Cytomel information
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cytomel
also i am getting different information about whether cytomel can be taken with food, or on an empty stomach.
also i am on yaz birth control, which i take several hours after my cytomel--is that ok?
please help.
Perhaps I got it wrong. But my daughter's on the cytomel and the question remains the same.
The inactive ingredients in Cytomel consist of calcium sulfate, gelatin, starch, stearic acid, sucrose and talc. No microcrystalline filler shown.
You can get Cytomel, or generic, in 5 mcg tablet. That should be a small enough increment for you to titrate your dosage slowly. With that small amount, why would you need to go to a TR version?
Did the hives show up right after you switched?
I agree that you should not take calcium supplements, etc for 4 hours after taking thyroid med; however, I'm not convinced that a bit of milk in your morning coffee is going to mess things up much, if at all.
Read the information sheet that came with your cytomel. Mine says it can be taken "with or without food". Levothyroxine, which is a T4 med, should be taken on an empty stomach at least an hour before eating; however, I don't believe that holds true for cytomel.
I haven't felt this good in years and really don't want to go off of the Cytomel.
The iodine alone didn't seem to do it for me, but I do like the Cytomel and
'find' myself doing stuff, instead of trying to figure out how I'm going to get another nap.
Hi - apparently this Cytomel is very potent stuff, this is what is seem to need.
What are the side effects and how effective is it when used correctly. My
metabolism is very delicate and I see why it is prescribed in small amounts.
I am just disgusted with medical viewpoints and when I go in there to see them
they don't seem to know too much about thyroid problems.
He lowered my Synthroid from .175 to .137 and added 5mg Cytomel 3x/day. Should I be worried about going Hyper? Or is this a normal dose range?
at what size is a nodule biopsy performed?
Question 2: Is this the correct time to be adding Cytomel?
added 5 mg of cytomel before these labs. Was on for one month. First lab numbers are after addition to cytomel. Second numbers are previous. I am on one grain of WP Thyroid. Have been on WP for 5 months.
TSH 0.55 (0.450-4.500 UIU/ml) 1.270
Reverse T3 14.6 (9.2-24/1 ng/dl) 18.1
T4, Free 1.08(0.82-1.77 ng/dl) 1.27
Thyroglobulin Antibody <1.0 (0.0-0.9 IU/ml) Only tested first lab.
m really concerned about finding a doctor that will test Free T3/Free T4, prescribe Cytomel, take my symptoms into account and ignore TSH.
At six months since starting medicine for Hashi/Hypo, we moved to London. At the time, I was taking T4 only. On my first visit/labs they reduced my T4 dose based exclusively on TSH which was in range (.8), but they wanted my TSH over 1.
Cytomel is not so great because it cannot be stored. T4 is a storage mechanism. It is converted to T3 as needed. With Cytomel there is no device to meter the hormone once it enters your system, other than binding proteins.
So through the day you will be hypo and euthroid and hyper, endlessly. One hour too much T3, the next hour not enough T3.
It is not the way to manage your illness long term. You need to find a better answer. As Peggy says, you need to press for an answer, not a bandaid.
With Hashimoto's, should I take both Synthroid and Cytomel? Some docs prescribe both; others only the synthroid. What does the Cytomel add?
025mcg cytomel. a few months ago I was feeling horrible again (hair falling out, dry skin, exhausted) and then started putting on weight. It turns out, my tsh levels are off the charts and T3 is too low to even measure. My doctor took me off the cytomel last week. I am a fitness and diet instructor and have put on four pounds this week. I have reduced my calorie intake to dangerous levels but I am still putting on weight. I am starting to lose my mind a little bit and need some help!
First off, anyone taking cytomel should ALWAYS get tested for Free T3, since cytomel is a T3 only med. Total T3 is, for all practical purposes, useless, because it shows the amount of ALL the T3 in your blood, including that bound by proteins and unavailable for use. The FREE T3 shows only the unbound amount that's available for immediate use by the individual cells. That's what you need to know.
T4 must be converted to T3 prior to being used.
I have an appointment to see my internist on Monday and would like to go armed with good information. My pharmacist recommended Synthroid with Cytomel. I had been taking Thyrolar 3 for many years and was in the last year changed to Thyrolar 2. I am 60 years old, 5'1" and weigh 135.
m new to this forum, and to thyroid problems, and while I was researching information I was always falling back here and read so many great answers from amazingly knowledgeable people, so I thought maybe someone could help me too.
I'm a 35 year old woman and my doctor started to treat me for hypothyroidism about 8 weeks ago.
The above labs were while on 88 mcg levo and 10 mcg of Cytomel. [I was resistant to conversion form T4 to T3]. We have upped the dose to 15 mcg of Cytomel and downed the levo to 75 mcg. My internist has been good working we me, as I was getting no where with an endo here in TX.
I did consult with, and may again after the 1st of year with an endo in CA. He had mentioned we could compound the T4/T3 in a slow release capsule, but didn't know if my insurance would pay.
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