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Hi could you advise the t3 and t4 tablets available in the uk my Gp has taken on my t4 75mg t3 15mg medication I prefer tablet to capsules due to having to top up to feel well enough thankyou in advance

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I haven’t worked out how to add links using my iPad but you need the research constantly updated by helvella

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The cost of 15 micrograms as tablets is massively more than as capsules.

Current NHS Drug Tariff Liothyronine Prices

Link to a blog post of Monthly NHS Drug Tariff prices for Liothyronine products from January 2023 onwards.

Also includes link to information for Northern Ireland and Scotland. (Wales' data is based on England.)

helvella.blogspot.com/p/cur...

Last updated 29th November 2023

The products available are in my UK document.

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.

helvella.blogspot.com/p/hel...

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