Switching brands of T3 Liothyronin

[Wired123]

Hi all, I’ve been taking Sigma T3 for a few months. This is expensive and hence I’m switching to Thybon Henning which is a quarter of the price!

Anything to watch out for when switching?

Also has anyone used a pill cutter that cuts a tablet into 4 equal pieces. The Thybon is 20mcg and I need to take 2x5mcg per day.

[Simplyred57]

Hi again , I swapped to Thybon but it didn’t agree with me unfortunately, cutting the pills was ok , they do crumble a bit but they’re a decent size to cut, I just bought a pill cutter from Amazon.

[shaws Administrator]

I recommend this pill-cutter from Amazon. I take T3 alone and it splits the tablet very effectively.

amazon.co.uk/Safe-Sound-Pil...

[crimple]

when I had a private scrip I bought thybon from Germany and felt OK but once NHS agreed to supply liothyronine I realised I would have a problem with fillers. I cannot tolerate acacia powder.

Finally I settled on Sigma Pharma and have had a scrip for the last 18 months. I feel the SP is more consistent and take 3x 5mcgm per day with 100mcgm levo. When taking Thybon I was on 17.5mcgm, bit fiddly and would sometimes feel I needed to reduce 15 or increase to 20