Current European T3 prices?

[MikeM46]

Back in 2017 Lord Hunt deployed a European T3 price list to exemplify how outrageously huge U.K. prices were in comparison. They ranged, from memory, per hundred tablets from under £2(Spain?) to a quite untypical c £68 (Netherlands?)

U.K. prices have come down a fair bit but must still be huge compared to in Europe. Anyone able PM me I’d much appreciate info on current European prices, esp for larger comparable countries like Germany & France (is that Cynomel?) & Spain. Time to ask again why that (2018?) medicines cost control Act Jeremy Hunt brought in has never been deployed!???

[SeasideSusie Remembering]

The only one I know is Unipharma T3 from Greece where in a pharmacy it costs €2.30 for a box of 30 tablets.

[weedodos in reply to SeasideSusie]

Is this for levo or can you buy NDT in Europe without prescription particularly Spain. Thanks

[SeasideSusie Remembering in reply to weedodos]

Weedodos

This thread is about the price of T3, not Levo, and T3 is what I have mentioned in my reply above.

I don't think NDT is available in Spain, the only NDT without prescription comes from online suppliers as far as I know, I don't think you can buy it anywhere over the counter without prescription.

[weedodos in reply to SeasideSusie]

Thank you so much for your reply Yeah I used to buy it online but got a dud batch at start of covid and have not bought since. I don't do good on Levo but it's all I can get without paying for a private prescription which I have done in the past but it is very expensive. Again thank you for your reply

[SlowDragon Administrator]

Germany - Thybon Henning 20mcg is approx 30 euro for 100 tablets

NHS currently paying £59.31 for 20mcg x 28 tablets

Price Dropping at virtually every new months drugs tariff

Capsules are cheaper (but not splittable)

[helvella Administrator]

No liothyronine available in Spain.

German prices are readily available by doing a search. The prices are the same everywhere in the country.

Still not complete, but my medicines document has information about some liothyronine products. (Not prices - but if you know something is available, you can try to find prices.)

helvella - Thyroid Hormone Medicines

I have created, and try to maintain, a document containing details of all thyroid hormone medicines in the UK and, in less detail, many others around the world.

From Dropbox:

dropbox.com/s/wfhrlmb5983co...

From Google Drive:

drive.google.com/file/d/12N...

[Brightness14]

In France last week the price for 30 tablets of Cynomel was in euros 4.49 by prescriptionThis of course has 60/70% deducted by the CPAM. Mine is free as I have no thyroid.

Made in France by Sanofi

[jade_s in reply to Brightness14]

Interesting as i was paying 5 euro + some cents last year. Out of pocket.

[Brightness14 in reply to jade_s]

Yes you paid about 5.51 euros I forgot the tax 1.01. Anyway it's so cheap here.

[judycopage]

I can add confirmation to Seaside Susie's and Scops_Owl's posts that Greece has very cheap T3 tablets - my contact there sent me info - 25 mcg x 28 days is 2.50 euros and no prescription needed.

[SeasideSusie Remembering in reply to judycopage]

T3 25 mcg x 28 days is 2.50 euros in Greece.

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Unipharma comes in packs of 30 tablets. There used to be 3 x 10 tablet blister packs in a box, now there are 2 x 15 tablet blister packs.

[Brightness14]

I do and live in France. Because I have no thyroid I don't actually pay for it my GP prescribes it every five months. If you had to buy it with a normal prescription it's only just over 4 euros.

[Lourid]

Not Europe I know - but I’m currently in Turkey where I have just paid around £4.50 for a box of 100 Tiromel.

[marigold22]

I buy T3 online from Mexico. Only packs of Tiromel in 25 mcg

[MikeM46]

Many thanks all for your replies! The massively extra bits over here must have cost the NHS approaching £100M over the past few years (Or very likely a great deal more!) And then there’s the hassle & misery & illness & ruined lives of thousands of patients & of course the waste of precious NHS resources sending patients off in various directions in futile attempts to avoid/deny the clinical need for T3.

[helvella Administrator in reply to MikeM46]

That is why the CMA imposed a £100M fine on Mercury Pharma, etc.

[SlowDragon Administrator in reply to helvella]

But doubt fine been paid yet ….

Or will ever be paid