Starting Thyroid S

[JellyJac]

Hi All you lovely people,

Today I received my order of Thyroid S and am just a bit unsure as to how to start taking it, swapping from T4 and T3 combo, with or without food, time of day, how many grains etc. I will be looking for advice on the sites but always grateful for the opinion of HUers...

[Clutter]

How much T4+T3 are you taking, Jacqui and do you split dose T3? You should be able to swop straight over to Thyroid-S as you're already taking T3.

Thiroyd-S should be taken on an empty stomach one hour before, or two hours after, food and drink, 2 hours away from other medication and suppplements, and 4 hours away from vitD3, iron, calcium and oestrogen.

[JellyJac in reply to Clutter]

Thanks Clutter. At the moment, I take 50 levo at 6.00am. I then take 3 x 12.5 mcg of Tiromel, throughout the course of the day.

Supplements I take at 9.00am are B complex, B12, Vit D, Vit C, Selenium, Magnesium/Zinc/Calcium. I then take 5htp at around 3pm.

Phew

[Clutter in reply to JellyJac]

Jacqui, you're taking equivalent to 162.5mcg T4. 1 grain Thiroyd-S is roughly equivalent to 75mcg-100mcg T4 so perhaps start with 2 grains split into 2 or 3 doses.

[Jaie]

I was taking 100mcg of T4 and 32.5 of T3 and I just swopped to Thyroid-S. I struggled to find the correct dose but after six months have finally settled on 1 grain in the morning and 1 grain in the afternoon.

[JellyJac]

Thanks All, looking forward to my first dose tomorrow. Do I take it with water or chew it?

[JellyJac]

On reading various posts I am still unsure as to whether to chew the dose or take with water..