cytomel vs generic

I just started the generic Cytomel yesterday so it's too soon to tell a difference, but I talked to a pharmacist and was told that if you're starting on generic you should be fine. People who took the brand name and then switched to generic may have a little problem. From what I've read, the medicine is the same between brand and generic, but the dosing might be slightly different.

I had an endoscopy it got so bad. As soon as they added Cytomel to my generic T4, all that went away. On generic T3 it gradually came back. Now that I've been back on the brand for about 6 weeks, it's getting better again. If you can afford it, you might want to try the Cytomel and see if it helps you. I found a site, I think it might be a part of Mary Shomen's website where a lot of patients commented on having problems with the generic....similar reactions to my own.

This is related to the other question you asked about generic vs brand cytomel. It's always best to keep related questions together. While you may not feel that 5 mcg cytomel is not making a difference, most likely, it is, even though it may be subtle. I was on 5 mcg for quite a while before my endo finally agreed to increase to 7.5 mcg/day and I'd even forget to take it on occasion. If you forget often enough, you'll know the difference.

The generic doesn't seem to work as well for a lot of people. My endo also feels the same way, that brand name is good and generic stay away from.

I'm actually doing better on the generic levo than I did on synthroid; I can't tell a difference with the generic liothyronine (Cytomel). I'm happy to hear that you are on the tirosint; I downloaded info on it last week and faxed to my endo, in hopes that he will let me try it when I see him on Tues.

Does anyone know if generic Cytomel is as good? My doctor told me never to get generic Synthroid. She does not know about the Cytomel.

I asked my pharmacist about generic vs. name brand and she said there was no difference. That they were all subject to the same FDA regulations and inspections, so I never asked my endo about a name brand switch. I might try to see if he would be amenable to switching me over the phone but I bet it's for insurance reasons. But what do you think his reasoning for trying to keep me on Cytomel, when I requested to come off of it? I thought there was some reasoning like the cancer thing...

I thought that the generic cytomel was exactly as the brand cytomel. no difference what so ever. I thought I read this somewhere in these forums???? i am on the generic for 3 weeks now and I really feel no different. the doc gave me 25 mg of cytomel to add to my 75mcg of synthroid. advice from you guys, so I cut my synthroid in half and taking only 6 mcg of cytomel. but I have been taking 1/2 of cytomel in the morning and breaking the other half in two. so yeah that is 25 mg.

I'm on cytomel also -- I find it very helpful in alleviating my symptoms (mainly lifting the fatigue and brain fog). My insurance company switched me from cytomel to generic also, I've been on generic for approx a month and doing well so far. But then I do better on generic levo than I did on synthroid too. I'm currently on only 5 mcg/day - taken about 7:00 am, which is mid morning for me.

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.

I have not had my adrenals checked so cannot take the nature throid until then. I got the generic cytomel. Took one yesterday and ended up in a flare, in bed, joints screaming in pain. could barely walk and or stand up. I know I am real hypo now, yet the t free t 3 levels were in the low normal ranges. I need to research more. Get for an adrenal deficiency test and I am going to add another grain to my aromor during mid day , and see how i start to feel and get another check in a month.

Some people gets headaches on certain thyroid medications (generic vs brand) but as for as really being harmful, it is not. It is replacing a hormone that the body needs and is not manufacturing properly. My daughter has been on Synthroid and Cytomel since she was eight. Two pills for the rest of her life.

Are you on cytomel or the generic cytomel? just wondering. some people are saying that the generic is not working for them. so they went back on regular brand name cytomel. thanks for the input.

Synthroid is a brand name (one of several) drug that uses levothyroxine salts as the active ingredient. Levothyroxine is the generic form of the drug. It is a synthetic form of thyroxine, or T4 for short. Your body takes the T4 and converts it to T3 as it is needed. Armour is made by desicating and grinding up thyroids from swine, which is biologically similar to humans. It contains T4, and it also contains T3 (triiodo-something).

I would not take your sister's generic levo. If you are doing well on the Levoxyl, it's just not worth the price of a few pills to rock the boat. Different brands and generics have different fillers, etc., and some people have sensitivity to those. Also, endos claim that the actual amount of the drug in generics can vary 10-15%. I don't know if this is true or drug company propaganda, but levo is cheap enough that it's just not worth the risk.

Do you have anxiety/insomnia from Cytomel? I switched to generic a few months ago, could that be it???

levo is a generic for synthroid and has been proven to not absorb as well as brand name. i felt like crap on levo all the time. try switching to name brand.

Synthroid seems to be getting bad criticism by many users, is there anyone having positive results using Synthroid? Also Cytomel? or use both?

I was diagnosed with hypothyroidism a few years ago caused by Hashimoto's Thyroiditis. I was taking 112mcg of Synthroid for about a year, which helped with most of my symptoms, except the heart palpitations. (Yes, I am hypo and have heart palpitations - sometimes the episodes would last for up to 20 hours at a time.

This was found after much trial and error and painstaking bad symptoms (including developing high blood pressure)as the doc believed there was no difference in the brand vs. generic and said my husband was otherwise healthy so generic should be fine. He kept saying my husband was too fat (6'1" 240 pounds) and that eventually the generic would work.

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