T3 overcharging where are we? Just seen report in I Paper that MHRA are after two companies re overcharging for hydrocortisone tablets.

[crimple]

In a "box" within the article they mentioned Actavis and Concordia, re hydrocortisone overcharging but nothing about overcharging for T3?! Any news via Lord Hunt?

[shaws Administrator]

Is the Endocrinology at ease with the cost of T3 so that it was easier to instantly stop prescriptions being given to those whose health improves with it - as an addition to T4 or T3 only?

Being forced to have continuing illhealth on T4 (I know many do fine on it but there are exceptions).

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Also if we do not recover - are very symptomatic - and develop other illnesses these companies profits rise, and rise, while we the patients suffer on.

[SilverAvocado in reply to shaws]

And all the ground work has already been laid for this, with doctors often believing that T3 does nothing that being hypothyroid doesn't really cause symptoms.

[shaws Administrator in reply to SilverAvocado]

They have very little knowledge except that TSH and T4 are sufficient whilst ignoring severe clinical symptoms.

[Treepie]

Vijay Patel ,one of two brothers who spotted the generic pricing loophole for this drug and T3 made millions flogging them to Concordia and others got an OBE for services to Business and philanthropy! Shows what an idiotic honours system we have !

[shaws Administrator in reply to Treepie]

What about recognition of 'help' sites for those who don't know where to turn to next. There are very, very few doctors trained in an holistic way who knew clinical symptoms and prescribed NDT as that was all that was available.

Big Pharma promoted their products i.e. Blood Tests and Levo and paid doctors/endocrinologists int he USA in particular (according to Dr Lowe in the USA) to prescribe levo rather than NDT. He resigned his Licence so that he could treat people without interference. Meanwhile people who aren't scientists/researchers made False Statements about NDT in the UK a replacement hormone which was used safely throughout the world since 1892 and 'saved lives'.

What a huge amount of money is spent by the NHS to provide profits for Big Pharma but, as regards hypothyroidism, patients remain unwell because additional prescriptions are given for the 'symptoms' individually rather than T3 added to T4 or NDT - the withdrawal of both T3 and NDT means thousands remain perrmanently unwell or are forced to source their own life-giving hormones.

Doctors get fed up seeing regular patients who expect the doctor to relieve their symptoms but who tell them they are optimally medicated because the TSH is 'in range' . If they appear too often they give them anti-depressants to keep them quite instead and are afraid of going against the 'guidelines'.

[holyshedballs]

It’s not the MHRA but the Competition and Markets Authority that are taking formal action against the companies for the massive over pricing of liothyronine (T3). Their initial finding is against the companies but they have a right to respond to the finding.

[crimple]

Thanks for the clarification. At the end of the day, whoever is dealing with the whole sorry mess, it is taking far too long. Too much money from NHS is lining the pockets of big pharma and it needs to stop