Purolabs

[Wooly1]

Hi I'm new to here. I just want to ask has anyone used Purolabs multi vitamins or anything else they sell. I have bought them but not sure if they are a reputable company?

[SeasideSusie Remembering]

Wooly1

Gosh, that's expensive!

Multivitamin supplements aren't recommended here for a few reasons. They tend to contain too low a dose of anything to help low levels or deficiencies, they tend to contain the cheapest, least absorbable and wrong form of active ingredients and often contain ingredients that we should test for first and only supplement of found to be necessary, eg iron, calcium, iodine. If it contains iron then this affects the absorption of everything else because iron should be taken 2 hours away from any other supplements.

That supplement contains B12 as cyanocobalamin and the recommended form is methylcobalamin, and folic acid and the recommended form is methylfolate. It also contains calcium, iron and iodine which all should be tested before taking.

If you can return them for a refund that would be the best idea, then test key nutrients - Vit D, B12, Folate and Ferritin - and supplement whatever is necessary at the appropriate dose.

[Wooly1 in reply to SeasideSusie]

Thanks for your reply I don't usually buy on impulse but i will try to return them. Thanks

[SlowDragon Administrator]

Before starting any vitamin supplements, we always recommend getting vitamin D, folate, ferritin and B12 tested

Then only supplement what’s necessary, and as SeasideSusie says, multivitamins are not recommended. Too little of what we actually need, and waste of money

For full Thyroid evaluation you need TSH, FT4 and FT3 plus both TPO and TG thyroid antibodies tested.

Very important to test vitamin D, folate, ferritin and B12

Low vitamin levels are extremely common, especially with autoimmune thyroid disease (Hashimoto’s or Ord’s thyroiditis)

Low vitamin levels common as we get older too

Recommended on here that all thyroid blood tests should ideally be done as early as possible in morning and before eating or drinking anything other than water and last dose levothyroxine 24 hours before test

This gives highest TSH, lowest FT4 and most consistent results. (Patient to patient tip)

Private tests are available as NHS currently rarely tests Ft3 or all relevant vitamins

List of private testing options

thyroiduk.org/getting-a-dia...

Medichecks Thyroid plus antibodies and vitamins

medichecks.com/products/adv...

Blue Horizon Thyroid Premium Gold includes antibodies, cortisol and vitamins by DIY fingerprick test

bluehorizonbloodtests.co.uk...

If you can get GP to test vitamins and antibodies then cheapest option for just TSH, FT4 and FT3

£29 (via NHS private service ) and 10% off down to £26.10 if go on thyroid uk for code

thyroiduk.org/getting-a-dia...

monitormyhealth.org.uk/

NHS easy postal kit vitamin D test £29 via

vitamindtest.org.uk

[Wooly1 in reply to SlowDragon]

Thank uou!