A lot of American Pharma companies will cut corners with their products. Take Goody powders for example. Anyone familiar with these will probably know what I'm talking about, I mean familiar as in takes them from time to time. Not just knowing of them. The way you buy them is quantity based of course. They come in 2-packs, 6 packs, 25, and 50. For the 2 pack it's usually $.99. The 6 pack is $1.80. Now, the 25 pack is around $5.00 and the 50 pack is around $6.00. Now something doesn't make sense about that. I understand you get better deals buying in bulk, but $5.00 for 25 and then just a $1.00 more for twice that amount? Especially when the 2 pack powders are only $.99. Sounds crazy I know. You would have to think the company is doing something funny here and they are.
I've noticed every time I buy the 6 packs that it's enough to get me through the whole day. Meaning I don't have to take any extra and usually around the 5th or 6th powder I start getting the jitters because of the caffeine. So, you do pay more per se for the 6 pack, but it's better quality.
Now, the 50 pack that is around $6.00 something, I can usually take 10 to 12 of those a day and not have anywhere near the feeling I get with the 6 packs. They're either severely under dosed or have less meds (caffeine, aspirin, acetaminophen) and more filler, whatever that might be. The taste is even weaker. This is the reason they can do this with their prices. But you would think you were still getting the same quality with the 50 pack as with the 6 pack. But it's not the case.
Now, another thing I've noticed this with is hydrocodone/Vicodin/Lortab/etc. I was using these back in 2005-2008 and became very familiar with all the brands and companies that manufacture these pain pills. I'm also sure anyone familiar with these will have noticed this as well. I was prescribed hydrocodone 10mg (hydro)/500mg (acetaminophen). Now there's several different brands you can choose from here. Watson 540 (blue pill) Malinkrondt M363(white pill), and Vintage 3600 or V 3600 (pink pill).
Okay, I've tried them all, many many many times and every time the results were the same. The M 363's are very weak and not worth it. The Watson 540 are pretty good, and of course the pink V3600, to me, were the best. Some people of course may be different, but it's just amazing the differences in these things. Of course now there are many other brands of hydro out there but since I've stopped taking them I'm not familiar with what all is out there now.
Now I know what I've posted has nothing to do with steroids, but that was the point. To show some examples of how pharma grade meds can even be way off, even for well known reputable pharm companies. The best thing you can do is find a product that works. Any kind of meds you take you should "feel" it working almost immediately. Always pay attention to this feel with ANY meds you take. This is how you will know what you have is working for you. Even something as plain as a Tylenol should make you "feel" something, albeit lightly or hardly at all, but if you pay attention you will feel different. Get familiar with these sensations and the feedback your brain gives you. I know this may sound crazy to some, but trust me, it works.
Just find your drug of choice, pay attention to how you "feel" on it and what those feelings are. A lot of people say test enanthate takes weeks to kick in, or a week or two. Not for me. I don't know how many brands I've tried in the past, but one thing I know for sure, when I inject after I've been off for awhile, it never fails, I feel it right away or a difference in body chemistry. The biggest thing with Test E and me is of course feeling the sexual sides after a few hours after the injection. Cyp does the same thing. If you are taking legit meds you will always "feel" something that is a bit different. That's your body's way of telling you a foreign substance is coursing through your veins. Every drug if legit will make you feel something right away. Now of course with test you may not be feeling like superman right away, but you WILL feel SOMETHING that is different for you body. Every brand of legit test e. I've taken has done this. Ign's, Iranian, Steris, Upjohn, several ugl's. One product that did not do this was some stuff I got from Mexico back in early 2000. I didn't feel anything from it from the start nor several weeks later. Bunk.
You have to trust your source, pay attention to how you feel, pay attention to your results. Have patience. Try different labs until you find what works best for you. Keep an eye out for infections and things of that nature. Some of the best pharma companies in the world will cut corners or use ingredients that are not 100%. You really have to find the right product and trust your source. That's really what it boils down to.
Sure it's risky trying to hunt down something. It's worrisome that one day your favorite product may not live up to it's past and you may have to find another. But that's all fine and dandy at the end of the day. You simply pay attention to how you feel and just find another product. Pay attention to the feedback your body gives you and it's hard to go wrong. It's really as simple as that.