CMA Advanz Liothyronine Fine: Pain aggravation: the human cost of medicine price hikes

[helvella]

Article in Guardian including Thyroid UK and CEO Lyn Mynott - and patients.

Pain aggravation: the human cost of medicine price hikes

After Advanz’s £100m fine over the price of its thyroid tablets, two people recount the difficulty of obtaining medication

Full article freely accessible here:

theguardian.com/society/202...

[tattybogle]

Thankyou lynmynott Lyn and David

[nightingale-56]

Also in Daily Mail. Thanks lynmynott . Also good article by Alex Brummer beneath this, where he gets it right, that Levothyroxine does not suit everyone.

[Hillwoman]

Were these really the most informative personal stories the Guardian received, or just the most conventionally acceptable for publication?

[RedApple Administrator]

Shame they had to pick two 'elderly' (sorry Lyn 😉 ) women for the article. It just compounds the all too frequently quoted stereotypical age and sex aspect of thyroid disorders. Medics will just say 'old women' who cares

[LindaC in reply to RedApple]

Agreed! But, on the other hand, there's also the endo movement [💩lol!] to reduce and reduce T hormones for 'older' patients... when they likely need them even more!