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For anyone taking T4 or T3 manufactured at Westminster Pharmaceuticals, LLC, they are recalling Levothyroxine and Liothyronine tablets in 15 mg, 30 mg, 60 mg, 90 mg and 120 mg doses. They are all packed in 100-count bottles. Here's a link: abc13.com/health/thyroid-me...

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Thanks for the info.veru helpful will look up.

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your very welcome.

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shawsAdministrator

Thanks for posting. If it's not one thing its another.

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GKeith in reply to shaws

Too true, thanks for all your help & sharing of your knowledge. Peace be upon you.

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helvellaAdministratorThyroid UK

The recall is of Westminster's desiccated thyroid product - which contains T4 and T3. I don't know if the company handles any plain T4 or T3 products but, even if they do, they are not the subject of the recall.

More information including FDA link, here:

healthunlocked.com/thyroidu...

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GKeith in reply to helvella

Thanks for adding that. Peace go with you.

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lelin

Dear GKeith,

When you wrote liothyronine 15 mg, 30 mg, 60 mg, 90 mg and 120 mg, did you mean micrograms instead of milligrams?

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helvellaAdministratorThyroid UK in reply to lelin

No - that was NOT what was meant.

The recall is of "Levothyroxine and Liothyronine tablets" - which is a somewhat bizarre way of referring to desiccated thyroid. Such products are still produced in doses based on grains. (One grain is sometimes 60 milligrams, sometimes 65 milligrams.)

So tablets are indeed manufactured in doses of 15 mg, 30 mg, 60 mg, 90 mg and 120 mg.

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GKeith in reply to lelin

Right you are micrograms.

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helvellaAdministratorThyroid UK in reply to GKeith

NO! You were right to begin with GKeith - they are in milligrams. :-)

Desiccated thyroid products are always in milligrams or grains.

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GKeith in reply to helvella

Right, sorry, my mind wanders sometimes. mcg is micrograms.

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helvellaAdministratorThyroid UK in reply to GKeith

Which is why I almost always type "micrograms" in full! Except when expressly quoting something else. It is far too easy to make a mistake. :-)

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Touche'.

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