Where to get Armour in Ontario?
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From: Jody +]:P on 26 Dec 2005 02:56 Does anyone know of any pharmacies preferably in Ontario, that compounds the Thyroid medication (T3) Armour??? My doctor will prescribe it, if we can find a place to compound it. There is one that we've heard of so far, and this is in British Columbia. Is there any in Hamilton, Burlington, Mississauga area? Thanks, JP
From: Lois on 26 Dec 2005 05:15 "Jody +]:P @sympatico.ca>" wrote: > Does anyone know of any pharmacies preferably in Ontario, that > compounds > the Thyroid medication (T3) Armour??? > > My doctor will prescribe it, if we can find a place to compound it. Are you looking for desiccated thyroid, or do you want the compounded form? Armour is the US brand of desiccated thyroid, but the Canadian brand (named "Thyroid") is now available in Canada again. Or are you looking for compounded T3? Lois
From: KSMorris on 26 Dec 2005 06:15 Jody, If you're looking for dessicated thyroid (Armour is an American brand of dessicated thyroid) you can phone your conventional pharmacist (e.g., Shoppers Drug Mart) and see if they now have "Thyroid" available. "Thyroid" is the brand name under which dessicated thyroid is sold in Canada. If they don't have it on thier shelves, you could let them know that it was recently made available again by Efra (a Montreal-based company), so their suppliers should have it again. I believe it's being made available in the 30 mcg tablet size (not sure about the single tablet size it's being made available in). Shoppers is pretty good about quartering tablets if your doctor will write a prescription for "1/4 30 mcg thyroid tablet daily," etc. If the quartered Thyroid doesn't work out to a dosage you or your doctor aren't comfortable with and you'd prefer to try dessicated thyroid from a compounding pharmacy, you can use the online pharmacy of compoudning pharmacists to locate one near you. Then just phone and ask them if they compound dessicated thyroid. The link to the online database of compounding pharmacists is: http://www.iacprx.org/referral_service/index.html Good luck, Karen Morris Organizer "Thyroid Patients Canada"
From: Jody +]:P on 26 Dec 2005 20:16 Hi Lois, Karen and any others :-) Thanks for replying... Since I am getting 'desperate' to get a handle on things, and I've seen lots of positive comments on the use of Armour, I mentioned it to my family doctor. My labs in July were as follows: Free T4 - 23 (Ref. Range 9.1 - 23.8) TSH - 0.08 (Ref. Range 0.30 - 4.70) Free T3 - 5.6 (Ref. Range 3.5 – 6.5) so I reduced my Levothyroxine from an alternating dose of 0.125 & 0.112 mg to just the 0.112 mg dose. I had my labs done again in November and the Free T4 was still 23.... my TSH went from 0.08 to 0.09..... my free T3 went from 5.6 to 5.8.... There was one time going way back where in just 2.5 weeks, my TSH went from 13 to 0.08..... I just don't understand why things keep changing so drastically as I am 100% med compliant... (I did have RAI in 1999)... I guess I am just really getting to the point where I feel that things really should have been a lot more stabilized on a more regular basis... (I did have an Endocrinologist who treated me for about 4 years and he was totally baffled by the constant variation in numbers. He finally gave up and said that the problem was likely not my thyroid... but never did any further testing other than the standard Free T3, TSH and Free T4).... I asked my family physician if Armour was something that I could try. She said yes and that she had one other patient on it who felt much better. She faxes the script to a pharmacy in B.C. and this patient has a family member ship it to Ontario for him. I am sure she said something about it being compounded though... and she did say that it was available in the 30 mcg tablets... I told her that I had heard some mention about a place in Toronto, so she said if I could find out, let her know. I tried the online compounding pharmacy locator and there is one that is quite close to me, so I will call them tomorrow. I need to get on this fairly quickly 'cuz my family physician is going on maternity leave at the beginning of January. Has anyone run into any problems getting reimbursed from their insurance companies for compounded prescriptions? I read something about the difficulties due to lack of an NDC number? Compounding Pharmacies: • Brant Arts Dispensary Ltd. - Richard Hainsworth, R.Ph. 672 Brant Street Burlington ON L7R 2H3 Canada (905) 637-3833 • Mezentco Inc. - Marita Zaffiro, R.Ph. 316 James Street N Hamilton ON L8L 1H2 Canada (905) 528-4201 • River Runn Pharmacy - Mohamed Walji, R.Ph. 1525 Bristol Rd W Mississauga ON L5M 4Z1 Canada (905) 819-1999 • Beveridge & Brown Clinic Pharmacy - Carole Beveridge, Pharmacist Owner 167 Hespeler Rd. Cambridge ON N1R 3H7 Canada (519) 623-4116 Thanks again for any replies.... J*O*D*Y KSMorris wrote: > Jody, > > If you're looking for dessicated thyroid (Armour is an American brand > of dessicated thyroid) you can phone your conventional pharmacist > (e.g., Shoppers Drug Mart) and see if they now have "Thyroid" > available. "Thyroid" is the brand name under which dessicated thyroid > is sold in Canada. If they don't have it on thier shelves, you could > let them know that it was recently made available again by Efra (a > Montreal-based company), so their suppliers should have it again. I > believe it's being made available in the 30 mcg tablet size (not sure > about the single tablet size it's being made available in). Shoppers > is pretty good about quartering tablets if your doctor will write a > prescription for "1/4 30 mcg thyroid tablet daily," etc. > > If the quartered Thyroid doesn't work out to a dosage you or your > doctor aren't comfortable with and you'd prefer to try dessicated > thyroid from a compounding pharmacy, you can use the online pharmacy of > compoudning pharmacists to locate one near you. Then just phone and > ask them if they compound dessicated thyroid. > > The link to the online database of compounding pharmacists is: > > http://www.iacprx.org/referral_service/index.html > > Good luck, > > Karen Morris > Organizer > "Thyroid Patients Canada"
From: KSMorris on 26 Dec 2005 22:57
Jody, Has dessicated thyroid been the hormone replacement you've been using during the whole of the time you've experienced an inability to get your T4 and T3 where you need them to be (i.e., you change the dessicated thyroid dosage and the T4 and T3 numbers just switch places)? Karen Morris "Thyroid Patients Canada" |