Dose

[Rudegirl]

I'm switching from 75mcg levothyroxine to Thai thiroyd.. Should I take 1/2 grain for 2 weeks & then onto 1 grain.. Am I correct??

[Clutter]

Rudeboy, If you've never taken T3 it would be wise to start with 1/2 grain for 2 weeks before increasing to 1 grain as some people are sensitive to the T3 in NDT.

Reduce your Levothyroxine to 37.5mcg daily while you are on 1/2 grain and then stop Levothyroxine when you increase to 1 grain which you may want to take in two split doses 6-12 hours apart.

1 grain Thyroid-S is equivalent to 75-100mcg Levothyroxine.

[Rudegirl in reply to Clutter]

Do u mean take 1/2 grain + 37 Levo for 2 weeks .. Then stop the Levo & straight to 1 grain??

[Clutter in reply to Rudegirl]

Rudeboy, yes otherwise you may be undermedicated for the first two weeks

[nightingale-56 in reply to Clutter]

Rudeboy, you seem to be doing the same as me, so I am glad that you asked.

Clutter, thankyou for clarifying things for me by your answers to Rudeboy.

[Rudegirl in reply to nightingale-56]

I was thought " if u don't ask questions, you'll never learn" .. Very true.. Not so bad when u know someone else is doing the same thing.. I'm just waiting for mine to arrive.. Good luck j~Bee! ☺️

[nightingale-56 in reply to Rudegirl]

Good luck to you too Rudeboy. Not feeling too bad and certainly more alert, but my BP has gone up a bit, so I did what Clutter said to you and lowered my Liquid Levo to 37.5 mls along with the 1/4 tablet of Thyroid-S and this seems to have done the trick and my BP is back down again. Very awkward cutting the pills and I'm sure I throw away more than I take at the moment - hope I'll improve at this!

[Rudegirl in reply to nightingale-56]

Good stuff, glad that's worked out for you .. I can't cant remember taking my Levo this morning, just need to leave it t'day cos my memory is rubbish & I might have taken it.. First time that's ever happenen to me..

[nightingale-56 in reply to Rudegirl]

Missed a few odd days here and there. Doesn't seem to make much difference in the big scheme of things. I find I can only miss a couple of days before reflux begins to kick in.

[Rudegirl]

Because I'm only on 75mcg of Levo, I didn't expect that I'd need to take more than 1 grain.. Is that not how it works??

[Rudegirl]

Pains, pains, pains,