Having just got my gp to prescribe T3 (yay!), they’re only willing to give me the 20mcg tablets.
This means I need to reliably cut them in 4 as I only need 5mcg x2 per day.
I’ve got a cutter from amazon which sounded decent but it’s pretty unreliable. I get quarters maybe once every three attempts!
Has anyone got one that they think is really good?
I’m not too bothered about the price as this is probably going to be a lifelong necessity!
Thanks in advance 😉
I took once a day and merely snap the tab in two. Not an exact science but worked for me ok when I was on it for 8months. I did have a cutter from a pharmacist that was cheap and cheerful and did the job cutting quarters but you had to push the half into the v of the cutter and press quickly.
Also had a pill cutter than ended up crushing pills if trying to get 1/4s, and just had a try with my nail cutter instead...works beautifully , though have to be prepared to smoother cutting into 1/4s as tend to shoot round the room!
I have this one
amazon.co.uk/Safe-Sound-Pil...
Bought a few years ago and works well.
I recently bought the same again but the new one doesn't work as well as the old one.
You could try a craft knife/scalpel/Stanley knife.
Mmmm. Just tried my current cutter and these tablets are just disintegrating into dust.
Don’t feel so bad saying as I’m not paying for them but it’s hardly convenient, especially not at 5 am.
Do we think I have a leg to stand on asking for the extortionate 5mcg ones?
I use a hobby knife or scalpel - one that comes with 5 spare blades. Something like this :
amazon.co.uk/Blue-Spot-Soft...
(I'm not actually recommending the knife in the above link, and I haven't read the reviews. My knife came from elsewhere but looked similar.)
It takes a bit of practice to use it accurately - and shiny, slippery tablets are a pain in the wotsit - but it is better than any pill cutter I've tried. Also - they last for a very long time.
I was given some unbreakable Teva by a lovely person who needed to split them & couldn't. I tried with my pill cutter, but they were made indestructible to anything but digestive enzymes.
Perhaps ask for the splittable brand to be put on your prescription, if someone can tell you whichtype to ask for.
I use Apex Ultra Pill Splitter, cuts very precisely.
amazon.co.uk/Apex-Carex-Ult...
I use a similar one and it’s been fine. A little bit fiddly but I make my pill pots for the week and so it’s ok.
This is my new pull pit which I think is quite nice and handy 😀
amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B074K4...
Ooh, thats cool!
Unfortunately I don’t have that many pills yet but when I do...!😉
I’ve got Levo, T3 and selenium in the morning. B1,Magnesium,B12,Turmeric and Vid D sprays, at Noon. T3 in the afternoon (says evening on the pod) and then T3 for the bedtime. So it’s a handy little thing really 😀
Haven’t even added Ferritin and folate yet 😂
😂
I wasn’t thinking of the supplements!
I could possibly fill one but knowing me the routine would last a week or so and I’d go back to winging it again!
Does that one cut well then hipolion ?
These new tablets are Teva 20mcg T3 which seem really crumbly.
Maybe just my crappy cutter!
Yes, cut well. I cut small and large pills, ndt and t3 and I had no problems. The cutter has some kind of rubber that keeps the pill from slipping. May you need to push the pill into the hole to stay fixed. I like it.
Teva is the brand Badhare has mentioned above as being impossible to cut. It may be that you have to get a prescription specifying the more cuttable brands.
I'm not too familiar with them, but I believe Teva has very curved, shiny edges, so it's almost a half circle on each face (hard to describe), whereas other brands are flat on top with a groove marking where to break them in half.
These ones are very shiny with no scores or marks of any sort.
They’re almost quite flat actually, so barely a flat edge around them, more of an elliptical shape.
Honestly, get us - the science of pill shapes!
Hehe! It's a good topic, I'm glad you brought it up. One of so many issues with illness where it can seem a bit small and silly but actually has a huge impact.
Teva T3 (like Teva Levothyroxine) upsets many people
Though it's the only uK one that's lactose free
Well... funnily enough....
I’m finding I’m getting a few symptoms again. Only minor, bit of head pressure on exercising, slight tinnitus, but I just feel it’s not quite right again.
I don’t know if it’s the brand or just the change, or the fact that accurate dosing is damn near impossible.
The pharmacist looked doubtfully at her pc when I asked about alternatives to the 20mcg tablets do I don’t fancy my chances of getting an alternative.
What do you think? 😬
There's only three options
Teva
Mercury Pharma - in a pot and often short use by date
Morningside Healthcare - best in my opinion. Blister packed
What size are the mercury ones SlowDragon ? I use the 25mcg levo ones and they’re fine.
Do we know if they’re much more expensive?
Definitely more symptomatic again 😩
I also have this one, it was recommended to me on the forum ages ago. Amazon says I've had it since Dec 2017. At some point the flimsy 'safety guard' started to split, so I snipped it off with nail scissors.
This is much better than a handful I've had from pharmacies. I cut 1 or 2 tablets in half most days, and have used it for quarters a few times.
I’ve used a scalpel I bought on Amazon (Swann-Morton) with great success for nearly 2 years and able to cut my t3 and t4 tablets,up to 8 pieces each. It allows me to position the blade precisely where I need it and is extremely sharp.
I have one of those for art work I should try it out, but fear the bits will ping off...never to be recovered - 1/8s is impressive and what I require
I’ve never lost a bit when cutting the pills. I hold the pill between my thumb and index finger on a hard surface and then gently cut.
What artwork do you do TSH110?
Have used a Boot's pill cutter for years with no problems.
I use a scalpel. Very sharp and very accurate
As Sybilla14 says....it's even possible to cut into 1/8ths
How do you stop the bits flying off to the four corners of the world?
Because knife is sharp, and very thin it cuts easily
Hold pill both sides and press down .....
cassart.co.uk/craft/adhesiv...
That is great advice thanks Slow🐉 i’ll give it a go I always used a sm. curved blade 9B rings a vague bell (or was that the William Guillot dip pen nibs 🤔) - good for erasing rotring pen from permatrace whilst avoiding slashing ones fingers!
I used to be graphic designer.......frequently used scalpel to remove Rotring ink errors off page .....before it all went digital
And that wretched letraset tone stuff cutting such intricate shapes with the scapal then hovering nervously with the flimsy film held on the very tip, before commiting and plonking it down onto the permatrace, praying for accurate placement and no air bubbles tho you could stab or slit those with some nifty fingernail work to disappear them 🤣😂🤣 (I actually had fingernails in those days not the chipped crumbly receding into the quick affairs caused by overt hypothyroidism) - darn useful things those scalpels and fingernails....then the person commissioning the work asks you to amend the drawing after you told them once the tone is on there is no going back! Roy Litchenstein had the best idea painting the darn dots one by one ratatatat! Job done 😉
I have this Safesound one from Boots that I have got on well with, I like that you can keep your pill in the top so you have it ready to cut in the morning :
boots.com/safe-and-sound-pi...
My fingers are too fat for the depth to get small divisions out easily - drives me nuts!
that's annoying, the little V to put the pill in did take a little getting used to. I think collectively here we could all design the perfect pill cutter!!
I have the boots one ok for 1/2’s but think my teeth are more accurate for 1/4’s!
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