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Armour Thyroid and Nature-Throid Natural Desiccated Thyroid Shortage

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Updated March 03, 2010

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An Update on RLC's Shipping Status for Nature-Throid

December 18, 2009 -- Information from Dai Jinn, Chief Pharmacist and Chief Science Officer at RLC Laboratories, the manufacturer of the natural desiccated thyroid drugs Nature-Throid, about the production status.

RLC Releases New Statement re: Natural Thyroid Drug Status

January 2, 2010 -- RLC has released a new statement regarding the status of their natural thyroid drugs.

RLC Shipping Nature-Throid Natural Desiccated Thyroid Drug

January 5, 2010 -- Good news for the new year. Today, Dai Jinn, Chief Science Officer at RLC Labs confirmed that Nature-Throid -- RLC's natural desiccated thyroid drug -- is shipping in the 1 grain tablet size.

Natural Desiccated Thyroid Drugs: An Update March 2010 - Where Are We Now?

As of early March, 2010, the situation is still in flux regarding natural desiccated thyroid drugs. Here is the latest on the status of Nature-throid, Armour Thyroid, Erfa Thyroid and compounded natural desiccated thyroid drugs, as well as plans for FDA regulation of these drugs.  

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