strides liothyronine

[Karunablue]

Hi everyone

has anyone else has issues with Strides. I was just prescribed it and pretty sure it was causing some horrible symptoms and brain fog. Low mood. I took my normal Morningside yesterday and today and feel so much better!!

[helvella Administrator]

Does your prescription specify make? If not, might be time to request your prescriber does so.

Please make sure you put in a Yellow Card report.

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[Karunablue in reply to helvella]

Thank you Helvella. I will make an appointment at the doctor 🙏

[helvella Administrator in reply to Karunablue]

My document includes ingredients of all UK thyroid hotmone medicines - which might help in deciding what else to try.

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[Venicefan]

Strides Pharma liothyronine contains the same fillers as Teva.

They use Mannitol which is a diuretic that causes problems for a lot of patients.

You can google the PIL for it to get the full list of ingredients.

As Helvla has said, you can take them back to the pharmacy and ask to exchange. Then ask your GP to name your preferred brand on the prescription.

[Karunablue in reply to Venicefan]

Thank you Venicefan. That makes a lot of sense as I can’t tolerate Teva either.

[SlowDragon Administrator in reply to Venicefan]

Teva T3 does NOT contain mannitol

Only Teva levothyroxine contains mannitol

[Venicefan in reply to SlowDragon]

Ok I’ll be more specific, but I didn’t say it was Teva t3 that contains mannitol.

Strides Pharma t3 does contain mannitol, which is the same filler in Teva levothyroxine that causes problems for a lot of patients.

[Karunablue in reply to SlowDragon]

It’s really strange why I can’t tolerate Teva t3. Wish I could make more sense of it. Thanks for the clarification.

[helvella Administrator in reply to Venicefan]

No two levothyroxine or liothyronine products available in the UK contain the same fillers (I prefer the word excipients).

The nearest to an exception is where a product is sold in two different forms of packaging - as in Accord and Almus levothyroxine. But that is the self-same product.

Pharmacies rarely exchange once a product has been taken away from the counter. They cannot be sure of anything once it has been in a patient’s hands. As someone trying to return, I'm sorry that is the case. But as a person who might otherwise receive the returned medicine, I'm relieved.

[Venicefan in reply to helvella]

Yes, you’re right, they can’t dispense those tablets again, but we still need to return them to the pharmacy to be correctly disposed of.

I’ve had to take Teva back because I didn’t check what they’d given me before I left the store.