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I've ordered medication from them because they test to make sure that there's no impurities. It's not that much more expensive and I would gladly pay to know there's no extra chemicals in there that could give me cancer.

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Note that they sold their pharmacy business, but claim to be continuing the testing for the new owner: "The company has since sold its pharmacy operation to concentrate only on quality and safety testing. It continues to test products for the pharmacy’s new owner, Medly, along with other business clients looking to certify for their customers that what they’re buying is legitimate." From https://www.consumerreports.org/product-safety/valisure-foun...

And Medly filed for bankruptcy in December, and sold it's digital assets to Walgreens as of last week (and is now shut down completely).

https://digitalhealth.modernhealthcare.com/finance/medly-sel...

All those mergers, including with my go-to for supplements, Pharmaca, in such a short time. How did it turn into such a dumpster fire so quickly? I feel like there's got to be a story.

Wow, I love that they do this. A few online nootropics suppliers do the same for the supplements they provide but I guess "legit" pharmacies just trust whatever they get from their suppliers usually.

Are you sure they actually test them instead of getting a test from china that says it's good?

Yeah, at least ~5 years ago, even the main one everyone raved about had some pretty shady practices when they alleged to have "tested every batch in house".

every single pharmaceutical has impurities. some grow over time (chemistry does not stop) and those are the ones to worry about.

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