Topic: Anyone know how to get a discount on supplements?
Angelica
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One of my supplements that my LLMD wants me to take is $191. a month. If that was the only supplement I had to take it might be semi affordable (not really) but it isn't affordable because he has me on other herbs and things. I called the company that makes the product I need and they were zero help. Their excuse was they do not retail the product.
I almost want to stop taking this product due to cost. It just seems to be a lot of money for a product that I cannot even tell if it is really helping me or not. The label says to take one to two caps daily yet I am suppose take 12 caps a day.
Melanie Reber
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Hi Angelica,
Perhaps if you told us the supplement name and the dosage you are supposed to take...
it would help us to search for a better price?
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bejoy
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Try Vitacost.com They usually have good prices and a five dollar one price for delivery.
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Absolutely!! www.vitacost.com is my favorite. They have almost all of the higher quality brands at 40-60% off.
Love it!
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Angelica
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It is a supplement from Healing Lyme by Buhner and I am suppose to purchase "Resveratrol Extra" by Pure Encapsulations according to the instructions I was given. It contains Japanese Knotweed/polygonum cuspidatum.
Vitacost does not carry that brand and the brand by Source Naturals contains magnesium stearate which can cause biofilms so I am avoiding that ingredient.
One supplier told me if I buy 6 bottles at the price I am paying currently $63.90 for one bottle for 120 caps I can have 10% off but that discount for spending $383. up front still does not make me want to buy the product. I am suppose to take 12 caps a day.
I am currently paying $191.70 a month and thinking perhaps I should follow the directions on the label and take 2 caps a day rather than 12.
I guess I am frustrated because having this disease and trying to treat it is costly in so many ways.
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Hello everyone, I guess I am the new kid in town, here to share my very brief story of how the Cowden Protocol has Rocked my Lyme World! I cannot talk highly enough about it and want everyone to know that with this protocol, a lyme patient does not have to live in misery. It took about 3 weeks to feel a positive difference and I'm now 2.5 months and I can tell you that I am back to myself, improved energy level,clear mind and most important to me is that I have back the interest in living life that I lost! What stopped mattering , matters once again!...please don't get me wrong, I have my days but they are far and few in between. This protocol works when 5 months of IV did not. Please give it a try if at all possible. Feel free to contact me with any questions. EVERYONE NEEDS TO KNOW THAT THE COWDEN PROTOCOL WORKS.
-------------------- JP Phila Posts: 7 | From Philadelphia, PA | Registered: Jun 2008
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quote:Originally posted by Angelica: I am currently paying $191.70 a month and thinking perhaps I should follow the directions on the label and take 2 caps a day rather than 12.
YIKES!!
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robi
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lymefreeJP ............... just wondering ...... do you have any financial interest in promoting Cowden? Seems strange to just appear on Lymenet with no history and speak of such wonderous results. BTW how do you know the IV did nothing? Have you considered that you did not feel good on the IV because it was killing bacteria? Then when you stopped IV and gave your body time to clear and provided nutritional supplements to support your body that you began to feel better? Perhaps it is not due to Cowden at all or only partially.
Perhaps the IV did have an effect just that you did not feel it immediately. Perhaps without the IV the Cowden would not be effective. Results are not always immediate.
Now, please don't get me wrong, I am definitely into nutrition and alternative treatment and do not like the idea of long time ABX either, I am just skeptical of your far reaching conclusion / announcement based on just one example. I am glad you have relief and are feeling better ............. I just wonder what is REALLY is due to.
Also, please note: I am not against the Cowden Protocol. I would like to try it one day myself.
robi
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Angelica
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My LLMD wants me to try the Cowden Protocol too.
I would like to try it but once against it is not inexpensive and I am suppose to do Buhner's bart herbs and along with the Cowden Protocol.
I think the Cowden Protocol does sound like it could help some people and it might be worth trying.
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To all of your Perhaps's...I say Perhaps! It all matters...I understand that. I also understand how my body works and what lyme feels like on a good day and on a bad day. I know the importance of good health and diet and exercise and detoxing the liver to make the entire process that much easier, and I know so much more than I ever thought I would re: LD and now I know that I have to choose my words more carefully if I am going to be part of this forum. The IV did its job...no doubt, What it didn't do was change my world. My interest is in giving people hope. My interest is in making people aware of the great success that I have had with this program, and perhaps it could help others too. Isn't that what this space is about? When I say that it has rocked my world, I am not kidding. I want everyone sick with lyme to know that there is something out there that has made a huge difference in my lyme life. There aren't enough stories like mine...I looked for this type of story when I was very sick! What a better way to get to word out about my huge success than a forum such as this? I've tried many different therapys and did not want to bore you with the details...yes, all of it ... absolutely mattered!!! I believe the Cowden Protocol can change lives without having to go through the idenical steps that I took before hand. I have been to this site before...I may be new to you, but you are not new to me. There were times when I felt inspiration from lymenet and other times it brought me down even further than I was. I didn't care to participate online as I didn't care about much then. I never felt that writing the negative words of my misery would benefit anyone, even myself...so it wasn't until I had something positive to say that I chose to participate. My life is different now...and it is the Cowden Protocol that has made the most significant difference. I wish the same results to everyone suffering with this disease.
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Angelica
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Thank you. You are inspiring me to follow my LLMD's advice and try the Cowden Protocol. I am ready to try something different and hopefully helpful.
I did my share of abx and would like to try something else for a change. If I ever want to do more abx my LLMD will be more then happy to write me an Rx again.
I always enjoy hearing about other people's successes treating this disease.
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You are most welcome! I wish you all the best. Please keep me posted on your progress, I only know how it has helped me and for any skeptic out there, your input will be very helpful.I will be more than happy to give some pointers along the way, so stay in touch. You Go Girl!
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Do a search on the site in Medical Questions. Hundreds of discussions on it.
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robi
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I have heard good things regarding the Cowden Protocol. It is not new and I have spoken with several who tried it. Some had excellent results, some had no change. This sis like every other Lyme treatment. You have to find what works for you.
It is different for all of us. I am not being a downer ........... I am realistic. Yes, hope is good ............ but not false hope. This site is about support not giving false hope.
I am truly glad you are having such success with Cowden.
BTW, you never did answer the financial interest question...................
And as Lymetoo said ........ there are lots of success stoies on Lymenet ............ did you look at the top of this page?
robi
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Are you kidding me?...Why can't I tell my story without being accused of giving false hope or having a financial interest in the product??? I stated what it did for ME. My everyday life is sooooo much better since I started the Cowden Protocol. That is not giving false hope... that is telling the truth. Period. If I could afford it, I would rent a billboard so even more people would know about it. You may want to consider what I am saying for the next person wanting to share on this forum. I know that Cowden is not new, I also know that there are many other success stories (Thank God) and I was under the impression that this was a safe place for me to come to share my enthusiasm. I think its so funny that you ask about the financial interest...I was in sales most of my life and I guess, when I am excited about something...it shows through. You can drop your guard now... I am a faux painter (back to work and loving life), not a employee of Cowden. I am going to end this with good wishes and good health to everyone participating here. If what are doing isn't making a difference in your healing...try something new!
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