Changing from Thiroyd to Thyroid S - dosage?

[Partiallythere]

Hi all,

I'm hoping you can help. I'm taking 4 grains of Thiroyd but when I went to reorder it wasn't available. So I bought Thyroid S. Can anyone advise if I should change my dosage with the change in medication, please?

Many thanks

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From what I have seen on sites selling both drugs, Thiroyd is like Erfa; that is, contains 8 mcg of T3 and 35 mcg of T4 per 60 mg pill, whereas Thyroid-S is like Armour and Naturethorid (60 mg pill = 9 mcg of T3 and 38 mcg of T4). So yes, one pill of Thyroid-S will approximately give you 3 mcg more T4, and 1 mcg more T3, than one pill of Thiroyd.

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I hope it's ok to ask this question here, even if not really related to subject.

Thyroid-S is said to contain a sustain-released substance called Eudragit. Can anyone tell if that is a good thing?

[galathea]

All of the Ndt's contain roughly the same amounts of t3 and t4, but be aware that some are manufactured to have a longer shelf life.

These ones need an extra process for your stomach to absorb them.... I cannot manage to do the extra process so i went back to being hypothyroid on both Erfa and ThyroidS.... Am absoloultely fine with thiroyd and naturethroid.

Xx g

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Interesting! So that applies to Erfa as well?

[galathea in reply to Hidden]

Here is the article which covers Thyroid S. thyroid-s.com/natural-desic...

I remember seeing somewhere that Thyroid S was the closest to Erfa.... I have had problems with both of those, so i might just be making a leap with no proof.... I do know of other people who havent done well on Erfa or ThyroidS though.

G x

[Partiallythere]

Thanks very much for your replies. Am I right in thinking I swallow Thyroid-s whole? I've been taking Thiroyd sublingually. I am guessing by having to take it in this way, it means its effectiveness is diluted by the time it starts to act, as opposed to sublingual dosing. Is that right?

I just don't want to take too much (having ended up in hospital due to overdosing on T3 before) or not enough (having had a truly rotten time in extreme hypo for too long before finding ndt).

Thanks!