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>Thanks Lisa
>
>I just went to the globaldrugs.com site. So far it seems they will send to
>USA but they have a $20.00 minimum so with shipping  it comes to over 30.00 (if
>I buy 2). If that's the only place I can get it I will, but it's kind of
>steep. I tried to find eye vitamins with those ingredients and didnt have any luck.
>They all seem to have vitamin A or beta carotene and most dont have zinc and
>copper.
>
>Sandy
>just did a search for "vitalux" at globaldrugs.com, which is a
>Canandian internet pharmacy.  It is listed there in the AREDS, S, and TR
>formulations, 50 for US$12.05 plus shipping.   Vitalux is only a vitamin
>formulation, not a prescription drug, so I don't know why it couldn't be
>shipped here.  There's nothing in it that is restricted.  I've used this
>company before when I was in need of salt tablets and couldn't find them
>anywhere in Fairbanks, Alaska.
>
>Lisa in Alaska
>
>
 From the manufacturer's website, Vitalux AREDS contains:
Beta Carotene: 12,500 IU
Vitamin C: 250 mg
Vitamin E: 200 IU
Zinc: 40 mg
Copper: 1mg
Lutein: 3 mg

Almost any multivitamin/multimineral can provide similar quantities. For
example, I take TwinLab Dualtabs which contain:
Beta Carotene: 7500 IU
Vitamin A (Retinol Palmitate): 5000 IU
Vitamin C: 500 mg
Vitamin E: 100 IU
Zinc: 15 mg
Copper: 1mg

They cost me about $0.35 per serving at the Vitamin Shoppe
(http://vitaminshoppe.com) This formulation is missing the lutein, but
many multis do have it. Anyway, the study cited by Vitalux as the basis
for their formula didn't use lutein.