Why is UK T3 so expensive?

[cherrybaby]

T3 why is it so expensive in the UK as I believe it costs GPs £53 to prescribe it?

I buy Tiromel for my daughter when I'm in Turkey & it is less than a £1 for 28 tablets. Daughter is doing just as well on the Tiromel as the UK T3.

[shaws Administrator]

It's a puzzle to me as well. I don't know why it is so expensive in the UK.

[galathea]

There is only the one version, made by mercury pharma ( formerly Goldshiled) which is licensed for uk use. So as there is no competition, they can charge what they like!

[cherrybaby]

OK that figures; guess the answer is Bad Pharma & stupid NHS for not sourcing elsewhere!

[helvella Administrator in reply to cherrybaby]

Obviously any other product would need to be licensed in order to be supplier (though unlicensed products will be allowed short term).

So far as I know, it is up to individual pharmaceutical companies (whether importers, manufacturers, or whatever) to apply for licences. If none do, I cannot see how any other product can come to market?

Quite why the people who agree charges with pharmaceutical companies accept such high costs, I do not understand.

(I think it is these people: Pharmaceutical Services Negotiating Committee

psnc.org.uk/

)

Rod

[sporty333]

I'm not sure if you've noticed but were ripped off in this country, good and proper....!

[cherrybaby]

Rip off Britain ...... at it's best

[T4_malcontent]

psnc.org.uk/data/files/Brok...

The above link takes you to a page on psnc.org.uk which shows the cost of a pack of 28 Liothyronine (T3) to be £52.46! With a pack of Tiromel from Turkey at only £3.50 for one hundred tablets and a pack of 30 tablets from Uni-Pharma in Greece costing only 2 euro.

I will be writing to psnc to ask why they are agreeing to pay such inflated amounts of money out of public funds! It is disgraceful!!!

I will provide a copy of my letter on a blog, so that other members can copy and paste it into an emal to send to them as well.

[T4_malcontent]

Please see the letter I have just posted as a blog. I've said people are free to copy and paste it into their own email. The more people that lobby the more chance there will be of getting things changed.