Medication and dosing

[Joant24]

I take my 75mcg of levothyroxine at bedtime and T3 2.5 mcg at midday and 2.5 at 4pm. So I know I miss my bedtime levothyroxine until after the test but when should I take my 4pm T3?

Please and thank you. 🥰

[Jaydee1507 Administrator]

For T3 dose spacing you should allow 8-12 hours. So if your blood test was at 9am then the day before you would delay taking it until before bed after 9pm.

[SlowDragon Ambassador]

last dose Levo 24 hours before test

If you normally take levothyroxine at bedtime/in night ...adjust timings as follows prior to blood test

If testing Monday morning, delay Saturday evening dose levothyroxine until Sunday morning. Delay Sunday evening dose levothyroxine until after blood test on Monday morning. Take Monday evening dose levothyroxine as per normal

Day before test last dose T3 about 8pm ….assuming test at 8am

[Joant24 in reply to SlowDragon]

Thanks. I should remember this but my T3 timings are different so wasn’t too sure 🥰

[shaws in reply to Joant24]

I take my a.m. dose of T3 with a glass of water when I awake.

I then wait an hour before I have breakfast.

I follow the method of Dr John Lowe (deceased through an accident).

drlowe.com/thyroidscience/c...

I have no clinical symptoms and my whole body is relaxed. I also feel energetic.

[35007]

I have had loss of appetite after starting levothyroxine 100 mcg. Also I have been feeling weird and have gotten really irritable. Does anyone else have this problem?

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