes it will come and yes it does take 10 business days.
  Just got mine today, exactly 10 business days after it was shipped.

  In the past it's been much quicker, but I guess auspost have changed up their efficiency.