Thyroxine with the least fillers/ingredients

[Dolphin40]

Hi there

Can anyone tell which which Liquid Thyroxine is available in the UK with the least fillers/ingredients? My 7 year old is not doing well on the Eltroxin.

Thank you

[SlowDragon Administrator]

List here

thyroiduk.org/if-you-are-hy...

[Dolphin40 in reply to SlowDragon]

Yes iv seen this list but the pharmacies iv spoken to say they are not all available. Most are saying there are only 3? So I'm wanting clarification which ones are readily here. Thank you

[helvella Administrator Thyroid UK in reply to Dolphin40]

Most pharmacies only deal with some distributors. Hence they only see some of the products as being available.

Also, we have fairly recently seen Creo withdrawn and replaced by Zentiva - though this appears only to be due to takeover of Creo by entive and not a product change.

The least excipients (inactive ingredients) would be achieved by the highest potency product. That is, 125 micrograms per 5 mL. The amount of active ingredient in all thyroid hormone medicines is so small that we can regard the entire product as being composed of the excipients. So a higher potency would mean fewer millilitres of product required for a given dose. There is only a very small variation of ingredients.

I have created, and try to maintain, a document containing details of all thyroid hormone medicines in the UK and many in other countries.

helvella - Thyroid Hormone Medicines.pdf

This document has information about the available thyroid hormones in the UK and, in less detail, around the world.

dropbox.com/s/shcwdwpedzr93...

[sy28 in reply to helvella]

helpful to know, thanks Helvella