Can't afford a kilo of meds all at once, and the doc won't write a scrip for but 6 mos at a time even if I could. So pharmacy raiding would probably be a necessity, but I'd be competing with thousands of others and that would be a good way to get killed that I'd like to avoid if possible.

I don't really care if 'donor' animal thyroids are tasty or not, although I don't think just eating them would be much help. Armour is made from dessicated animal thyroids, but I don't know how to concentrate the active ingredients once you've dried and powdered the gland. That's why I was asking if anyone knew of an information source for how to make your own DIY preparation. There are always people dieing, so harvesting glands from very recently dead humans could be an option too, I guess. Maybe just hang out near a pharmacy and do a little harvesting on the losers of the battle for pills :)