Re: *Firstimer here with Question

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Hi Thanks for the welcome and for the advise.. I am thinking if it

costs you 35 a month and I am paying maybe 70 for a 3 month supply I

will be ahead to keep the Armour. Unless I misunderstood you.

I checked prices with Costco and I could get Armour 3grain for 41

cents a pill. With my insurance its 39 cent but I can only buy 90 at

a time. I guess the problem is that I am not really saving any money

really by having insurance and that just blows me away! I thought I

was supposed to get my Rx's pretty cheap. Thats why I have insurance.

But I guess not.

As for 2 doses that is because there is nothing you can cut in half

to make up 210mg of Armour. 180+30 = 210mg which is 3.5 grains. That

means I have to buy 2 different prescriptions. That part stinks

Thanks for the reply and Val did write as well

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> >

> > Hi Everyone

> >

> > Please bear with me for this is my first time with Yahoo groups.

> > I have Hashi's and I now take Armour. I currently take 3 grains

but I took

> > 3.5 before summer. I was running a bit high with my T3 and of

course the TSH

> > was very low. So in order to make my doctor happy and so I didn't

have to hear

> > any speeches I lowered myself voluntarily to 3 gr. again. I felt

okay for a

> > while but I have started to notice around September that I was

not feeling

> > quite as good. My skin is now much drier and cracking whereas

before it was

> > soft

> > and quite normal. Other things have changed like Blood sugars are

now running

> > higher again and I am NOT losing weight. Not that I am knocking

myself out

> > trying either but its just not ever happening and I think I've

gained a bit

> > since

> > I reduced my dose.

> > Anyway I'd like to go back up to 3.5gr but our insurance company

has figured

> > out that the mail order company and local Pharmacy was not

charging us what

> > they wanted. So they upped many Rxs and this being considered non-

formulary is

> > one of them. In January 05 it could go up to $70 for 3 month

supply which is

> > outrageous! Then you have to consider if I take 2 different

strengths it will

> > cost me $140.00!!! I can't afford that.

> > So what I am wanting to find out from you all is...What do you

take? Anyone

> > take a Natural RX that is not considered NON Formulary? That is

cheaper and

> > works really as well as Armour? Was it hard to Titrate?

> > I understand that my Insurance would like to give me Thyroid by

Qualitest.

> > But the mg. or Gr. Are different from Armour. I am so not looking

forward to

> > the

> > TSH rollercoaster while trying to get regulated once again. Plus

the doctors

> > are already not excited to prescribe Armour...I can just imagine

how excited

> > they will be about trying to prescribe some other drug NOT PUSHED

by

> > Pharmaceutical Reps! KWIM?

> > Any suggestions? Thoughts?

> > T I A,

> > Debbie

> > " DebbyisHypo "

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