Re: Erfa Thyroid. Can you get this in UK with prescription?

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You can use your prescription when ordering Erfa from www.valuepharmaceuticals.com -

no matter where it came from, so long as it was issued by a doctor Adam. Good

luck.

Luv - Sheila

I live

in London and have a prescription for Erfa Thyroid 30 mg, 100 tablets.

My

doctor is based in Brussels.

Are

there any local pharmacies that can fulfil this prescription or do I have

to order from abroad?

Thanks.

Adam

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Hi Sheila, Value Pharmaceuticals sell only in 500 tablet quantity (http://www.valuepharmaceuticals.com/Armour-Thyroid.php). My prescription is for 100 tablets. It look like Value Pharmaceuticals is based in the USA. As they are outside the EU, wouldn't this mean that I will also have to pay Customs Duty and Import VAT, thus pushing up the price? Is the any cheap EU based pharmacies where I can order from to avoid these importing taxes?The Value Pharmaceuticals website says that Erfa Thyroid is just another name for Armour Thyroid (http://www.valuepharmaceuticals.com/Armour-Thyroid.php). Does this mean that when I order Erfa Thyroid they will just send me Armour Thyroid instead? You can use your prescription when ordering Erfa from www.valuepharmaceuticals.com - no matter where it came from, so long as it was issued by a doctor Adam. Sheila

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Thanks Lilian, This has cleared up some confusion I had. I asked at my Local Boots yesterday, but they told me that they do not serve Erfa Thyroid. After that, I assumed that this would be the same for other UK pharmacies. I may try some other local pharmacies. Thanks. AdamWe have had Boots charging double or even treble the price another chemist would charge.It is called Erfa by everyone to differentiate between Forests Armour, and Erfa Armour.Lilian

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http://thyroid.erfa.net/ - you can order it that way, or just make contact with

Dr Bignon at Pharmacy Du Orange, i have her email address..It's about 10E for

postage. or have you tried contacting her and won't they accept a fax?

chris

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> Thanks Lilian,

> This has cleared up some confusion I had.

> I asked at my Local Boots yesterday, but they told me that they do not

> serve Erfa Thyroid. After that, I assumed that this would be the same

> for other UK pharmacies. I may try some other local pharmacies.

> Thanks.

> Adam

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Here you can order direct:

http://thyroid.erfa.net/index.php?option=com_ckforms & view=ckforms & id=1 & Itemid=31\

& lang=en

chris

[Guest guest]

You do all know you can get Porchine Thyroid Extract from a Health Shop in

Bristol UK on-line - they do the importing bit and you can order it one day and

have it with you by City Link the next.

I found that out off this site some time ago by someone in Austrailia that had

got it direct from Nutri Meds in America and thought it was wonderful. However,

The Natural Choice Website in Bristol actually buy in from Nutri Meds. It

dosen't need a prescription, because unlike Armour etc which have the amounts of

hormone in it measured, this is just crushed whole desicated thyroid and can be

sold as a supplement, but I'll tell you now - it has exactly the same affect as

Armour on me. The only problem is one tablet = 130mg and it is a gelatine

bullet capsule with crushed powder in so you can't split them.

Has anyone else tried this?

Sarh J

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> Boots are talking rubbish. There are many of us who get an NHS prescription

> and get it filled at Boots pharmacy (incidentally, one of the worse

> pharmacies for getting unlicensed medicines). Best to go to a local pharmacy

> and forget Boots. Attached is a letter from the MHRA to say doctors can

> prescribe Armour thyroid if levothyroxine doesn't work for their patients,

> and emails from the MHRA stating that doctors can also prescribe Erfa

> Thyroid, Nature Throid and Westhroid, so long as they take full

> responsibility for this because natural thyroid extract remains unlicensed

> in the UK - but that is because it has never required a license.

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> All your local Boots has to do is to contact Idis World Medicines or

> Pharmarama who will source the Erfa Thyroid for them. This should take

> approximately two weeks only.

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> I get my NHS prescription for Erfa from the little pharmacy in the village

> just up the road from where I live - out in the country.

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> Sheila

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> I asked at my Local Boots yesterday, but they told me that they do not serve

> Erfa Thyroid. After that, I assumed that this would be the same for other UK

> pharmacies. I may try some other local pharmacies.

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> Thanks.

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> Adam

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> We have had Boots charging double or even treble the price another chemist

> would charge.

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> It is called Erfa by everyone to differentiate between Forests Armour, and

> Erfa Armour.

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> Lilian

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Thanks for the info, do you have the link to the site please?

Thanks

chris

>

> You do all know you can get Porchine Thyroid Extract from a Health Shop in

Bristol UK on-line - they do the importing bit and you can order it one day and

have it with you by City Link the next.

> I found that out off this site some time ago by someone in Austrailia that had

got it direct from Nutri Meds in America and thought it was wonderful.

[Guest guest]

Is this the website you mean?

http://www.the-natural-choice.co.uk/Glandular-Support.html

So far as I know, for most people thyroid glandular extract doesn't at all have

the same effect as dessicated thyroid such as Armour or Erfa. Certainly it did

nothing for me.

Miriam

> You do all know you can get Porchine Thyroid Extract from a Health Shop in

Bristol UK on-line - they do the importing bit and you can order it one day and

have it with you by City Link the next.

> I found that out off this site some time ago by someone in Austrailia that had

got it direct from Nutri Meds in America and thought it was wonderful. However,

The Natural Choice Website in Bristol actually buy in from Nutri Meds. It

dosen't need a prescription, because unlike Armour etc which have the amounts of

hormone in it measured, this is just crushed whole desicated thyroid and can be

sold as a supplement, but I'll tell you now - it has exactly the same affect as

Armour on me.

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Hi Miriam

Have you looked at all the thyroid/ glanular support as you mention " thyropid

glandular extract " , but did you see the " porcine thyroid extract " . It must come

from a pig's thyroid, so is it processed in a different way to ARMOUR OR ERFA.

Could this be one for Sheila.

Kathleen

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> Is this the website you mean?

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> http://www.the-natural-choice.co.uk/Glandular-Support.html

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> So far as I know, for most people thyroid glandular extract doesn't at all

have the same effect as dessicated thyroid such as Armour or Erfa. Certainly it

did nothing for me.

>

> Miriam

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[Guest guest]

Boots certainly do get Erfa!!! During the panic a year or two back at christmas

when Armour was unavailable me and my sister went on to Erfa and Boots got it

(eventually).

We used to get our Armour from there too but they messed us about so much and

refused to give us our tablets till we had a letter from the endo to say what

Armour was for (as if it wasn't written on the script!!) We had to get them to

fax his secretary and get a letter each!! PLUS they used to short - change us,

our endo writes a prescription for 3 months supply and they were dispensing 84

tablets, as everyone knows there are at least 90 days in 3 months (excepting

when February is included).

A couple of months ago I asked at the Lloyds were I get my other meds from and

they said no problem.

** No letter required

** Dispensed within a week

** ALWAYS at least 90 tablets!!

**Ordered the day I take the script in.

Won't be going to Boots again....

> > I asked at my Local Boots yesterday, but they told me that they do not serve

> > Erfa Thyroid. After that, I assumed that this would be the same for other UK

> > pharmacies. I may try some other local pharmacies.

>

[Guest guest]

Yes, that's the one.

> > You do all know you can get Porchine Thyroid Extract from a Health Shop in

Bristol UK on-line - they do the importing bit and you can order it one day and

have it with you by City Link the next.

> > I found that out off this site some time ago by someone in Austrailia that

had got it direct from Nutri Meds in America and thought it was wonderful.

However, The Natural Choice Website in Bristol actually buy in from Nutri Meds.

It dosen't need a prescription, because unlike Armour etc which have the amounts

of hormone in it measured, this is just crushed whole desicated thyroid and can

be sold as a supplement, but I'll tell you now - it has exactly the same affect

as Armour on me.

>

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Hi Adam

I'm not sure if you have a private prescription, but if you do then you can deal

directly with Pharmarama who are specialists in Unlicensed Medicines:

http://www.pharmarama.com/products/services-1.asp

You just email them through the contact us form with the details of the

prescription and they will email you back with a price per tablet, you then have

to post the original prescription to them and once they receive it they will

contact you by phone for your payment details.

It may seem a bit long winded, but the turnaround was really quite quick - I

found their service to be really good and the price they gave me compared to my

local pharmacy was really good (obviously nowhere near as good as Value

Pharmaceuticals before they needed a prescription!).

Hope this helps.

Best wishes, Kerry x

> Are there any local pharmacies that can fulfil this prescription or

[Guest guest]

This is straight from the Valuepharmaceuticals webite at http://www.valuepharmaceuticals.com/Armour-Thyroid.phpThey say:"Why is it called Erfa Thyroid (Canadian brand)?The discount Armour Thyroid supplied through the Value Pharmaceuticals network is called Erfa Thyroid (Canadian brand), but this is not because it is generic (copy) product! Erfa Thyroid (Canadian brand) is the same medicine sold in the USA as Armour Thyroid and in all the other major pharmaceutical markets around the world. "Why are they saying that the Erfa Thyroid they sell is the same as Armour Thyroid? Adam You can use your prescription when ordering Erfa from www.valuepharmaceuticals.com - no matter where it came from, so long as it was issued by a doctor Adam. Good luck.Sheila

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is naturethroid a lot better than erfa for most people. i hesitate to switch

again because you have to take it on an empty stomach away from food and supps.

and chew it well and take enzymes with it. i have a lot of muscle and joint pain

and val said she and others had it with the erfa. is this common or would it be

the need for a higher dose or more t3 or t3 only.

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> This is straight from the Valuepharmaceuticals webite at

> http://www.valuepharmaceuticals.com/Armour-Thyroid.php

> <http://www.valuepharmaceuticals.com/Armour-Thyroid.php>

> They say:

> " Why is it called Erfa Thyroid (Canadian brand)?

> The discount Armour Thyroid supplied through the Value Pharmaceuticals

> network is called Erfa Thyroid (Canadian brand), but this is not because

> it is generic (copy) product! Erfa Thyroid (Canadian brand) is the same

> medicine sold in the USA as Armour Thyroid and in all the other major

> pharmaceutical markets around the world. "

> Why are they saying that the Erfa Thyroid they sell is the same as

> Armour Thyroid?

> Adam

>

> You can use your prescription when ordering Erfa from

> www.valuepharmaceuticals.com - no matter where it came from, so long as

> it was issued by a doctor Adam. Good luck.

>

> Sheila

>