T3

[Mozzymoo22]

Anyone any idea where I can buy Liothyronine 5mcg. I have a private prescription for it.

[Lotika]

ah, Mozzymoo, I await replies to your thread with baited breath! I have exactly the same thing in my handbag!

My endo repeatedly suggested that Norway was a good place to source T3 online and suggested I use a pill cutter to divide the tablet into quarters if I could only get 20mcg tabs...

[Mozzymoo22 in reply to Lotika]

Trouble is when you 57 and a half mcg it's hard to cut the pill that small

[Marz in reply to Mozzymoo22]

Try nibbling it throughout the say - I once read that this worked well

[shaws Administrator in reply to Lotika]

It is not difficult to cut into quarters if you get a pill cutter. This is one SeasideSusie recommended and I find it cuts accurately. My T3 is 25mcg. If you order through Amazon the link is

healthunlocked.com/thyroidu...

and TUK gets a tiny sum to help defray expenses.

amazon.co.uk/Safe-Sound-Pil...

[shaws Administrator]

I believe you can go into any pharmacist who will order it for you.

[helvella Administrator]

So far as I am aware, the only 5 microgram liothyronine products are:

Mylan

SigmaPharm

Pfizer Cytomel

Perrigo

All are USA products and require to be imported by a specialised importer - and delivered to a pharmacy.

No idea what the cost would be - and you would need to ask around as it can vary dramatically. There is no pricing consistency on such special orders on private prescription.

This links lists all USA products that contain liothyronine - and can be a bit confusing. But they are listed there:

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

(Many are repackaged under other names for other companies. These appear last and can safely be ignored.)

[Mozzymoo22 in reply to helvella]

Thank you

[Quokka]

German Thybon Henning T3 (20 mcg) tablets are as big as an aspirin- I can easily break them by hand. They're prescription only- versandapo.de/en/0/7498960/...