Eltroxin - Has ingredients changed since Autumn 🍂 2021 in UK 🇬🇧

[Kisca]

Hello 👋 Everyone ,

I have posted here before ☺️

I was just checking has Eltroxin ( Mercury Pharma ) changed its formulation since around Autumn 2021 ?

You will see from previous posts that I’ve recently come off NDT Armour ( 1/2 Grain ) as I was struggling with costs so I’ve been prescribed Eltroxin 50mcg .

I’ve been on it 7 days ( but just 25mcg ) as I’m so sensitive to changes and Ive been having itching flares 🙈. I feel like I could crawl out of my skin 😞 Scalp itchy too .

I am just wondering if it’s because I’ve started so low on dose and my body is missing what I had got up to with Armour before stopping it .

When I was first diagnosed with Hashimoto’s around Autumn 2021 I was prescribed Eltroxin 25mcg but I don’t recall any itching all over !

Has formula changed since around Autumn 2021 ?

Thank you in advance for any kind responses , much appreciated 🙏

Kelly

[Jaydee1507 Administrator]

Having swapped from Armour that includes T3 to Levo only is a huge change for your body alone and you may not be on the correct dose yet.

Is there a reason you're only taking 25mcgs Levo at the moment? I would suspect you're on too lower dose and your body is missing the T3 thats in Armour.

What supplements are you taking?

What are your latest vitamin results?

[Kisca in reply to Jaydee1507]

Thank you very much for the reply ✨

I’ll come back in more detail tomorrow together with my test results ☺️

[helvella Administrator Thyroid UK]

UK levothyroxine products rarely change their ingredients. Indeed, I don't remember a single one that has done so other than when one product was taken off the market in 2012 for a few years then returned as a new formulation. (And that was printed across every pack.)

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[Kisca in reply to helvella]

Thank you 🙏 so much……that’s good to know that the formula hasn’t changed ☺️

Yes I think I had been researching Eltroxin that’s available in other countries but not the one in the uk 🇬🇧

[helvella Administrator Thyroid UK in reply to Kisca]

Completely different product made by different companies with different ingredients!

I love the way the pharmaceutical industry manages to confuse us.

[Kisca in reply to helvella]

🤣 yes I agree ☺️

[ashquar]

I hadn't connected itching to levo. I was self medicating with t3 only and let Christies Manchester talk me into taking levo and lio. At the moment it's a trial on my side because I was not brilliant but ok on lio only.

My scalp is the worse with the itching but I do itch on other parts of my body and dry skin.

It does make me wonder now how many other people have the same side effect.

[RedApple Administrator in reply to ashquar]

ashquar, 'I hadn't connected itching to levo. '

Two things you can do that might help: 1) Try a different brand of levo and 2) try an antihistamine half an hour before taking the levo.

[ashquar in reply to RedApple]

Thanks, but I can't change brands as its took so long for me to get them to write the brand on the perscription, but will try the antihistamine.

[Trelissa]

Hi, they are not allowed to change ingredients without going through the mhra. Even then it wouldn't to be trialed