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How do you get gp to test for free t3 i have hashimotos and believe t3 as well as t4 is the way to go but its actually getting it any ideas

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If you can't get your gp to do it (or it the lab refuses to do it) you can order private tests from Blue Horizon Medicals.

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I don't know - except if you become really poorly and GP is convinced that T3 is necessary. This is what happened to me... eventually, but I took T4 for 20 years first! Good luck

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