CVS VG, anyone buy/uses it?

[seebo]

last year i bought a bottle of "Pure Glycerin USP" from CVS,
CVS Pure Glycerin USP - CVS.com

ran out and went to pick up another bottle recently, got home and noticed the label no longer say "USP" just "Pure Glycerin"

wonder if they decided to remove the USP because they found out people were using it for eliquid (as you can see from some of the reviews on the link i posted).

should i not chance it and return it?

 

[Jdurand]

I used it, no issue. Not like you're making a lifelong commitment to it! lol

If you go through that amount regularly, I would order a quart from Essentials Depot. I order from there in gallons, but I've been making my own juice lately.

 

[seebo]

true, but i rather not chance it. i honestly don't even trust those many others selling with "USP" grade as i bet they just print it on the label without it even being certified (it costs $$ to do so).. there are even laws what they can call the glycerin. USP grade has to be called "Glycerin USP" or "Pure Glycerin USP" it cannot be called "XYZ Veg Glycerin", "Yomama VG", etc. etc. otherwise it's likely not truly USP grade/certified as the guidelines are very strict. there also has to be a lot/batch number to track it back to where and when it was made. just sharing this information for anyone who really cares what they're ingesting!

by the way, for anyone interested, i found some at Rite Aid, Pharmaceutical Grade.. this at least i know is 100% it's legit USA USP grade ;-)

 

[Yiana]

I've used walmart's vg before. USP

 

[bsidb]

I use the Rite Aid stuff for years now

 

[mhertz]

If anybody knows, I would like to please see links to the suggestion that e.g. glycerin, has to be called by it's monograph name and then USP afterwards with a comma inbetween or directly underneath AND that it should be verified as USP compliant. Please not the stickied thread, which just states something without going in detail with why and where to doublecheck it...

As I understand it, then USP isn't enforcing such things, only the standards and e.g. fda in the states enforces such e.g. making sure it lives up to USP if pharmaceutical etc. Pharmaceuticals should be named in a specific way and non-pharmaceutical USP grade products are SUGGESTED to do the same as far as i've read. A pharmaceutical is differentiated, by having in addition to living up to the USP an actual medical license for the product to be marketed as a pharmaceutical, and the fda demands USP compliance for products with said license, but it's the fda that warrants that and not the USP. The USP also has gotten a licensing scheme, where you can get certified and have a sticker on that states USP licensed, but I believe that's a "special" thing, and i've never seen anyone like that e.g. the above screenshot, or pharmaceuticals etc...

I'm not 100% sure about any of this though, so please if anyone is in the know then kindly come forward

 

[Chris863]

I've used the Humco stuff for a year now went through 2 bottles. Cost about $2.50 at my local grocery store...

Recently bought a quart from Essential Depot... Havent tried it yet and wonder if I will notice any difference but its cheaper obviously buying the VG in bulk.

 

[seebo]

I use the Rite Aid stuff for years now

yeah, going to keep buying this stuff. it's cheaper buying bigger bottles online, but i rather pay a few more and know what im getting. too much shady stuff out there. i don't need quarts to last me years, 6oz bottle will last me 5-6 months since i mix it with pg. i just noticed the bottle i have on the side it says "Uses: Soothing and moisturizing agent, Also used in certain oral pharmaceuticals for sweetening" there you have it, vapor approved ;-)

If anybody knows, I would like to please see links to the suggestion that e.g. glycerin, has to be called by it's monograph name and then USP afterwards with a comma inbetween or directly underneath AND that it should be verified as USP compliant. Please not the stickied thread, which just states something without going in detail with why and where to doublecheck it...

i don't have any links i'm only speaking from what i was told from a local pharmacist, but as you can see another user posted an image of another VG brand, and again following the same guidelines it's "Glycerin" with the "USP" right below.

the reason this is done is so people don't get confused about the products, they want things to be labeled a certain way to keep things consistent and to avoid confusion. perhaps search google for more info about it.

 

[mhertz]

I fully agree about that, but the distinction here is guideline, not rule and that was my point... Second, my question where about an actual USP certification of these shelf-products...

I have googled A LOT, and just wanted opinion about if I where misunderstanding something, based on popular opinion and e.g. the sticky here, which I suspect is mixing rules up between actual pharma-products and regular "shelf" usp grade products... An USP grade vg shouldn't mandatory be labeled in a specific way imho...