Quick question, I started on T4 vencamil 12 mg on Monday afternoon (8th April) took Tuesday, Wednesday, dose 12mg then found out gp botched the thyroid bloods 😡
I posted the whole saga, so not going to get into that.
So how long will these 3 days of T4 12mg take to leave my system?
Having bloods done at my hospital now, don't trust my surgery at all😡
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Ho yeah 🤦.. I'm also unsure where to actually present the form🤔 do you know if I go to CHOC, or just normal reception in hospital, never done this before 🤦
That's another saga.... I asked for the printout of the bloods that had been done vits/minerals ect, but because this receptionist was hell bent on arguing with me about the thyroid bloods she didn't do me the printout, and I was so razzed off I forgot to re-ask her to do the printout🤦 will have to go back down and ask again... Tell you I'm going to either have a stroke or heart attack at this rate 😡
With my pill cutter, cut it into 50mg then 25, then cut again, probably not 12 but near to it, I just wanted to start on the lower dose because of gastric issues 👍
Ah. Thank you. I remember trying to cut it To get 12.5mcg but I could not manage ir at all. I’d be interested to Jen which pill cutter you use as it seems like I may need an upgrade.
I can tell you I've purchase many pill cutters off amazon and e bay unfortunately they were crap😡.I asked at my local pharmacy if they could recommend one, the lady showed me a pill cutter with a very sharp blade and the pill was enclosed in a v shape structure meaning it couldn't move, so the cutting was pretty good, no crums, it's a white case with green writing on the front, I'm in bed atm.. But will post the name of it for you, it was a bit more expensive than the ones on e bay and amazon, but works brilliantly 👍💊
Sorry for the late reply 🤦 just been wanting to sleep all day today 😴..... Its called safe sound healthy, not much more information on the cutter itself, probably more on the box it came in but I threw that away🤦... You could ask a any good pharmacist this one was a family run one, I don't know what boots would be like but I would imagine they'd sell you crap from china🤷 the ones I had from China off e bay and amazon broke very quickly and the blades were blunted after only a couple of uses👍
It looks like the new version🤔, mine looks like a small pager flat closes like a book, but as I say could be the new one, looks the same set up inside tho👌... Mine definitely wasn't that cheap tho, maybe because the family run business needed to add some revenue on😁 seems OK tho with customers feed back 👍
Hope it works for you,👍 I found it best to have it tilted slightly back to keep the tablet to the back of the cutter V, place the tablet inside the V, I use eyebrow pluckers to push the tablet to the back, then before you actually cut, bring the blade down checking that it's in the correct position , then press down gently, hopefully it should cut down the middle, then repeat, I know the half table is a bit harder to cut, but do the same keep the rounded end of the tablet in to the V again gently drop the blade, and repeat it again for 12.5, I will admit that 12.5 is hard but it's as near as possible to get🤦 don't know why on earth some thyroid medication comes in 100mg when we are told a started dose is 50mg🤦🤦
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