Just wondering if anyone else has had a strong bitter salty taste in their mouth since Goldshield changed to Pharma merca .

[leaves]

Trying to see if there is a link as my problem seems to have started when the company was taken over . Has anyone else ever experienced this as it is driving me mad .Gp has no answers .

[nightingale-56]

Definitely have a burning coated tongue and am having stomach pains as well since the change in company. At the beginning of the year I was improving from antibiotic problems, but for the past 6 months or so have been going downhill again and do feel something has changed. Janet.

[helvella Administrator]

The change from Goldshield to Mercury Pharma was not a takeover - it was the choice of the company itself to change its name.

Only afterwards did this happen:

Amdipharm Mercury (AMCo) is an international speciality pharmaceuticals company delivering high quality medicines with a customer focus in 112 territories. AMCo is the result of the merger of Amdipharm and the Mercury Pharma Group to create a single, consolidated, international specialty pharmaceuticals company by the company's private equity owners, Cinven.

amcolimited.com/

If you are noticing anything different about the medicines then make sure you fill in a Yellow Card report.

yellowcard.mhra.gov.uk/

Rod

[ianessex]

I have bad stomach now since being on merc p or whatever their name is now,,, is very similar to the stomach issues I had on gold shield but I didn't have any issue with eltroxin ,,, all same fillers, so yes I agree and contest that something is up..I do also get that taste you mention but I also get it on actavis , plus I temp went onto actavis recently and within a week, my thyroid was swollen, joint pains and fatigue so went back onto merc p ,, I just think all the generics have issues. I find taking my levo with plenty water helps that taste you mention.. best wishes ! Ian

[leaves]

Thank you for your replies . Am I correct in believing Activis is made by the same company ? Ian I do drink plenty of

water when taking my meds . The taste is so strong now ,it is lasting almost all day and yes I have stomach pain as

well . Lorraine .

[ianessex in reply to leaves]

as far as I'm aware actavis is made by different company, thyroid UK have list of thyroid meds plus fillers on their site. do you have history of stomach issues? I have reflux.. currently on omeprazole as had bad flare up.. ..Ian

[leaves]

No I never had stomach issues ,I will check out the Thyroid meds thank you Ian .......Lorraine