hi all I have just had my medichecks ultravit thyroid test back, the doctor has pointed out i may be over medicated (i currently take 100mcg levo with 25mcg t3 and 12.5 t3 in the afternoon, i started with the t3 probably about 7 mths ago and did feel better when in was added, daft question but my t3 results came back fine, does this mean i dont actually need the t3 or is it just doing its job (i didnt take levo or t3 24 hrs before the test)
thanks Ian
inflamation c reactive protein 2.09 (normal under 5)
ferratin 600( normal under400) (i have read this could be as low as 200 as I am male)
folate serum 10.43 (normal 3.89 to 19.45
b12 74.9 (normal 37.5 to 187)
vitamin d 52.7 (normal 50-175)
tsh 0.078 (normal 0.27-4,2)
free t3 4.73 (normal 3.1 - 6.8)
free thyroxine 15.9 (normal 12 -22
thyroglobin antibodies 15.8 (normal under 115
thyroid peroxadise antibodies 208 (normal under 34)
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The Medichecks doctor is just a common or garden NHS-trained GP, who thinks that a low TSH always indicated over-medication despite the levels of the Frees. He is wrong.
my t3 results came back fine, does this mean i dont actually need the t3 or is it just doing its job
It means it's doing its job. If you didn't need it, it would be well over-range.
(i didnt take levo or t3 24 hrs before the test)
You left off the T3 for too long. It should be 8 - 12 hours between the last dose of T3 and the blood draw. So, you actually have a false low FT3, there - free t3 4.73 (normal 3.1 - 6.8). But, even so, I don't think it would have been over-range, even if you'd only left 12 hours. It would probably only have been about 5.7. So, no, you're not over-medicated.
thanks for that, when it came back normal i was concerned i didnt need the t3, does this mean i am on the right dosages? is the folate at 600 something to be concerned about?
It doesn't really man anything much - except that you're not over-medicated. For one thing, you didn't do the test properly, and for another, it largely depends on how you feel. Labs are just a back-up.
It's the ferritin that is 600, and yes, you should see your doctor about that. It's much too high, and needs further investigation.
cheers, I am booked for a blood test next monday so I will see what comes back from that, I had a ferritin test 12mths ago with similar results and may doctor wasn't concern as he felt it was just a sign of imflamation
Vitamin D deficiency is frequent in Hashimoto's thyroiditis and treatment of patients with this condition with Vitamin D may slow down the course of development of hypothyroidism and also decrease cardiovascular risks in these patients. Vitamin D measurement and replacement may be critical in these patients.
Evidence of a link between increased level of antithyroid antibodies in hypothyroid patients with HT and 25OHD3 deficiency may suggest that this group is particularly prone to the vitamin D deficiency and can benefit from its alignment.
Ferritin needs more investigation. But high ferritin may be due to Hashimoto's
Link from a post this morning.....I haven't watched it yet. Might be interesting
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