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He said he personally has never RX Cytomel and generally people get this medication when they are taking T4 and still having symptoms of muscle pain/weakness, etc.
But, they generally don't take both meds. just the Cytomel.
So confusing....anyone have input on this. I am fairly new to the Cytomel and have no idea.
Hi,
I met a lady at the gym last week who happens to have thyroid disorder as well. She is hypo, however she looks great, she told me she used to have a hard time loosing weight even exercise daily. Her doctor precribed Cytomel at low dose with Synthroid and she said she started loosing weight easier. I heard a lot of hypo patients complain of weight gain or unable to loose weight, but don't hear much of patient taking Cytomel. Is there a reason why doctors don't prescribe Cytomel much?
Your FT4 looks really good (even, perhaps, a tad high, but nothing to worry about), and you usually decrease levo by approximately 25 mcg when adding 5 mcg Cytomel. So, the increase to 100, plus adding the Cytomel might just have been too much, too fast. Now, you've been alternating for a while, got used to that, the Cytomel might be an altogether different experience.
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....
s common to adjust them both at the same time or lower synthroid when adding cytomel. Cytomel is a T3 only med and is about 4 times more potent than the T4 med (synthroid) and too high doses of either could very easily cause a swing to hypER. Cytomel is a fast acting med, but doesn't last in the body very long - so in effect, the doctor WAS raising her total dosage. Many people find that splitting the dose throughout the day helps.
With cytomel and being given eltroxin again my tsh gradually went from 84. To. 1.5. Now my ft4 is rising at a rate of about 10. Per three months . Am asking what is happening . ( different topic ) I was taken off eltroxin and given ptu when my tsh was 84. With no other tests or procedures performed about a year ago . Am on waiting list still to visit a Endo .
I am thinking of doing the same thing. My triglicerides are at 300 and I am reading if I increase cytomel that might help. I can't take the satin drugs to lower them, so I am going to try another approach. Right now I have a prescription for 25mg cytomel that my dr has me split in half to take daily...so I thought, what the heck, take the whole pill and see what happens!
In addition, there has been a shortage of Armour lately and the formula has changed in the pill, so my DR wrote me an RX for cytomel 5mcg twice in the AM and levothyroxine 0.05MG one in the AM as a back up ( in case I cant get my Armour RX filled ) Is it OK to switch from Armour to the cytomel/levothyroxine and is the dosage equivalent ? I notice when I take my Armour, I feel very hot/warm and somewhat irritable afterwards for a few hours. Is that a normal side effect?
Hello all! I had a TT 4 yrs ago. It's been a struggle, not once have I felt my hypo symptons disappear. My doctor will only test TSH, as well my endo agrees with this. My tsh as been gradually going up, I just had it tested its 8 now. Three months ago, I believe it was at 6. I know not a reliable blood test but it's all I've got right now. Anyway, my dr called yesterday and told me once again she was increasing my synthroid it's at.150 to .200.
If your doctor took away all your thyroid hormones and prescribed you PTU, then cytomel without even testing Free T3, there certainly should be some recourse. While TSH is considered, in the medical community, to be the standard for thyroid testing, the doctor needs to know what the results mean and how treat it - yours obviously doesn't and, at the very least, should be reported.
I don't think you're becoming neurotic; you're simply not being treated properly.
"You can't breathe without the thyroid, you can't think without the thyroid, you'd constantly be constipated without a thyroid, and yet it's way down at the bottom of the list of possible causes of some very common symptoms." - Life Extension - Don't Overlook Your Thyroid.
She believed me to have T3 conversion issues, so I searched for a new Endo who would let me continue on Cytomel. It took months to get in to the new recommended practice and I finally saw the new Dr. in Aug 2016. She was arrogant and rude, but if she knows what she's talking about I figured I could deal with a gruff bedside manner. She ordered blooswork and I saw her again in 11/16.
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