A box of Tiromel and a protein bar at the gym 🤷🏾‍♀️😡🤯

[EbonyEvans]

This probably won’t be seen by many because of the time I’m posting. But I visited my tenant and noticed he had seven or so boxes of Tiromel in his bathroom 😖 I advised him about keeping them cool and in a dark place. We got talking. He buys them from a ‘guy’ at the gym for £100 each. I didn’t know whether to up his rent or educate him on the effects on pricing it has for us Thyroidians 😩 rant over 😑

[bristolboy]

Depressing, isn't it? I assume he buys them for weight loss or to help with muscle building

[EbonyEvans in reply to bristolboy]

Yes, he’s 6”6’ tall and about three feet wide!

[Angel_of_the_North]

Well, he's paying for the guy at the gym's trip to Turkey and arrest risk. Don't think that has any affect on price to NHS. It's always happened. I got mine at the gym in the 1980s.

[EbonyEvans in reply to Angel_of_the_North]

I’m tempted to tell him this but that might mean he finds someone who has it cheaper and negates someone else who needs it from buying it that is one of us. I’ll leave him to it. But I might enquire next time. I got the feeling the supplier has then in his bag at all times like spare socks. Tenant was very nonchalant about it like he couldn’t be bothered to go to the shop so it was more of a convenience.

[Angel_of_the_North in reply to EbonyEvans]

If he can afford it, let him get on with it. But remind him that rent comes first

[shaws Administrator]

I think you have to advise him he's being ripped off as well as having rippling muscles which is probably his aim.

[EbonyEvans in reply to shaws]

Hence the upping his rent. Who has £700+ worth of ‘supplements’ just sitting in their bathroom?

[Baobabs]

Just the kind of behaviour that is likely to make T3 less accessible to all those who legitimately benefit from it.

[EbonyEvans in reply to Baobabs]

This.

[dtate2016]

So, out of curiosity, from someone on the other side of the pond, what is a “good” price for Tiromel?

[EbonyEvans in reply to dtate2016]

£20 is about fare but these are unlicensed usually. I could be wrong as I only tolerate UniPharma.

[Julie-W in reply to dtate2016]

I have had to buy T3 in the past from body building sites. It’s a bit of a bugger that people use this essential drug for body building but, if I had my way, all drugs would be legal and freely available but I am a very liberal person! I definitely don’t think we should tell these people where they can buy it cheaper as I suspect our suppliers will become more finite

[Kitten44 in reply to Julie-W]

Agreed.

We can't have nanny state plus denial of vital drugs. NHS wants to have full control over all sorts of substances and release them on prescription only? Fine, so long as they issue them on need at the right dose. Otherwise, I'm happy to do my own research (much more than any average GP does) and take responsibility of what I put inside myself, thank you very much!

[Julie-W in reply to dtate2016]

Also, I hope to pay between £11-25 for my Tiromel these days

[MaisieGray]

It's surely of no concern of anyone else, that he takes it, how he sources it, or how much he pays for it. it's not a cat A, B or C drug.

[Baobabs in reply to MaisieGray]

But comments still stand nevertheless.

[Julie-W in reply to MaisieGray]

I suppose not but what concerns me is why our suppliers would continue to supply us for medical use when they could receive 10 times the amount from body builders

[EbonyEvans in reply to Julie-W]

Mine won’t sell to them or people using it for dieting. At the moment it’s not always about the financial gain. But it’s not unusual unfortunately