Thyroid meds before blood test

[Suzi_]

I have a fasting blood test tomorrow morning I wrote a few days ago asking if drawing blood first thing in the morning

Skipping my am Levo t4 50 mcg dose ( taking it after blood test)

Splitting my cytomel T 3 - 2.5 mcg at 9 pm night before and 2.5 mcg after blood test would give me optimal results

Thanks

[SeasideSusie Remembering]

Suzi_

I'm afraid you didn't get any replies to your previous post because you didn't direct it to anybody, you in fact replied to yourself on your thread. If you are responding to someone in particular you need to click on the blue REPLY button directly below their message which indents your reply and they get sent a notification. Otherwise you can tag them by putting @ directly in front of their username (no space), clicking on their name from the list of suggestions and make sure it turns blue, that then triggers a notification to them that they have been mentioned.

As for the timing of your test/last doses, let's say your test is at 9am then your last dose of Levo would be 9am the previous day (altering time you normally take it if necessary) and take half your days T3 dose with the Levo, the second half of that day's T3 dose should be 8-12 hours before your blood test so that would be between 9pm and 1am. Then after the test you take that day's Levo plus your T3 as normal.

[Suzi_ in reply to SeasideSusie]

Thanks

[Suzi_ in reply to SeasideSusie]

Oh dear I messed up!

I split half of my levo( it has a score and easier to cut) 50 mcg & took it per your directions.

my cytomel T3 5 mcg is a thicker tablet. I was supposed to split the T3 ( don’t think this thick pill would split)Does it mean my blood test won’t be accurate?

[SeasideSusie Remembering in reply to Suzi_]

Suzi_

Most tablets can be be cut with a pill cutter or sharp craft knife, mine don't have score lines and I can cut them I to quarters easily.

Might not make too much difference to your results as long as last dose of T3 was 8-12 hours before blood draw.