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Hello!

Anybody else having sudden problems with Erfa? I have used it for years. I was feeling fine before I started a new batch about a month ago. About 2 days after starting a new batch all the problems started. My migraine also got very much worse. I almost feel like going crazy? And this is certainly not normal for me to be like this. I am going to ask my doctor about it. But I am just wondering if anybody else has had this problem with Erfa?

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It might help if you let us know the batch number, what expiry date, and what dosage you are having issues with.

And which country you are in.

And if you got it from an authorised pharmacy with a prescription - or otherwise.

Does the packaging or contents look in any way different?

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Mats23 in reply tohelvella

The dosage is 60 mg, 100 tablets in one bottle. And the lot number is 23F19, expire date 06/2026

I take 2 tablets a day. I have felt fine, better than for a long time and then the batch changed. I didn't first realize it could be the batch, but I started to get this feeling in my throat over the thyroid like somebody is squeeshing it. Pressure over it. And this feeling is familiar to me because I have had it if the dosage changes or there is a problem. So from that I realized there might be some problem with the batch. And it is like dropping really down. I was doing so fine and now all the symptoms are back and some worsened like my migraine is terrible now.

I am in Finland and it is with a prescription. About the looks it may be that the pill looks a bit more shiny.

I asked at the pharmacy that if they would order an other bottle to me to see if it was another batch, but they said that it is very likely that it is the same batch anyway that it wouldn't help to order another one. I don't know if that is true.

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I hope someone else has that batch and can reply helpfully.

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Yogagirl1

yes definitely, a few months ago a new batch has brought my hypo symptoms back with a vengeance! Heart palpitations all day long, chronic fatigue the list goes on and on. I knew as soon as I started a new batch it was wrong. It’s happened before years ago and with Armour. Running out of ideas now as need to try another NDT as the Erfa hasn’t got better.

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Mats23

I'm sorry to hear you have the same kind of an experience. I knew about two days after starting a new batch that something was wrong. My health collapsed. I was fine for a long time and now everything is gone because of the new batch. Hard to believe, but have to accept it. I've had the same thing happen once with Naturthroid and Armour. Erfa worked for a long time and now this happens. I'm also a bit confused about what to do. I don't know if my doctor is too enthusiastic to try something new. The pharmacist tried to find me another batch yesterday, but this batch was the only one in my country.

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