T3 in New Zealand anyone?

[grumpyold]

Belated Happy New Year to everyone.

I appreciate this is a bit of a long shot, but is there anyone on the forum living in NZ and in receipt of T3?

I know there were problems from reading old posts, but wondered about the current position.

Thankyou for any responses.

[helvella Administrator]

Suggest you could start by looking at the Medsafe website:

What is Medsafe?

Medsafe is the New Zealand Medicines and Medical Devices Safety Authority. It is a business unit of the Ministry of Health and is the authority responsible for the regulation of therapeutic products in New Zealand.

medsafe.govt.nz/index.asp

[grumpyold in reply to helvella]

Thanks, Helvella. I'll check it out. I've just been reading on TANZI's site too. Seems like it's still impossible to obtain. Damn. Won't consider emigrating to NZ 😭.

[SlowDragon Administrator]

we have several members in NZ

healthunlocked.com/search/p...

Not sure if any get T3 prescribed……?

[grumpyold in reply to SlowDragon]

Hi SlowDragon.

This is very helpful, thankyou. It seems that NDT is more readily available, so maybe my plan to relocate isn't dead in the water after all.

[pennyannie in reply to grumpyold]

NIKEGIRL

[pennyannie in reply to pennyannie]

NIKEGIRL

[TaraJR]

Sorry, I don't know any NZ patients myself. But if you're on Facebook, there's a good group you could join "Thyroid Association of NZ (TANZI)" It may be of some help?

facebook.com/groups/thyroidnz

[grumpyold in reply to TaraJR]

Thanks. I had a look at TANZI yesterday. Not hopeful, getting T3 there. 🥺

[TaraJR in reply to grumpyold]

Oh no, I'm sorry. But at least it has people in NZ to share ideas with...

[NIKEGIRL]

hi. I live in nz and have a script for t3. The script is from a functional dr. It is rare a gp will prescribe t3, not impossible, but rare. T3 is not recognised here so as you can imagine it is not funded either. There are drs in nz prescribing though and using the thyroid page in nz if you ask you would be given names of functional drs

[grumpyold in reply to NIKEGIRL]

That's great, thankyou. Reassuring to know that it isn't completely impossible.

[NIKEGIRL in reply to grumpyold]

No it is here.