helvella - The End of Thyroid BP

[helvella]

Several times I have posted about how Thyroid, BP eventually disappeared (from the 1980 British Pharmacopoeia).

However, I have now added several additional letters in a thread over a few issues of the British Medical Journal. They add some depth to the story.

Have a look even if you have previously seen my document(s).

helvella - The End of Thyroid BP

A brief note of one public statement about the final withdrawal of the UK product, Thyroid, BP. I suspect it summaries the attitude of the time..

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[humanbean]

I notice there is never any doctor accepting blame for not prescribing enough thyroid hormone treatment. Instead there is a blanket assumption that patients aren't taking their prescribed hormones.

Why am I not surprised? Because this still happens a lot today.

[helvella in reply to humanbean]

And ongoing and repeated efforts always to reduce doses (whichever form is being prescribed - levothyroxine, liothyronine, desiccated thyroid or any combination).

I thought the "not taking" would get some responses. And, while that reason is likely not the reality, that doctor's comments re heart disease seemed pretty on point.

[Rapunzel]

So very sad. The battle continues and I hope that one day, just as low-fat diets have been discounted, there comes a time when all of these wacko medics, most of whom will have passed away by now, resting on their ill-deserved laurels are dismissed to the furthest reaches of hyperbolic group think. I'd be interested to know how many skiing trips under cover of 'thyroid conventions' were paid for by the pharmas of the day, leading to these 'worthy' signatories.

Do one, every last one of you.🤬.

[Batty1]

what is thyroid bp?

[helvella in reply to Batty1]

Thyroid, BP was the UK licensed/approved desiccated thyroid tablet available until around 1980.

Thyroid USP is slightly different. It is the specification for desiccated thyroid powder as used in the USA as the active ingredient in desiccated thyroid products such as Armour Thyroid and NP Thyroid. However, the term is used worldwide and it is the standard all manufacturers claim to adhere to. By extension, it is also used to refer to products manufactured using Thyroid USP.

One grain of Thyroid, BP was a different (smaller) dose than one grain of Thyroid USP or product made with that. Hence we cannot compare old documents which refer to doses in the UK with those in the USA. Indeed, before 1932, there was a major mess of products and even thereafter, both Thyroid, BP and Thyroid USP products were available.