I have a test booked for next week and am wondering about taking meds. on the day. The test is booked for 13.30 on Monday. I take 100 mcg. T4 and 10 mcg. T3 early in the morning followed by 10 mcg. T3 early afternoon,
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Take your medication after your blood tests otherwise it will skew your tests.
shawsAdministrator
I am sorry if I misled you, I was referring to a thyroid gland blood test but realise you are referring to a Synacthen test so hopefully someone who has had this can advise.
Hi Beaton, I expect you've had your SST by now - I just wanted to alert you to the possibility that the test may give a normal result when you actually have secondary hypoadrenalism. It misses 2 cases in every five. See this thread healthunlocked.com/thyroidu... for more details.
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