Tiromel?

[Jackthe1ad]

Following my wife’s latest thyroid review, we were again told there was no change with the NHS not supplying T3 again!

We sourced a supply from the USA last time but that price has increased, trying to find an alternative source and in looking have come across Tiromel (also known as Cytomel), but cant find any reviews on it, does anybody use it on here and if so is it safe?

[SlowDragon Administrator]

As per my reply 2 years ago

healthunlocked.com/thyroidu...

....if an NHS endocrinologist says she has clinical need of T3 she should be prescribed T3 on NHS

Which CCG area are you in?

Write, or more effective, go see your MP

It's completely unacceptable to be told to buy an essential daily medication over the Internet without a prescription

theyworkforyou.com/search/?...

Link to show prescription rate of CCG areas in England

openprescribing.net/analyse...

There were 56,000 prescriptions for T3 in England last year .... your wife should be one of these

[Localstore689 in reply to SlowDragon]

Yes get you mp involved they will sent you a form to give them authority to look into your nhs records and help you get what you should be getting in the first place

I've had my T3 checked awaiting results I wrote to my Msp and recieved form within 2 days so I've everything ready once I know the results this is shocking that people have been told to stop taking T3 we shouldn't need to be fighting for medication that our bodies need to function good luck and keep us posted x

[humanbean]

Tiromel is made in Turkey.

I'm not sure where Cytomel is made but it isn't Turkey. And I'm fairly sure that the name is used for T3 by quite a few manufacturers.

Online sellers of T3 often use the word "Cytomel" because they know that many of their customers are familiar with that name for T3. It doesn't mean you'll necessarily see the word "Cytomel" on the product you receive in the post.

I've been using Tiromel for several years. In fact I've never tried any other make. It's always been okay for me.

[greygoose in reply to humanbean]

Cytomel is made in the US, isn't it? Cynomel is made in Mexico and France. In Greece it's just called T3. And there are other names I can't remember. It's all T3. I've tried most of them and haven't had any problems with any of them.

[humanbean in reply to greygoose]

I get T3 brand names muddled up, I'm afraid, so can't be sure about anything.

I've even seen the name Cynomel or Cytomel (can't remember which) used on an Indian website, and to my surprise, with some digging I found out the product they were selling was actually Levothyroxine! I've never bought from India, but that experience made me very dubious about doing so, because I got the impression the retailer went out of their way to confuse potential customers.

[greygoose in reply to humanbean]

That's terrible!

[helvella Administrator Thyroid UK in reply to greygoose]

Cytomel that we think of as the classic Cytomel, from Pfizer (formerly King), appears to be from the USA but is actually manufactured by a German company and I have seen labelling saying both Germany and Austria - quite possibly made in two factories.

There is also a product branded Cytomel in the Netherlands. (But not from Pfizer.) They make 5, 12.5 and 25 microgram tablets.

ace-pharm.nl/en/product/cyt...

Sanofi Cynomel from France.

Grossman (Valeant) Cynomel from Mexico.

And, just to add to the mix, Sanofi Deutschland produce Henning Thybon.

[greygoose in reply to helvella]

So complicated! Good job I'm not fussy!