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CMA, Advanz and appeal process

Following on from this post: CMA fines Advanz and others for over pricing of liothyronine...

Following on from this post: CMA fines Advanz and others for over pricing of lio...

helvella

Administrator•3 years ago

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Can a consultant prescribe medication?

Hello! New to the forum and looking for some advice. A little background; I was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes in hospital about nine weeks ago. A fortnight...

Hello! New to the forum and looking for some advice. A little background; I was ...

Clarita678

•3 years ago

1 Reply

Refused vitamin and nutrient blood tests

I've just come back from GP surgery to have my thyroid bloods checked and asked about, vit d, b12, folate and ferritin and others being tested. Told by nurse...

I've just come back from GP surgery to have my thyroid bloods checked and asked ...

sobs1962

•3 years ago

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Question about thyroid function results etc

Hello - I'm new here and have zero knowledge. I've just had the advanced thyroid function blood test done and a relative suggested I question on here the...

Hello - I'm new here and have zero knowledge. I've just had the advanced thyroi...

Lizadeb

•3 years ago

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Blood test protocol and aim for T3 and T4

I am a male with hypothyroidism (Hashimoto's) for a few years now. I've arrived at the conclusion that I need a mix of synthetic T3 and T4. The trick is to get...

I am a male with hypothyroidism (Hashimoto's) for a few years now. I've arrived ...

ak_83

•3 years ago

9 Replies

Previous post amendment.

I should have said that I take 16mcg of T3 not 12.5.

Pink-mist

•3 years ago

1 Reply

Felling under the weather

Don’t know if this has anything to do with medication. But feeling sick, Gastro problem. Lack of sleep. Tummy been upset for over two weeks. To much gas as...

Don’t know if this has anything to do with medication. But feeling sick, Gastro ...

Haze1975

•3 years ago

11 Replies

Heartburn

Hi, I hope someone can advise please? I take 100mcg eltroxin, hypothyroid following RAI for Hyper/Graves. I've been struggling with heartburn for a while now....

Hi, I hope someone can advise please? I take 100mcg eltroxin, hypothyroid follo...

Baggiesfan

•3 years ago

18 Replies

T3 Compounding pharmacy in uk?

Anyone know of a UK compounding pharmacy that does T3 And accepts NHS prescriptions?

Anyone know of a UK compounding pharmacy that does T3 And accepts NHS prescripti...

pokerdot

•3 years ago

3 Replies

Liothyronine on NHS

So I’ve been paying for a private prescription for about 6 months now and finding a huge difference now I’ve added liothyronine into my daily meds. How easy...

So I’ve been paying for a private prescription for about 6 months now and findin...

EmmaJM

•3 years ago

28 Replies

Can I claim disability

Hi there I have hypothyroidism and autoimmune thyroid Hashimotos despite my all bloods are good I still feel like a crap Iam on Ndt . Iam suffering from...

Hi there I have hypothyroidism and autoimmune thyroid Hashimotos despite my all ...

Ari3

•3 years ago

5 Replies

Advice request - Results

Following on from my last post Re emergency hospital visit, I have now upped the dose back to the regular 150 Levo I was on prior to hospital and now retested,...

Following on from my last post Re emergency hospital visit, I have now upped the...

Sami-M

•3 years ago

3 Replies

Changing Levo doses

Should it make a difference to how you FEEL If you divide up your weekly dose, say , of Levo , into differing amounts,,, Example…if I think that overall I need...

Should it make a difference to how you FEEL If you divide up your weekly dose, s...

Jollypolly

•3 years ago

11 Replies

Association between dietary onion intake and subclinical hypothyroidism in adults: a population-based study from an iodine-replete area

What a very odd paper - which really doesn't get anywhere in terms of explanation. Nonetheless, it does raise my curiosity as to what might be happening and...

What a very odd paper - which really doesn't get anywhere in terms of explanatio...

helvella

Administrator•3 years ago

40 Replies

No thyroid, first test results

Hi team I had my thyroid removed in April (nodes and swelling and general poor condition) and have been on Levo since then. I started on 100 mcg a day, as...

Hi team I had my thyroid removed in April (nodes and swelling and general poor c...

Feebee42

•3 years ago

8 Replies

Blood drawn for private tests

As medichecks have had a 20% site wide sale I have decided to splurge on an Advanced Well Woman Blood Test but it requires a blood sample to be drawn rather...

As medichecks have had a 20% site wide sale I have decided to splurge on an Adva...

Helsbells68

•3 years ago

4 Replies

Ord's thyroiditis

Hi all, Having just had a scan I have no thyroid left - or just a small amount - I have never had a goitre - can anyone tell me - what treatment they received...

Hi all, Having just had a scan I have no thyroid left - or just a small amount -...

posthinking01

•3 years ago

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Starting to think my body doesn’t like Levo 🤷‍♀️

My last consult with my Endo it was decided to raise my Levo from 75mcg to 100mcg. I am also taking 20mcg T3 which he left the same. Because my journey has...

My last consult with my Endo it was decided to raise my Levo from 75mcg to 100mc...

jamjar67

•3 years ago

10 Replies

Thyroid information

I have an under active thyroid and last year I had half of my thyroid taken out. I don’t get any information or explanation about my tests other that they are...

I have an under active thyroid and last year I had half of my thyroid taken out....

Rosie2021

•3 years ago

8 Replies

Please could I have some advice?

I have Hashimotos and am heterozygous for the abnormal DIO2 gene. I have been on levothyroxine 125 mcg and liothyronine 10mcg at 7am and 12 pm for about 4...

I have Hashimotos and am heterozygous for the abnormal DIO2 gene. I have been on...

Mollyfan

•3 years ago

4 Replies

test results for thyroid and on t3

I always feel tired . i am on 50 mcg of liothyrinine. no thyroxine as used to make me feel unwell. blood tests for folate are 13.9 [ range 3.00 to 20.00}. b12...

I always feel tired . i am on 50 mcg of liothyrinine. no thyroxine as used to ma...

katherine107

•3 years ago

5 Replies

Symptoms dizzy head etc

Hi I have been on Levo for over a year. Ive been dr bout brain fog. Head spinning and pruney fingers and feet if contact with water for short period of time....

Hi I have been on Levo for over a year. Ive been dr bout brain fog. Head spinnin...

Sara197

•3 years ago

65 Replies

Switch from NP Thyroid to Armour?

After NP Thyroid was recalled for the third time in slightly over a year, I decided to switch to Armour. I take 3/4 of a grain of Armour in tandem with 37.5...

After NP Thyroid was recalled for the third time in slightly over a year, I deci...

Donna5658

•3 years ago

10 Replies

Does treatment for B12 deficiency reduce the need for thyroxine?

Since being diagnosed with a B12 deficiency, my TSH has massively dropped and consequently my dose of levo has been reduced. My GP suggested going from 200mcg...

Since being diagnosed with a B12 deficiency, my TSH has massively dropped and co...

Ordinary39

•3 years ago

4 Replies

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Thyroid UK

All posts for August 2021

CMA, Advanz and appeal process

Can a consultant prescribe medication?

Refused vitamin and nutrient blood tests

Question about thyroid function results etc

Blood test protocol and aim for T3 and T4

Previous post amendment.

Felling under the weather

Heartburn

T3 Compounding pharmacy in uk?

Liothyronine on NHS

Can I claim disability

Advice request - Results

Changing Levo doses

Association between dietary onion intake and subclinical hypothyroidism in adults: a population-based study from an iodine-replete area

No thyroid, first test results

Blood drawn for private tests

Ord's thyroiditis

Starting to think my body doesn’t like Levo 🤷‍♀️

Thyroid information

Please could I have some advice?

test results for thyroid and on t3

Symptoms dizzy head etc

Switch from NP Thyroid to Armour?

Does treatment for B12 deficiency reduce the need for thyroxine?

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