T3 NHS price finally going DOWN!

[nobodysdriving]

At last some positive change since Concordia was brought to trial and the gates have been opened to more companies to supply the UK with liothyronine....

In June 2017 the price to the NHS (taken from electronic online NHSBA drug tariff) for 28 liothyronine 20mcg tablets was £258.20p

Fast forward to November 2019 it went down to £173.86

And on January 2020 drug tariff lower still it will be at £165.18

still 'extortionate' prices and far over the price for levo but we are heading the right way anyway.....

[Hennerton]

Still absolutely ludicrous and shows why the NHS is struggling. It costs a few euros in France and across Europe. I live in hope of more reductions and less corruption.

[DippyDame]

Ah well that's what the NHS thinks of our health care....not a lot!

[McMurtagh]

I dread to think what’ll happen post the U.K. leaving the EU!

[madge1979 in reply to McMurtagh]

Could be cheaper !

[humanbean in reply to madge1979]

I very much doubt it will get cheaper just because we leave the EU.

Criminally expensive T3 is, as far as I know, a uniquely British problem. There are other EU countries where T3 can be prescribed e.g. France and Germany, and the price of it is a fraction of what it is in the UK.

[McPammy]

I sighted my T3 Liothyronine medication invoice recently at the hospital pharmacy. For 100 tablets of 5mcg Mayne Pharma is £111.00.

[Rosiemeadows]

Just got back from Crete.€1.20 for 30 tablets !!!! No script needed!

[Goldengirl01 in reply to Rosiemeadows]

Do you have to go there or do they supply on line and post, it would be helpful to know details for us that need it and can’t get prescribed. Could you PM me Rosiemeadows, thanks.

[Rosiemeadows in reply to Goldengirl01]

I went there for a weeks holiday Stayed in Chanda Got my T 3 from a small pharmacy off the beaten track! However my GP prescribes them for me on the NHS

[SeasideSusie Remembering in reply to Goldengirl01]

Legitimate overseas pharmacies wont supply by online. T3 is mean to be prescription only in Greece and the islands and has been that way for a couple of years.

There are online suppliers (who are not pharmacies) but there are some unscrupulous ones and lately we are hearing more stories of one online supplier taking money and not delivering, and another who is not responding to people's enquiries after they have ordered.

Be extremely careful with online suppliers, check with myself or another of the Admin team before ordering and parting with any money.

[McMurtagh in reply to SeasideSusie]

I do best on the Morningside brand ...... can that be purchased on line?

[RedApple in reply to McMurtagh]

Not without a prescription.

[Fluffysheep in reply to Rosiemeadows]

Did you have any problems finding it there? I recently managed 7 boxes from one pharmacy in Santorini, but another one I tried there didn't have any at all. Then managed another 7 boxes across about 12 pharmacies in Athens. A few didn't have any, and most would only sell me one box. No prescription needed though, and just over 2 Euros a box.

[Rosiemeadows in reply to Fluffysheep]

No trouble at all! Even offered to get more in for more in 3 days!!!

Crete is well worth a visit!! Stayed in Chania!

[london81 in reply to Rosiemeadows]

would you mind sending me the details of where you stayed and the pharmacy you visited please? thank you

[Ellie-Louise in reply to Rosiemeadows]

I love your name, it makes me think of summer. 😊

[Rosiemeadows in reply to Ellie-Louise]

Thank you! I love my name too!!!!

[debsmitch60 in reply to Rosiemeadows]

Could you message me the same questions as Dustpan please? Thanks

[SeasideSusie Remembering in reply to debsmitch60]

Legitimate overseas pharmacies wont supply by online. T3 is mean to be prescription only in Greece and the islands and has been that way for a couple of years.

There are online suppliers (who are not pharmacies) but there are some unscrupulous ones and lately we are hearing more stories of one online supplier taking money and not delivering, and another who is not responding to people's enquiries after they have ordered.

Be extremely careful with online suppliers, check with myself or another of the Admin team before ordering and parting with any money.

[Goldengirl01 in reply to SeasideSusie]

But the German pharmacies do go online and then post out that’s what I was meaning

[SeasideSusie Remembering in reply to Goldengirl01]

But the German pharmacies do go online and then post out that’s what I was meaning

Yes, the German pharmacies are legitimate pharmacies and there is an agreement where they will supply liothyronine, with a UK prescription, whilst we are in the EU.

Rosiemeadows was talking about buying over the counter from a pharmacy in Crete without prescription whilst she was on holiday:

Just got back from Crete.€1.20 for 30 tablets !!!! No script needed!

This is how many of us who don't get T3 prescribed have obtained it in the past without a prescription - either by walking into a Greek pharmacy and buying over the counter (before it became prescription only) or using a "supplier" who will supply without prescription (and are not pharmacies, they are "suppliers", basically "dealers" for want of a better word).

These pharmacies may supply tourists with the odd box here and there but they don't supply liothyronine online like the German pharmacies where you send your UK prescription.

[Goldengirl01 in reply to SeasideSusie]

Ok thanks susie.x

[nightingale-56]

Good to hear from you again nobodysdriving and also good that the price for Liothyronine is falling at last. Although I am now on NDT as couldn't go on any longer with Levo. Much better now (apart from knees) with better blood results. Best wishes for Christmas and the New Year. I hope you are well.

[helvella]

Is that for 28 or 100 tablets?

[helvella]

Right, thank you. That still makes it much less expensive than UK manufacturers' liothyronine. I just wanted to be clear there.

[Geetal in reply to helvella]

Do you need a prescription for slow release T3 in Cyprus.? Or for T3 if the y dont make slow release T3?

[helvella in reply to Geetal]

Sorry - but slow release T3 seems to be a highly specialised product only available from a few sources - at least mostly only on prescription.

I know nothing about T3 in Cyprus these days - other than what others have said here (and I am not up to date on that!).

Suggest you write a new post asking about slow release T3.

[Geetal]

For helvella

Thanks for responding. I'm ok for the moment. I was forward thinking prompted by the discusion.as my current t3 prescription is provided by a private practioner and I am concerned at what to do if he retires. But one step at a time.

Thank you for being there for us