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Update on the northstar 25mcg brand being teva and even pharmacists are under the opinion its activis which is the 50 and 100mcg dose so clearly a little education is needed here , i reported my reaction to the teva 25mcg packs and filled out the yellow card procedure, thankyou to everyone that gave me advice and helpful information I really do appreciate each and everyone of the members here ... much love x

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helvellaAdministratorThyroid UK

I have summarised the current levothyroxine tablets here:

UK Levothyroxine Tablets

This is a list of currently marketed levothyroxine tablets in the UK.

🔹 Actavis (manufacturer – part of Accord)

50

100

🔸 Almus (brand owned by Walgreen Boots Alliance – Boots and Alliance distributor)

50 – This is repackaged Actavis.

100 – This is repackaged Actavis.

🔹 Mercury Pharma (manufacturer – part of Advanz) includes both “Levothyroxine” and “Eltroxin” which are identical.

25

50

100

🔹 Teva (manufacturer)

12.5

25

50

75

100

🔸 Northstar (brand owned by McKesson – Lloyds pharmacy and AAH distributor)

25 – This is repackaged Teva. ❗

50 – This is repackaged Actavis. ❗

100 – This is repackaged Actavis. ❗

🔹 Wockhardt (manufacturer)

25

🔹 – identifies manufacturers.

🔸 – identifies repackaged products.

– Take particular note of the actual product which varies by dosage.

Numbers refer to tablet dosages in micrograms.

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Jodiedebs55 in reply to helvella

Your a star ... thankyou so much

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humanbean

Helvella - would you add today's date to your very useful summary, please. :)

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helvellaAdministratorThyroid UK in reply to humanbean

I shall put the "last updated date" on the information. You can see when I posted it by hovering your mouse pointer over what currently says 4 hours ago on the post. :-)

I think most people miss that date display when hovering - it isn't exactly obvious.

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humanbean in reply to helvella

Wow! I never knew that feature was there! And how long have I been a member? Seven years?

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humanbean in reply to helvella

And I've just discovered it works in Chat too. Yippee!

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crimple

Thanks very much for this Helvella. I need to know about Actavis/Almus which I have been taking for 8 years. I cannot have anything with acacia powder in it, so have split 50mcgm tablets in the past

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