Help please.

[Beverleyb]

Hi everyone, I have been taking Nature Throid for 3 years , felt brilliant until earlier this year when all symptoms came back, I put weight on too , something I haven't done in 22 years....After reading posts I realised Nature Throid has been reformulated , I have been on Efra for six weeks and don't feel well at all. I have decided to go back to thyroxine and some T3. I will be contacting my endo for help with doses but I'm really fed up and want to start as soon as I can....can anyone tell me how much levo and T3 I should take please? I am taking 2 3/4 grains of NDT at the moment..Many thanks in advance for any help.

[MaisieGray]

2.75 grains contain 104.5 mcg T4 and 24.75 mcg T3 if my maths is correct. So you could perhaps try 100 / 20 in whole tablets and adjust from there, unless you want to start with pill splitting to get a more like for like dose combo; but in any case its not an absolute equivalency, and different people react differently between synthetic and natural hormones.

Are you hoping that you will be prescribed T3 on the NHS or will you be self-sourcing now that so many CCGs are not supporting it being prescribed?

[Beverleyb in reply to MaisieGray]

Thank you so much for the quick reply. Fortunately I have some T3 ,just hope I can find a supplier when I need more....I suppose it will be trial and error again adjusting the dose , I usually split my meds am and pm...I am praying the change will be positive , thank you again.

[Christinah61]

Hi bev as previous post i sent you i am now back on levo and doing fine at the moment apart from feeling a little wobbly ..not dizzy just a liitle of balance ...after 3 weeks back on levo it could be my body is missing a little t3 now the ndt is out of my system so from tomorrow i am going to add 6 and a quarter mcgs only of t3 that reason is because i have 25mcg tablets and i will cut them into four and take it slowly and see how i get on ...

Good luck

Christina

[Christinah61 in reply to Christinah61]

As you know bev i take 150 levo

[Beverleyb in reply to Christinah61]

Thanks Christinah61, I will probably try the same dose as you, all trial and error again.