Re: Tried Getting Armour in Mexico Today

December 21, 2004

>>This is strange considering that they USED to! Even stranger

considering the drugs you can get there, including narcotics. Why is

Armour suddenly so controversial? <<

Well I talked to Forest Pharm about this very subject and they swear they have

NEVER sold Armour outside the US. So I think either customs going INTO Mexico

has cracked down on it or certain Endo communities are making a huge squawk

about people buying it in other countries. They DO make money on it as is

evidenced by the markup from what we would pay for it here with a prescription

as that is already marked up. This is the reason we need to guard our sources

for thyroid hormones so we don't eventually lose them all.

*Artistic Grooming * Hurricane, WV

Fat cat? Diabetes? Listowner for overweight or hypothyroid cats

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/hypokitties/

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December 21, 2004

When I was in Mexico I asked about Armour and they had never heard of it.

My mother-n-law at the time worked for the medical board and could not get

it either. I work with a lot of people in Mexico as my company has a site

there. I will ask them what they would call the medication and let you know.

It may take me a while to get back with you since most people are already

on vacation.

LaCretia

>

> >>This is strange considering that they USED to! Even stranger

>considering the drugs you can get there, including narcotics. Why is

>Armour suddenly so controversial? <<

>

>Well I talked to Forest Pharm about this very subject and they swear they

>have NEVER sold Armour outside the US. So I think either customs going INTO

>Mexico has cracked down on it or certain Endo communities are making a huge

>squawk about people buying it in other countries. They DO make money on it

>as is evidenced by the markup from what we would pay for it here with a

>prescription as that is already marked up. This is the reason we need to

>guard our sources for thyroid hormones so we don't eventually lose them

>all.

>

> *Artistic Grooming * Hurricane, WV

>Fat cat? Diabetes? Listowner for overweight or hypothyroid cats

>http://groups.yahoo.com/group/hypokitties/

>

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December 21, 2004

I'll be interested in what you find out!

> When I was in Mexico I asked about Armour and they had never heard

of it.

> My mother-n-law at the time worked for the medical board and could

not get

> it either. I work with a lot of people in Mexico as my company has

a site

> there. I will ask them what they would call the medication and let

you know.

> It may take me a while to get back with you since most people are

already

> on vacation.

>

> LaCretia

> >

December 21, 2004

In spanish generic thyroid would be " tiroides genérico " or just " tiroides " .

Laurie

Re: Tried Getting Armour in Mexico Today

When I was in Mexico I asked about Armour and they had never heard of it.

My mother-n-law at the time worked for the medical board and could not get

it either. I work with a lot of people in Mexico as my company has a site

there. I will ask them what they would call the medication and let you know.

It may take me a while to get back with you since most people are already

on vacation.

LaCretia

>

> >>This is strange considering that they USED to! Even stranger

>considering the drugs you can get there, including narcotics. Why is

>Armour suddenly so controversial? <<

>

>Well I talked to Forest Pharm about this very subject and they swear they

>have NEVER sold Armour outside the US. So I think either customs going INTO

>Mexico has cracked down on it or certain Endo communities are making a huge

>squawk about people buying it in other countries. They DO make money on it

>as is evidenced by the markup from what we would pay for it here with a

>prescription as that is already marked up. This is the reason we need to

>guard our sources for thyroid hormones so we don't eventually lose them

>all.

>

> *Artistic Grooming * Hurricane, WV

>Fat cat? Diabetes? Listowner for overweight or hypothyroid cats

>http://groups.yahoo.com/group/hypokitties/

>

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December 22, 2004

I went on the Mexican Riveria cruise in early October with 3 other

couples (2 of which speak fluent spanish & the one girl of the 3rd

couple works in a pharmacy and speaks minimal spanish). We all

looked and asked in EVERY pharmacy we saw in all 3 ports. We were

unable to find ANY " ARMOUR " . I didn't look for Naturethyroid or

generic, but everytime we asked they all tried to sell us Synthroid,

Levoxyl, T3 or T4 (they were looking at the formulary on the Armour

bottle). None even seemed familiar with Armour. I found that quite

interesting. Has anyone ever purchased Armour in Mexico? I had

been buying from MYRX which, if I recall correctly was based/shipped

out of Mexico!? So my opinion after the cruise was that maybe MYRX

as importing from somewhere else... where is all the Armour going?

I was tempted to purchase T3 & T4 and take together; anyone ever

tried that? I wouldn't think it would be equal or as effective as

Armour..

jen

>

> I mentioned yesterday that my daughter would be going to Algodones

> today to try to get Armour for me. Each of the four pharmacies she

> went to told her that they don't carry it in Mexico.

>

> This is strange considering that they USED to! Even stranger

> considering the drugs you can get there, including narcotics. Why

is

> Armour suddenly so controversial?

>

> I have family members who go there regularly to get their

prescription

> meds (and Kahlua!) so I'll have them continue looking...but it

doesn't

> look promising.

>

> I'll find out later this week when my doctor reviews my labs from

> yesterday whether I'll have to resort to self-medicating. I know

> without a doubt that I'm still undermedicated at 2 grains.

>

> Thanks to the information and experiences shared here this prospect

> doesn't frighten me nearly as much as it used to!

December 22, 2004