Need help with T4

[Batty1]

Manufacturer is Alvogen (50mcg) white tablet or so I think... can someone give me a link so I can look to make sure these are correct. For some reason I can locate company just not this pill.

[helvella Administrator Thyroid UK]

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helvella – Thyroid Hormone Medicines

dropbox.com/s/shcwdwpedzr93...

Which will take you here:

dailymed.nlm.nih.gov/dailym...

What do you want to know?

[Batty1 in reply to helvella]

Thank you, don’t understand why it doesn’t come up... agh!

My pharmacy keeps giving me different companies 50mcg T4 do you think could cause me issues?

[helvella Administrator Thyroid UK in reply to Batty1]

Many people find that not all makes are equivalent in every way.

One make might have different ingredients and if you get an ingredient you cannot tolerate, that would be a problem.

Not clear what you mean by "it doesn’t come up" - did you follow my second link and find it?

[Batty1 in reply to helvella]

When I try to find the information about the pill, like a picture it doesn’t pop up.

[helvella Administrator Thyroid UK in reply to Batty1]

The whole of the DailyMed site is having its images of tablets reviewed/revised. Though, as a fairly new product (says Updated May 1, 2019), they might not have added them yet.

Section INGREDIENTS AND APPEARANCE does, however, contain some descriptive text:

Product Characteristics

Color WHITE

Score 2 pieces

Shape CAPSULE

Size 10mm

Imprint Code 50;T;4

[jrbarnes]

Alvogen seems to be the new generic that Walmart is carrying . SO many people, including myself, made complaints on Euthyrox when Walmart decided to swap the old generic for Euthyrox. The side effects were terrible and its bioavailabilty is low compared to the old generic. I spoke to the pharmacist about this Alvogen and I don't know much about it. I googled online and saw a post from someone claiming that Levothroid came back under the guise of Alvogen and as a generic, something about Lloyd Pharmaceuticals manufacturing for Alvogen Pharmaceuticals. That makes me leery to take it.

[helvella Administrator Thyroid UK in reply to jrbarnes]

The link I posted earlier shows this:

Manufactured by:

LLOYD, Inc.

Shenandoah, IA 51601 USA

Distributed by:

Alvogen, Inc.

Pine Brook, NJ 07058 USA

dailymed.nlm.nih.gov/dailym...

The ingredients are not quite identical to what I can find for Levothroid.

[jrbarnes in reply to helvella]

Thank you for the additional information. Someone made a comment on a post that his GP told him that generics are micronized, which is why they have better bioavailability than the name brands like Synthroid, Levoxyl, Euthyrox etc. I found that interesting because my FT4 levels are always higher on generics. I did some online googling and found a few articles on it. There's no way to find out if that's the same for Alvogen unless I try it! That's why I was concerned about it being sold as a generic if it's still the same as old Levothroid. Long ramble😜

[helvella Administrator Thyroid UK in reply to jrbarnes]

I don't get how there can be a clean division between generics being micronized - and non-generics not being micronized!

Indeed, I don't actually see where the division lies between generics and non-generics?

You could always contact Alvogen and ask them?