The problem is that we want to view these things as completely black and white, no grey area.
Doesnt work like that.
Some guys can use 1g of test, look full and hard and lean. Other guys use 500mg and bloat and looks gross, oily, etc. GH is the same way. We all have a different individual response. IF you seem to have a genetic propensity to only respond to Pharma....well that shit sucks for you and your wallet. MOST guys probably live in the middle. AND..with living in that middle, it comes down to again price and bang for your buck. If pharma were 5-10x noticibly better than a good generic (and there are no shortage of good generics now), than i would get it. But it doesnt seem to be like that for most guys.
Chances are, the freaks of the freaks can take just about any gear dosage AND generic and grow like a weed.
So realistically, play around with both and see what works. For instance, i ran 10iu a day this entire offseason...a brie period of 15iu — all generic. Now going into prep, i'm actually switching over to 1/2 pharma and 1/2 generics (different sponsor). I'm very interested in seeing the difference as usually, i dont notice too much.
Also, if you're just a regular gym rat, there is 0 point in buying pharma gh lol. Like zerroooo. 5iu of generic will give u exaactly what you want.