Help, my T3 is too high

[Susanamm75]

I’m on 60 mg of Armour and my recent Free T3 results were 4.7(high) and my Reverse T3 was 22.2(normal according to lab range). Everything else is okay What does this mean?

[SeasideSusie Remembering]

Susan

If you post your actual results with the refrence ranges we can see exactly how high your FT3 is, just saying high doesn't tell us whether it's still within range or over range.

[shaws Administrator]

If you are taking NDT it contains all of the hormones necessary for the thyroid gland.

Levothyroxine is T4 alone (it has to convert to T3) . Levo was introduced along with the blood tests, so if we take or add any other thyroid hormones the results wont correlate.

The following link may be helpful:

web.archive.org/web/2010103...

This is an excerpt:

Dr. Lowe: With most patients, I use thyroid function tests (TSH, free T3, and free T4) and thyroid antibodies only for a patient’s initial diagnosis. Afterward, I follow the practice, in principal, of Dr. Broda Barnes—that is, measuring tissue effects of particular dosages of thyroid hormone rather than remeasuring TSH, free T3, and free T4 levels.

[greygoose]

What about the FT4? And how about antibodies? We really cannot take one result in isolation and say 'it means this...' They all need to be taken in connection with each other.

[SlowDragon Administrator]

Plus vitamin D, folate, ferritin and B12 test results if you have them