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Brexit and Liothyronine

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Does anyone have any idea what will happen regarding sourcing T3 Liothyronine outside of the UK privately once we leave the EU, which is now definite since the Conservatives have a large majority in the House of Commons.

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There's already a post on this subject with lots of speculation healthunlocked.com/thyroidu... .

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McPammy in reply tojimh111

Maybe those that order via private prescription should now question their Drs as to what is likely to happen to their supply now Brexit is a definite.

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jimh111 in reply toMcPammy

The doctors will not know, they don't have expertise or time to investigate EU legal issues. I've found a useful piece of guidance and will put it in the other post I linked to so everything is in one place.

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As you now get NHS prescription.......Have you tried Morningside Healthcare 5mcg T3 ?

That would solved possible supply issues

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McPammy in reply toSlowDragon

I do get NHS T3 also now.

I’m so so much better on ThyBon Henning privately though. I thought I’d just put the question out there as now Brexit will definitely happen.

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But you might get on ok with Morningside Healthcare T3

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McPammy in reply toSlowDragon

I did request Morningside a couple of months ago but the hospital refused and said I had to have Mayne Pharma 5mcg.

Where is Morningside manufactured, do you know. Mayne Pharma is US owned but actually manufactured in Germany. Is Morningside sodium based. Or is it like ThyBon which is chlorine based (I think that’s right I know it’s not sodium).

I’ll definitely request Morningside side again on my next prescription to see how that is. Mayne makes me very dehydrated.

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SlowDragonAdministrator in reply toMcPammy

Morningside 5mcg and 10mcg tablets only launched about 10 days ago

Its UK based. They are one of the three companies licensed to provide NHS T3

Everyone who gets 5mcg prescribed on NHS now seems to automatically get Morningside

If you manage to find out the cost bring charged to NHS for Morningside 5mcg or 10mcg tablets let me know

Guessing/hoping it's considerably cheaper than the £380-£428 that supplier was charging to provide 90 tablets Sigma Pharma on NHS. (£120 for same number tablets as private prescription)

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McPammy in reply toSlowDragon

I have no idea without a Drs prescription sorry.

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helvellaAdministrator in reply toMcPammy

Thybon is liothyronine hydrochrlide whereas (so far as I know) all other products are liothyronine sodium. Whether that has any significance is difficult to assess.

(I did notice a couple of Russian papers whch referred to lyothyronine-2-hydrochloride - whether that means that it is made in that form in Russia, or that they simply buy Henning Thybon, I cannot tell.)

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Put up a new post .....asking for information by private messages only

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Beachytoes2u in reply toSlowDragon

I thank you, for your quick info..

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