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Combined therapy
I am a triathlete doing 70.3 ironman's for The last 4 years last year tríed to do The full but developed hashimoto's I have been on levo since but haven't been able to get my times back!!! Some good weekend trainings going Well Some don't my labs aré normal And I am taking 200 micrograms of levo should i rey to change to combined therapy ???? Would it make me More stable all around???
Thanks everyrhing really héroes Ill Her back to you in a couple of weeks yo ser how se aré doing!!!
I think you definitely need to add some T3 to your meds. However, 25 mcg is a high starting dose. If I were you, I'd quarter the 25 mcg tablets and take a quarter two times a day (once first thing in the morning and once late morning to early afternoon, depending on your schedule). After that has a chance to settle out and you retest, you can increase as needed.
T3 is more potent and faster acting than T4, so you have to be a bit conservative to start.
T3 is more potent and faster acting than T4, so you have to be a bit conservative to start.
I don't understand. You had FT3 and FT4 tested in February? And then you dropped your levo to 150 mcg and added 25 mcg T3 (lio), is that correct? When did you do that?
Talles yo my endocrinologist Told me to lower my 200 micrograms dose of levo to 150 and star a dose Cynomel 25 mg of liotironine
Should I taje new labs with Free T3 T4 last one'esa last february before starting new medication?????
Your doctor is ordering total T3 and total T4. FREE T3 and FREE T4 are much more useful tests as they tell the amount of the hormones that are available to you cells.
TT4 is at 68% of range, which is actually high of the 50% target for FT4. However, your FT3 is only 17% of range, and that's considerably low of the upper half recommendation for TT3. FTI is considered a fairly useless test.
So, it looks like your T4 meds need to be decreased a little, and you need to add in a direct source of T3 (Cytomel, generics or desiccated).
TT4 is at 68% of range, which is actually high of the 50% target for FT4. However, your FT3 is only 17% of range, and that's considerably low of the upper half recommendation for TT3. FTI is considered a fairly useless test.
So, it looks like your T4 meds need to be decreased a little, and you need to add in a direct source of T3 (Cytomel, generics or desiccated).
No hypo symptoms just trouble recovering from long runs
TSH .50 reference .45 - 5
T3 1 reference .8 - 2
T4 9.6 reference 4.5 - 12
Free tiroxine index 9.60 reference 6.3 -12.4
TSH .50 reference .45 - 5
T3 1 reference .8 - 2
T4 9.6 reference 4.5 - 12
Free tiroxine index 9.60 reference 6.3 -12.4
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