Cytomel heart attack
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Lately the heart palpitations came back. They would go away within a half hour after taking an additional Cytomel. My doctor decided I need to take a timed release version of the T3 so I had made with a compounding pharmacy. So far I'm doing OK but I wondered if body can make antibodies against the medications? It seems that I have to keep going up on T3 and T4. The medication doses are constantly having to be increased?
thank you for the quick reply. I have tried five cardios so far and none look beyond 'normal' lab results, for both heart and thryroid, to symptoms. In any case there's no Cytomel in Guatemala so I will have to get contacts in the US to bring or send it. Big question: Is it sold prescription only?
Smiler: my cardio is surprised and diappointed that I'm not tip top. Why? because my EKG is normal.
s very high and I was at risk for a heart attack. So telling him my heart rate was 84 last night might have led to an ER visit. Haha!
Prior to hypothyroidism unwelcomed visit 2 yrs ago my pulse was 80 bpm. When hypo creeped in is when my pulse dropped to 50 and sometimes 40. When starting the meds it came up to 62, 68, and seldomly 72. Well 72 bpm if I was walking.
Hi, I recently began having irregular heartbeats after being on cytomel 50mcg for 2 weeks. It initially started about a week after taking the drug, but has continually worsened. My doctor took me off of it on Monday and I had blood tests ran Tuesday. I have an appt with a cardiologist for an echo. My question is, if the cytomel was indeed not needed and my current TSH is 0.01, FreeT3 is 2.9 and FT4 is 0.8, will this normalize without more meds?
My doc just put me on cytomel. She said to take it with Armour. Something about I need more t3ort4.. Can someone explain? And, I hear you guys talk about " grains ". What is a grain? I am on 60 mg of Armour and 5 mcg cytomel. My TSH came down from 7.04 to 1.92 in first 6 weeks of Armour only..that's good right? She said my TPO was 45 though....? Help.
t want to get any heart palpitations and hoping the Cytomel can help me feel better. I am basically exhausted, just feel flu-like, hard to function or want to do anything.
My questions are:
1. Do you think this is the best way for me to take the Cytomel?
2. Do you think the reduction in Synthroid is a good one - enough?
3.
I am not a doctor, just a thyoid patient.
If your wife's thyroid has been ablated and she makes no thyroid hormone on her own, she will need to take replacement hormone for the rest of her life. A branded type of levothyroxine is the best, but there are others besides Synthroid that she may prefer. There is also T3 (cytomel) but taking that is a tiny bit more complicated. There is also Armour which contains both T4 and T3.
Thanks for answering, FF and gimel.
FF, that was my thought as well.
And gimel, I took the medications the previous morning, 24 hours before the test, and did not take the current day's meds until I returned from the blood draw. The thing that confuses me the most is the radical drop in the FREE T4 in the October lab results.
I lowered the Cytomel to 30 mcg this morning. I can feel pressure in my chest and have a dry cough.....
I took all 5 mcg in the morning with my Synthroid and within 5 days I was a mess. Heart pounding like crazy and shaky. Called the doc and he told me to take 1/2 of the Cytomel to see if it made a difference. I decided to take 1/4. Did that for a week and felt fine. Started 1/2 and two days later I'm a mess again. Not sure what I'm gonna do now. Hopefully you will have better luck than I have.
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