Is anyone having difficulty sourcing Ferrous Fu... - Thyroid UK

Thyroid UK

137,140 members160,827 posts

Is anyone having difficulty sourcing Ferrous Fumarate at the moment please?

Jo5454 profile image
17 Replies

Hi, is anyone finding sourcing Ferrous Fumarate 210 mg difficult at the moment? One stockists has announced they're not coming back into stock until August...I've rang around loads. Am getting on ok with it and don't really want to swop types...seems very strange everywhere so far is out of stock? Many thanks

Written by
Jo5454 profile image
Jo5454
To view profiles and participate in discussions please or .
Read more about...
17 Replies

It was mentioned on here that Lloyds Chemist was a good place to buy it. Have you tried them?

Jo5454 profile image
Jo5454 in reply to

No, I'll try them tomorrow, but am sure I've read they'll only give it to your with a prescription, whereas my health centre advised me to buy it at a chemists due to it being cheaper. Thanks very much for your reply :)

in reply to Jo5454

Lloyds don't require a prescription, it's just over £4 there.

Jo5454 profile image
Jo5454 in reply to

Thank you, will keep ringing around today thank you. :)

rosypo profile image
rosypo

I've tried in 2 or 3 chemists. They all say there is a supply problem but I don't know why.

Jo5454 profile image
Jo5454 in reply to rosypo

I've rang around loads of them and none except the last Boots I tried, who stated August had any idea...thanks.

humanbean profile image
humanbean

Apparently it is getting difficult to get it anywhere. This recent article (02/04/2015) in Pulse Online refers to the problem :

pulsetoday.co.uk/views/blog...

And one of the comments on it has this to say :

"Today I was duty Dr on returned scripts ...

no gentamicin ear drops..please prescribe an alternative

...no ferrous fumarate ...please prescribe and alternative

...no benzyl peroxide cream...please prescribe an alternative

....no mefenamic acid...please prescribe an alternative

...this is not a joke ...this all happened to me this afternoon ...what's going on??"

Jo5454 profile image
Jo5454 in reply to humanbean

Thanks for this...really strange for them to be missing out on all those sales! Really annoying when you've got settled on one type. Oh well, if Lloyds can't help tomorrow's fun challenge will be finding an alternative :)

humanbean profile image
humanbean in reply to Jo5454

Try Tesco Pharmacy. I've bought from there before without being asked for a prescription. The only company that I've read definitely asks for a prescription is Boots. So avoid them, and try any other chain or independent pharmacy. I think you may just have to shop around.

Jo5454 profile image
Jo5454 in reply to humanbean

Tried some stores yesterday, will try some more today, thank you:)

Jodypody profile image
Jodypody in reply to Jo5454

Amazon 2.80

helvella profile image
helvellaAdministratorThyroid UK

There are on-line suppliers, such as:

waltonpharmacy.co.uk/produc...

in reply to helvella

Thanks Rod.

Jo5454 profile image
Jo5454 in reply to helvella

Thanks, will remember that, have got a bit short this time, naughty me. Always use my local chemist and they thought they'd get some in last week. When they didn't I thought I'd find some in town at the weekend. Didn't realise there was a shortage on! :)

Thalia56 profile image
Thalia56

I tried to buy some from my local Sainsburys about a month ago and was told they were couldn't get any and didn't expect to be able to before July. The pharmacist there also said that my only realistic chance of getting any was to try and find a chemist that still had some old stock, from which I inferred that the shortage wasn't related to their supplier only.

Jo5454 profile image
Jo5454 in reply to Thalia56

Hi, yes I've been told August, July and June for expected back in stock dates. Managed to find some In a different strength in Tescos yesterday, after ringing over 30 chemists! I've been buying them a month at a time locally, wishing I'd stocked up a bit now! :) thanks for your reply.

Thalia56 profile image
Thalia56 in reply to Jo5454

Wow - well done on finally tracking some down! It would never have occurred to me to buy more than a month's supply at a time as it seems like such a common product. Obviously that's no guarantee. :)

You may also like...

Ferrous Fumarate tablets - confused

pharmacist said that they only had the smaller ones in stock, ie 210mg. Just been to buy some more...

Cortisol test and Ferrous Fumarate

shortage of Ferrous Fumarate. The gp told me and wrote a script for ferrous sulphate, but I rang...

Can anyone comment on Solgar Gentle Iron? Ferrous bisglycinate vs ferrous fumarate...

this iron. It is ferrous bisglycinate and not ferrous fumarate. Any thoughts?...

Ferrous Fumarate - any update on availability?

Ferrous Fumarate 305mg given to me for thyroid problems

tests came back today and I've been given ferrous fumarate 305mg tablets which I have to take 3...