SigmaPharm 5mcg Lio on NHS prescription

[Wired123]

I take this privately on private prescription.

It’s the only brand that works for me.

Has anyone got experience of having their GP prescribe this brand and which pharmacy can fulfil this?

The pharmacy I get mine privately from does not do NHS prescriptions.

[SlowDragon Administrator]

No it’s not an NHS licensed brand

Very unlikely to get on NHS.

NHS 5mcg tablets are Morningside brand only

[crimple]

Hi wired 123 I get 5mcgm tablets of Sigma Pharma on an NHS prescription because I cannot tolerate acacia powder and I won't touch any Teva with a barge pole after being very ill back in 2012 due to Teva 100cgm levo tablets not delivering the correct dose.My scrip is sent direct to Springfield in Richmond on Thames and the meds usually arrive within 48 hours in the post.

[Wired123 in reply to crimple]

That’s good to know. Do Springfield give you original sealed bottles of the tablets?

[crimple in reply to Wired123]

No, I wonder if they buy them in bulk? I get a brown plastic bottle with 180 x 5mcgm tablets, which is 2 bottles.( 3x 5mcgm per day and then enough for 2 months.) (my first scrip was from Boots but after that they couldnt get hold of it, the tabs came in the original white plastic bottles with the PIL attached to the bottle.) I have to ask for a PIL. I discovered that pharmacies are supposed to be inspected like GP practices.

Springfield hasn't been inspected !! You should get a PIL with every scrip!!

[Wired123]

Strange why they give you those bottles as it’s surely easier for them to dispense sealed bottles.

I wonder where they get their pills from as from what I can see SigmaPharm only supply these in the 90 tablet pack size so where are Springfield getting their stock from?

[Wired123 in reply to Wired123]

I think you should push the pharmacy for an answer.