Does anyone on here who takes mercury pharma Levo only because of intolerance to other brands, happen to be able to tolerate another brand? I cannot get MP at the moment and cannot take Teva or Northstar, my pharmacist has said that she can’t get hold of them, apparently there’s none in the warehouse. I have just spent an hour phoning around other chemists in the area to no avail.
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can’t get hold of Mercury Pharma
Ring around different pharmacies
We hear this all the time ….it’s usually rubbish. They just don’t want to order in specially
Try small independent pharmacies
Mercury Pharma customer care phone number
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Advanz customer care. (02085889273).
What dose levothyroxine are you currently taking?
Northstar 25mcg is Teva
Northstar 50mcg and 100mcg are Accord
yes I have ring 17 pharmacies including independents, been on the phone for over an hour, I am just trying the hospital pharmacy but they’re not answering. My last box was Eltroxin and I didn’t feel any side effects. None of the stores I have spoken to have mentioned Advanz, they have given me a list what they have and mostly seem to have Accord so I may have to give them a try.
Accord and Mercury Pharma are most easily tolerated
Wockhardt also popular but only comes in 25mcg tablets
Teva is marmite brand. Many can’t tolerate….few find it by far the best
Have you tried Boots? My local Boots could get it last week. MP is the brand that suits me, and having different brands last year did not. I wish you joy and hope you manage to get some. Apparently Advanzpharma levothyroxine is the same as they also make MP. And I believe Eltroxin is too. SlowDragon helvella Is this right, please? Thank you.
Advanz is the company
Yes …good point
Often pharmacy has Mercury Pharma listed as Advanz
And yes Mercury Pharma and Eltroxin are absolutely identical
Thank you very much. It seems my local pharmacy believes Eltroxin is more expensive? They have told me it seeds to be specified on my prescription before they will/can dispense it.
Husband is just going to Boots as they never answer the phone so he’s jumped in the car but thank you 😊
My medicines document lists all the UK products.
Some have been happy with Aristo which contain neither mannitol nor lactose - but only in 100 microgram tablets.
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.
I’ve had the same problem and can no longer get Mercury (Greater Glasgow area). My local pharmacist has been extremely helpful but it isn’t in stock at any of his suppliers in spite of the manufacturer claiming it is. He says he’s having trouble getting all kinds of drugs at the moment and has to take anything he can get. Consequently I get a different brand every time I get my script - which he knows is not what I want.
Our local branch of Boots still obtains and dispenses Mercury levo tablets, with the occasional appearance of Teva (25 mcg) and Wockhardt (25mcg). Up until now our Mercury supply has been still branded and boxed as such, although it us now often listed under the Advanz umbrella, which also produces the identical Eltroxin levo tablets.