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[Cezza]

please would somebody tell me if there’s a pharmacy that supplies liothyronine 20mg tablets on NHS BUT NOT TEVE OR MORNINGSIDE please private message me if this is not allowed thank u

[helvella Administrator Thyroid UK]

You can discuss pharmacies on forum so long as they require a prescription.

The tablets will be 20 micrograms (mcg) not milligrams (mg).

My medicines documents show all liothyronine tablets that are authorised in the UK.

Also shows that there is one make of capsules - Roma.

(They do not identify which pharmacies will supply. But useful to know what is possible.)

helvella's medicines documents (UK and Rest of the World) can be found here:

helvella - Thyroid Hormone Medicines

helvella has created, and tries to maintain, documents containing details of all thyroid hormone medicines in the UK and, in less detail, many others around the world.

This link takes you to a page which has direct links to the documents from Dropbox and Google Drive, and QR codes to make it easy to access from phones.

The UK document contains up-to-date versions of the Summary Matrix for tablets, oral solutions and liothyronine available in the UK.

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[Cezza in reply to helvella]

Thank u so much x

[Buddy195 Administrator]

I was prescribed 20mcg Roma but, for me, I had awful side effects with even half a dose (massive spike in anxiety levels). What side effects have you experienced with Teva/ Morningside?

[Cezza in reply to Buddy195]

Felt absolutely awful really couldn’t function after 3 weeks of starting & my blood work was out of range with both brands so was treating me at all

[Buddy195 Administrator]

Cezza, can you share your most recent thyroid results with us for TSH, FT3 and FT4 as I notice that you haven’t posted for a long time.

[Cezza in reply to Buddy195]

My blood work 11/sept 2023

TSH LEVEL 0.18mlu/L range 0.27-4.2

Ferritin level 42 range 30-150

Serum c reactive 1 range < 7

Serum urea 4.8mmol/L range 2.5 - 7.8

Sodium level 140 range 133-146

Potassium level 4.7mmol/L range 3.5-5.3

GFR 56ml/min/1.73.m2

25 April 2023

TSH LEVEL 0.37m/u/L range 0.27-4.2

B12 level 270ng/L range 130-800

I haven’t posted on here since my last hiccup with my medication which was the same problem & was advised by u guys to go to an independent pharmacy but here we are again I run out of medication tomorrow 1st thing & due to other comments I have found about her pharmacy & requested to have medication moved to them but I have to wait 72 hours which means I’m going to have no medication tomorrow until the weekend if I’m lucky this was after my gp to me to source my nhs prescription myself yesterday!!!

[Marz in reply to Cezza]

Ferritin and B12 too low...

[SlowDragon Administrator]

Mercury Pharma is the other 20mcg tablet available on NHS

[helvella Administrator Thyroid UK in reply to SlowDragon]

And Sigmapharm/Viatris!

[SlowDragon Administrator in reply to helvella]

20mcg?

Thought they were 5mcg ?

[helvella Administrator Thyroid UK in reply to SlowDragon]

The UK+Ireland product Marketing Authorisations for Liothyronine Sodium Tablets were granted in the UK on 17 December 2021.

Public Assessment Report

National Procedure

Liothyronine Sodium 5 micrograms Tablets

Liothyronine Sodium 20 micrograms Tablets

liothyronine sodium

PL 50888/0001-0002

Sigmapharm Laboratories International, Limited

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[SlowDragon Administrator in reply to helvella]

And Sigma are lactose free?

[helvella Administrator Thyroid UK in reply to SlowDragon]

Yes. But some may not appreciate their containing mannitol.

6. Contents of the pack and other

information

What Liothyronine Sodium Tablets

contain:

• The active substance is liothyronine

sodium 5 micrograms and

20 micrograms.

• The other ingredients are: calcium

sulfate dihydrate, corn starch, gelatin,

magnesium stearate and mannitol

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[SlowDragon Administrator in reply to helvella]

That’s annoying …contains mannitol

At least Teva doesn’t

[Cezza in reply to helvella]

I think this is the one I have just found in a local pharmacy thank u so much the only thing is I don’t know anything about it xx

[helvella Administrator Thyroid UK in reply to Cezza]

What do you want to know?

I have never taken any liothyronine and have now posted the Patient Information Leaflet link. Is there anything else?

Some other members have tried it.

[Cezza in reply to SlowDragon]

Gp is refusing to put a named brand on my Nhs prescription so I haven’t been able to source that one & it’s the best one for me xx

[SlowDragon Administrator in reply to Cezza]

Computer system apparently says “no” to putting named brand on prescription 🤷‍♀️

I have been unable to source Morningside brand for almost 2 months

[Cezza in reply to SlowDragon]

Have u found something else ?

[SlowDragon Administrator in reply to Cezza]

No not yet ….I have a few months stock pile….considering trying Teva ….especially as I am dairy free