RE: : How much for your LDN in Melbourne

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Hi ,

I live in Melbourne and have now been on LDN only 1 week for SPMS - I was

interested in confirming how much you paid for your LDN in Adelaide. Was

that right what you wrote. Approx $90 for 100 tabs of 3mg.

I have just paid $72.50 for 50 caps. of 3mg from a compounding chemist here

in Melbourne. I am fairly sure that it is the pure naltrexone.

Louise

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>Subject: RE: [low dose naltrexone] Doctor in Australia to prescribe LDN?

>Date: Mon, 7 Feb 2005 19:32:16 -0500

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>Hi Gayle,

>

>I must admit I don't know all the legal aspects associated with prescribing

>LDN but my humble opinion is that your neuro is talking absolute crap (as

>many do when it comes to LDN). There are lots of us over here using LDN

>for MS, PLS (Primary Lateral Sclerosis like me) and other conditions.

>

>In fact, I have just had an email this morning from someone in Queensland

>who has just had it prescribed for her husband with ALS. I know of several

>others over here also taking it for ALS with good results.

>

>http://www.pccarx.com.au/Pharmacy.htm lists many compounding pharmacies all

>over Australia. Being in Melbourne I originally got mine somewhere over

>here but now use The Green Pharmacy in Adelaide as they use pure naltrexone

>powder (preferable to crushing ReVia tablets), have a choice of fillers, do

>a lot of LDN compounding compared to most other places over here and their

>prices are very good - about half the $179 I paid locally for 100 x 3.0mg

>capsules.

>

>Their service is excellent - my capsules arrived by mail only about 4 days

>after I posted my script off to them and postage was only $5. Far cheaper

>than my time and petrol to go and pick up from the place I was using.

>

>

>

>Original Message:

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>From: Gayle pgbiz02@...

>Date: Mon, 07 Feb 2005 20:14:42 -0000

>

>Any Australians using LDN at present - how do I get LDN here? My

>neurologist says it is illegal to prescribe it for MS here, and also

>that it is not available in Australia in this low dosage; I would

>have to have it made up specially somehow.

>Gayle

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[Guest guest]

Hi Louise,

From an email the Green Pharmacy wrote me a month or two ago:

>Thank you for your enquiry, .

>We have made low-dose Naltrexone (100 caps) using Naltrexone powder

>(not

>tablets) in the following strengths ...

>1.5mg $55

>3mg $72

>4.5mg $90

>If the patient supplies tablets from which (in our opinion)it is not

>the ideal way to prepare dilutions, it would cost $50 regardless of

strength.

>Strengths other than the above can also be made.

Cheers,

Louise McQueen wrote:

>

> Hi ,

>

> I live in Melbourne and have now been on LDN only 1 week for SPMS - I was

> interested in confirming how much you paid for your LDN in Adelaide. Was

> that right what you wrote. Approx $90 for 100 tabs of 3mg.

>

> I have just paid $72.50 for 50 caps. of 3mg from a compounding

> chemist here

> in Melbourne. I am fairly sure that it is the pure naltrexone.

>

> Louise

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