Caution: Fake/knock-off Viviscal Supplements

[ilong]

Ladies - please be careful when ordering supplements from sellers who are not the manufacturers of the product or authorized distributors.

I received an order of Viviscal yesterday (ordered on Amazon from JZ Care) and the condition of some of the boxes made me take a closer look at what I received. There were differences in counts of tablets, print on boxes, lot number format and ingredients. I compared what I received to the description and packaging on Viviscal's site.

When I contacted Viviscal and described the differences and shared my concerns, the Viviscal customer service representative confirmed that Viviscal products were never manufactured with:

• 90 count packages ( 60 or 180 count only)
• Calcium as an ingredient
• alpha-numeric lot numbers
• printed packages as I described

Knock-out supplement and drugs can contain mercury, lead, poisoning and a host of other harmful ingredients we may not be aware of. They are made in sub-standard, unsanitary conditions and certainly with inferior ingredients, including some which may be deadly.

Had I not observed the differences or had the shipment contained ALL knock off boxes, I would not have known they were fake. I may have gotten sick, or even worse, died. Saving a few dollars is not worth the risk. I filed a complaint with Amazon on the order. I will also return another supplement I ordered off eBay recently, as I have a very real concern on legitimacy of the product. In this case I have nothing to compare it to - therefore, I'm not taking a chance.

So please be observant and careful! Putting our health at risk is not worth whatever dollar savings the product offers.

 

[DarkJoy]

Thank goodness you saw something was off!!

Do the packages have the viviscal label and everything? I wonder if viviscal will take action against this fraud.

As a consumet, you can also send a bottle to the US FDA. They investigate (test the product) and shut these things down all the time.

 

[ilong]

Thank goodness you saw something was off!!

Do the packages have the viviscal label and everything? I wonder if viviscal will take action against this fraud.

As a consumet, you can also send a bottle to the US FDA. They investigate (test the product) and shut these things down all the time.

@DarkJoy - yes the labels are VERY similar - but the differences and ingredient list are what caught my attention.
What is so crazy is the CSR confirmed what I mentioned but didn't seem so concerned about it. THAT SURPRISED me!
Amazon was very relaxed about it as well and suggested I contact the seller. I reminded the CSR, the danger of a seller selling knock-off supplements on THEIR site. At that point she decided to forward the issue to the complaint department.
I think about the supplements on sites such as eBay selling at significantly lower prices than they should and now I am concerned they may be knock offs from a makeshift factory in China, UK, etc.