My doctor is going to try me on a alternative to thyroxine, any idea what it is ?

[zecca]

[marram]

Unless it it T3 or Natural Desiccated thyroid, no, I have no idea. Please do update us when you get the prescription.

[rosetrees]

I'd be fascinated to hear what it is. Can I place a random bet? Amitriptylene. Cheap as chips and prescribed for almost everything.

[Moggie in reply to rosetrees]

You old cynic you.lol.

Moggie x

[rosetrees in reply to Moggie]

Enough of the old, thank you very much

[susymac]

Equally cynical here, my first though would be an alternative branded thyroxine as opposed to an alternative TO thyroxine

[Hidden]

An antidepressant.

Yep, equally cynical. Here's hoping it's something much more useful. x

[zecca]

It's liothyronine ?

[JennyRay in reply to zecca]

Hi zecca, may I ask: in which part of the country do you live? Most of us are struggling to get this without success. Thanks, Jenny

[zecca in reply to JennyRay]

Bridgend south wales

[Alli1]

Computerised CBT!!! Another cynic here

[zecca in reply to Alli1]

Please can you explain a bit about this tablet for me I'm not the brightest star, thanks

[Hidden in reply to zecca]

CBT is cognitive behavioural therapy (aka brainwashing - didn't know it could be computerised!) don't let them say it's in your head - it's in your neck! J x

Sadly NDT (natural dessicated thyroid from piggies/cows) is not often prescribed nowadays in favour of 'synthetic' chemical (levo) - but it was used for 100+ years and STILL helps significantly - or perhaps humans or pigs have changed? (or just that you can't patent a pig?)

[Alli1]

Sorry Zecca I didn't see your post saying that you were going to be commenced on liothyronine before I made my cynical comment. It is the thyroid hormone T3 andis the most active thyroid hormone its usually started on a low dose then increased gradually as required until you feel well. I'm sure there are others on this site who know more about this medication than me. My endocrinologist put me on this drug when my thyroxine didn't appear to be working for me but I found it hard to tolerate and couldn't raise the dose at all. Eventually I was prescribed Natural Thyroid with a small dose of thyroxine which I responded to much better. Hope it works for you ( as I am aware it does for many) so fingers crossed.

[zecca]

Thank you alli

[Hidden in reply to zecca]

Good you're trying Liothyronine (T3) that's the active hormone whereas Levo (T4) is the storage sort but some can't convert T4 to T3 or it just doesn't suit. (NDT contains both). better explained here...

thyroiduk.org.uk/tuk/treatm...