RE: Tertroxin

[Guest guest]

My local pharmacy had some Sheila, I put (I think it was) Ruth onto them and she managed to get them for her husband - the info should be in the group under T3 or Tertoxin supplies, don't have time right now to look it up - if she has problems, she is welcome to send me the prescription and I will send them for her, get her to ring me.

Luv nne

Tertroxin

As a matter of some urgency, please can those of you who are on synthetic T3 tell me what the situation is regarding the supply of T3. I have an urgent request from a gentleman who's wife is on T3 and she is about to run out. He says their local pharmacy and the national one in their town have no supplies whatsoever and say that cannot get any.

Sheila

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[Guest guest]

Hi Sheila,

To the best of my

knowledge there is none- except for small unclaimed supplies here and there. I’ve

just got some from the pharmacy attached to the health centre , this is

normally for the use of villagers who do not have a pharmacy in their home

village, not for us townies. Otherwise I have been without prescribed supplies

for 6 weeks. I am alive only thanks to IPS.

Tertroxin

As a matter of some urgency, please

can those of you who are on synthetic T3 tell me what the situation is

regarding the supply of T3. I have an urgent request from a gentleman who's

wife is on T3 and she is about to run out. He says their local pharmacy and the

national one in their town have no supplies whatsoever and say that cannot get

any.

Sheila

[Guest guest]

If you cannot get Tertroxin you might be able to get the generic liothyronine temporarily. The private doctor who prescribed T3 for me refused to prescribe Tertroxin, his prescriptions always said liothyronine. When I asked for Tertroxin he said it was the same thing anyway.

Lilian

[Guest guest]

Hi all

These are the details of the pharmacy I was given.

01784 252411 (Clare Road, Stanwell)?From Staines, turn left at

Ashford Hospital,?6th Turning on right, continue down until you get to

shops, Chemist is on right.

> 01784 247013 (High Street, Stanwell) From Staines, turn left at

Ashford Hospital, continue to mini roundabout, turn?right, continue to

shops and Chemist is on Left, just a very small 'high street'.

We got supplies a week ago from teh one in Clare Road

Good luck

Ruth

>

> Hi Sheila,

>

> To the best of my knowledge there is none- except

for small

> unclaimed supplies here and there. I've just got some from the pharmacy

> attached to the health centre , this is normally for the use of

villagers

> who do not have a pharmacy in their home village, not for us townies.

> Otherwise I have been without prescribed supplies for 6 weeks. I am

alive

> only thanks to IPS.

>

>

>

>

>

> Tertroxin

>

>

>

> As a matter of some urgency, please can those of you who are on

synthetic T3

> tell me what the situation is regarding the supply of T3. I have an

urgent

> request from a gentleman who's wife is on T3 and she is about to run

out. He

> says their local pharmacy and the national one in their town have no

> supplies whatsoever and say that cannot get any.

>

>

>

> Sheila

>

[Guest guest]

Hi Sheila,

Update.

Went to collect the promised T3 and was met by a wall of incomprehension with

everybody denying the existence of any T3. Yet again they promised to phone me

if any supplies arrive. This is an utter shambles.

Hi

Sheila,

To the best of my knowledge there is none- except for small unclaimed supplies

here and there. I’ve just got some from the pharmacy attached to the

health centre , this is normally for the use of villagers who do not have a

pharmacy in their home village, not for us townies. Otherwise I have been

without prescribed supplies for 6 weeks. I am alive only thanks to IPS.

]

Tertroxin

As a matter of some urgency, please

can those of you who are on synthetic T3 tell me what the situation is

regarding the supply of T3. I have an urgent request from a gentleman who's

wife is on T3 and she is about to run out. He says their local pharmacy and the

national one in their town have no supplies whatsoever and say that cannot get

any.

Sheila

[Guest guest]

Hi Lilian,

My local Boots said that Tertroxin

was the only NHS T3 available. Do you know the manufacturer of the alternative?

] Tertroxin

If you cannot get Tertroxin you might be able to get the generic

liothyronine temporarily. The private doctor who

prescribed T3 for me refused to prescribe Tertroxin, his prescriptions always

said liothyronine. When I asked for Tertroxin he said it was the

same thing anyway.

Lilian

[Guest guest]

Sorry but I cannot remember who made it as it was some time ago now, and I didn't take note of it anyway.

I used to get it from http://www.pharmacy2u.co.uk. I made a search on their website for liothyronine but there wasn't any result. I have a feeling that he was spelt slightly different on the prescription.

I got it from there because they were very efficient and a lot cheaper than getting it from other chemists.

It was just the plain generic T3. Maybe Tertroxin is the only one on the NHS because mine was a private prescription, but I would have thought will all this NHS money saving activities, they would go for the generic rather thant he trade name.

Lilian

[Guest guest]

It was tri-iodothyronine that he wrote on the prescription.

Lilian

[Guest guest]

Hi Lilian,

Thanks for trying.

I was under the impression that tertroxin

WAS the generic- due as you say to penny pinching NHS.

It was just the plain generic T3. Maybe Tertroxin

is the only one on the NHS because mine was a private prescription, but I would

have thought will all this NHS money saving activities, they would go for the

generic rather thant he trade name.

Lilian

[Guest guest]

I have tertroxin I bought from inhousepharmacy.com which was expensive - I only used a couple of the pills & I am not sure if I will try it again. They took 2-3 weeks to come & I paid VAT as well on them.

A cheaper way to get it is a generic from mexmeds4you.com, although my usual credit card would not work on this. Then I tried another card I have not used for years & this worked & within about a minute this credit card company phoned me to check that this was ok. I guess they are being very careful with this type of place.

Val

[Guest guest]

At the moment Inhousepharmacy are out of stock.

Lilian

I have tertroxin I bought from inhousepharmacy.com which was expensive - I only used a couple of the pills & I am not sure if I will try it again. They took 2-3 weeks to come & I paid VAT as well on them.

A cheaper way to get it is a generic from mexmeds4you.com, although my usual credit card would not work on this. Then I tried another card I have not used for years & this worked & within about a minute this credit card company phoned me to check that this was ok. I guess they are being very careful with this type of place.

[Guest guest]

You could try phoning Goldshield and tell them it is an emergency and they might send some out. Their number is 0208 588 9131

There is a telephone number for emergency supplies of Tertroxin that you may provide to your local pharmacy: 01234 248657, contact name is Matt at Healthcare Logistics." Might be worth a try.

Make sure your chemist asks or liothyronine as I don't think they are making tertroxin anymore. Is liothyronine on the prescription? Chemists will only ask for what is on the prescription. Her GP should be writing liothyronine on it.

Lilian

TERTROXIN

Does anybody have up to date information on the situation regarding Tertroxin. I believe Tertroxin has been removed from prescription and that generic liothyronine will now take its place. However, I have just had somebody write to me telling me she is on 20 mcgs Tertroxin 3 x a day and is about to run out in 2 days. Her GP has written to her telling her she cannot get Tertroxin anymore and he has written her a prescription fo 200 mcgs thyroxine. She is very frightened as she has a severe conversion problem and is also allergic to lactose. If anybody can help, please let me know as a matter of urgency.

Luv - Sheila

[Guest guest]

Sheila,

This is from the NHS NELM website (National Electrnic Library for Medicines (www.nelm.nhs.uk)). There is no other reference to tertroxin or liothyronine. (Is this because the patent (or whatever it is) has run out and now its available as a generic drug rather than a particular brand? I presume that the GP is mistaken and should have prescribed liothyronine and not thyroxine?

Gill

SPC (Product Licence) Changes

Record Details

Title

Tertroxin (liothyronine sodium)

Date Published

08/10/2007

Type of SPC change

Product Discontinued

Generic drug name

liothyronine sodium

Drug brand name

Tertroxin

Legal status

POM - Prescription Only Medicine

Pharmaceutical manufacturer

Goldshield Healthcare

Abstract

Tertroxin (liothyronine sodium; Goldshield) tablets 100 x 20µg will be discontinued at the end of September. Liothyronine sodium tablets 20µg (with generic labelling) will now be available from Goldshield in 28-tablet packs.

[Guest guest]

I don't think the GP was mistaken and wrote levothyroxine instead of liothyronine Gill, because he also wrote 200 mcgs. I think the brand name has probably vanished and now everybody will be prescribed Liothyronine - the generic version of synthetic T3.

Luv - Sheila

Sheila,

This is from the NHS NELM website (National Electrnic Library for Medicines (www.nelm.nhs.uk)). There is no other reference to tertroxin or liothyronine. (Is this because the patent (or whatever it is) has run out and now its available as a generic drug rather than a particular brand? I presume that the GP is mistaken and should have prescribed liothyronine and not thyroxine?

Gill

SPC (Product Licence) Changes

Record Details

Title

Tertroxin (liothyronine sodium)

Date Published

08/10/2007

Type of SPC change

Product Discontinued

Generic drug name

liothyronine sodium

Drug brand name

Tertroxin

Legal status

POM - Prescription Only Medicine

Pharmaceutical manufacturer

Goldshield Healthcare

Abstract

Tertroxin (liothyronine sodium; Goldshield) tablets 100 x 20µg will be discontinued at the end of September. Liothyronine sodium tablets 20µg (with generic labelling) will now be available from Goldshield in 28-tablet packs.

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[Guest guest]

Hi Sheila

it seemed strange that the GP prescribed thyroxine and not T3 so I thought he must be mistaken, as you say he should have prescribed liothyronine.

Gill

I don't think the GP was mistaken and wrote levothyroxine instead of liothyronine Gill, because he also wrote 200 mcgs. I think the brand name has probably vanished and now everybody will be prescribed Liothyronine - the generic version of synthetic T3.

Luv - Sheila

Sheila,

This is from the NHS NELM website (National Electrnic Library for Medicines (www.nelm.nhs.uk)). There is no other reference to tertroxin or liothyronine. (Is this because the patent (or whatever it is) has run out and now its available as a generic drug rather than a particular brand? I presume that the GP is mistaken and should have prescribed liothyronine and not thyroxine?

Gill

SPC (Product Licence) Changes

Record Details

Title

Tertroxin (liothyronine sodium)

Date Published

08/10/2007

Type of SPC change

Product Discontinued

Generic drug name

liothyronine sodium

Drug brand name

Tertroxin

Legal status

POM - Prescription Only Medicine

Pharmaceutical manufacturer

Goldshield Healthcare

Abstract

Tertroxin (liothyronine sodium; Goldshield) tablets 100 x 20µg will be discontinued at the end of September. Liothyronine sodium tablets 20µg (with generic labelling) will now be available from Goldshield in 28-tablet packs.

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[Guest guest]

HI sheila,

I got my supply yesterday, and am owed much more from

previous prescriptions so if I get what is owed to me tomorrow I am

willing to 'lend' a sealed container if needed. Doc needed to write

prescription for liothyrinine sodium instead. Still by Goldshield.

>

> Does anybody have up to date information on the situation regarding

Tertroxin. I believe Tertroxin has been removed from prescription and

that generic liothyronine will now take its place. However, I have just

had somebody write to me telling me she is on 20 mcgs Tertroxin 3 x a

day and is about to run out in 2 days. Her GP has written to her

telling her she cannot get Tertroxin anymore and he has written her a

prescription fo 200 mcgs thyroxine. She is very frightened as she has a

severe conversion problem and is also allergic to lactose. If anybody

can help, please let me know as a matter of urgency.

>

> Luv - Sheila

>

[Guest guest]

Hi Sheila,

The new stuff does contain

lactose.

.. She is very frightened as she has

a severe conversion problem and is also allergic to lactose. If anybody can

help, please let me know as a matter of urgency.

Luv - Sheila

[Guest guest]

Hi,

       My new supply is called Liothyronine

Sodium BP 20microgrammes Tablets from Goldshield

 So it would appear that supplies are

slowly getting out there, but the changeover has been handled badly.

                                           

?

Gill

Pharmaceutical manufacturer

Goldshield Healthcare

Abstract

Tertroxin (liothyronine sodium; Goldshield) tablets

100 x 20µg will be discontinued at the end of September. Liothyronine sodium

tablets 20µg (with generic labelling) will now be available from Goldshield

in 28-tablet packs.

[Guest guest]

Hi,

I finally

got my prescribed tertroxin saturday- I don’t know how long the chemists

( Boots) have had it in stock- they promised they would phone me as soon as it

came in.Grrr!

I didn’t ask any questions

then as is was so busy , but will go back to pick up my remaining

prescription later in the week when it is quieter and find out what is going

on. The repackaging is just 28 pills in a tub instead of 100 so the chemist

doesn’t have to count them individually.

I’ve been fine as I got

cytomel from IPS, but I resent having to pay for the little med I get prescribed on

the NHS for free- I have to pay for my Armour and half of my T3 anyway. Tertroxin

is far cheaper than Cytomel, though I have a URL for cheaper cynomel

] TERTROXIN

Does anybody have up to date

information on the situation regarding Tertroxin. I believe Tertroxin has been

removed from prescription and that generic liothyronine will now take its

place. However, I have just had somebody write to me telling me she is on 20

mcgs Tertroxin 3 x a day and is about to run out in 2 days. Her GP has written

to her telling her she cannot get Tertroxin anymore and he has written her a

prescription fo 200 mcgs thyroxine. She is very frightened as she has a severe

conversion problem and is also allergic to lactose. If anybody can help, please

let me know as a matter of urgency.

Luv - Sheila

[Guest guest]

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Hi

Can you let me have the URL for the cheaper Cytomel as some of our members have to buy this themselves.

Luv - Sheila

PS - Thanks for all the info re: Tertroxin/Liothyronine Sodium (Goldshield)

Hi,

I finally got my prescribed tertroxin saturday- I don’t know how long the chemists ( Boots) have had it in stock- they promised they would phone me as soon as it came in.Grrr!

I didn’t ask any questions then as is was so busy , but will go back to pick up my remaining prescription later in the week when it is quieter and find out what is going on. The repackaging is just 28 pills in a tub instead of 100 so the chemist doesn’t have to count them individually.

I’ve been fine as I got cytomel from IPS, but I resent having to pay for the little med I get prescribed on the NHS for free- I have to pay for my Armour and half of my T3 anyway. Tertroxin is far cheaper than Cytomel, though I have a URL for cheaper cynomel

] TERTROXIN

Does anybody have up to date information on the situation regarding Tertroxin. I believe Tertroxin has been removed from prescription and that generic liothyronine will now take its place. However, I have just had somebody write to me telling me she is on 20 mcgs Tertroxin 3 x a day and is about to run out in 2 days. Her GP has written to her telling her she cannot get Tertroxin anymore and he has written her a prescription fo 200 mcgs thyroxine. She is very frightened as she has a severe conversion problem and is also allergic to lactose. If anybody can help, please let me know as a matter of urgency.

Luv - Sheila

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[Guest guest]

Hi Sheila,

This is what I have in my

files. I have used neither so cannot comment on their quality.

http://www.mexmeds4you.com

T

http://wwwinhousepharmacy.co.uk/general/cytomel.html

Hi

Can you let me have the URL for the

cheaper Cytomel as some of our members have to buy this themselves.

Luv - Sheila

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