Thanks for the ping! I’m really taking an interest into the whole prepping thing but have one big question. I have to take thyroid replacement medication because I don’t have a thyroid anymore. I can only get a month’s prescription at a time. Is there anyway to stock up on that stuff without a script? Otherwise I may as well mail it in when TSHTF.
Some of the suggestion I’ve seen is buy from a Canadian pharmacy. Tell your doctor you are going on an extended overseas trip and get him to write a 60 supply or be honest with him and tell him you would just like to have extra on hand in case something happens and you can’t get to the pharmacy.
Some of the suggestion I’ve seen is buy from a Canadian pharmacy. Tell your doctor you are going on an extended overseas trip and get him to write a 60 supply or be honest with him and tell him you would just like to have extra on hand in case something happens and you can’t get to the pharmacy.
I generally get my “take every day” prescriptions refilled every 25 days (the insurance generally allows a refill a few days before you run out).
That way, you’ll accumulate an extra one-month supply every five months.
The drawback will be that you’ll run through your 12 refills in 10 months, at which point you’ll need to get another authorization from your doctor. As long as they’re not pricks about “How’d you go through a year’s worth of medicine in 10 months?”, that shouldn’t be a problem.
walmart has levothyroxine for $10.00 for a 90 day supply. Ask your doctor to prescribe a 90 day supply with refills. Then ask the pharmacist if you can get two 90 day supplies to keep on hand. Since you are paying cash, there will probably not be an objection.
Worst-case scenario, thyroid medication is dried pig thyroid. It is possible to make your own, although the dosage might be iffy. I do know there are rare cases where bovine thyroids got ground up into hamburger along with the neck meat, and caused temporary hypothyroidism in people who ate it.