Accord Levothyroxine 100mcg Batch N0 ATC54 Query

[thyreoidea]

Hi all,

l have asked this question before and hopefully patient people will understand why I am asking again.

I always get my Accord Levothyroxine from Boots, it is either boxed as Accord or Almus, I have a thing about not getting batches with ATC prefixes as these are test batches, Boots know this but still deliver them and will not take them back.

I have another serious auto immune condition and do not want any problems arising from my thyroid medication as it could lead to skewed results and treatment.

Today the latest 100mcg are Accord boxed as Accord with batch ATC54 expiry date 11/24, can anyone assure me that this batch is OK.

thank you for your patience.

[helvella Administrator]

Did you notice this post:

Accord 50mcg tablets - sub potency - anyone else?

healthunlocked.com/thyroidu...

And TC1688 is also being reported.

[thyreoidea in reply to helvella]

Hi helvella, thank you for your reply, yes I saw that when it was posted, my query is regarding 100mcg though.

[helvella Administrator in reply to thyreoidea]

TC1688 is 100 microgram tablets.

[thyreoidea in reply to helvella]

Can you please point to that post as I cannot see that one mentioned, I apologised I must have brain fog.

[helvella Administrator in reply to thyreoidea]

That batch is not in a post - it was an additional comment.

[SeasideSusie Remembering]

I have some ATC batches but not that one, I also have some ATA batches. What is it about test batches that concerns you? My view is if that batch has been tested it would not have been released if it was found to be deficient in any way, so I'm more than happy to accept a batch that has been tested even over a normal TC batch that hasn't been tested.

[thyreoidea in reply to SeasideSusie]

Paranoia and OCD I'm afraid, but as a logical person most of the time I see your reasoning. Thank you for responding, you have gone some way to convince me to use them.

[pussycatwillow]

I have yellow carded batch ATC46 expiry 09/24 (100 mg) and returned them to Accord.

I believe they were sub optimal based on my recent results from MMH. My TSH was higher than usual and T3 lower.

I asked my local Boots chemist for a different brand but apparently they only have Accord.

[thyreoidea]

Hi pussycatwillow, thank you for your response. That's interesting as ATC supposedly are test batches. How much different were your previous results and were they compared to same lab ect. Did you have any symptoms return?

[pussycatwillow in reply to thyreoidea]

I increased my levo from 112.5mg to 125mg.

Only symptom was that I felt was putting weight on.

Different labs but same Ref range and 8 weeks between tests.

Medichecks (Dec 22) MMH (March 23)

TSH 0.21 TSH 1.12

T3 4.9 T3 3.3

T4 18.4 T4 20.4

My TSH has never been above 1 for the last 8-10 years!

Not convinced the Accord tabs were optimal.

[thyreoidea in reply to pussycatwillow]

That is quite a difference as you say. I did read somewhere that thyroid levels vary throughout the seasons but not sure they would deviate that much although added to the difference between labs and who knows, still a large deviation.

[pussycatwillow]

By the way, how do you know ATC are test batches?

[thyreoidea in reply to pussycatwillow]

I contacted Accord about the strange batch codes and was told they are test batches when an ATC on 100 or ATA on 50's