Number of pills to get daily dosage

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My mum is on a dose of 75mcg and takes 3x25mcg together

I am on a dose of 150mcg and take 1x100mcg plus 1x50mcg together.

I'm surprised to see that 25mcg levothyrovine pills actually cost

MORE than 50mcg pills. See for yourself on

http://www.cks.library.nhs.uk/hypothyroidism/management/quick_answers

/scenario_subclinical_hypothyroidism#252738006

(sorry, tinyurl isn't working)

That web page shows 56x50mcg costs the NHS £2.72

but 56x25mcg costs the NHS £3.22

WHY!!!

I wonder how much money the NHS can cumulatively save over time by

prescribing my mum a daily dose of 1x50mcg plus 1x25mcg instead of

3x25mcg? Multiply the saving by the number of people on similar

prescription arrangements for life.

Or is the real intention simply to get people to ingest as much pill

filler material as possible? Is there a lactose and maize flour

mountain which needs shifting??