I am going to have my full thyroid test done next week. I understand that I need to be fasting, and not to take Levo for 24 hours prior to the test.
What about liothyronine? Do I need to wait 24 hours ?
Also take vitamin B 6, B 12 and B 1 and iron. Should I stop taking these vitamins 24 hours prior to the test?
I currently take 25 µg of levo and have asked the doctor To increase that amount. I have a lot of hair loss, not in patches or chunks, but strands coming out At an alarming amount. This is not normal. I lose about 20 times more Hair per week than i did a year ago
Also my body temp normally used to be around 97.7, the last several months it is 96.1 to 96. .3.
Thanks for Any replies.
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I think I read a few days ago that Nutri Thyroid glandular should be stopped as much as 6-8 weeks before test. If thats so, what effect on the results would you expect if not done?Apologies if you didn't say the above!
That would be if someone were trying to achieve a "baseline" test. The gaps discussed above are those needed to avoid hitting the peaks which occur between minutes and hours after taking a dose.
As people use NutriThyroid as some form of thyroid medication, and all it contains is thyroid gland and excipients, then you'd treat it the same as any thyroid medication, no need to leave it off. Nobody would leave off their Levo or T3 or NDT for 6-8 weeks before a test. The 6-8 weeks quoted here is the time between a dose change of thyroid meds and retesting, could that be what you've seen?
If/when also on T3, make sure to take last third or quarter of daily dose 8-12 hours prior to test, even if this means adjusting time or splitting of dose day before test
HelloI take 15mcg of lio and 25 Mcg of unithroid. As follows: I take 5mcg of lio at 1230am and then 10 Mcg Lio with 25 Mcg of unithroid at 2:30 am.
I naturally wake up a lot.
That way I give myself 4 hours with no food or coffee. Then At 630 am I drink coffee and eat cottage cheese and take my B vitamins (1 of B1, 1of B12, And 1 B6. Also taurine, potassium, magnesium. (For heart).
I have never done a split. Would that help? Is it better ? The pills are in 5mcg each
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