NTD

Hello community,

What is the dosage for NTD please? I'm actually taking 55mg of Synthroid daily. Thank you

[jgelliss]

Pastry

It's great your going to start with NDT . However I would advice you to run labs to see how your FT3, FT4, TSH, RT3 are at before you start with NDT . If you want to dose with NDT you need to check if your FT4 is high for T3 /NDT to be introduced . And to check if your FT3 is not to high to add more T3/NDT because you might just be a great converter . It's also very possible that you could and will benefit from dosing with NDT no doubt . Your lab results will help you with that .It's a balancing act .

You might also want to start if you haven't already with nutrients . Vitamin"D" , B-12/folate , Iron if you test low (ferritin) Magnesium . And when you have labs done on the thyroid markers ask to run labs with the nutrients mentioned . Nutrients help with our thyroids to work better for us .

*SeasideSusie* has Excellent Posts on vitamins . I and many others on this Great Forum benefited very much from it .

*SlowDragon* has Great Post on Gluten Free . I can tell you from my own experiences how very helpful it is for me and many others .

Best wishes for a successful outcome .

[Hidden in reply to jgelliss]

Tks much. My thyroid levels are fine. I'm taking Synthroid for 20 years and feels tired and drugged up with 55mg. I feel that my body needs a change. My question is for someone who is taking 55mg Synthroid, what will be the NDT dosage?

I am vegetarian, gluten, dairy, soy free. I distill my water, use free chemicals toothpaste.

[jgelliss in reply to Hidden]

Pastry

You might want to just switch from Synthroid to Levoxyl , Unithroid or Tirosint .

Best Wishes !

[Hidden in reply to jgelliss]

Is it the same as NDT?

[jgelliss in reply to Hidden]

Pastry ,

The brands I mentioned are all Levo . NDT is a combination of T3 &T4 . It's made from a pigs thyroid . It has more T3 than T4 . Where as by humans it's more T4 with less T3 .

[helvella Administrator in reply to jgelliss]

It doesn't have more T3 than T4! It is approximately 4:1 ratio of T4:T3.

Whereas we see different numbers but in humans suggestions of 10:1 to 14:1 or even higher are common.

So it has a higher proportion of T3 than do humans (mind, the ratios being compared are those in the thyroid for pigs against those in blood for humans - which raises lots of questions).

[Hidden in reply to helvella]

Well, whatever works to feel better.

[helvella Administrator in reply to Hidden]

But Synthroid contains lactose!

[Hidden]

Why changing for the same T4 hormone?

[jgelliss in reply to Hidden]

Pastry

I'm not trying to tell you which way to go . It's totally up to you . But you did mention that you where on Synthroid for a while and that you feel "that my body needs a change" . I suggested you might want to try a different brand and see how that feels . Sometimes fillers can make us feel ill and give us symptoms . Synthroid has fillers in it that many have problems with . I was one of them .

[Hidden in reply to jgelliss]

Ok. Tks

[Hidden in reply to Hidden]

What are you taking now

[jgelliss in reply to Hidden]

Pastry ,

I'm on Levoxyl because as I mentioned that I did very badly on Synthroid . And take a low dose Naturethroid (NDT) I have no thyroids . I was not converting well T4 to T3 . But I had to run labs first before my Endo would give me any NDT . I would suggest that you run labs too .

[Hidden in reply to jgelliss]

Done that. I'm glad you found what works for you

[jgelliss]

It's called work in progress . There is always little tweaks here and there . Try to journal your symptoms and get to know your numbers . Get copies of all your lab results and put them into a page protector . You will have what to compare it to if you should need to refer to it .

Wishing you success in finding your sweet spot !

[Hidden]

20 years, it is a long time on Synthroid. Thyroid levels change all the time and I'm been checked only twice/year. Not worried about levels so much. O know I need thyroid hormone to function.