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Hi everyone ...

I'm going to visit France and Germany this summer and I would like to buy NDT and/or T3 for self trial since these medications not available where I live. Will I need a prescription?

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Ali1101,

NDT is illegal in France and is prescription only in Germany. T3 is prescription only in both countries.

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ButterflyActive in reply toClutter

So if I went on holiday to France and got caught with Armour thyroid would I get arrested?

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ButterflyActive,

I've really no idea whether you would be arrested, whether there would be any penalty, or whether Armour would be confiscated.

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helvellaAdministrator in reply toButterflyActive

There are many exclusions from normal legal controls. One which is very common is for travellers who legitimately have medicines which are legal for them - even if they cannot be legally prescribed in the country they are travelling through.

I am no lawyer - but I doubt you would get arrested. But no doctor in France is allowed to prescribe desiccated thyroid, nor pharmacy dispense it.

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Jose651

As I'm in Budapest/Hungary at the moment I asked the Doctor at the Dental Clinic if T3 or Vit B12 Ampoules can be bought over the counter.

Disappointed to learn the both are Prescription only Meds. 😔

So I'll be home with an empty case.

J

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