Hi there can someone tell me where I can safely buy eltroxin online please.... Don't want to go back to levothyroxine if I can avoid it...

[rosie]

[helvella Administrator Thyroid UK]

Eltroxin IS levothyroxine.

You could take a prescription for "Levothyroxine" into a pharmacy and come out with a packet of Eltroxin. If they had any.

UK Eltroxin is DIFFERENT to the various Eltroxin formulations around the world. As UK Eltroxin is not currently available, I doubt you will be able to buy it anywhere.

If you mean that you are unhappy with the levothyroxine product you are currently getting (Actavis, Wockhardt or Mercury Pharma), then you might be able to get one of the others next time you get your prescription.

More information about UK and non-UK products here:

thyroiduk.org.uk/tuk/treatm...

Rod

[rosie in reply to helvella]

Thanks Rod. What I should have said was that I don't want to go back to the brand I had before....I know they are all levothyroxine....silly me....

[helvella Administrator Thyroid UK in reply to rosie]

I have seen lots of posts over the years (in many places) from people who really did not know that Eltroxin is levothyroxine! So I had to make it clear for anyone reading.

What do you wish to avoid? Is it a specific make?

[Ceska1 in reply to helvella]

If you're in the UK you can buy generic levothyroxine here without a prior script with an easy online medical consultation reliablepharm.com

hope this helps

[helvella Administrator Thyroid UK in reply to Ceska1]

Still not available. I now doubt it will ever return to the UK market.

[RedApple Administrator]

UK Eltroxin is currently unavailable, so anything called Eltroxin that you might be able to buy now is unlikely to be the same as the Eltroxin that you have been prescribed with in the UK.

Eltroxin is simply a 'brand name' of levothyroxine and this brand name is used by more than one pharmaceutical company. For example, there is a levothyroxine called Eltroxin that's made by Aspen (not available in the UK), but the non-active ingredients are different to the UK Eltroxin. Having the same brand name on the box does not mean the tablets inside are the same, nor that they will have the same effect for you.

If you can't get on with the Actavis or MercuryPharma levothyroxines, it might be worth asking your GP to prescribe one of the German products from Aluid or Henning. Easily obtainable through your pharmacy by special order from their importer, but your GP may not be aware of this until you tell him/her. Details on the main website under 'Special Order Thyroid Medications Obtainable on prescription in the UK'.thyroiduk.org.uk/tuk/treatm...

[gracegirl78 in reply to RedApple]

mercury pharma Eltroxin is STILL available in ireland....x

[helvella Administrator Thyroid UK in reply to gracegirl78]

That is an oddity! And it gives rise to several questions:

Has it too changed in the same way as Mercury Pharma levothyroxine appears to have changed?

Are there any Irish pharmacies that would sell to individuals in the UK - with or without a prescription? (Please don't answer with any actual contacts! Leave details to Private Messages.)

We have seen much speculation as to why Eltroxin is not available. If it is actually not up to UK standards, why is it all right for the Irish?

What dates are on the packs? That is, is it really new product or is it trickling out from some large store somewhere?

Rod

[gracegirl78 in reply to helvella]

My latest pack is batch number 81541, expires 14/9/2014

[gracegirl78 in reply to gracegirl78]

I have no idea about the irish pharmacies, but mine comes frim Boots!!

[helvella Administrator Thyroid UK in reply to gracegirl78]

We think that it usually has a two year shelf life - so that was probably made before it disappeared at the beginning of 2013.

[gracegirl78 in reply to helvella]

So we could still lose it?? Oh dear..

[helvella Administrator Thyroid UK in reply to gracegirl78]

Look on the bright side - it might be back on the market before you lose it...

(Yes - that doesn't make sense!)

[gracegirl78 in reply to helvella]

That made perfect sense..i live in ireland, remember