Can my GP write Private script for T3 following on from Endo script if it was in my medical notes to that effect.?

[Gillybean1]

Hello Everyone,

My Endo had been changed, dont know why.

Previously within an NHS appointment he wrote me a Private prescription for T3, and I noticed a reference to it once on my medical notes.

Can I ask my GP to write a Private script for T3 based on this? I have been dismissed from last years replacement Endocrinologist back to GP care, as I am the one who was "a waste of time, a waste of her time ,and a waste of an NHS appointment"................word for word.

Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated.

Every best wish , G

[Jaydee1507 Administrator]

I think normally it would have to have been an NHS prescription that a GP takes over, not private. If GP isn't comfortable prescribing T3 then there's no way you could force the issue, it would be a favour. I have seen it happen but would be super rare.

Maybe time to try Roseway?

[Obsdian]

According to my GP no. I have previously asked about treatments other than levothyroxine and she said they can only prescribe if an endo gives them permission.

[helvella Administrator]

In general, NHS doctors are expected not to write private prescriptions if the medicine is at least theoretically available on the NHS.

For example, if you want to take some malaria prophylaxis on a holiday, or get a yellow fever vaccination, which would not be provided by the NHS, they can write private prescriptions. But they cannot do so in order for you to acquire Thybon Henning rather than a UK liothyronine - especially not if it is for reasons of price!

And if you got a private prescription for liothyronine, and had to use it at a UK pharmacy for a standard UK make, you might find the prices deeply unattractive. They can choose their own prices which will always be more than "NHS prices".

[Elisabeth41]

My GP has written a private prescription for me for T3 after it being prescribed by my private endo. It was for Thybon Henning which I then sent to Roseway. You never know until you ask. Good luck.