Re: Re: Hi Jan, question about Unithroid

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OMG! Are you getting real Naturethroid without any lactose? Or are they just putting the Naturethroid name on the old TCL Thyroid USP? This is not unlike a discussion I had with a shoe salesman the other day. I mentioned that I used to be able to buy a certain size and style of Old Maine Trotters and have them fit just right. Then Trotters got bought out by Green and the shoes did not fit me anymore. It seems that Green just bought the name, not the lasts and not the craftsmen. There oughtta be a law! If you are selfpay, Walgreens is one of the more expensive pharmacies. Bobo Amerigo

wrote: Thanks, Jan.Walgreen's said they would order it and that I should receive itMonday. This was the result of many phone cons and visits. Sigh.I need to try something different for T4 because taking Levoxyl hasbeen full of ups and downs. Each prescription refill varied from theone before. (I use my desiccated thyroid to adjust up or down.) In the area of thyroid med trivia, maybe you already know this, butWestern Labs doesn't make Nature-throid, which I have been purchasingdirectly from the doc. Western Labs had tried to foist a big priceincrease on Dr. B. He did some investigation, and found that the manufacturer is Time-Capin New York. Minimum direct purchase is 5 million pills (!), so now hegets the med from a distributor -- but not Western Labs.Thank you.In

Texas_Thyroid_Groups , Jan wrote:>> Unithroid is still being made. So is the Lannett, which is in factUnithroid. As far as I know, Walgreen's stocks only the Sandoz. I getmy Lannett from my drug plan Caremark/AdvanceRx.> > Costco in my area carries the Lannett, even though it is not ontheir website. You do not need a membership to use the pharmacy.Drugstore.com carries Unithroid, but not the Lannett. Minyards hadsome doses in Lannett, some in Unithroid.> > I predict that Walgreen's will try to foist the Sandoz on you andtell you that Unithroid and Lannett are no longer being made or nottell you anything and hope that you do not notice. Unithroid andLannett are round pills. All of the other generics are oblong. > > I suggest that you do not wait for

them to call you. You call themand ask if they can get it. If not, then you can retrieve your Rx fromthem before they fill it, not after.> > If you were taking Levoxyl due to lactose intolerance, the newLevothroid is also lactose free. I do not know who carries it.> > > Bobo Amerigo wrote:> Hi Jan,> > I am trying to change from Levoxyl to Unithroid because Levoxyl seems> to be all over the place when it comes to potency. > > So, I got the Unithroid prescription but the Walgreens pharmacy> doesn't stock it and says maybe the manufacturer itsn't making it at> the moment.> > If I asked for the Lannet generic, would I be getting Unithroid?> > Thanks so much.

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CVS quit carrying Unithroid some time ago. The pharmacies like the Sandoz because of the 26 month shelf life.Bobo Amerigo wrote: >I tried CVS, but they had only Sandoz. So, if Walgreen's doesn't haveit Monday, then I'll try Costco.Thanks.> > > > > My local CVS always had Unithroid for me when I was on it. > > nevenka

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Qualitest/Timecap has a checkered history of recalls, although I have never seen one for the Thyroid USP. I suspect that Western could not keep up with the demand and did not want to go through the modernization process that Forest did some time ago. Do keep us posted as to how you do on the new product. Bio-Tech still lists BioThroid on their site. Maybe there is some hope that it will be back. . . .one of these days. A couple of ladies in the group use dessicated thyroid compounded in olive oil capsules. And there is a compounding pharmacy in Kirbyville

that makes a desiccated thyroid in a capsule with only microcrystalline cellulose as a filler, much like BioThroid. So there are other choices, just not cheap ones. Bobo Amerigo wrote: Dr. B said that the insert, and the bottle, were exactly the same, ashe purchased as Nature-throid from Western Labs.He said the insert cited the same hypoalergenic fillers as Nature-throid.So what does it all mean? Yeah, there oughta be a law.> > Hi Jan,> > > > I am trying to change from Levoxyl to Unithroid because Levoxyl seems> > to be all over the place when it comes to potency. > > > > So, I got the Unithroid prescription but the Walgreens pharmacy> > doesn't stock it and says maybe the manufacturer itsn't making it at> > the moment.> > > > If I asked for the Lannet generic, would I be getting Unithroid?> > > > Thanks so much. > > ---------------------------------> How low will we go? Check out Yahoo! Messenger's low PC-to-Phonecall rates.>

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Did they have access to both the Unithroid and the Lannett generic? Or did you ask? Was Walgreens unable to get it for you or did you just find it cheaper at Costco?Bobo Amerigo wrote: Happy to report that Costco order the .2mg Unithroid for me and Istarted it last night. I'm way too excited about this change. I need to be more cynical andhave limited expectations . . .Thanks for your help.> >

> Hi Jan,> > > > > > I am trying to change from Levoxyl to Unithroid because Levoxylseems> > > to be all over the place when it comes to potency. > > > > > > So, I got the Unithroid prescription but the Walgreens pharmacy> > > doesn't stock it and says maybe the manufacturer itsn't making it at> > > the moment.> > > > > > If I asked for the Lannet generic, would I be getting Unithroid?> > > > > > Thanks so much.

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If you want to keep that larger bottle of pills fresh, I would suggest that you transfer 2-4 weeks worth of pills into a second smaller bottle and work out of that bottle so you are not opening your main stash and exposing it to air every day. Air and moisture cause all thyroid meds to lose potency, especially in a humid place like Houston.Bobo Amerigo wrote: I just asked about Unithroid. Cost-wise, my insurance wouldn't let me have 100, which is what wasprescribed. And even on a per-30-pills basis, my insurance was acouple dollars more costly than paying for it myself. I liked that theCostco clerk figured that out without my asking.Walgreens said they would order it, but in fact did nothing. Since I spend

far too much time at Costco as it is, :-) I'll betransferring my metformin prescription there as well.I've been on the Unithroid for about 4 days now. Some of the deepsleepiness seems to be abating. Apparently last month's Levoxyl wasway subpotent.Thanks for all the pointers. Finding the thyroid forums a couple ofyears ago saved me.> > > > Hi Jan,> > > > > > > > I am trying to change from Levoxyl to Unithroid because Levoxyl> seems> > > > to be all over the place when it comes to potency. > > >

> > > > > So, I got the Unithroid prescription but the Walgreens pharmacy> > > > doesn't stock it and says maybe the manufacturer itsn't makingit at> > > > the moment.> > > > > > > > If I asked for the Lannet generic, would I be getting Unithroid?> > > > > > > > Thanks so much.

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I too have Caremark. For me, they were the same cost for ,mail

order as Costco.

Since spend WAY too much time at Costco too, I just Kept my prescription

there.

Lynn

Costco scores MANY points in my book!

At 03:35 PM 4/29/2006, you wrote:

Costco scores a point!

I hate using a pharmacy

without a drive-through, especially when I am sick. But if I were

selfpay, I would probably use Costco.

I like mailorder even better.

.. . .

I was afraid I was going to

have to use Costco and self-pay when my copays went over the amount of

the retail cost of both the Armour and the Lannett.

But I had one refill on the

Lannett at the Caremark mail service and went ahead and ordered it.

Bingo! Instead of the $20 copay, they charged me $19.20, which was

cheaper than what Costco had quoted me.

So then I ordered the Armour

refill and got my 360 60 mg pills for $44.20 instead of the $80 brand

name copay.

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