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I have been given a private prescription today for armour thyroid 1 grain a day for 28days and then I have to have a blood test.

Could anyone point me in the right direction on where to obtain it from ?

I was quoted nearly £300 pounds at a local chemist which the consultant recommend .

Many thanks

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helvella

You could look at the main Thyroid UK web site here:

thyroiduk.org.uk/tuk/treatm...

Or ring round any local pharmacies and internet pharmacies to get the best price - it might vary quite a lot:

nhs.uk/Service-Search/pharm...

Of course, having a prescription does not preclude you buying your own on-line without a prescription! :-)

Prices of Armour appear to have risen significantly over the past few months.

Rod

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sootysgirl in reply tohelvella

Price of armour is bound to rise, pharma is trying to stop us using it...

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helvella in reply tosootysgirl

On the basis that Actavis own the company that makes Armour AND the one that makes the Actavis brand of levothyroxine, looks to me as if their bread is handsomely buttered and jammed regardless which is available to us. They might make more if Armour were more readily available - its price is always much higher than levothyroxine to us in the UK.

The reason for Armour prices rising appears to have been disease in the USA pig population. (However, it is unclear how RLC have not pushed up the prices of their products such as Nature-Throid, at least not as much.)

Rod

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Nonnygirl in reply tohelvella

Thankyou for all your help- it's really useful

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Jackie

Hi I have always found Springfield, London ,by post the cheapest and efficient. Phone their dedicated line Mon, Tues, Thurs or Frid 10am to 12noon...0208 255 09

I have used them for 10years.

Jackie

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Nonnygirl in reply toJackie

Thankyou that's great!

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dwsmith

I always obtained my from Tollesbury Pharmacy near Manchester, great quick service, if i posted prescription on Monday i ihad them by Wednesday! The Pharmacist there is really helpful, if you need to speak to him for a quote, unfortunately can't remember contact details - you could google them x

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Nonnygirl in reply todwsmith

Thankyou - that's very helpful

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KennyGee

I have PMed you with an online provider who is much cheaper and reliable.

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nickiboop

Alternatively you could get Thyroid S off the internet, its MUCH cheaper and you can get it off 2 of the major online shopping websites, I got mine from the same place I buy my kindle books : )

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Nonnygirl in reply tonickiboop

Excellent! Many thanks!

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Jayne22

Hi Nonnygirl

You could try the Canadian site <site identifier> where it can be obtained with a prescription. The Armour is currently out of stock but they have Erfa and all sorts of other brands. These other brands are also cheaper than Armour.

I recently obtained mine from a compounding chemist here in Australia - $100 for 150 tablets (60mg) made to the Armour specifications, which seems a lot cheaper than your UK quote but I don't think they do international orders.

Do you have compounding pharmacies in the UK?

Good luck, Jayne

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22. Do not post advertisements, links or information of any sort whatsoever, on where or how to obtain UK prescription only medications without prescription.]

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Nonnygirl

Hi- I'm not sure whether we do or not! Thanks for the info -I'm going to research it all today

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