Hi I've just spoken to my consultant and he says rather than taking my 20mcg tablet of liothyronine cut in half that I should ask for it in 5mcg tablet form . Does anyone know if it's available/possible. I get on prescription . Thank you in advance
Lesley
Yes - one UK make is available in 5, 10 and 20 microgram tablets - Morningside.
UK Liothyronine Tablets and Oral Solutions
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Last updated 10/10/2020.
This is a list of currently marketed liothyronine tablets in the UK.
Please note that re-branding (whether by a manufacturer or as an ‘own label supplier’) – which has happened with several products – does not mean any change to formulation.
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🔹 Advanz (marketing authorisation holder) – branded Mercury Pharma (also branded Tertroxin but not marketed under that brand in the UK)
🏭 Custom Pharmaceuticals Ltd. (manufacturer)
🥛 contains lactose
20 microgram PL 10972-0033
🟢 PIL mhraproducts4853.blob.core....
🟣 SPC mhraproducts4853.blob.core....
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🔹 Morningside (marketing authorisation holder) – branded Morningside Liothyronine and Iraksin
🏭 Morningside Pharmaceuticals Ltd. (manufacturer)
🥛 contains lactose
5 microgram PL 20117-0323
10 microgram PL 20117-0324
20 microgram PL 20117-0270
🟢 PIL Morningside Liothyronine & Iraksin 5, 10 & 20 microgram mhraproducts4853.blob.core....
🟣 SPC Morningside Liothyronine & Iraksin 5 microgram mhraproducts4853.blob.core....
🟣 SPC Morningside Liothyronine & Iraksin 10 microgram mhraproducts4853.blob.core....
🟣 SPC Morningside Liothyronine & Iraksin 20 microgram mhraproducts4853.blob.core....
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🔹 Teva – (marketing authorisation holder)
🏭 TEVA Gyógyszergyár Zrt. in Hungary (manufacturer)
No lactose ingredient
20 microgram PL 00289/2116
🟢 PIL mhraproducts4853.blob.core....
🟣 SPC mhraproducts4853.blob.core....
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Some non-UK Liothyronine Tablets
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🔹 Abdi Ibrahim (marketing authorisation holders – Turkey) – branded Tiromel
🏭 Abdi Ibrahim, Turkey (manufacturer)
🥛 contains lactose
25 microgram
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🔹 Ace (marketing authorisation holder – Netherlands) – branded Cytomel
🏭 Ace (manufacturer)
5 microgram
12.5 microgram
25 microgram
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🔹 Greenstone (marketing authorisation holder – USA) – branded Greenstone
🏭 Peptido GmbH in Germany (manufacturer)
No lactose ingredient
5 microgram NDC 59762-1206-1
25 microgram NDC 59762-1207-1
50 microgram NDC 59762-1208-1
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🔹 Grossman Cynomel (marketing authorisation holder – Mexico)
🏭 Grossman subsidiary of Bausch (formerly Valeant) in Mexico (manufacturer)
25 microgram
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🔹 IBSA oral solution (marketing authorisation holder – Italy) – branded Liotir
🏭 IBSA Farmaceutici Italia S.r.l in Italy (manufacturer)
No lactose ingredient
5 microgrammi/ml
10 microgrammi/ml
15 microgrammi/ml
20 microgrammi/ml
🟢 PIL – farmaci.agenziafarmaco.gov....
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🔹 Mayne Pharma (marketing authorisation holder – USA) – branded Mayne Pharma (formerly Libertas, Perrigo and Paddock)
🏭 manufactured in Germany (manufacturer)
No lactose ingredient
5 microgram NDC 51862-320-01
25 microgram NDC 51862-321-01
50 microgram NDC 51862-322-01
🟢🟣 dailymed.nlm.nih.gov/dailym...
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🔹 Pfizer (marketing authorisation holder – USA) – branded Cytomel
🏭 Peptido GmbH manufactured in Austria and/or Germany
No lactose ingredient
5 microgram NDC 60793-115-01
25 microgram NDC 60793-116-01
50 microgram NDC 60793-117-01
🟢🟣 dailymed.nlm.nih.gov/dailym...
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🔹 Sanofi (marketing authorisation holder – France) – branded Cynomel
🏭 PATHEON FRANCE in France (manufacturer)
No lactose ingredient
25 microgram ANSM 34009 302 775 5 3
🟢 PIL (French) base-donnees-publique.medic...
🟣 SPC base-donnees-publique.medic...
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🔹 Sanofi Deutschland (marketing authorisation holder – Germany) – branded Henning Thybon
🏭 Sanofi-Aventb, Barcelona, Spain (manufacturer)
No lactose ingredient
20 microgram ZN 6085344.00.00
100 microgram ZN 6085344.01.00
🟢 PIL 20 (German) mein.sanofi.de/produkte/Thy...
🟢 PIL 20 (English translation – out of date) dropbox.com/s/ccfr0tnmr7nom...
🟢 PIL 100 (German) mein.sanofi.de/produkte/Thy...
🟣 SPC 20 & 100 (German) mein.sanofi.de/produkte/Thy...
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🔹 SigmaPharm (marketing authorisation holder – USA)
🏭 Sigmapharm Laboratories, LLC in USA (manufacturer)
No lactose ingredient
5 microgram NDC 42794-018-12
25 microgram NDC 42794-019-12
50 microgram NDC 42794-020-12
🟢🟣 dailymed.nlm.nih.gov/dailym...
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🔹 Sun Pharmaceutical Industries (marketing authorisation holder – USA)
🏭 Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Limited in USA (manufacturer)
No lactose ingredient
5 microgram NDC:62756-589-83, NDC:62756-589-88, NDC:62756-589-08, NDC:62756-589-18
25 microgram NDC:62756-590-83, NDC:62756-590-88, NDC:62756-590-08, NDC:62756-590-18
50 microgram NDC:62756-591-83, NDC:62756-591-88, NDC:62756-591-08, NDC:62756-591-18
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🔹 Uni-Pharma (marketing authorisation holder – Greece)
🏭 Uni-Pharma in Greece (manufacturer)
25 microgram
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🔹 – identifies marketing authorisation holder (or equivalent in other countries)
🔸 – identifies ‘own label supplier’ products
🏭 – identifies manufacturers (where known)
🥛 – contains lactose
🟢 PIL – Patient Information Leaflet
🟣 SPC – Summary of Product Characteristics document
🟢🟣 – Single document combining typical PIL and SPC information
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Numbers refer to tablet dosages in micrograms.
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Thank you . Have you heard if it's a good brand ? Thanks Lesley
I have no understanding as I do not take any T3.
That's ok thank you for taking the time to answer my question though .
Hi. I currently take it. 2x5mcg twice a day.
I’ve had no problems with it at all. But I know we’re all different 😊. Has been great. x
Thank you for that I'll find out from my gp and pharmacy if I can get it. Glad you are doing well on it .
Which brand of T3 do you currently take?
5mcg tablets are more expensive (over all)
How much are you currently taking a day?
Morningside Healthcare per box 28 tablets
20mcg tablets are currently £136
10mcg tablets are £148
5mcg tablets are £98
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Hi I currently take Mercury Pharma 20mcg tablet . I have to cut in half which is a nightmare . Also consultant said be best to get the correct dose through the day so 10 am then 5 then 5 spread across the day . I dont even know what I've been getting with the cut tab as it could be all dose in piece i take am and zero dose pm . It makes sense really .
The last time I checked the UK-based pharmacy had the option of:
20mcg Thybon @ £1 a tablet
5mcg Sigma @ £1 a tablet
I’m on sigma and will ask the Endo if I can take the Thybon (and cut with pill cutter) as it’s a quarter of the price!
Thank you
So Sigma 5mcg is £1 per tablet
Morningside Healthcare is £3.50 per tablet!
(sole U.K. licence for NHS prescription)
Many of us get 20mcg tablets and cut into 1/4’s (as its so much cheaper)
I find using a craft scalpel cuts into 1/4’s pretty cleanly
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I take 10mcg at 7am, 5mcg at 3pm and 5mcg at 11pm
Not everyone who takes Mercury Pharma T3 can tolerate Morningside T3 ....so make sure you have some spare MP in case it’s too diff
I swapped from MP to morningside, took 3-4 months to get use to
Hi I've just ordered a craft knife . Thanks for the advice
I get 5mcg Morningside lio on nhs prescription. I take 2 x5mcg per day. I did suggest to the surgery that they should prescribe 10mcg tablets and I would halve them to save money. But surgery Insists I get correct dose.
Hi thank you for your reply . I feel like I dont get the correct dose when I cut n half . Sometimes it crumbles and I lose some of it so the 5's would help a lot . Do you feel better taking Morningside ? .cheers lesley
I have had both teva and Morningside lio and was fine on both.
I get my Thybon from Germany - it is about 28p a tablet for 20mcg. The tablets are really solid and do not crumble and I can cut them cleanly. I use this pill cutter after buying several useless ones! smile.amazon.co.uk/gp/produ...
Hi Carna that is very similar to mine. I get my t3 on nhs now after having to find myself . I used to get thybon too . Thank you for your reply
Lesley
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