Hypo thyroid

[nemojan]

Hi dear I have hypo thyroid since 2014 and taking Levo I gained lot of weight and want to lose . It is ok to switch Levo to Armour thyroid? I heard that it helps to lose weight and treat thyroid. But I don't know it fact or no .please let me .

[shaws Administrator]

The dose of levo you are on might be too low to raise your metabolism sufficient.

Many on NDT, Armour, Nature-throid etc. contain all of the thyroid hormones our own bodies would produce, T4, T3, (smaller T2, T1 and calcitonin (helps prevent osteoporosis).

Armour, I understand, is the most expensive but there are other NDTs.

If we are hypothyroid, everything slows down, pulse - heart rate - metabolism. We have to have sufficient thyroid hormone replacements whether levo or other ones.

What you have to do is put up another Post and ask for a Private Message to be sent to you with information (no info is allowed on the main forum for obtained prescription medication).

To send a private message we have to click on the person's name and it takes you to a new page (out of the forum). Just info should you need it in future.

It is quite easy to move from levo to NDT. If you take 100mcg of levo 1 grain is equal to approx 100mcg of levo.

[Hidden]

I am self-medicating. I spent year and a half on NDT and haven't lost any weight during that time. 2 months ago I switched to T3 and besides feeling much better I finally started to lose weight!

[nemojan in reply to Hidden]

Thanks a lot I'm taking 100mg Levo and I gained too much I'm obesse. I'm really depressed cuz I weighted 155 any ways I know my PC won't prescrib it to me I'm going to order it online to help myself .

[Renatty in reply to Hidden]

Be careful with T3. An endocrinologist told me T3 damaged the heart.

If you have heart beat etc. meet your Doctor.

The best of luck

[Hidden in reply to Renatty]

This is not true, my heart was permanently destroyed because I needed T3 and I wasn't properly treated but nobody wanted to give it to me until I started to self-medicate. Now that I am on T3 I feel so much better and I would probably have a healthy heart now if I just started with T3 on time.

[Glynisrose]

Personally I found that a straight swap is not the answer. I  stopped my levo for 2 weeks (it can stay in your body for 7 weeks) and then started on a low dose of 1/4 tablet and built up over a few weeks.

[Jodypody]

I took it slowly and regretted it. Unless you are elderly or have a weak heart it's ok to just switch.