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Is it good when a doctor has you take 90 everyday but on Monday,Tuesday and Wednesday add 15mcg

It seems to me you should take the same dose everyday

But wonder if your symptoms could go up and down from this type of dosage

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Do you mean 15 mg? 1/4 grain? That is such a tiny dose it's hardly likely to make any difference to anything, just 9.5 mcg T4 and 2.25 mcg T3. Hardly worth it. Might just as well add it every day.

But, yes, you should be on a steady, constant, daily dose for the T3 to 'work'.

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ltileguy

So you're talking about Armour, correct?

If so then you should take the same amount every day, this is because it contains T3 and we can't alternate doses where T3 is concerned, we need the same amount of T3 every day because it has such a short half life.

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