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@lb703
If youāre in Merica email me (email in bio) and Iāll hook you up with my doc. Youāll have 200mg/week sent in the mail the next day. $150/month out of pocket for never having to worry about any of that again. Thereās plenty docs just like him out there if you would rather use a different one.
Iām probably in the minority here @lb703, but I wish my doctor did this type of investigation, especially with the thyroid issue.
You could have come to an agreement/asked them that if after their investigation they couldnāt find the root cause, could you start TRTā¦ I mean, itās life long now.
Either way, I hope you find what you are looking for and relief to your symptoms.
No, the mandate was repealed. Passed in 12/2017 effective this year (2019).
I emailed you yesterday. Iām interested
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Cool.
Itās not free, but it actually is cheaper. And speaking from personal experience, I prefer Canadaās system to the US. The principles of Capitalism do not really work in medicine, you never get a better price in the US, and there is no competition. \if it was open and you could price around, fine. But when your armās hanging on by a tendon you donāt have time to compare prices. Just sayinā, itās not a real free market and cannot be.
@hardartery
Yes you are correct but you get the benefits because of the US. The reason they sell drugs cheaper outside the country is because they are able to make so much within the country. If the US wasnāt the US Canada would be f***ed in many different ways.
Pricing aside, thereās no evolution of medicine outside the US so doctors tend to be way behind what doctors in the US are doing. Our medical system is driven by private companies who push the boundaries of medicine, medicine evolves right here.
Without the US medical system, medicine in Canada wouldnāt be where it is today.
They make essentially the same in Canada, the same as they do from people with negotiated pricing through insurance in the US. The difference being there are fewer middlemen in Canada to effect a markup. And the drug companies enjoy the same rights and protections as in the US, which allows them to recoup the R & D without generic competition for the first 8 ( or is it 9?) years, unlike in Asia and Latin America. If the US held a monopoly in development and technology the argument would hold better, but anymore they buy the innovations in whatever country they happen in, rather than develop the innovations themselves. The US has profited quite handsomely over the years from itās Canadian ties, not least of which is the money that isnāt spent on that huge border.
None of this statement is true. Private practice pushed the envelope with off label prescription for those that can and will pay, which has nothing to do with actual advances in medicine but a lot to do with future malpractice suits for some of the āadvancedā practices. In the US things are more available for those that can pay, end of difference. I have experience with medical systems in several countries to provide me with context, not just a sheltered California existence.