Experiences with

Sodium iodide

The validity of tests using fingerprick blood samples has long been questioned. Some claiming they are unusably awful. Others claiming tests are as good as those done on venous blood. It is good to see a paper which has researched the questions. Unfortunately, while they did include TSH, they did not

We see all too many individuals who have difficulty tolerating one or more formulations of levothyroxine but, eventually, find at least one which they can tolerate. Rarely written up in medical literature - this is a very welcome exception. Recommend you view the actual document. [i]Liver injury

Been a while since i was here after a lomg time i have been dianosed with very, very mild form of Bi polar my moods are up and down, i have been seeing spiders snakes etc, and trauma, caused by sicoses and PTSD i have been put on a drug called 200mg sodium valparate one night and morning, i think they

any one know of a link between low blood sodium in older CLL patients Never happened before and Gp has no idea why Any advice greatly received

Question - Is it worth me bothering with the SST considering the below info? I am thinking maybe not but as you have all been so helpful in the past I thought I'd ask for opinions please. Preface - All my core vitamins are optimal and have been for many months now. I don’t take thyroid meds, no antibodies

Just reordered this item which appears to be working very well and the price had jumped, in a month, for 200 x 100g capsules from c.£130 to over £300, has anyone got a reliable supply of the generic version?

Sorry for the rant, I just had to get this off my chest. An update. The Endocrinologist has just phoned, he won’t help me with T3. He said the only blood test result that means anything is TSH. According to him FT3 and FT4 don’t mean anything at all and don’t need to be tested. It is only TSH that

These came through today. Tests were Thursday 7/11. 8.30am. Water only before test. T4 taken 23 hours before and T3 taken 15 hours before test. I take 25mcg T4 Levo and 2 x 10mcg liothyronine per day. I have an intolerance to Levo. First dose was 100mcg and I had suspected heart attack - ischaemic

Hi Everyone I have just had a phone call saying that an endocrinologist will phone me tomorrow. Although this is mainly for my low sodium I am hoping to turn the conversation to Thyroid as well. The fact that the appointment is tomorrow, has thrown me a bit and my brain has completely forgotten everything

I had an angiogram 2 days ago. Prior to the contrast infusion, I had 4 intravenous injections, from what I understand they were sodium chloride, then for blood vessel dilation and beta-blocker. At one point my legs felt cold and numb and a cold and unpleasant feeling in my body, and the doctor refrained

Morning all, I wonder if any of you kind folks have experience of this/can advise? A routine blood test last week shows my serum sodium is below normal range - normal is 136-145, and mine is 131. The GP has labelled this ‘satisfactory’ so presumably isn’t planning to talk to me about it at all. But

A potentially important issue for some people. And one that is 100% ignored when dentists say we should not rinse after brushing. Even if we do rinse after some time, it is likely that we will swallow some of the calcium ingredients (if our toothpaste contains any). Despite being written as a paediatric

I found this on the Internet, but couldn’t access the article. When to try alternate-day corticosteroid therapy Abstract Treatment with a corticosteroid aims to achieve the remission of disease or satisfactory relief of symptoms with the least unwanted effects. With continuous long-term corticosteroid

Could someone shed some light on what is going on with my test results please. I was diagnosed with Hypothyroidism about 30 years ago after I had my goitre removed. Shortly after I had tingling and burning in my feet, I was not on any medication at first. Then I was put on Levothyroxine, and as far as

Test Result Normal Range 24-Oct-2024 HbA1c levl - IFCC standardised 54 mmol/mol - mmol/mol Comment: (CN) - Stable. discuss at planned review Providing none of the exclusion criteria are met, HbA1c of 48mmol/mol or greater can be diagnostic of diabetes. Values <48 mmol/mol do not exclude diabetes

Hi Everyone. Sorry to bother you all again. I had a blood test I didn’t know was happening a few days ago and spoke to my GP yesterday. I have been suffering with a lot of headaches, lightheadedness, shortness of breath and insomnia lately. More than I usually do. I had been on 75mcg Mon, Wed,

Apologies again for getting this off my chest. I hope you kind people will not mind as it helps to unload. My brother came out of hospital about 6 weeks ago due to oedema in his legs, low sodium and went back home after 2 weeks at mine. Twice weekly nurse appts for dressing changes was the plan and

A few links to papers which have looked at the effects of excipients on levothyroxine. Notably lactose and all acidic excipients. One paper actually suggests that changing the standards is the appropriate way of handling an out-of-specification result. My view is that while they might be right about

Hi everyone, I was wondering if Oral Rehydration Therapy can be used for some IBS patients and interestingly a study was done earlier this year. Please read the extracts from the article below and share your thoughts and experience if you have one. ======= New paradigm of oral rehydration in patients

Hi everyone, it’s been a long time since I’ve done a race report so I’m gonna give it a go here. Apologies, this may be a long one. Around eight weeks ago. I looked at my year’s running and thought “I want to do something bigger this year“ I originally had some bigger plans, but they fell through