How do I take my Nature thyroid capsules?

[legsgran]

Hi, I have done all the tests and it seems I need half a capsule of the desiccated thyroid morning and evening. How do I split a gelatine cap full and what's the best way take it please?

[BadHare]

Has Nature Throid changed again?

It used to be a splittable pill.

When I tried ThyroGold, I emptied the capsules in to increasingly tiny piles & had to dip my finger in it. Messy & inacurate as well as ineffectual. It’s much nastier in taste & effect to sherbet, & I couldn’t tolerate even 1/20 capsule in one dip.

You could take it all in the morning to see if it helps sufficiently before attempting to split the dose.

[legsgran in reply to BadHare]

Ha Ha, that's very helpful, exactly what I thought! What dose were your capsules? mine are 130mg, which I take to be 2 grains?? God this whole thyroid thing is so confusing And did you cut down your Levo at the same time or just take the DTH as an add on please?

[BadHare in reply to legsgran]

NT was previously pills, hence querying if they’ve changed formula again? I haven’t ordered since the new formula last year or so but found it easy to quarter five grain tablets.

Yes to two grains being 130mcg.

I think ThyroGold capsules were 300mcg of pure itching burning pain powder. 👹

I’ve never taken T4. WP thyroid NDT first, the debacle with ThyroGold, WP then Nature Throid, T3 only in & off. I feel best on NDT/T3 combination, glandular/T3, recently just glandular. I’m getting better at cocktails, judging & jiggling types & dosage, or I was till yesterday. 🤗 I decided to self-isolate following yesterday’s intake & have spent 24 hours slightly hyper through inactivity. 🤦🏼‍♀️

I take more T3 in summer so gradually drop NDT dose as I increase T3 in spring, then reverse this in autumn. I assume it’s easier to adjust with T4 having a shorter life, & that it would be a slower process with T4 with that taking two weeks to convert. You may want to reduce your T4 a little so the T3 in your NDT doesn’t give you too much of a shock, though maybe you need it depending on how you feel, test results, temperature, activity levels, etc.

[BadHare in reply to legsgran]

ps Are you sure they’re NT? Pic still looks like pills & I can’t find info about swapping to capsules.

getrealthyroid.com/nature-t...

[legsgran in reply to BadHare]

thanks for the help - I'm usually pretty good at medical stuff (had to be) but finding this thyroid juggling really hard! I have got a NDT from New Zealand, it has good reviews, so hence the capsules. Not the usual brands.

[BadHare in reply to legsgran]

Ah, it’s not Nature Throid NDT then! Silly me, I misread Nature Thyroid. 🤭 Many apologies as I probably confused you as well. I was beginning to worry you’d been sold something dodgy.

[garden2020 in reply to BadHare]

I have searched the site and can't seem to find what I am looking for. Trying to find out if you know of anyone who has taken a prescription thyroid with an over the counter such as thyro-gold. NP Thyroid 60 mg with Thyro-Gold 150 mg which equals 60 mg of NP. I can't get blood work done because of Cornavirus but symptoms scream for more thyroid for months. Since NP is prescription I wasn't sure about combining to raise the dose.