Change in brand for thyroxine

[motherelle]

Has anyone noticed any issues since Activis changed to Accord please ?

[SeasideSusie Remembering]

motherelle

Lots of us here take Accord (was Actavis). There have been a few posts about it. A few have found a difference, despite Accord saying nothing has changed. I think the greater majority have been fine with it.

If you don't get on with it ask for a different brand but avoid Northstar and Almus because they are made by Accord (except 25mcg Northstar is made by Teva).

[motherelle in reply to SeasideSusie]

Do you know what difference they found ? My TsH has dropped way too much and I’ve been on the same dose for many many years .Even after dropping 25 mcg my TSH has remained the same .It can’t be coincidence that I’ve only been on Accord instead of the original Activis for 6 months .

[SeasideSusie Remembering in reply to motherelle]

Do you know what difference they found ?

Not offhand, no. There were a few threads quite some time ago and I can't remember them. I've done a search and here are a couple

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[J675]

It might be coincidental, but when my Actavis was changed to Accord I had increasing levels of anxiety with chest pain and breathing difficulties. This culminated in a full on panic attack, which I've never really experienced before.

I've since changed to Aristo and my body seems to be much happier on it and the low levels of continuing anxiety are likely because of being unmedicated for a week and a half between switching and then getting used to a different brand. Probably...

Have you changed over to Accord now? How are you feeling on it?

[motherelle in reply to J675]

That’s exactly what happened to me ..terrible anxiety never known anything like it . Thank you for your reply

[motherelle in reply to J675]

Thank you for your reply ,could you tell me which pharmacy supplied Aristo ?saw my Gp yesterday and he said I’ve to give it a go .

[helvella Administrator in reply to motherelle]

When someone reports that a particular medicine cannot be obtained by their pharmacy, or they need to find out more about availability, etc., I always suggest contacting the pharmaceutical company/manufacturer directly.

We have had many occasions when the information given by the pharmacy to the member has not been accurate.

Examples with good outcomes have included:

• There were issues, but they are now, or will very shortly be, resolved;

• There is no issue and it is not clear why the pharmacy said there was;

• The product has a new branding - and is now only available under the new name.

And examples with bad outcomes:

• The product is no longer available;

• There is an issue that will not be resolved in the time required;

• The product has been recalled.

Quite often, members have found that the pharmaceutical company/manufacturer can and will advise how a pharmacy can obtain stock. At the worst, you can find out from an authoritative source that there really is an issue that will not be resolved. With pharmacies, you will almost always have at least one extra company - the distributor - between the pharmaceutical company/manufacturer and the pharmacy, allowing confusion to enter.

Some pharmaceutical companies/manufacturers have been extremely helpful to members who have contacted them.

Contact details for most, possibly all, UK pharmaceutical companies/manufacturers can be found here:

medicines.org.uk/emc/browse...

[helvella Administrator]

I encourage you to report ALL side effects and bad experiences with ALL medicines including vaccines and diagnostic testing kits. In the UK, use the Yellow Card reporting system to inform the MHRA about any medicine issue you experience - or even suspect.

If in doubt, shout!

This post says more.

🟨 Making Yellow Card Reports 🟨

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There are other routes outside the UK. For example the USA's FDA has a reporting mechanism. Within the EU, the European Medicines Agency handles reports for centrally licensed products - each country handles its own for nationally licensed products.