Warning!! STTM is about bat-guano crazy conspiracy theorists…and more Thyroid Tidbits!
ACELLA’S NP THYROID IS ON BACKORDER
It’s a back-handed compliment. i.e. Acella’s brand of Natural Desiccated Thyroid has been in great demand! But…success can equal problems, because they weren’t keeping up…or that’s how we understand it. So when you go back to get a refill, the pharmacist may try to put you another brand if they are already out. So hang tight. Acella states that they will be back into better production by the end of April.
DO YOU REALLY NEED COMPOUNDED DESICCATED THYROID?
Progressive doctors have been having a love-affair with compounded medications for several years. And for some medications, as well as for patients who are sensitive or allergic to certain fillers, it makes complete sense! (Compounded means that the pharmacist “combines, mixes, or alters ingredients in response to a prescription to create a medication tailored to the medical needs of an individual patient”)….