Metavive vs Thyroid S

[Boshus]

Hello. Could people on here who are taking Metavive and finding it to work for them please comment: I'm currently taking 180mg Thyroid S and need to find an alternative and dosage. Many thanks!

[Myra18]

I am taking metavive 1 and 11. Metavive one was 15mg now changed to 40mg because RNA was added but I think still only 15mg of thyroid glandular. Metavive 11 was 30mg thyroid glandular but with addition of RNA now 80mg. So I take 45mg a day. When the capsules were first changed I felt unwell but once I adjusted to them I am now fine. It took a couple of weeks to adjust to the new addition of RNA. RNA is Natural and required by all cells of your body. I think they have to do this because it is sold as a supplement and not be prescription. Hope this helps x

[Dorey69 in reply to Myra18]

Hi. I’ve just ordered metavive 11 but it’s 80mg. I’m scared to take it because I don’t know the side effects etc. Can’t take levo. Have you experienced any?

The brand is svenska from a health online uk store.

Appreciate any advice ☺️

[Myra18 in reply to Dorey69]

Don’t get any side effects

[Boshus in reply to Myra18]

Thanks. How much NDT were you taking previously? I'm trying to find a correlation between NDT dosage and Metavive dosage.

[TWATTOX in reply to Boshus]

I was taking 180 of thyroid s spread out through the day..to make it last longer i have been taking one thyroid s in the morning and replacing the other two doses with metavive 11.

Blood test shows t3 only slightly reduced,t4 still low and tsh has risen from .2 to 1.5....feel ok but think the metavive 11 is not quite as strong as thyroid s..

[Boshus in reply to TWATTOX]

Thanks. Sounds like a starting point. I get a feeling from a what I've read so far that it might take 2 Metavive II capsules per 1 grain NDT.

[london81 in reply to Boshus]

i have some metavive 2 here and i’m the same as you i can’t find any info on how to switch. i’m guessing as you said maybe swapping half a grain of ndt for 1 metavive and switching slowly might be useful. it sure is a maze trying to navigate this self treatment malarkey

[Myra18 in reply to Boshus]

I was taking one and a half grains of wp thyroid

[Myra18 in reply to Boshus]

I was taking 1 and half grains of WP Thyroid

[Boshus in reply to Myra18]

Thanks for this information. Will be really helpful in moving over to Metavive.

[Polly91]

I thought metavive I was equivalent to 1/4 grain of thyroid hormone (? NDT?) & metavive Pro is equivalent to 1 grain.

I’ve not tried metavive II?

Does that help?

Does anyone know how much T4 & T3 is in metavive ?

Thanks

[SeasideSusie Remembering in reply to Polly91]

Polly91

Metavive is not NDT, it is a thyroid glandular with no declared hormone content so there is no equivalent, it's basically a case of trial and error. Some people who have swapped over from NDT to Metavive have done well on it, others haven't.