Private blood test company’s

[Tanyaking]

Could someone tell me the company’s that do the full thyroid testing kits sent out to me please ?

Many thanks

Tanya

[SlowDragon Administrator]

For full Thyroid evaluation you need TSH, FT4 and FT3 plus both TPO and TG thyroid antibodies tested. Also EXTREMELY important to test vitamin D, folate, ferritin and B12

Low vitamin levels are extremely common, especially if you have autoimmune thyroid disease (Hashimoto's) diagnosed by raised Thyroid antibodies

Recommended on here that all thyroid blood tests should ideally be done as early as possible in morning and before eating or drinking anything other than water .

Last dose of Levothyroxine 24 hours prior to blood test. (taking delayed dose immediately after blood draw).

This gives highest TSH, lowest FT4 and most consistent results. (Patient to patient tip)

If/when also on T3, make sure to take last third or quarter of daily dose 8-12 hours prior to test, even if this means adjusting time or splitting of dose day before test

Is this how you do your tests?

Private tests are available as NHS currently rarely tests Ft3 or thyroid antibodies or all relevant vitamins

List of private testing options

thyroiduk.org/getting-a-dia...

Medichecks Thyroid plus vitamins including folate (private blood draw required)

medichecks.com/products/thy...

Thriva Thyroid plus antibodies and vitamins By DIY fingerpick test

thriva.co/tests/thyroid-test

Thriva also offer just vitamin testing

Blue Horizon Thyroid Premium Gold includes antibodies, cortisol and vitamins by DIY fingerprick test

bluehorizonbloodtests.co.uk...

If you can get GP to test vitamins and antibodies then cheapest option for just TSH, FT4 and FT3

£29 (via NHS private service ) and 10% off if go on thyroid uk for code

thyroiduk.org/getting-a-dia...

monitormyhealth.org.uk/thyr...

[meme]

I use Medichecks. Thursdays they often have money off thyroid testing.

[Katrina999666]

I use Medichecks on a Thursday they usually have a discount code on

[Tanyaking]

Oh gosh there’s so many different ones to choose with medichecks ,i can’t think straight so not getting anywhere 🤦‍♀️... is the most comprehensive one - Thyroid check ultravit with folate ? ( £119)

[humanbean]

thyroiduk.org/getting-a-dia...

Notice the above link mentions a 30% discount on tests from the first link on the page.

bluehorizonbloodtests.co.uk/

bluehorizonbloodtests.co.uk...

You can get a good bundle of tests with this link which can be ordered as a finger-prick test :

bluehorizonbloodtests.co.uk...

The above test costs £129 , but with the 30% off discount code it costs £90.30

If you choose to get a vacutainer kit you'll need the services of someone to take blood for you, which obviously costs money.

[Katrina999666]

If you purchase from Medichecks and use the code at checkout N20D-3g827p it gives you a 20% discount on anything you purchase