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Desiccated thyroid and levothyroxine

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Hi everyone I wonder if you could give me some advice..

My boyfriend takes 100mg of levothyroxine a day, how much desiccated Thyroid (Erfa) should he take and should he ween himself off levothyroxine and take a lower dose of both levo and Erfa to begin with?

If yes, for how long..?

Thank you in advance 😀

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144T39,

100mcg Levothyroxine is roughly equivalent to 1.5 grains (90mg) Erfa. It's probably best to reduce Levothyroxine to 25mcg and introduce 1 grain (60mg) Erfa for 2 weeks and then drop the 25mcg Levothyroxine and increase Erfa to 1.5 grains.

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Thank you so much xx

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The Erfa tablets are 30mg each, so is one grain 60mg? Thank you x

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144T39,

Yes :)

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Start the NDT slowly about 1/4 grain a day and build it up till there are NO symptoms the T3 may be a shock to the system at first so build up the dose over a few weeks.

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