Dissolving levothyroxine

[Salsybar73]

Good evening all. I had to get my thyroid meds from another chemist , but not far from my original chemist. These dissove in my mouth. Is this normal. I've never had these before .

[helvella Administrator Thyroid UK]

You are not the first to mention this.

It is entirely normal for this make/formulation.

They are lactose-free, mannitol-free and acacia-free - the three excipients most often suspected of causing issues.

I'm currently on 125 and take one of these plus a Wockhardt - and both seem to start dissolving/dispersing as soon as I put them in my mouth. A quick drink of water and they are swallowed. No known problems.

[Regenallotment]

I agree they are a bit crumbly but I prefer this make to any of the others 👍🌱

[SlowDragon Administrator]

I find Vencamil by far the best and take 125mcg daily

Waiting for 25mcg Vencamil tablets to become available soon hopefully

Any news on this helvella

[helvella Administrator Thyroid UK in reply to SlowDragon]

No further news. I'm pretty sure I'll find out before they are actually available and will let everyone know!

I'm in the same place - currently using Wockhardt for the 25 part of my dose.

[Humphre]

I like these but have trouble getting them🤦trying to get the doctor to write on prescription " Vencamil levothyroxine 100mcg" has been tricky, 25mcg are out in Sept no probs about melting & suit me 👍

[helvella Administrator Thyroid UK in reply to Humphre]

If they write "Vencamil", they should NOT write "levothyroxine"!

I'd have thought doing so should not be significant - but someone trying to find a justification for not supplying Vencamil could point at it and say "Look, it says levothyroxine and I've dispensed levothyroxine".

[Humphre in reply to helvella]

The pharmacy I found in nearby town can get it for me, I contacted Aristo who supplied the PIP code the pharmacy uses but he explained to me it has to say "Vencamil levothyroxine" at the moment it's just levothyroxine with a not at bottom of prescription request Vencamil 🤦I've explained/emailed & face to face had so much trouble to source so when my next prescription comes up I'll try again. Never thought it could be so hard. Most of pharmacies round me gave the excuse we get what the we're sent.🤷

[SlowDragon Administrator in reply to Humphre]

You could use mail order pharmacies

thyroiduk.org/get-support/t...

Is yours NHS prescription or private

Try Springfield pharmacy in Richmond Surrey

[Humphre in reply to SlowDragon]

NHS I have waiting in the cloud(best way I can describe 🤣) so any pharmacy but the doctor needs to put actually at top of prescription not in the 'additional notes' but thank you that might be useful👍