I am suffering from genetically hair loss. Therefore my dermatologist recommend me topic monoxide 5% and finasteride 1 mg. This time I brought finasteride online because it is not available in local market. And now I found that the packaging is different as the local market and online. I want to confirm whether the finasteride I buy online is genuine or fake? How I can verify that the medicines a genuine or fake?

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Dr. T. Dayal SinghDermatologist17yrs exp

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If there is any barcode over the strip scan it.

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Dr. Navneet BansalDermatologist23yrs exp

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Finestride is a generic name available under different trade names with different packaging, see if you bought with the same trade name.

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