NDT trial one or two doses in a day?

[cwill]

Can those of you on NDT give me advice please? How do you find a split dose rather than the full amount in one go? I understand that the problem with two goes in a day can be food/supplement times but I am also unsure of the reasoning behind it. Is it due to the T3 content that I will not have had before? I am currently on 100mg of levothroxin. Second question: I am on antibiotics for the next week. Will that interfere with my NDT? Should I wait to finish the course before starting NDT or will it not matter - this has been a two week course for a gut bug.

[Clutter]

Cwill,

T3 peaks in the blood after ingestion and has a relatively short half life so splitting dose x 2 or 3 evens the peaks and avoids the feeling of T3 wearing off.

I would wait a week or two after stopping antibiotics before switching to NDT or you will be unsure whether any adverse effect is due to your illness, antibiotics or NDT.

[cwill in reply to Clutter]

Thanks clutter.

[Panda_26]

Hi it depends on the brand . I'm on wp thyroid & always used to split doses until I found on the directions it said one morning dose is recommended .

[cwill in reply to Panda_26]

That is also what I have so was interested to hear other peoples experience. Have you always had WP thyroid - are the directions different on other brands? Just curious.

[Panda_26 in reply to cwill]

I have only ever taken wp so couldn't comment on others !

[lucylocks in reply to Panda_26]

Hi AmandaQ,

I am also taking W.P. Thyroid and have been splitting the dose, taking it twice a day. I have also recently found the directions saying to take the full dose in the morning but I have not tried it yet. I was thinking taking the full amount may give too much T3 in one go.

Have you felt any difference since taking it all in one go.

To be honest I have not found a great deal of improvement over levo. and now wonder if it is because of splitting the dose.

[Panda_26 in reply to lucylocks]

I have not felt any difference to be honest and because it's recommended on the leaflet thought I'd better follow their advice !

[lucylocks in reply to Panda_26]

O.K. thanks for letting me know.

[Panda_26 in reply to lucylocks]

One benefit too I've noticed is better sleep - not sure if it's connected with the swap but could well be...

[lucylocks in reply to Panda_26]

Thank you, I may give it a try.

How much do you take?

[Panda_26 in reply to lucylocks]

I take one 2 grain tablet first thing . ranges come back pretty stable in every blood test so far .

[cwill in reply to Panda_26]

That is good news as this is one of my main problems. Thanks AmandaQ