T3 purchased online

[Glutenfreebabe]

Hi there, i'm new to all this so forgive me if its a daft question. I ordered some T3 200 mcg online but a friend said this is way too much. She has being told by her endocronologist to take T3 20mcg along with 100mcg of T4. I take 125 of T4. And she introduced T3 gradually taking 5 to 20 over three months. What would you recommend ?

[greygoose]

Are you absolutely sure it's the real thing? A tablet of 200 mcg T3 hormone would be enormous! It can happen that people need that much but it's very rare. And I've never seen it in tablets of more than 25 mcg. So, is it really the hormone? There are some other supplements around that call themselves T3 but they have absolutely nothing to do with thyroid hormones. Check the ingredients.

[helvella Administrator Thyroid UK]

I'm not aware of any real T3 product in a 200 microgram dose - anywhere! (Unless I have forgotten - which is possible. )

Thybon Henning is produced in 100 microgram tablets, and there are several 50 microgram tablets around.

Would you consider sending me details of the product by Private Message/Chat?

helvella's medicines documents (UK and Rest of the World) can be found here:

helvella - Thyroid Hormone Medicines

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This link takes you to a page which has direct links to the documents from Dropbox and Google Drive, and QR codes to make it easy to access from phones.

The UK document contains up-to-date versions of the Summary Matrix for tablets, oral solutions and liothyronine available in the UK.

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[Glutenfreebabe in reply to helvella]

Thankyou for the reply. Yes I’ll take a photo and send it you . How do I message you?

[helvella Administrator Thyroid UK in reply to Glutenfreebabe]

Click on my name and choose to send me a message. (But that doesn’t support images.)

If you need that. I’ll send you an email address.

[Glutenfreebabe in reply to helvella]

yes an email may be better although I’ve looked on the bottle and it doesn’t say it on there I looked at the site but now I can’t see it on there either

[helvella Administrator Thyroid UK in reply to Glutenfreebabe]

I sent you an email address as a Private Message.

[SlowDragon Administrator]

Before considering adding T3 essential to retest thyroid and vitamin levels

(Adding T3 ….only starting on 5mcg )

And reading your previous post strongly recommend getting iodine levels tested too

healthunlocked.com/thyroidu...

Levothyroxine contains all the iodine likely to need

Genova Diagnostics for iodine test

thyroiduk.org/help-and-supp...

Click on "Read the list of available tests" and on page 3 of the pdf you'll see

Urine Iodine Test:

Specimen requirements: Urine

Cost: £76 

Order Code: END25

Turnaround time: 5 - 10 days

Iodine is an essential trace element, vital for healthy thyroid function. Adequate levels are required to enable the production of T3 and T4 thyroid hormones, whilst also being required in other areas of health.

Deficiencies can lead to impaired heat and energy production, mental function and slow metabolism. Urine iodine is one of the best measures of iodine status. This test is not performed as a loading test, but can be used to establish existing levels or to monitor iodine supplementation.

[Glutenfreebabe in reply to SlowDragon]

Thank you Slow Dragon ill take that advice sounds like a good plan. I'll report back .

[RedApple Administrator]

Glutenfreebabe 'I ordered some T3 200 mcg online '

Goodness! Where did you order that from? (Don't post the site here, but do send me a message). Presumably you didn't see this about buying thyroid meds online? healthunlocked.com/thyroidu...

[helvella Administrator Thyroid UK]

Thanks for sending the photos.

This is one of those products which is a scam. The name looks like it is T3. But it doesn't contain any thyroid hormone at all.

I have made many reports of such products being sold on, for example, eBay. But they just pop up again with a different seller, slightly different wording, etc.

I don't know enough about the listed ingredients, but none jumps out as being dangerous. Just a collection of fairly common supplement ingredients such as guggol gum and L-tyrosine.

[Glutenfreebabe in reply to helvella]

Glad you were able to identify it . It's not good is it wasting peoples money and time especially when your buying it for health reasons. Thank you.

[helvella Administrator Thyroid UK in reply to Glutenfreebabe]

I think it is awful.

My view is this:

If any company lists such products, steer well clear of EVERYTHING they sell.

[Glutenfreebabe]

I bought some Selenium from them but that came in a different bottle and looks more authenic by California Gold Nutrition .

[helvella Administrator Thyroid UK in reply to Glutenfreebabe]

I think that is an OK product - the manufacturer has been around for quite some time.