How do you stimulate poor uptake?

[Jacs]

Can anyone tell me what steps to take if you think that poor conversion/ uptake is a problem?

I've read recently that similar to thyroid ( t3/t4) if cortisol levels appear normal there can also be an uptake problem.

Any suggestions?

[shaws Administrator]

Vitamin C should help.

thyroid.about.com/b/2009/03...

[Clutter]

Jacs, good levels of ferritin (optimal 70-90) aid absorption of thyroxine and good levels of vitD (75-200) aid conversion of T4 to T3.

This study says taking thyroxine with vitC improves abnormalities in serum free T4, T3, and TSH concentrations. ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/246...

Otherwise thyroxine should be taken on empty stomach one hour before or two hours after food and drink, two hours away from supplements and medicines and four hours away from iron, calcium and oestrogen.

[PR4NOW in reply to Clutter]

Clutter, that article is in JCEM and patients can request a free copy.

press.endocrine.org/doi/pdf...

Under Access Options there is a Patient Access Option with an email address. PR

[Clutter in reply to PR4NOW]

Thank you, Pr4NOW

[infomaniac]

Has anyone on here tried taking their meds with vit c?

[suzannai]

are we talking about absoption from the GI tract or into the cell?

I am also interested as I seem to be able to take a very large amount of T3 without any changes in symptoms or myxedema.

[Jacs]

Thanks for the replies - I hadn't realised that vit c should be taken with meds, though I was aware of taking on empty stomach.

My question was more around uptake at the cellular level.

If you have 'normal' levels of thyroid & cortisol in the blood, but suffering with all of the symptoms of low thyroid/adrenal fatigue I wondered if anyone had an ideas to help ensure that the cells are able to utilise Effectively?