Desiccated bovine thyroid

[Sj005a]

It seems you can buy desiccated bovine thyroid on line at reasonable prices (EU)

But you need a prescription to get desiccated thyroid from porcine (uk)

Why is this ?

And is bovine thyroid any good

I've found a supplier but want some advice

[SeasideSusie Remembering]

NDT - Natural Desiccated Thyroid made from pigs' thyroids is a prescription only item in the UK. It is made with fixed amounts of T4 and T3. What you have mentioned above are glandulars. They are not NDT. They have no declared hormone content and are sold as a supplement. Because they have no declared hormone content and classed as a supplement they do not require a prescription.

Some people do well with the glandulars, some do not.

[SlowDragon Administrator]

Post 2 years ago was recommended you got full thyroid and vitamin testing done

High cholesterol suggested under medicated

healthunlocked.com/thyroidu...

Have you been doing that

Essential to regularly retest vitamin D, folate, ferritin and B12

What were your most recent results

How much levothyroxine are you currently taking

Do you always get same brand levothyroxine

What vitamin supplements are you currently taking

[Sj005a in reply to SlowDragon]

YeahRegular blood tests

Doc says OK

As usual

Test says Borderline diabetes

Levothyroxin doesn't seem to be helping me anymore with tiredness and weight gain

[SlowDragon Administrator in reply to Sj005a]

How much levothyroxine are you currently taking

Do you always get same brand levothyroxine at each prescription

Roughly how many do you weigh in kilo

Guidelines on dose by weight is 1.6mcg per kilo of your weight approx

Please add actual results and ranges

You need to get FULL thyroid and vitamin testing done ….private testing is frequently necessary

Essential to see EXACTLY what Ft4 and Ft3 levels are

For full Thyroid evaluation you need TSH, FT4 and FT3 plus both TPO and TG thyroid antibodies tested.

Also EXTREMELY important to test vitamin D, folate, ferritin and B12

Low vitamin levels are extremely common, especially with autoimmune thyroid disease (Hashimoto’s or Ord’s thyroiditis)

Recommended on here that all thyroid blood tests should ideally be done as early as possible in morning and before eating or drinking anything other than water .

Last dose of Levothyroxine 24 hours prior to blood test. (taking delayed dose immediately after blood draw).

This gives highest TSH, lowest FT4 and most consistent results. (Patient to patient tip)

Is this how you do your tests?

Private tests are available as NHS currently rarely tests Ft3 or all relevant vitamins

List of private testing options

thyroiduk.org/getting-a-dia...

Medichecks Thyroid plus antibodies and vitamins

medichecks.com/products/adv...

Blue Horizon Thyroid Premium Gold includes antibodies, cortisol and vitamins by DIY fingerprick test

bluehorizonbloodtests.co.uk...

Thriva Thyroid plus antibodies and vitamins By DIY fingerpick test

thriva.co/tests/thyroid-test

If TPO or TG thyroid antibodies are high this is usually due to Hashimoto’s (commonly known in UK as autoimmune thyroid disease).

About 90% of all primary hypothyroidism in Uk is due to Hashimoto’s. Low vitamin levels are particularly common with Hashimoto’s. Gluten intolerance is often a hidden issue to.

Link about thyroid blood tests

thyroiduk.org/getting-a-dia...

Link about Hashimoto’s

thyroiduk.org/hypothyroid-b...

List of hypothyroid symptoms

thyroiduk.org/if-you-are-un...

[Sj005a]

98.9kg125 levothyroxin

Taking vitamin, b12 d and c supplements

[Carys21]

I take Thyrovanz which is bovine dessicated thyroid and do very well on it. When I run out I will switch to Metavive IV bovine thyroid as Thyrovanz have low stocks at the moment.

[Emj001]

Hello, can you pm your supplier?