Import medicines

[beatagod]

Hi,

Can I ask? Is possible to import levothyroxine from EU country to UK legally? I couldn’t find good brands in UK. When I was on holiday, I use Euthyrox and feel excellent. This brand isn’t in the UK

[helvella Administrator Thyroid UK]

As I understand, the law is quite simple. You may import prescription-only medicines into the UK for the use of you and your household - only. (Other than Controlled Drugs - thyroid medicines are fine.)

Your problem is getting a prescription that an EU pharmacy will recognise and a pharmacy which will send the medicine to the UK.

Although before brexit UK prescriptions were recognised throughout the EU, and pharmacies could just put medicines in the post, we no longer have that situation.

There has been confusion over whether UK prescriptions can ever be recognised within the EU. And a pharmacy supplying to the UK would have to register with the UK's HMRC for VAT - with all the overheads that implies.

[SlowDragon Administrator]

You might try these specialist U.K. pharmacies

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

They might be able to source Euthyrox

But possibly would need to be Private prescription