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Hopefully the link will work:

bbc.co.uk/news/av/health-42...

Thyroid drug T3:

'It was like a light had been switched on'

Fran says taking liothyronine (T3) for her thyroid condition "gave her her life back".

But it's a drug the NHS doesn't think should be routinely prescribed. It is set to make a decision this week.

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Thanks for posting, JillOliver.

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This lady was featured on the news the day the news broke that the CMA had provisionally found Concordia guilty of inflating prices of Liothyronine. Looks like the BBC has decided to re-run this video.

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JillOliver in reply to marigold22

I didn't set his lady, but I did see another one who was talking about the fact she had to get her supply of T3 from Mexico, because it was deemed as too expensive on the NHS

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