T3

[Eveline01]

Hello, I've recently added T3 and would really appreciate advice on where to source online as I am finding the ongoing prescription / medication costs very expensive. Please PM me. Thanks.

[SlowDragon Administrator]

Welcome to the forum

Are you in U.K.

There’s nothing on your profile

Can you give a little background info

How long on just levothyroxine and do you always get same brand levothyroxine at each prescription

How much levothyroxine

When was T3 added and how much

Which brand T3 are you currently taking

Presumably this is a private prescription?

Thybon Henning 20mcg tablets T3 are available on prescription at 50p-60p each from specialist U.K. pharmacies

Prescription should specify Thybon Henning 20mcg in multiples of 100 tablets

What are your most recent thyroid results

Important to regularly retest vitamin D, folate, ferritin and B12

Do you have autoimmune thyroid disease, also called Hashimoto’s usually diagnosed by high thyroid antibodies

[Eveline01 in reply to SlowDragon]

Hello, Yes, I am in the UK and recently added T3 to my regime, 2 x 20 mg which I take 4 times a day, alongside 25mcg of levo. It is so much better for me than T4 only. It is prescribed by a private endo who I am under the care of, but is expensive. I was hoping to source online in the long-term and yes it is the Thybon Henning brand I have been taking.

[SlowDragon Administrator in reply to Eveline01]

You mean a total of 40mcg per day as 4 x 10mcg spread through the day

So approx £1-£1.20 per day

[Eveline01]

It adds up to more than that - I pay for a private medical appointment, private prescription, medication costs (as you point out although the first company I used were more expensive) and delivery costs. It seems a lot to me, but perhaps not to everyone. I won't ask again.