Replacement dosage T4/T3 for 175mcg Naturethroid

[archipoeta]

Hello

I'm coming to the end of a batch of good Naturethroid, bought 2 years ago.

The replacememtNP Thyroid brings back the hypo symptoms almost at once.

I have T4 and T3. Given that each grain of NDT contains 38mcg of T4 and 9 of T3, is

70 mcg of T4 and 16 of T3 the right dose?

I can't afford the blood tests, even if I could get blood drawn at the moment. I just need an answer!

Thanks.

[greygoose]

Rather depends how much Naturethyroid you were taking. How many grains NDT is 175 mcg? I grain = 60 mg. So, 3 grains would be 180 mg. That would be approx. 114 mcg T4 and 27 mcg T3, so best to round that up/down to 100 mcg levo and 30 mcg T3.

[archipoeta in reply to greygoose]

Thank you so much for helping. I'm trying to fast today, which probably doesn't help mental clarity.

Sorry. 1 .75 grains. 105 mg

[greygoose in reply to archipoeta]

No, it wouldn't. Why are you fasting? I really don't think that's a good idea for hypos.

So, 1.75 grains NDT = 66.5 mcg T4 + 15.75 mcg T3. Which is not easy to translate into doses of synthetic T4 and T3. So, how do you feel on that dose of NDT? Could you perhaps tolerate a little increase in dose? Say 75 mcg T4 and 15 mcg T3? That's about the nearest equivalent. You could adjust from there.