If like me you put a prescription request in over Christmas and have now been told ‘we can’t get it’ for Vencamil/Aristo Levothyroxine 100mcg then worry not…
Message from the ever helpful Paul Clark at Aristo 6.1.25:
Both AAH and Alliance have taken orders of 100mcg this week. Phoenix, the other mainline wholesaler in the UK have also taken several hundred packs in the last week.
Ensure your pharmacy check Alliance, AAH and Phoenix wholesalers if they deal with them.
If you are finding a new pharmacy check which wholesalers they use. Ensure one of these three are on their list.
If your pharmacy still claim they can’t get it (like mine just did) ask for your prescription to be ‘released back to the spine’ this gives you the paper copy to take around town and ask other pharmacies, I kid you not, I crossed the street to the next pharmacy and they ordered it in under 24 hours.
Any trouble let me know, always happy to help. 🌱
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I was going to the pharmacy this afternoon - but other things got in the way! Like making sure we have everything we need for tomorrow and, maybe Friday, given how cold/freezing it might be.
Hopefully, that will give them a touch more time...
I'm ready to sigh, deeply, when they still haven't sorted out 25 microgram Vencamil for me...
helvella I also had to wait for my 25mcgm Vencamil, second time this has happpened, from Springfield. As I only add 12.5 mcgm daily a 25mcgm pack lasts me 2months, so had a few in hand. Think word must be getting round that Vencamil is better for most folks, especially any needing 25mcgm tablets.
@helvella You do wonder why they are so stupid when NHS has clear format.They can be so pedantic about your TSH being suppressed but don’t know how important a correctly written scrip is
I had exactly the same problem, in the end my Pharmacist rang the Dr for me to sort it out. Maybe you could try that. The surgery receptionist was so rude to me I ended up in tears, they don’t realise how stressful it is trying to get a prescription written correctly in order to obtain the correct product
They already did contact the surgery. But at the time Vencamil was not appearing on the GP surgery systems.
I want to take responsibility for my decision that I want Vencamil. And, hopefully, have even the most minuscule effect on the surgery for others in future.
Seems they changed my prescription and that went through. But it wasn't visible in my repeat order through the app. I didn't even realise the prescription had been processed and, when I checked, thought it had all gone wrong.
I'd much rather deal with the friendly and helpful people where I go than the other local ones - which are all chains.
I had found Boots the best for a while but they went downhill dreadfully. And the queues got worse and worse. Then this pharmacy got bought by an independent person and so I switched.
I meant Regen should think about switching pharmacy. I think your issue was with the GP system?
A friend is in an awful situation with all their local pharmacies being owned by one company with terrible service at 2 theyve tried so far. That sort of monopoly shouldnt be allowed!
Problem was last week, is in stock now 👍 but yes pharmacy have amnesia everytime it happens. It’s like ‘computer says no’ 🤣
And yes I have considered switching, small and local suits me and in the past they’ve stockpiled for me, maybe I’ll go over the road to the one that could order it.
I'm just waiting for the day when theres a manufacturing problem. Hopefully, as there are different strengths then at least one strength will still be available. No idea what I'll do otherwise!
Of course it could happen. In the grand scheme, they are a small company. But they do supply levothyroxine in at least a dozen countries. Hopefully that means they are big enough to keep going through problems, have stock, etc.
For this update, I’m going to ask my pharmacy to swap me from accord 100 to Vencamil
100, so I’m on the same brand , as I take the 75 dose although I’ve been fine with the accord brand. I guess it better to be on the same brand for both dose? Thank you so much for recommending the brand to me
I’ve seen such a difference when it comes to my constipation
It great your in contact with someone who doesn’t mess around & get things sorted
I see being on the same brand/formulation being helpful if you have issues. You know which brand it is! But if you are taking a mixture, then it can be difficult knowing whether it was A or B.
Before going on Vencamil , I use to be on Teva 75 dose and have on it since I was diagnosed 4 years ago.
And I knew people had issues with it, but didn’t realise really bad constipation was one of the symptoms. Just though it was because of my thyroid being slow
Because of being underactive.
But since changing to Vencamil I seen such a big difference.
So I know that Teva was the cause. & thankful my pharmacy was able to prescribe me the Vencamil in the 75’s
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