What Big Pharma Does to Little Budgets

Late last week I received an inauspicious padded envelope with a German postmark from my friend in Koln. She had been to Turkey where she often flies in the late fall Urlaub and when she does, brings me back a couple boxes of Levotiron.

Thyroid malfunctions are quite common among women and several of my personal acquaintances (not only women) take synthetic thyroid to supplant their under active gland output. One had an overactive gland removed and must have total hormone replacement therapy.

When I was teaching in Turkey I discovered Turkish generic, was an over-the-counter and cost approximately $3.30 for a 100 tabs, a 3-month supply, which cost $45 here. Since you can have your blood tested for TSH you can monitor it easily to achieve the optimum reading.

Keep a Critical Eye on of profit American drug manufacturers feel entitled to earn.