Armour etc

[afonog]

Asked my doc if I could try natural thyroid and she said she can't prescribe it on nhs or privately but that if I want to buy it privately she's happy to monitor me. Is this right? There seem to be a number of people here who are using armour that they get prescribed from their GP. Is my GP telling me fibs?

[Clutter]

Afonog, your GP can prescribe Armour or other NDT on a named patient basis but isn't obliged to do so because NDT is not licensed for use in the UK.

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

Most of the people on this forum who are using NDT are self medicating and buying their NDT online, although a very few are prescribed it on the NHS.

[claudiasmum]

My GP stopped my NHS prescription this year after prescribing it for five years.

[helvella Administrator Thyroid UK]

If you visit this post:

healthunlocked.com/thyroidu...

You can see that a number of practices in England do prescribe desiccated thyroid. Not a large number. But enough to show that "can't" is not always the case.

Rod

[vanessa2 in reply to helvella]

Hi Rod can you pm me if there is any GP in Newmarket area. Suffolk.

[Glynisrose]

Not true she can prescribe it on a 'named patient' basis.