Silly drug companies

[hel_ana]

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.

Comments

[lesliepear.livejournal.com]

Interesting that you are on t4/t3.

I've been ok on levoxyl at the same dosage almost since my TT. Wonder what tommorrows blood work will show.

[hel_ana]

I get the worst brainfog in the (and yet still medicated) world when I'm on just T4. I can't think quickly enough, and it drives me up a wall. The T3 helps tremendously with that.

I've been on Armour, which has my Free T3 through the roof and my FT4 at the high end of normal, and my TSH at .01 or some such. But I feel pretty good on it.

[megiddo-lj.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I need to round up a new doc here soon. In my COPIOUS free time.

[hel_ana]

You know, apropos of nothing, it occurs to me that Armour might be a wee bit difficult to come by in Israel.

Good luck with the free time and with the doctor.

[megiddo-lj.livejournal.com]

Actually, you're allowed to ingest pork for medical reasons and they DO have pigs in Israel. Albeit on raised platforms.

[hel_ana]

Interesting.. I had no idea. Yay new learning! :)

[morrisman.livejournal.com]

Appropos of even less, I just feel that every time I'm back up in the dear ol' Northland and I'm looking for something really specific, it just seems harder to get ahold of.

My radiator blew out on my Pontiac as I was entering Winnipeg for a family reunion, and I dropped it off at a large chain automotive place to get it replaced. Now, this was a car being made in huge quantities as it was popular with rental companies, and was in its 9th year of production in its present form. Where I'd been living in South Tampa at the time, the closest half-dozen auto repair places had a multitude of radiators available on same day installation (I checked when I got home). From Winnipeg, the only two new radiators they could locate "nearby" were one in Saskatchewan and one near Detroit, and either would take about three days to get there! Sigh. I know, I know, it's probably from all the Americans importing your unsafe third world rdiators, right? Heh.

I miss Canada, any of the places I've stayed. Especially when I'm in Florida in August to start teaching a new batch of kiddies.

[cous-cous.livejournal.com]

apparently, there's a wee bit of a backorder shortage in Canada.

It's probably from all the Americans importing your unsafe third world drugs.

[hel_ana]

You know, that hadn't occured to me, but by jove, I think you've got it!