Fake Greenstone 2mg Xanax Bars?

I apologize I know the Internet is FLOODED with fake xanax questions, but i can't seem to find a good answer. Lately I've been getting White G3723. I tested myself on a 4 panel and didn't fail for anything but thc (benzodiazepines weren't on the test). The bars are 15mm in length, the G has angles to it like a stop sign and they basically match every visual comparison of an authentic 2mg greenstone bar.

My concerns:
-Dissolves very quickly in water
-Not extremely bitter, but I slightly taste the notorious Xanax taste
-They feel weak even though I have a tolerance, but still make me calm.

My guess is these might be "perfected" or new bars without the drunk feeling, ignorance, etc, because I'm aware greenstone changed their formula in 2014.

Thoughts? Thank you.

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What type of formula change did Greenstone make? I personally felt they are fine although any pill can be counterfeited.

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All I know is apparently Pzfier took them over and since 2/14 they have been "less efficient" ever since apparently, and I've heard of Pzfier doing recalls on low potent Xanax so I guesse my question has been answered.

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Lots of Pills are recalled all the time, much like Cars. Greenstone Alprazolam is highly respected. You must remember these Psychotropic medications are made to strict standards and will vary from time to time in potency. It quite possible this can be all in your mind?

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Finally. Someone that has the same problem. I have the greenstone 2 mg and they do dissolve fast in water and faster than any other brands. Something in it calms me down but doesn't take away my anxiety completely. I took a gg249 and it worked. Took my anxiety away. Im just wondering and hopefully someone knows. What is in these pills? Im starting to doubt that it is alrazopam or maybe not 2mg.

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@Charles,

The GG249 bars you speak of do reportedly contain 2mgs of Alprazolam. However the manufacturer is listed as Sandoz and not Greenstone for these ones in particular. This can be verified with the following National Drug Code of 00781-1089.

Something else that's interesting to note is that there are rumors of generic drugs (such as GG249) having up to a plus or minus 20% margin in active ingredients vs what's stated on the label. I'm not saying this is fact, but if it is it may mean that a 2mg tablet could actually contain anywhere from a 1.6mg to 2.4mg dosage (my guess would be the former based on feedback I'm seeing here).

Just as an example, NIH.gov shows some proof of this rumor in various types of pain medication tablets like Oxycodone HCL 10mg only being equivalent to 8.9637mgs at: dailymed.nlm.nih.gov/dailymed/drugInfo.cfm?setid=70910da5-d785-38ad-7a91-1dce7d461e9a - Although I speculate if this could be due to a lesser percentage of bioavailability?

Back on topic, I know you asked 'what is in these pills?' Well the GG 249 pill also contains the following set of Inactive Ingredients: cellulose, microcrystalline + docusate sodium + lactose monohydrate + magnesium stearate + sodium benzoate + corn starch

Couple these different binders and fillers with the idea that there's also a probability of less active ingredients and I could see why people are noticing a decreased efficacy in comparison with other brands/generics or separate batches with better quality control.

I hope you're able to find a more suitable brand that you can count on...

Best regards!

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The hard green s903 2mg bars r from Mexico...they were real xanax at one point but No one is saying anything about the fact that they have a very short shelf life before they metabolize chemically. They sell them to pharmacies in Mexico who in turn crush down thousands at a time and then cut the powder with a baby laxative and repress them...so they r kinda real and fake at the same time...those r the very hard ones...any color that is hard is the same deal...100% real ones will easily disolve in your mouth and taste right not like chalk...they r every where in the U.S... and ur lucky if there is half the amount of xanax in them as they should have. The green ones r the best of the repressed and cut ones though.

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This was my same feelings on xanax. They have the taste just not as strong and I am calm and I have a tolerance as well. I have heard a lot of different things such as: there's a stamper that people use to make them with the equivalent of a peach (.5) &the rest is filler and they are coming from the Internet. I think your answer and thought is very logical. I'd be happy to keep in touch to see if we could find out the truth behind it all!!

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The green pills that are being counterfeited are laced with fentanyl and killing people left and right where i live. I've had ptsd and severe anxiety for a very long time and was prescribed xanax and believe me i know the difference. A couple of days ago i took two which is nothing for me because before i was also prescribes the highest dose of fentanyl and percocet for my back. when i took them i blacked out almost immediately but according to everyone who saw me that day and looked for me because they were worried all said i was doing weird stuff and was like another person. i woke up in my bed the next day freaking out because of all my years of heavy doses of meds that two bars caused me to black out and do the things they said i did that day. The white bars that say xanax on the front and a two on the back the police warned are counterfeit and laced with fentanyl but I've taken plenty of those and like other people on this post are saying that they just feel different. More like a pick me up instead of that foggy sleepy xanax feeling, but they caused me to repeatedly fail a drug panel for six weeks when they are usually out of my body in no time. People please be very careful because its getting serious and people are dropping like flies.

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I have CRPS and Ptsd, and wear these damn fentanyl patches to deal w/ it. Wanna know about pain, beyond pain, check out mcgill pain index, crps/rsd/causalgia will be there...and no one knows what the f*** it is...I'm talkin' about the "medical" industry.

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I personally do not feel the double G's (GG 249) are nearly as strong as the Greenstone brand ones. I also don't feel the yellow bars quite as much as the green or white ones. Are they extended-released? Also, if I break any ER meds in half, does that make them release all at once?

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R they thick or thin the green rectangle alprazolam 2 mg

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The ones I just got are thin and taste chalky. Nothing like my yellows from the pharmacy.

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I think they are pressed. I've had pressed ones that worked, but not as well. No more favors coming out of my script. I took 2 of the greens and one of my real yellows. I'm not tired, relaxed or have the munchies.

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You are partly right but wrong about what's in them. You have obviously not got hold of any with fentanyl. Those Q the ones coming from Mexico where fentanyl can be obtained in huge quantities of powder form. People get caught testing smuggle that fentanyl over here to.. the lines you are talking about are probably pressed in someone's basement here. I'm the states. I have one helm of a tolerance and can easily consume enough to put down an elephant but those greens ones oppened eyes. Some people are dumb and actually want them because they know relay are killing people

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It's crazy all the fakes that I have seen in the past six months in the New York area. I've seen fake ones that say the real deal Xanax on them and have the two on the back, and I've had real ones before too and their fatter and have an arch to them. The fake ones were flatter on the top, thinner also. I've had fake GED 249's and I've had fake G 3722's also. I have not come across the fake S903 green yet; those are my favorite. The things I've noticed is sometimes they are very easy to break up or sometimes very hard and if you break them in half they don't break in half perfectly like a real one does. I hope this helps because you really need to see the bottle and know for a fact it is coming from a licensed pharmacy because there are so many fakes in the inner cities now. They use all kinds of different binders so I think sometimes it's softer and sometimes it's really really hard. Usually the real ones break right at the lines whereas the fake ones don't break evenly. So in conclusion the real ones usually are a little hard but break up pretty easily. I've had fake ones that are really hard to break up. And ones that are really easy to break up. I would say in the last two years fake ones have increased by about 80% in my area.

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I agree completely I've been taking it over 20 years and it's always been good to me. Well I got a white bar from a neighbor n at first I was good. But it kept enhancing them I felt like a weed high where ur too high, and I can't sleep but I want too n the,the world turned to a cartoon (feeling crazy for admitting) lol... I cried I was too high

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My pharmacy was giving me the generic Xanax (Alprazolam) made by Sandoz that worked great. They just switched to Mylan and they don't help me at all!!
The pharmacist was very rude and said they couldn't change it. Being that this is for my mental health you would think they would be more helpful. I'm researching my legal rights. And I notified my doctor.

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The Mylans work too. Pharmacies order what is available and the cheapest. I'm sure its mostly in your mind and no, you can't take any actions against the Pharmacy because the Pharmacist got testy with you

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It is NOT in my mind. And NO the Mylan does NOT work for me! It's ridiculous for you to assume that.

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Exactly, I'm doubting it all. Last 2 scripts have been complete bulls***. Xanax should not make you sweat. Not on Any other drugs. These are fake, and if not they finally found a way to f*** up the best thing out there??

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Alprazolam isn't water soluble.

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Re: jon (# 6)

The green ones, the two mg green bars, the fake ones look real unless u have a fake one and a real one to compare the difference. The real ones are thinner, just better put together. But the best way for me to test them is to keep the fake ones and when I get real ones, break a little piece off of both and put them in different spoons. Put about 3-4 drops of water and wait about ten seconds. Stick your finger on the pill n apply a little pressure and if it crumbles immediately throw that b**** out. If it takes a few minutes to dissolve, ur good to go, it works for me. I just know that’s how I can tell, but I can also tell by just looking now. If they look Bootleg they probably are. Real chalky.

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Real Xanax are not hard to break unless you are getting brand new out of the press ones. The green 3 mg bars do not and have never tasted like a white 2mg. It almost tastes like a bar of soap with a hint of a 2mg. That's about it. They don't fake the green they fake the white you can't take a MG out. The benzo is in the bar in the middle. It's a flat sheet if you dissolve it. I have had fake whites and those have fentanyl in them. Not the green 3 mgs. They are what they say they are. You can't press them. Now with that said. If you want real ones talk to a physician. But they aren't made for men. They are made for women. You are buying them. You deserve what you get then. If it didn't come out of a pharmacy you are asking to die from something. This one thinks those are 2mg. They are 3 mg. Now I suggest going and taking a pharmacology class and not ask on the internet.

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Re: Elah (# 20)

Listen real zanax are hard to break, have a bitter taste to them. There are fake ones going around. What they're doing is taking 2mg bars subtracting 1mg and repressing them.. So your getting alprazolam but only 1 MG in a 2mg bar. They are doubling their profits this way

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I know somebody that just got beat for a bunch of fake Greenstone's. On everyone he told me the 22 was missing on everyone of the sticks. All it said was G37 but this was from the street.

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Re: Brit (# 30)

Same thing just happened to me got 14 greens w white Speckles very dark green heart very hard and not much of a bitter taste at all does anyone have any answers? Makes me very tired but stops my shakes my body is dependent.

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Re: EDDY (# 18)

It's not in our mind, it is a physical response to the dose being lowered because of substandard pharmacology. Greenstone causes me to fail my drug tests every time. sandbox kinda works , Dava does not work period, generics are NOT FDA monitored causing the fluctuating strength of the alprazolam from 80% to 140%. all mental health, organ transplant drugs, or any seizure drug should always be brand name, the FDA always tests them.

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Re: jon (# 6)

I just got a green one. It's not the same green and has like speckles or something. It's a darker green. I took two and don't feel s***.

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To be honest i believe and ive heard it being a nurse that they are making them not as strong as to lower dependency. If it taste a little like a xanax its real its Just a lowered dose. Which is why its breaks up like it does. If i were you i would ask for the round ones! They are strong. The yellow ones tend to be stronger but id have my doc up it to 3mg if he can. Those have not been placebos.

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I have had this exact same problem. They were supposed to be 2mg Greenstone generic Alprazolam. These are fake and not fake at the same time. Whats happening is that people are pressing these pills, which usually makes them much harder to break up, and they have a chalky, kinda sweet taste. There isnt any alprazolam in them, but instead people are putting Etizolam in them. From what i have gotten, 1 of these pressed G 3722 pills are about as equivelent as 2mg of clonazepam at most. Etizolam is very easy to find on the black or gray market and can be purchased outside of the country or online in powder form. Since Etizolam is indeed a benzodiazepine, you are still feeling some effects, but it is as about half as potent as a real G 3722 Greenstone alprazolam bar. That is, if you're lucky bc they can put as little or as much Etizolam in those as they want. If you have a script, in my opinion the best generics are in order from best to worst are as follows: Greenstone (G 3722 white bars), Actavis (the yellow bars with r 039), Dava (green bars), then Sandoz (gg249 white bars). Actavis and Greenstone are just about equal imo. I have years and years of experience with all of these, and have a PhD in Pharmacology. Everyone please be careful with any xanax out there that you might even remotely think is fake. These could contain Fentanyl and cause respiratory depression that will kill you within minutes or even seconds. Just wanted to give my input. First time poster.

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