Iron Supplements and Other Meds

[FancyPants54]

I know we need to allow 4 hours either side of thyroid and meds for Iron. But does anyone here take an anticoagulant? I'm on Apixaban and I have to take it twice a day 12 hours apart. Because I take T3 and Levo when I get up and my second dose of T3 is at 3pm, I tend to take my Iron with my evening meal, which is usually late due to working hours. So I take my iron near the anticoagulant. I'm not sure if this is good or not. I don't know where else to take the iron if not at night.

[radd]

FancyPants54,

Sorry you haven't received any replies.

My answering will move your post into todays daily feed giving others a chance to reread. Alternatively you could repost your question maybe including 'anticoagulant' in the title as this will attract others with similar experiences.

[presto816]

Hi,

I take a lot of medications for my thyroid, cardiac, blood cancer, and osteoporosis conditions.

I do it this way: I take my thyroid meds when I first wake up. I wait at least half an hour before eating. Then I take my a.m. medication (as designated by the doctors, of course). Then at night, I take my p.m. medications. I don't take iron like you. However, due to my osteoporosis, I do take prescribed Vit. D and calcium. Calcium must be separated from thyroid medication (I take both T3 and T4, by the way) by at least four hours. So I've solved that by taking my Vit. D and calcium included in my p.m. medication.

I hope this helps, best of luck to you.

[FancyPants54 in reply to presto816]

It's hard work forming a fail-safe plan. I don't even know if anticoagulants are an issue with iron.

[presto816 in reply to FancyPants54]

Hi - Yes, it's difficult knowing how to balance medication and supplements. I'm not in your position regarding the need to take iron, so I don't know. What has your doctor said about this, have you had the chance to ask him or her?

Well, I just found this link for you - I cannot judge if it's good but here it is FYI, perhaps this will help you: prescriptionhope.com/blog-c...

[FancyPants54 in reply to presto816]

My doctor hasn't prescribed the iron, the private endo has. The GP doesn't prescribe the T3 either, so I'll talk to the Endo when I see him in August and see what he thinks. He seems to have a good grasp on how bodily systems interact at least.

[presto816 in reply to FancyPants54]

Beware that GPs prescribe T3 relatively rarely. Years ago I was nodding off in the afternoons, really crazy. My husband had a grand time teasing me, in general I like to be active etc.

I asked my GP then to send me to an endocrinologist who tested me and said my body does not convert T4 to T3 so I needed the T3. The T3 works so well, I no longer doze off!

At that time, I also found out that thyroid medication is apparently quite controversial. There are some books about this phenomenon.

It is also said that the pharmaceutical industry earns masses from selling billions of prescriptions for the standard thyroid meds.

Lastly, T3 does have a very short half life so it is harder to test. This is why many labs habitually do not test it. This has happened to me repeatedly where I live, despite my GP asking for it to be tested etc.

All in all from my experience, I would go by your private endocrinologist’s prescriptions.

My experience has also been that GPs often put thyroid problems lower in the rung of importance. Yet with cardiac problems, keeping the thyroid optimal - not too high, not too low - is vital.

I have been told this by cardiologists.

Overall, this is a long topic!! Again, best of luck to you.

[FancyPants54 in reply to presto816]

Thank you for the link. I've popped it into another tab to read.

[presto816 in reply to FancyPants54]

You’re welcome, I hope the information helps.