"Women's" laxatives?

[fuzzybuddy]

I was in the pharmacy and I noticed they had PINK"Women's" Laxatives. I'm confused. I never heard of "Men's food" and "Women's food". So if we eat the same, it should come out the same. I checked the ingredients. The "Women's" ingredients & those nasty, gross non-Women's ingredients were the exactly same. One just had a PINK dye. And those feminine laxatives were more expensive than the ones without the pink dye.
At times, you have to just shake your head-You can't make this stuff up.

 

[SeaBreeze]

I never heard of that Fuzzybuddy but I haven't looked at laxatives for a long time. I agree that the women's should be no different from the men's unless there was a special ingredient only for women. Even so, as a woman I don't like pink anything and I definitely wouldn't take something with artificial dyes in it just for looks. Shaking my head here too!

 

[Warrigal]

A pharmacy company has been heavily fined for doing just that in Australia. They had a general analgesic available then packaged the same thing as being for nerve pain, period pain, and some others and charged a higher price for the identical formula. It's called product differentiation but the product is not different.

They do the same thing with children's toys. The pink version is always the more expensive.

 

[dpwspringer]

A pharmacy company has been heavily fined for doing just that in Australia. They had a general analgesic available then packaged the same thing as being for nerve pain, period pain, and some others and charged a higher price for the identical formula. It's called product differentiation but the product is not different.

They do the same thing with children's toys. The pink version is always the more expensive.

I don't know if they still do it, but decades ago a pharmacists pointed out to me that you could buy Benadryl (at least that is what I think it was) in different packaging for different things at vastly different prices, even though it was the exact same ingredient/dosage... decongestant, sleep aid, antihistamine, etc.

 

[Pappy]

Not related to drugs, but for example bread. Yes, bread. I was in the business over 30 years and have seen it happening everyday. A bread company can have many accounts and bake their bread with their label and their price. Same bread, one store, $1.29 loaf, next store, $3.19 loaf. Same bread, different labels.
I would imagine this pertains to many items we purchase.

 

[Ken N Tx]

I remember seeing an eye doctor's assistant transferring eye drops from a large bottle (brand name) to a smaller bottle with no label..

 

[RadishRose]

Also "hair coloring for men" or "men's shampoo", or "ladies razors". No difference, just a marketing ploy by manufacturers who assume a guy might feel like a sissy if he uses something he imagines more women than men use. Or a lady might feel silly using an item meant for a man.