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From: Rod on 27 Jun 2008 03:38 New page by Mary Shomon speculatibg as to the Armour Thyroid supply problems. There is more at the link. Armour Thyroid's New Packaging: Is This Why There Are Backlogs and Delays? Wednesday June 25, 2008 Reader Cathy P. wrote to say that her local Walmart pharmacy finally got a shipment of Armour Thyroid 1 grain (60 mg), and they were able to fill her prescription, after a long period of delays. (I reported on the Armour Thyroid shortage in detail last week.) But when Cathy went to pick up her Armour, it came in individually packed blister packs instead of the usual bottles. <http://thyroid.about.com/b/2008/06/25/armour-thyroids-new-packaging-is-this-why-there-are-backlogs-and-delays.htm> -- Rod Hypothyroidism is a seriously debilitating condition with an insidious onset. Although common it frequently goes undiagnosed. <www.thyromind.info> <www.thyroiduk.org> <www.altsupportthyroid.org>
From: kohlrabi_croce on 21 Jul 2008 09:02 hi all thanks very much for the discussion. Both Walmart and CVS pharmacy told me that armour was just being discontinued. What liars they are - the lie like dogs. Why do they have to do that to people? Now I have to add pharmacists to the list of people to watch out for: doctors, veterinarians, car mechanics, and now this. Ok, I'm going to have to search for a pharmacy that has it. Is it generally easy to get westhroid or nature-throid?
From: Rod on 21 Jul 2008 09:16 kohlrabi_croce wrote: > hi all > > thanks very much for the discussion. > > Both Walmart and CVS pharmacy told me that armour was just being > discontinued. > What liars they are - the lie like dogs. Why do they have to do that > to people? > > Now I have to add pharmacists to the list of people to watch out for: > doctors, veterinarians, car mechanics, and now this. > > Ok, I'm going to have to search for a pharmacy that has it. Is it > generally > easy to get westhroid or nature-throid? As I am in the UK, I have less access to information about such things than those of you who actually are stateside. (To the best of my knowledge, none of the Thyroid USP-based products is easily available here. Armour is on named patient basis only.) -- Rod Hypothyroidism is a seriously debilitating condition with an insidious onset. Although common it frequently goes undiagnosed. <www.thyromind.info> <www.thyroiduk.org> <www.altsupportthyroid.org>
From: kohlrabi_croce on 21 Jul 2008 09:33 On Jul 21, 6:16 am, Rod <polygo...(a)ntlworld.com> wrote: > kohlrabi_croce wrote: > > hi all > > > thanks very much for the discussion. > > > Both Walmart and CVS pharmacy told me that armour was just being > > discontinued. > > What liars they are - the lie like dogs. Why do they have to do that > > to people? > > > Now I have to add pharmacists to the list of people to watch out for: > > doctors, veterinarians, car mechanics, and now this. > > > Ok, I'm going to have to search for a pharmacy that has it. Is it > > generally > > easy to get westhroid or nature-throid? > > As I am in the UK, I have less access to information about such things > than those of you who actually are stateside. (To the best of my > knowledge, none of the Thyroid USP-based products is easily available > here. Armour is on named patient basis only.) > > -- > Rod hi Rod, What is named-patient basis? Thanks
From: kohlrabi_croce on 21 Jul 2008 10:38
ah, ok I get it: __________________________________________________________________________________________________ Named patient basis prescribing is a scheme which allows a doctor to prescribe an unlicensed drug to a particular `named patient'. It is only an option for drugs whose manufacturer is prepared to release it on this basis, and has to be arranged by the doctor on an individual basis. Some companies are unwilling to release unapproved drugs in this way. The next step is for your doctor to find out what conditions are attached to the use of the drug. The drug company may require you to have passed certain medical tests before providing the drug, in order to avoid damaging side-effects. For instance, if someone wanting ddI will have to undergo tests to ensure that they will not be vulnerable to pancreatitis. The doctor must inform the patient that the drug has unproven benefits and that there are unknown risks attached to the use of the drug. This protects a doctor against liability. A GP can only be proved liable if he/she has not taken reasonable steps to treat you according to his/ her experience and knowledge of the particular illness. This distributes the responsibility between you and your doctor when choosing an experimental therapy, but doesn't protect you against incompetence. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ what a strange thing. Anyway. today I will be trying to get armour from CVS. Thanks guys, what would I do without the internet? |