U.K. Liothyronine Tablets

[smudger1]

Should these tablets have an imprint/be embossed, if so, with what?

[Clutter]

Smudger1,

My MP Liothyronine is imprinted but I'm unable to make out what the lettering is. The other side is plain with a score mark across the diameter.

[helvella Administrator Thyroid UK in reply to Clutter]

Four years ago we answered this!

GS 058

healthunlocked.com/thyroidu...

It is, of course, possible that this has since changed.

[helvella Administrator Thyroid UK in reply to helvella]

Meant to include the observation that Mercury Pharma levothyroxine tablets did change their debossing (last year, I think). They are now LT on one side and 25, 50 or 100 on the other. So the idea that they might have changed doesn't seem too far-fetched.

[Clutter in reply to helvella]

Oh well done I'm very impressed that you can find 4 years old posts.

[anjuliet]

The liothyronine I take is 5mcg tablets and has the number 5 on the top half and 220 on the bottom half on one side of the tablet, and blank on the other side.

[helvella Administrator Thyroid UK in reply to anjuliet]

That is the Perrigo (formerly Paddock) 5 microgram product.

dailymed.nlm.nih.gov/dailym...

[anjuliet in reply to helvella]

Thank you for looking this up. I seem to remember the name Perrigo the first time I got my prescription, but now it's under a different company name, Rokshaw Laboratories?? I could just make out the name as the chemist always cover it with the prescription label.

[helvella Administrator Thyroid UK in reply to anjuliet]

Rokshaw is a "specials" manufacturer.

rokshaw.co.uk/

I assume that what you get that says Rokshaw is not the same as you got before? That is, I'd expect it to be in a capsule.

If you are getting Perrigo tablets in a Rokshaw container - we'd have to ask questions. Perhaps it works out cheaper for some obscure reason? However, it seems possible that someone is charging a "specials" fee and supplying a very ordinary ready-made product. Even then, it isn't clear - perhaps even that is cheaper than getting an official imported product?

[anjuliet in reply to helvella]

I remember taking a photo of the container of the Perrigo tablets when I first got my prescription. I had an idea that it was imported from the U.S. as it had that cotton ball inside. It was only the one time, and then I started having the Rokshaw ones. I had to wait three days last time when I requested a repeat for the Rokshaw.

I looked up the price of liothyronine a while back from this website, and I vaguely remember that it costs just over £100/month for a 28-day supply. I get 112 5mcg tablets, which I take two 2x/day.

Thanks again for your advice and help.