Should I try to treat my thyroid if I am allergic to the medication or fillers in it?

[dkmich]

I am new here. Several years ago, I was borderline hypothyroid with symptoms. I was put on Synthroid/Levo and had a bad allergic reaction. After a long, long time and a longer story, I was switched to Armour. The allergic reaction only went away when they took me off everything. Along the way, I also had an allergic reaction to bioidentical HRT, but I can take Prempro no problem.

Now, my thyroid numbers are not good, and the related symptoms I was having before are still here. Here are my new numbers. All of the results are from 10/24/2017 except the one from 2014.

THS 8.35 mciu/mL 0.40 - 4.50 mcIU/mL

T3free & 2.7 pg/mL 2.3 - 4.2 pg/mL

T4free, .09 ng/dL 0.8 - 1.8 ng/dL

D -25 OH 41 ng/mL 25 - 80 ng/Ml

B12 501 pg/mL 271-870 pg/mL

(1/21/2014)

Folate ? ?

Iron (FE) 98 mcg/dL 30 - 160 mcg/dL

Iron Binding Capacity 322 mcg/dL 228 - 417 mcg/dL

Iron % Saturation 30% 15 - 55%

Ferritin 306 ng/ml 12-207 ng/ml

ANA Screen Negative

Doc wants to put me on .25 mg of Triosinct. I am afraid of another allergic reaction. I already lost a ton of hair, and I don't want to lose anymore. Should I treat my thyroid? What can I do about hair loss? Any opinions you would like to share?

[Clutter]

Dkmich,

It's likely that your hair loss is due to low thyroid. Taking Tirosint may help reduce hair loss once you are optimally dosed. Tirosint is a gel formulation so won't have the same fillers Levothyroxine and Armour tablets had. It was probably one of the fillers which caused the allergic reactions.

VitD is optimal between 40 - 60 ng/ml so you may want to supplement 1,000 - 2,000iu D3 daily Oct - Apr. Take D3 4 hours away from Tirosint.

B12 501 is unlikely to be deficient.

[dkmich in reply to Clutter]

I am prescribed to take 50,000U of VitD once a week. I have been remiss and missed too many weeks. I will be more diligent. I am going to give the Tirosint a try. My doc also thinks it was likely one of the fillers since I also had a reaction to bioidentical HRT from a compounding pharmacy. I have had so many allergic reactions to drugs related to hormones, I think I can now recognize one on sight. This too will be a big help.

Thank you for the feedback.