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Ferumoxytol (Rienso) intravenous iron no longer available for use

From MHRA: Ferumoxytol (Rienso) intravenous iron no longer available for use From: Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency Published:...

From MHRA: Ferumoxytol (Rienso) intravenous iron no longer available for use F...

helvella

Administrator•9 years ago

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T3 Shortage - Lack of

Recently there was a flurry of "can't get any Mercury Pharma Liothyronine" that we see from time to time. As I often do, I emailed MHRA and got this response:...

Recently there was a flurry of "can't get any Mercury Pharma Liothyronine" that ...

helvella

Administrator•9 years ago

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Just got levels at diagnosis: Interesting reading

Last time I saw my GP I asked whether she could look up my test results at diagnosis in 1995. I think they're quite interesting. TSH: 10.4 Free T4: 10.4...

Last time I saw my GP I asked whether she could look up my test results at diag...

hose1975

•9 years ago

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Thyroid results

Thyroid levels Nov 2013 TSH 3.02 (04.40) Feb 2014 TSH 2.16 (04.40) Jul 2014 TSH 6.74 (04.40) Jul 2014 TSH 2.56 (04.40) Aug 2014 TSH 2.56 (04.40) Sept 2014 TSH...

Thyroid levels Nov 2013 TSH 3.02 (04.40) Feb 2014 TSH 2.16 (04.40) Jul 2014 TSH ...

Scampi1

•9 years ago

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Please can anyone advise me

I have recently been diagnosed with an underactive thyroid and have been on 100 micrograms of levothyroxine for 7 weeks now. But my question is this, my main...

I have recently been diagnosed with an underactive thyroid and have been on 100 ...

Philly2748

•9 years ago

17 Replies

Weight gain due to overmedication?

Have read a couple of things which have said that weight gain could potentially be caused by OVERmedication with thyroid meds. Is this true and, if so, can...

Have read a couple of things which have said that weight gain could potentially ...

morebeans

•9 years ago

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Zinc...chelated, gluconate or sulfate.

My zinc result is 10.0umol/L (11.0 - 24.0) I have looked at previous posts but none seem to mention chelated zinc which I always believed to be the best. What...

My zinc result is 10.0umol/L (11.0 - 24.0) I have looked at previous posts but n...

Hidden

•9 years ago

2 Replies

Starting on Thyroid-S

I am switching today from Levothyroxine to Thyroid-S and have a plan but would welcome any suggestions to improve it! I started on Levo over 3 months ago on...

I am switching today from Levothyroxine to Thyroid-S and have a plan but would w...

bobsmydog

•9 years ago

7 Replies

Hypo symptoms but 'normal' bloods

Hello all, I'm new here and am desperately seeking answers for my symptoms. I have lots of hypo symptoms but TSH always comes back normal. I have just had...

Hello all, I'm new here and am desperately seeking answers for my symptoms. I ha...

rayjay

•9 years ago

11 Replies

Ferritin

My Ferritin is -20 in last blood test. For many years I have low ferritin even though I am supplementing with Iron all this time. I take Floradix...

My Ferritin is -20 in last blood test. For many years I have low ferritin even ...

Daffidols

•9 years ago

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I had my bloods checked and my thyroxine has been lowered to 175ml. my c.o.p.d status has changed to a co2 retainer and I now spend 6hrs on

my nippy machine when sleeping and if I have a doze during the day.I feel so much better after I come off the machine , my breathing improves and my brain is...

my nippy machine when sleeping and if I have a doze during the day.I feel so muc...

barney55

•9 years ago

1 Reply

Going to see endo today

Hi Guys, your thoughts please on these results.. Free T3 5.2 (3.1-6.8), T4 20 (10.0-22.0) and TSH 1.2 (0.3-5.5) Am going to see the endo today fir the first...

Hi Guys, your thoughts please on these results.. Free T3 5.2 (3.1-6.8), T4 20 (1...

highcliffe

•9 years ago

2 Replies

Antibody question

Hi everyone, I'm fairly new to all this so I'm just starting to try and figure it all out! Ive been on 50mcg of Levothyroxine since July and I'm unsure what my...

Hi everyone, I'm fairly new to all this so I'm just starting to try and figure i...

Turtle83

•9 years ago

2 Replies

Really upset, any advice please

For the past two and a half years I have felt "rubbish" since the birth of my second child. I thought initially that it was just a new mum thing. But things...

For the past two and a half years I have felt "rubbish" since the birth of my se...

Goggs1

•9 years ago

12 Replies

Brain Fog

Hi All Getting worried about Brain Fog Had a near miss driving home from a movie last night with the family, didn't notice or I didn't register a taxi coming...

Hi All Getting worried about Brain Fog Had a near miss driving home from a mov...

WillAyl

•9 years ago

8 Replies

Starting on T3: what possible side effects to expect?

Because of the solid and sensible advice and information I have been given via this forum, and because my last free T3 result was considerably lower in range...

Because of the solid and sensible advice and information I have been given via t...

hose1975

•9 years ago

2 Replies

New levels, help please.

Thyroid levels Nov 2013 TSH 3.02 (04.40) Feb 2014 TSH 2.16 (04.40) Jul 2014 TSH 6.74 (04.40) Jul 2014 TSH 2.56 (04.40) Aug 2014 TSH 2.56 (04.40) Sept 2014 TSH...

Thyroid levels Nov 2013 TSH 3.02 (04.40) Feb 2014 TSH 2.16 (04.40) Jul 2014 TSH ...

Scampi1

•9 years ago

2 Replies

Aches and pains - help needed

Hi all, my thyroid levels are now within the "normal range" having been on a T3/T4 combo since December. However, I have developed really bad aches and pain in...

Hi all, my thyroid levels are now within the "normal range" having been on a T3/...

Bradleyeb

•9 years ago

4 Replies

Colder than a dead body - follow up results

Firstly, thank you to all those that responded to my first post two weeks ago 'colder than a dead body'. It was heartening to first of all find that this forum...

Firstly, thank you to all those that responded to my first post two weeks ago 'c...

Jon3595

•9 years ago

8 Replies

Could my hot flushes actually be low thyroid?

I've had hot flushes throughout the entirety of my menopause; they've never altered. As soon as it gets warm/er in a room, I flush up and get very hot. They...

I've had hot flushes throughout the entirety of my menopause; they've never alte...

Chancery

•9 years ago

123 Replies

Help need advice

Hi I have not been long digonosed with over active thyroid. so my doc sent be to a specialist he said I have a swollen lymph node witch I do on rite side it...

Hi I have not been long digonosed with over active thyroid. so my doc sent be t...

Estalee

•9 years ago

8 Replies

Endocrinologists who understand the need for supplements

I'm absorbing a lot of information these days as tomorrow I've got an appointment with the endocrinologist. Tomorrow I am seeing the NHS endocrinologist,...

I'm absorbing a lot of information these days as tomorrow I've got an appointmen...

Danutza

•9 years ago

20 Replies

In need of Advice

I am currently 35 wks pregnant and on levothyroxine however pretty soon after giving birth I want to go on to NDT. It's important that I am well in order to...

I am currently 35 wks pregnant and on levothyroxine however pretty soon after gi...

ashley32

•9 years ago

15 Replies

For Loo44 - blood tests, can anybody help

Loo44 would like to know if anybody can help her with these labs.

greygoose

•9 years ago

10 Replies

Cervical spine CAT scan

Please can anyone shed any advice. I have to have a CT scan of my neck as my orthopaedic surgeon has suggested I may have issues with nerves being trapped in...

Please can anyone shed any advice. I have to have a CT scan of my neck as my ort...

bestbuddy

•9 years ago

12 Replies

Supplements

Hi, just hoped for some advice really, I have recently started taking supplements to try and help lower my antibodies and generally help myself feel better....

Hi, just hoped for some advice really, I have recently started taking supplement...

Vix22

•9 years ago

8 Replies

Interesting article in today's Sunday Times ...

An Elite British athlete claims her health was damaged by large doses of Thyroxine, she was born without a thyroid gland. It goes on to say about several...

An Elite British athlete claims her health was damaged by large doses of Thyroxi...

Hidden

•9 years ago

20 Replies

Blood test query

I am having a thyroid blood panel done on April 2nd. I take my Levo at night ,so when do I take the last dose . If I take it the night before it will be 11...

I am having a thyroid blood panel done on April 2nd. I take my Levo at night ,so...

Pinkpeony

•9 years ago

9 Replies

If your friends suggest smoking alcohol with a hookah pipe! Do not go there thyroid patients!!

Im a hypothyroidism patient and one night i was fed up with all the thyroid nonsense and decided to have a few drinks with friends. Whilst drunk, I decided...

Im a hypothyroidism patient and one night i was fed up with all the thyroid nons...

flashinthepan

•9 years ago

7 Replies

Ultra scan results

Hello, this is my second attempt of posting. Hope it goes through this time. I have recently had a Thyroid Ultra scan, and it has been revealed to me that my...

Hello, this is my second attempt of posting. Hope it goes through this time. I...

marmaris

•9 years ago

8 Replies

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All posts for March 2015

Ferumoxytol (Rienso) intravenous iron no longer available for use

T3 Shortage - Lack of

Just got levels at diagnosis: Interesting reading

Thyroid results

Please can anyone advise me

Weight gain due to overmedication?

Zinc...chelated, gluconate or sulfate.

Starting on Thyroid-S

Hypo symptoms but 'normal' bloods

Ferritin

I had my bloods checked and my thyroxine has been lowered to 175ml. my c.o.p.d status has changed to a co2 retainer and I now spend 6hrs on

Going to see endo today

Antibody question

Really upset, any advice please

Brain Fog

Starting on T3: what possible side effects to expect?

New levels, help please.

Aches and pains - help needed

Colder than a dead body - follow up results

Could my hot flushes actually be low thyroid?

Help need advice

Endocrinologists who understand the need for supplements

In need of Advice

For Loo44 - blood tests, can anybody help

Cervical spine CAT scan

Supplements

Interesting article in today's Sunday Times ...

Blood test query

If your friends suggest smoking alcohol with a hookah pipe! Do not go there thyroid patients!!

Ultra scan results

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