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Autoimmune Diseases | Last Active: Oct 22, 2022 | Replies (98)Comment receiving replies
Also be aware, there are fillers in our meds. And each month the manufacturer we are given can change which is why mail away pharms etc change the pill every month. Whatever is cheapest. But gluten and dairy powder is used as fillers in most meds. If you are allergic to the filler used, you won't absorb the meds correctly. And esp with generic thyroid. I also have hashimotos and only the brand name synthroid will keep me regulated. Generic my TSH once went up to 105! Yes, 105 (ended up with carpal tunnel surgery because of it. My insurance insisted I use Generic for 6 months. Nearly killed me. Tsh of 105 will have you in the ER pretty sick.
Our thyroids are so sensitive. Even pharmacies are not allowed to give you generic thyroid if you doctor orders brand name. Brand name synthroid is not even special approval on my current part D. Same with anti seizure meds.
But regardless, you can feel like you are on a gluten free diet and find out that the months your meds don't work, they contain gluten and are not digestable for you. And if it changes every month, hard to say meds aren't working when you are allergic to the ingredients. I have a friend who told me +blank+ drug never worked for her. I know it does if you get the right brand. Most are from India and there is very little FDA oversight. Research generics online. You will find many who get headaches like you do from a drug but when they changed to a different manufacturing, the headaches stopped. So it's NOT maybe that you can't take the meds, you need a filler you aren't allergic too.
Brand name synthroid stopped me from having my thyroid removed. My thyroid doc was the first one to tell me he thought I was allergic to the filler and it would be all fixed if I only used brand name. Many who work with thyroids know this, but some don't believe it's true.
There is a well researched book on amazon about the real deal with generic drugs. Very little supervision. Some manu plants in India don't even have one employee with a high school diploma and have no sterile rooms but lots of mice.
Look it up. Esp Sun Manufacturer. And most of the ones, the cheapest, probably on your bottle. You can have your doctor put the name of the manufacturer you need to get on the script. Like generic lamictal. There is only one that doesn't cause seizures to start up again which mean better control of bipolar too.
All meds are not created equal. Best of luck.
Check your meds for allergic items. Find a good manufacturer and stick with it. And even that, if it looks different next month, recheck the filler. Esp if it stops working. If your thyroid goes off the charts even tho "nothing changed. " The generic filler may very well have changed.
What I am saying is true. So some research. These places are closed down and reopened all the time. Many times with nothing fixed except drug shortages makes the FDA reopen filty manufacturing plants. Esp if tramadol etc get short. And not all tramedol works the same. I could say tons as I've done a lot of research and only use meds I've checked out. And then found a drug store carrying that brand. Ever wonder why some blood pressure meds work one month and not the next and the next thing you know you are on 4 blood pressure meds.
Sorry I went long. This is really important stuff.
So this is why I will never do mail away pharmacies. All white pills that are changed every month as they get the cheapest ones they can get that month. Or three months supply. I would rather shop local and know the manufacturer name.
I just got 10 vials of a med I inject myself (anti-inflammatory.) Within 20 minutes I am usually pain free for a day. Last time, nothing. Like it was water. I looked it up and it was a known bad manufacturer and NOT the same one I had last time. I found a pharmacy who could get the same as last time and got it refilled when I could 5 days later. I really want to take these vials to a lab and see if it's just water. Which is exactly how this was exposed. A cancer doctor had pts dying who shouldn't have been. He took their drug infusion drug to a lab and it WAS water. True story. Some of our pills are just pure corn starch. Sorry to go off on y'all it's just so vital to not decide a drug doesn't work when it might not be the drug which could really help you if it was a better manufacturer. Very few generics are made in the US, but some are. And Italy and israel can be a better choice than India or China for generic meds.
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i dont do mail order ever. i am on a lot of different meds for a variety of issues. i have always gotten generic. i know for pharmacies for insurance wise they always fill with generic unless otherwise said by the doctor. and i know name brands are very expensive. i have no proof generic is harming me and with the variety of meds i take monthly generic is what i can afford. of course if one of them was causing me harm i would look into it. few months ago the one time mt thyroid went out of whack in 20 years my tsh only went up to 7.7 but im sorry of your experience. i have a lot on my plate, lot of specialists, lot of medical issues so i cant really take on more than i already are dealing with. good luck.