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January 2024 - Current NHS Drug Tariff Liothyronine Prices

helvella•

1 year ago•3 Replies

The January 2024 NHS Drug Tariff has been published and my blog has been updated.

Changes from last month

The tariff price for Liothyronine 20microgram tablets has dropped to 4010 (from 4292).

The tariff price for Liothyronine 5microgram tablets has risen to 12338 (from 12325).

❗️See the blog post for full explanation.

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

Current NHS Drug Tariff Liothyronine Prices

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Also includes link to information for Scotland.

The details for December 2023 were posted here: healthunlocked.com/thyroidu...

The details for February 2024 are posted here:healthunlocked.com/thyroidu...

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Zephyrbear1 year ago

Never ceases to amaze me how the price of Liothyronine 20mcg was allowed to rise to £258 for 28 tablets! So many had this life changing medication withdrawn because of that (thankfully, I was one of the lucky ones who didn’t) and yet here it is today dropping below the price it was when I was first prescribed it over 12 years ago…

I hope that petition is still going strong and that we may see some good coming out of that price gouging disaster!

helvella• in reply toZephyrbear1 year ago

Would be good if 5 and 10 followed and were approximately similar price pro rata.

Allow patients to be prescribed the most appropriate combination of tablets to reach their dose/split.

Also, please ensure all thyroid hormone tablets are officially tested to split sufficiently accurately and easily.

Fluffysheep1 year ago

I've just been in hospital for 10 days (bowel obstruction. emergency surgery, highly traumatic and not what I had planned for Christmas! ).

Going through all the meds I'm taking, and obviously liothyronine is one of them. My official prescription is for 60mcg per day, but I actually take 75mcg per day (and all of the pharmacists and Drs I spoke to at hospital were absolutely fine about me taking this amount which I was pleasantly surprised about).

Anyway, they kept on saying they'd order me some tablets. I told them not to worry about it, as I had plenty at home, and my husband would bring them in, but they insisted they would get me some. Every single time they said this, I said to my husband that there is no chance I'd actually get them, due to the cost. And every single time, they came back, and told me they weren't actually able to get them for me (didn't say due to cost, but I'm certain that would be the reason).

I didn't mind, I was expecting it, and actually found it mildly amusing. Obviously I'm fortunate that I have my own stash at home, so it wasn't an actual problem, as then I wouldn't have found it quite so funny!