For the first time in nearly 10 years of taking this medication I’ve collected them today and they’re in different packaging!
The supplier is morningside healthcare ltd, I hope they are the same as my usual supplier.
Anyone got any experience of this please?
Thanks
Angelarower,
Since Aug & Sept 2017 Morningside Healthcare and Teva have also been manufacturing Liothyronine. Some members prefer them to Mercury Pharma Liothyronine while others do not.
Personally I find it much better than Mercury Pharma.
Almost as good as Uni Pharma
Hello, I use T3 only. Please may I ask you - do you split your tablets? I notice their guidance is to dissolve and syringe etc which I would find totally inconvenient. Do you just cut your pills? I hope you don’t mind my asking x
It’s not a problem to ask, you can get a tablet cutter from the pharmacist and this cut S the time abler in half easily.
Yes, I use a cutter always for my mercury pharmacy ones, I just wondered if the Morningside cut easily. Thanks so much. Stay well xx
Oh I see, sorry I misunderstood, it will be interesting to see if they do cut ok as there’s nothing worse than crumbly tablets!
Have a good weekend x
Yes that's utter garbage. It costs NHS enough as it is. If I did that I'd be using 3 x the number of pills.
Also as someone else pointed out. Definitely should not tip T3 dissolved in water into waste water system.
I split into three doses, as advised by my endo. 10mcg at 6am, 5mcg at noon and 5mcg at 6pm. Levothyroxine at bedtime (125mcg)
They cut easily with small scalpel (from art shop)
I have been taking Morningside for about twelve weeks now. I am actually feeling better. Obviously, this could be due to other factors, but I specifically asked my pharmacist to try and source Morningside for me when I put in my recent prescription. Hope this helps!
PS. Also a MUCH longer use by than Mercury Pharma.
Hello, I use T3 only. Please may I ask you - do you split your tablets? I notice their guidance is to dissolve and syringe etc which I would find totally inconvenient. Do you just cut your pills? I hope you don’t mind my asking x
Hi Liverbird 1964, I don’t mind you asking at all. I certainly don’t now and have never used the dissolve in water/ syringe technique, which I think would be wasteful?? (i.e., what do you do with the remaining half??) Instead, I have a sharp little knife that I use. I hold the tablet firmly between the thumb and forefinger of my left hand and cut it.
I am becoming quite adept at this now and on a fairly regular basis I manage a nice clean cut. I store the remaining half of the tablet in a pill box ready for my next dose.
On those occasions when part of the tablet crumbles, I put the half that hasn’t crumbled in the pill box and make sure that I get my full 10mcg by licking the plate/knife etc. It looks a bit dodgy but it works for me ....and needs must!!!
I think the vast majority of us take 10mcg doses, so why none of the UK companies that make T3 produce a 10 mcg tablet is beyond me!!
Would be interested to see a poll about dosage size. Surely this would be the starting point of lobbying for 10mcg tablets.
An observation: neither Morningside nor Teva are scored. Morningside texture, however, makes it easier to cut.
Thanks so much. I know what you mean. I have a tablet cutter and sometimes I nibble half if I need an extra 5mcgms 🤣. In the USA you can get Cytomel in 5s! Why the U.K. can’t source it is beyond me! Good luck and keep well. Thanks so much x
Liverbird1964,
I don't recall seeing 5 microgram tablets anywhere or from any manufacturer - except the USA.
Yes, I said the USA XX
Liverbird1964,
I know you did. 
I was emphasising that none of the other 200+ countries in the world seem to think it a product worth providing.
My view is that they are wrong. Maybe Italy's Liotir gets somewhere towards it by being liquid?
I absolutely agree with you x
As my dose of T3 was 10mcg, half a 20mcg tablet, and I'm now using the French one which is a 25mcg tablet I asked my pharmacist if it would be OK to cut it in half and then nip a bit off. She said no, I should dissolve the whole tablet in 25 ml of water and then take 10 ml off. I wasn't going to waste my T3, the difficulty I have getting it, so did it my way and haven't had any ill effects yet. MY GP said it would be OK to take the whole half tablet.
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