Silly drug companies
So I'm switching medications, again, because Armour isn't available in Canada ("Thyroid" is, but it doesn't seem to actually be the same thing) and besides, my new endo gave me some compelling reasons to attempt a switch back to a synthetic T4/T3 combo.
Thus, I took in my prescription last week to the drugstore down the road from my home. (Yeah, I know, it's been sitting in my purse for a while. I wanted to finish out the Armour. I'm funny that way.)
The T4 was only a small problem -- eltroxin, the brand I would prefer to take, is unavailable in the dosage I need to take. Synthroid, the accursed brand that I despise, is, however, available in that dosage.
The bigger problem was the T3. They told me last week that they didn't have any in stock, but it'd be in yesterday. However, when I wandered in this morning, it was still not there; apparently, there's a wee bit of a backorder shortage in Canada. Since T3 is (as far as I'm concerned) not optional, that's a problem. It would appear that the old Canadian distributor has stopped distributing, and the new one (who I can't find the name of) hasn't picked up the slack yet. However, they were able to transfer the Cytomel prescription to a compounding pharmacy (yay compounding pharmacies) who was able to fill it.
This time at least.
Stupid drugs.
Thus, I took in my prescription last week to the drugstore down the road from my home. (Yeah, I know, it's been sitting in my purse for a while. I wanted to finish out the Armour. I'm funny that way.)
The T4 was only a small problem -- eltroxin, the brand I would prefer to take, is unavailable in the dosage I need to take. Synthroid, the accursed brand that I despise, is, however, available in that dosage.
The bigger problem was the T3. They told me last week that they didn't have any in stock, but it'd be in yesterday. However, when I wandered in this morning, it was still not there; apparently, there's a wee bit of a backorder shortage in Canada. Since T3 is (as far as I'm concerned) not optional, that's a problem. It would appear that the old Canadian distributor has stopped distributing, and the new one (who I can't find the name of) hasn't picked up the slack yet. However, they were able to transfer the Cytomel prescription to a compounding pharmacy (yay compounding pharmacies) who was able to fill it.
This time at least.
Stupid drugs.