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I am no doctor but your doctor's plan sounds like you are getting good treatment. If you want to ask Dr. Lupo about it, you can find him at the "Ask an Expert" thyroid forum. This forum is patient to patient. you can find his forum here; http://www.medhelp.org/forums/show/120 You can also find him by looking down the column on the right until you see "Related Expert Forums" and click on thyroid.

Some one else might have a different opinion about the combination of synthroid and cytomel. Keep checking the forum..

I was up to 125 mcg synthroid, then dropped back to 75 synthroid, then switched to 75 generic levo and added 10 mcg cytomel. That was too much cytomel, so dropped back to 5 mcg cytomel and switched to generic; then up to 88 mcg levo, staying with 5 mcg generic cytomel. Am currently on 100 mcg Tirosint and 5 mcg generic cytomel. I take the Tirosint first thing in the morning, per instructions (my day starts 3:30 am). I take my T3 med about 7-7:30 am.

The endocrinologist originally tried to balance the TSH and T4 with synthroxin. Finally he added 5 mcg of T3 (cytomel) and bingo the levels came into line. Over the years the balance has gone out a few times. Presently I take .088 mg T4 and .1 mg on alternating days and 12.5 mcg T3 daily. My latest blood tests are still out of line. Could I hear from others who needs the T3 to be balanced and have experience getting rebalanced.

I have been following this forum for a while now. Yes, my Cytomel pills are 5 mcg each. I did split them and took them at separate times. I have stopped Cytomel for 5 days now and I do not have diarehha or heart palpatations anymore!!! I understand too that my levels were not optimal, but I could not handle taking anymore Cytomel. I do know to get my labs done in the morning, before Cytomel too. I saw a new doc though in the afternoon and he happened to check my thyroid.

I have read a number of conflicting studies and reports concerning the benefits of T4/T3 combination, as well as reports describing the benefits of cytomel. I also have had a personal report of a person with hypothyroid who used the T3 drug Cytomel in combination with Synthroid. I have yet to try it, and cannot find a doctor who will give it a chance.

s instructions/recommendations as s/he will know your situation better than we can on this forum. Cytomel can tip the scale to hyper rather quickly and I rather stay a bit hypo than have that happen.

I have had Hashimoto's for a couple years and am on 75mcg levothyroxine and 10mcg Cytomel. The Cytomel seems to help with depression and irritability. I am frustrated with this disease for many reasons but the most troublesome is the lack of sexual desire. My endo has said it's a symptom and I have read it is on many sites but I don't see much talk about it in forums. Is anyone else experiencing this and what have you done to improve it?

Any generic T4 med is very inexpensive. However, Cytomel, a T3 drug, not so much. The Cytomel, to ease your mind, you will only be taking for a very short time. You take this prior to your surgery and pre-RAI only. Because T3's short lived in the body (about 4 hours), they can take you off of any T4 meds early, prior to surgery. Then they don't have to wait and weene you off post surgery and wait for RAI. Because of this, you will be quickly ready for RAI.

Since my surgery it is around 190. Will this even out or do I need to change my medication. I am taking cytomel 2x a day 25 mil in am and 12.5 in the evening. I am also taking calcitriol 0.25 2x a day. Where do you think my treatment should go from here. Dr said the nodule was papalillary. I am a 54 yr old female.

Not sure where this post will end up. I recently added Cytomel to my Synthroid. Previously, I was taking Synthroid 112mcg 6 x weekly. Dr. reduced to 88 mcg, 7 x and Cytomel 5 mg 2 x daily. The full 5 mg cause real anxiety and palpatations. I was told I could split the pill (challenging! lol) and so far, I am taking only 2.5 approx, once in the am. Will the anxiety settle down? I am considering taking Xanax to level out, as I am not feeling so great, with the edginess.

My current regime is 75 mcg Levoxl/10 Cytomel 5 x daily: 7 x wkly. My t3 is marginally noted, as I have rt3 dominance. My tsh was at 0.24 within the range of 0.40-4.50 And the t4 at 0.9 range 0.8-1.8 My symptoms, beyond my labs being off, are extreme fatigue, bone pain, difficulty concentrating and weight gain.

Could these be caused by thyroid or thyroid meds? Because of the supply problem, I just switched to 150 mcg. of levoxyl and 50 mcg. of cytomel. I seem to be having more palpitations on this drug? I also have "sweats" and anxiety. Thanks!

I take Synthroid .1 and 5mcg Cytomel every day for hypothyroidism. I have been taking them together in the morning an hour before any other medications, foods and 6 hours before any iron, calcium, or zinc. Should the Synthroid be taken by itself completely? I can take the Cytomel with breakfast and other meds later in the day, but wondered if taking the Cytomel at the exact same time as the Synthroid was somehow lowering the effectiveness/absorbtion of the Synthroid.

s the case try adding some cytomel alongside your armour or try decreasing a little at a time on the armour and replacing it with cytomel (approx 25 mcg cytomel equals 1 grain of armour).

There are many on the forum who have used synthroid successfully. Cytomel, also. Some people need both. I was on synthroid to begin with, but was later switched to generic levo because of the cost. I actually did better on the generic than I did on synthroid, but part of that was the doctor I had who kept reducing my meds trying to normalize TSH. I was also on cytomel for a while, along the levo. I was later switched to generic T3 med, which I'm still on.

My doc told me to take the100 mcg snythroid with 5 mcg cytomel in the morning and then after 2 weeks to take another cytomel around noon. He said if I get any palputations to back off the second one. He orginally prescribed 30 mcg of amour but the drug stores said that it wouldn't be avalible untill October. So then he gave me the cytomel, so far I feel much better especially with the brain fog and fatigue, I still work full time so I still need my energy.

I left it at 75mcg Synthroid and had her add the Cytomel. My question is would it be advantagous to increase the synthroid first and stay at 5mcg Cytomel, than if that doesn't help move to increase the Cytomel? I sure appreciate everyones feedback, this forum has been a great source of information!

Well, I tried a new endo since I still live with all hypo symptoms and asked for Cytomel with Synthroid. He reluctantly agreed to give it a try. He has prescribed lowering my Synthroid to 100 and adding Cytomel 5 b.i.d. for a total dose of 10. I think that seems a little high? My labs are: TSH 1.68. FT4 1.06. Total T4 9.7. Total T3 0.88. Total T3 uptake 37%. I do not know if Cytomel will help or not, but I am willing to try it versus living with the symptoms forever and ever....

Did he tell you to lower your Synthroid at the same time as adding the Cytomel? How much Cytomel did he prescribe?

saturday morning was told that i could leave that day and was given my first dose of cytomel (25). within 30 minutes i felt "loopy" and my head started to pound. i am also to chew tums (3 - 3 x day) until i go for a followup in two weeks. i feel like crap and am not a happy camper...gggrrrrrr.

ve been on 112 synthroid for 7 days and 75 cytomel (25/three times day) for 7 days. Yesterday I started getting really strange sensations in my legs. Its just an aching that won't stop. I think it is nerve related. It is in both legs and moves around. Seems like it might be restless leg-type symptoms. The longer I am still, the more the discomfort builds until I just have to move around. Any idea what might be causing this? I can't sleep because it is so uncomfortable.

This is odd last time my levothyroxine was lowered my Tsh kept rising with each decrease , this time as I have slowly been lowered from 250 mcg to 100 ,and currently awaiting adjustment time for next exam ,my Tsh is not rising. Was give Cytomel ,until new Dr stopped the cytomel treatment and this proved to have no effect on my t4 level was same without as with months later .

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