T3 UK

[Summer64]

Does anyone know what make you get here? It doesn't say how many tablets you get for £9.22 either. chemistdirect.co.uk/liothyr...

[humanbean]

For £9.22 you get 1 tablet. That is the price of T3 in the UK. That is why doctors are refusing to prescribe on the NHS or are taking away the prescriptions from people who have already been prescribed it on the NHS.

There are ways to get T3 cheaper in the UK with a private prescription. Read this thread for details :

healthunlocked.com/thyroidu...

Another option is to buy without a prescription from other countries, but you will have to ask for private messages from people who have links to suppliers.

[SeasideSusie Remembering]

Summer64

Prescription T3 here on the UK can be, I believe, Morningside or Teva and possibly Mercury Pharma (not quite sure). £9.22 is for one tablet.

[Clutter]

Summer64,

It is £9.22 per tablet! It's probably Mercury Pharma T3 @ £9.22 per tablet but you should check if brand is critical to you because it may be Teva or Morningside Healthcare.

[shaws Administrator in reply to Clutter]

Why are the 'new' T3s also as expensive as MP T3 which caused all the furore.

[Clutter in reply to shaws]

Shaws,

Because they can get away with it and it's a nice little earner while it lasts.

[shaws Administrator in reply to Clutter]

They have no conscience at all. It is time the NHS put its foot down and state the price they will pay for T3. If other countries have cheaper T3s so should the UK.

[Clutter in reply to shaws]

Shaws,

I don't understand why NHS procurement and buying is so bad. You'd think the NHS was such a larger buyer that it would be worth them arranging manufacture of their own generic meds.

[SlowDragon Administrator]

Private prescription will enable buying French or German T3

100 tablets 25mcg French approx £20

100 tablets 20mcg German approx £30

[Summer64]

Ah, silly me, I didn't realise. Fancy advertising one tablet. I do have the German 20mcg ones but ran into difficulty with them, severe vertigo after being on them a couple of months. I'm now struggling on T4 alone but have some French ones someone bought for me from France. They are Liothyronine Sodium which is what I was used to but they are 25 mcg and I only need 10mcg a day so not sure how I would go about getting the right dose. Don't want to dissolve whole tablet in water as that would be wasteful and I don't know when I will be able to get more. If you can get them with a private prescription though that sounds like it might be the way for me. Can someone who uses them pm me please?

[Clutter in reply to Summer64]

Summer64,

Buy a pillcutter and quarter the 25mcg tablet. If one quarter 6.25mcg isn't enough you'll have to try 12.5mcg.

[Summer64 in reply to Clutter]

I have a pill cutter which I used for the 20mcg, I wondered if I halved one and then took a tiny bit off that half if that would be OK. Got to be better than nothing.

[Clutter in reply to Summer64]

Summer64,

It really isn't likely to make much difference whether you take 10mcg or 12.5mcg.

[SlowDragon Administrator]

I should just try a half pill

Different brands are different effective strengths.

So 12.5mcg of French may appear the same as 10mcg of German

20mcg of Morningside Healthcare seems about double the strength of 20mcg Mercury Pharma

[Summer64 in reply to SlowDragon]

I spoke to my GP on the phone and he said it wouldn't hurt to take the 12 1/2 if I have to take it. I'm trying to get through two more weeks on just the T4 when he will do another TSH but doubt I will make it the way I'm going. They wont test my T3 or T4 unless that comes back out of range.

[SlowDragon Administrator in reply to Summer64]

Which is completely ridiculous - just TSH tells nothing

Prof Toft - article just published now saying T3 is likely essential for many

rcpe.ac.uk/sites/default/fi...

[Summer64 in reply to SlowDragon]

I know and I've a feeling when I get to see the endo it will be the same. I'd already been diagnosed as needing it and did well on it, it's infuriating they are getting away with this.

[SlowDragon Administrator in reply to Summer64]

BTA say you should NOT have had it removed

british-thyroid-association...

[Summer64 in reply to SlowDragon]

I know but my CCG won't let me have it back unless I'm reassessed as needing it when I see this new endo in February. I'm taking it to the ombudsman now.