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Is anybody else on the contraceptive pill while taking T3?

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I'm taking liothyronine and also taking the pill (dianette). I think liothyronine is reducing the pills effectiveness and maybe vice versa. It says it on liothyronine's patient information leaflet. No doctor warned me about this.

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This is an excerpt:-

It may be necessary to adjust the dose of Liothyronine upwards if the oral contraceptive pill is commenced.

dundee.ac.uk/medther/tayend...

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