NDT - NHS Northern Ireland

[chloemcm]

Has anyone here been prescribed NDT (of any brand) on NHS prescription in Northern Ireland? PM me with details from where, if so. My endo says no one in NI is taking it!!

[helvella Administrator]

A little while ago I posted about prescriptions of T3 and desiccated thyroid down to the GP surgery level. For England. My post is here:

healthunlocked.com/thyroidu...

I have not looked to see if the same basic figures are available over the water. If they are available, then extracting what you want to know is straightforward. So, you go off and find them and, if you need, contact me for help in extracting them.

Rod

[chloemcm in reply to helvella]

Thanks, I've tried locating information but I'm not getting very far.

I found this site that gives statistics hscbusiness.hscni.net/servi... but can't seem to find the same style of spreadsheet that you displayed for England.

I found this

Prescription Cost Analysis Northern Ireland 2013

1. Individual Preparations

Please Note - Negative or null values can occur as a result of adjustments to payments

DRUG NAME"NUMBER

PRESCRIPTION ITEMS"QUANTITY"INGREDIENT COST

(BEFORE DISCOUNT)""INGREDIENT COST/

PRESCRIPTION ITEM""QUANTITY /

PRESCRIPTION ITEM"

Carbimazole (Dt) Tablet 20mg5,025318,978208,389.9941.4763.48

Carbimazole (Dt) Tablet 5mg14,5401,002,212266,082.4018.3068.93

Eltroxin Tablet 100mcg2,316139,8728,485.363.6660.39

Eltroxin Tablet 25mcg1,33269,1884,200.643.1551.94

Eltroxin Tablet 50mcg1,793106,5396,457.303.6059.42

Evotrox Oral Solution 25mcg/5ml3511,7355,016.72143.33335.29

Evotrox Oral Solution 50mcg/5ml8415,5106,963.9982.90184.64

Iodine Aqueous (Dt) Oral Solution 328,522156.524.89266.31

Levothyroxine Sodium (Dt) Tablet 100microgram273,18514,725,612935,215.223.4253.90

Levothyroxine Sodium (Dt) Tablet 25microgram231,35111,388,0441,131,474.704.8949.22

Levothyroxine Sodium (Dt) Tablet 50microgram280,64714,431,252921,741.073.2851.42

Levothyroxine Sodium Sugar Free (Dt) Oral Solution 100micrograms/5ml1,052171,785137,514.97130.72163.29

Levothyroxine Sodium Sugar Free (Dt) Oral Solution 25micrograms/5ml631159,39482,645.39130.98252.61

Levothyroxine Sodium Sugar Free (Dt) Oral Solution 50micrograms/5ml1,630329,104181,092.57111.10201.90

Liothyronine (Dt) Tablet 20microgram1,20383,162190,682.43158.5169.13

Neo-Mercazole 20 Tablet 20mg23514,8253,400.7714.4763.09

Neo-Mercazole 5 Tablet 5mg64739,6902,452.493.7961.34

Propylthiouracil (Dt) Tablet 50mg1,741185,839178,895.58102.75106.74

38,661,481409,017,609.93

but not sure of it's relevance or what it's saying! Help required please!

[helvella Administrator in reply to chloemcm]

Well, yes, that is indeed a perfectly valid source. It doesn't identify down to Local Commissioning Group or GP Practice. But, as a means to answer your question, that doesn't matter. The only thyroid and anti-thyroid medicines that were prescribed in NI in 2013 were:

Levothyroxine Sodium (Dt) Tablet 100microgram

Levothyroxine Sodium (Dt) Tablet 25microgram

Levothyroxine Sodium (Dt) Tablet 50microgram

Levothyroxine Sodium Sugar Free (Dt) Oral Solution 100micrograms/5ml

Levothyroxine Sodium Sugar Free (Dt) Oral Solution 25micrograms/5ml

Levothyroxine Sodium Sugar Free (Dt) Oral Solution 50micrograms/5ml

Liothyronine (Dt) Tablet 20microgram

Neo-Mercazole 20 Tablet 20mg

Neo-Mercazole 5 Tablet 5mg

Propylthiouracil (Dt) Tablet 50mg

No "foreign" 5 or 25mcg liothyronine. No liothyronine capsules (which are "specials"). No desiccated thyroid.

Rod

[chloemcm]

Thanks Rod, looks like my endo isn't telling porkies!! So bang goes my chances of getting ndt probably. Could you possibly pm how I could go about buying it online?