thyroxine pills

[Thyroidmeg]

hi are there any brands that do 200mcg?

I’m on 225mcg which means taking 3 pills every day . I’d rather it was 1. (I’m on 3 blood pressure pills too)

Would be good it it was just a higher dose pill

Unfortunately I get a different brand every time from chemist

also they seem very sweet do they contain sugar?

Don’t normally take sugar especially now as just been diagnosed as type 2 diabetes (no pills required so far )

[helvella Administrator]

The highest dose in a UK approved levothyroxine is 100 micrograms.

Bear in mind that if there were a 225 microgram tablet, then any change of dose would require a new prescription and possible waste of what you already have.

Most of them contain a sugar - lactose or, in one case, sucrose. One contains mannitol (which is classed as a sugar alcohol and sweetener).

Two do not contain such ingredients - Aristo Vencamil and Glenmark. However Glenmark is currently unavailable and we are unsure if or when it is returning.

The most sugar any of them contains is about 65 milligrams of lactose. Which is difficult to assess as it is such a small amount and, anyway, some diabetes sources positively recommend consumption of dairy products which would contain more than that.

The one which contains sucrose - well, the entire tablet is less than 50 milligrams. I suspect that, for many of us, we consume more than that much in every meal we eat - even if we try to avoid sugar. And if not sugar/sucrose, then as carbohydrate which is digested into sugars.

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[Thyroidmeg in reply to helvella]

Thanks that’s really helpful