Does anyone know of a private endo who prescribes T3 ?

[Battlestar56]

I have hashimotos and am awaiting results of private blood tests and would like to find an endo for private consultation who would consider T3 if thats an option for me on getting my results. I dont want to waste money on seeing someone who wont consider all available options for treatment .

[RedApple Administrator]

Battlestar56, I doubt you'll find a qualified medic that will prescribe T3 if your thyroid test results don't demonstrate a need for it. Post your test results, with details of your medications at the time the test was done, then members can suggest a way forward for you.

[SlowDragon Administrator]

Get full thyroid and vitamin testing 6-8 weeks after your recent increase in levothyroxine to 75mcg

ALWAYS test thyroid levels early morning, ideally just before 9am and last dose levothyroxine 24 hours before test

Which brand of levothyroxine are you currently taking

Approx how much do you weigh in kilo

As a bloke, likely to need several further increases in levothyroxine before considering adding T3 (especially as last test showed high Ft3 ….possibly due to hashi flare)

EXACTLY what vitamin supplements are you currently taking

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

List of private testing options and money off codes

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

bluehorizonbloodtests.co.uk...

[SlowDragon Administrator]

pathlabs.rlbuht.nhs.uk/tft_...Guiding Treatment with Thyroxine:

In the majority of patients 50-100 μg thyroxine can be used as the starting dose. Alterations in dose are achieved by using 25-50 μg increments and adequacy of the new dose can be confirmed by repeat measurement of TSH after 2-3 months.

The majority of patients will be clinically euthyroid with a ‘normal’ TSH and having thyroxine replacement in the range 75-150 μg/day (1.6ug/Kg on average).

The recommended approach is to titrate thyroxine therapy against the TSH concentration whilst assessing clinical well-being. The target is a serum TSH within the reference range.

……The primary target of thyroxine replacement therapy is to make the patient feel well and to achieve a serum TSH that is within the reference range. The corresponding FT4 will be within or slightly above its reference range.

The minimum period to achieve stable concentrations after a change in dose of thyroxine is two months and thyroid function tests should not normally be requested before this period has elapsed.