Guest guest Posted December 31, 2004 Report Share Posted December 31, 2004 When I said " Armour " I actualy mean natural thyroid . We can't get ANY natural thyroid in France ! In Belgium there are about 20 pharmacies in the whole country who carry Armour . In Germany it works that way that the local pharmacies order it from " international pharmacies " ( not to mix up with the company of that name that sells overseas ) and that may be the reason why it is sooo expensive in Germany . Don't know , I'm just speculating . But even then it is amazing that the difference in price is SOO big ... ! I don't think many people in Europe have ever heard of Nature Throid . I try to teach Europe about natural thyroid . People are amazed that something else then synthetic T4 does exist . Those who finally have the courage to try this " strange stuff " are DELIGHTED . And there are allways more .............................. ne in France http://www.geocities.com/thyroide > > Good post, ne. I also think that Armour has not been available > there because demand rose SO steeply that Forest had to limit their > production first to American demand. How about Naturethroid out > there? Janie > > > > > I'm in France where it is impossible to get Armour and when I was > > young and ignorant ( about 2 years ago ) I simply wrote a mail to > > Forest and asked them what I could do to get their product . If I > > could order it from them for example . Or my pharmacist could > order it or whatever ... > > They said that all the international sales of Armour pass by the > > Broda foundation . I then contacted and they sent me > > list of prices ( reasonnable ) , products , etc. . But they don't > > sell to patients , only to pharmacies or doctors . > > For information : in Belgium at the pharmacie the 1 grain bottle > of Armour costs 20 euros . In Germany it costs a LOT more , don't > have the exact number but it could easily be 3 times as much ! For > the german patients it's actually cheaper to order on the net ( > > Biogenesis , IAS ) then buy at their local pharmacie . Only we > don't have the right to order online any more , noone ships to > Europe any more , not even with a prescription !!! :-(((( And for > the french patients this was the only way to get it , as here we > can't get it AT ALL . > > > > I don't know , but I think has been promoting Armour when > it > > was pretty much unheard of , at least internationaly . I can't > > imagine there is anything negativ behind this . If anyone has been > > pushing Armour , that's ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 31, 2004 Report Share Posted December 31, 2004 When I said " Armour " I actualy mean natural thyroid . We can't get ANY natural thyroid in France ! In Belgium there are about 20 pharmacies in the whole country who carry Armour . In Germany it works that way that the local pharmacies order it from " international pharmacies " ( not to mix up with the company of that name that sells overseas ) and that may be the reason why it is sooo expensive in Germany . Don't know , I'm just speculating . But even then it is amazing that the difference in price is SOO big ... ! I don't think many people in Europe have ever heard of Nature Throid . I try to teach Europe about natural thyroid . People are amazed that something else then synthetic T4 does exist . Those who finally have the courage to try this " strange stuff " are DELIGHTED . And there are allways more .............................. ne in France http://www.geocities.com/thyroide > > Good post, ne. I also think that Armour has not been available > there because demand rose SO steeply that Forest had to limit their > production first to American demand. How about Naturethroid out > there? Janie > > > > > I'm in France where it is impossible to get Armour and when I was > > young and ignorant ( about 2 years ago ) I simply wrote a mail to > > Forest and asked them what I could do to get their product . If I > > could order it from them for example . Or my pharmacist could > order it or whatever ... > > They said that all the international sales of Armour pass by the > > Broda foundation . I then contacted and they sent me > > list of prices ( reasonnable ) , products , etc. . But they don't > > sell to patients , only to pharmacies or doctors . > > For information : in Belgium at the pharmacie the 1 grain bottle > of Armour costs 20 euros . In Germany it costs a LOT more , don't > have the exact number but it could easily be 3 times as much ! For > the german patients it's actually cheaper to order on the net ( > > Biogenesis , IAS ) then buy at their local pharmacie . Only we > don't have the right to order online any more , noone ships to > Europe any more , not even with a prescription !!! :-(((( And for > the french patients this was the only way to get it , as here we > can't get it AT ALL . > > > > I don't know , but I think has been promoting Armour when > it > > was pretty much unheard of , at least internationaly . I can't > > imagine there is anything negativ behind this . If anyone has been > > pushing Armour , that's ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 31, 2004 Report Share Posted December 31, 2004 > > Good post, ne. I also think that Armour has not been available > there because demand rose SO steeply that Forest had to limit their > production first to American demand. How about Naturethroid out > there? Janie > It's not a question of Forest or anyone else producing enough stuff to put it on the market here ! It's ILLEGAL here ! Docs loose their license if they prescribe it ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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