Stopping Liothyronine

[DylanA]

hi all

Sadly I can no longer afford to self fund my Liothyronine T3.

I have been taking it for over 4 months at 10mg daily.

please can you advise how to stop as I am concerned about stopping it suddenly. I have capsules not tablet so am unable to break in half.

many thanks for your advice.

[Jaydee1507 Administrator]

Are you precribed 10mcg tablets, because if you are thats an expensive way of buying T3. Much cheaper to get prescribed 20mcg Thybon Henning at 60-70pence per tablet.

If you really need to stop, then how much Levo did you drop?

Its usually suggested toreduce by 5mcgs at a time and hold for 2-3 weeks.

[SlowDragon Administrator]

capsules are much more expensive that Thybon Henning 20mcg tablets - £60-£80 per 100 tablets

Cut in half (or 1/4’s) by sharp craft scalpel or pill cutter

Suggest you change to Thybon Henning initially

Then it would be much easier to reduce dose SLOWLY by 5mcg

But have you tried getting T3 on NHS

Over 65,000 prescriptions in England in last year on NHS and increasing steadily

openprescribing.net/analyse...

Here’s link for how to request Thyroid U.K.list of private Doctors emailed to you, but within the email a link to download list of recommended thyroid specialist endocrinologists who will prescribe T3

Ideally choose an endocrinologist to see privately initially and who also does NHS consultations then transfer

thyroiduk.org/contact-us/ge...