Has anybody here tried Thyroid Complex vitamin supplements

[wolthebuilder]

Has any body here tried Thyroid Complex vitamin supplements?

Im starting to take additional supplements but wondered if a Thyroid Complex was any good

[SlowDragon Administrator]

No…..most thyroid complex will contain iodine and iodine not recommended for anyone on levothyroxine

[wolthebuilder in reply to SlowDragon]

As always thanks for the info and prompt reply

[Santolina in reply to SlowDragon]

Metavive is a glanduar that's prescribed for hypothyroid and contains no iodine. But doctors suggest that levothyroxine is enough to treat an underactive thyroid & therefore, no iodine is required. EXCEPT, we all know that levothyroxine is a generic and does NOT fully address the issues of hypothyroid patients. Therefore, there's no interaction between the two so why not take?

[SlowDragon Administrator in reply to Santolina]

Metavive doesn’t suit many, many people

Levo contains (the correct levels of) iodine

Levothyroxine suits thousands of patients

A) if on correct dose

B) correct brand and taking correctly

C) optimal vitamin levels

[Santolina in reply to SlowDragon]

there are discussions in the scientific journals about the inconsistency of certain drugs and levothyroxine is one of them. Getting the 'correct brand' puts us patients at the mercy of the pharmaceutical industry watchdogs who are supposed to ensure safety - hence the problem. In France several years ago, 50,000 women accused Merck of fiddling with the tablets and won their case.

[SlowDragon Administrator in reply to Santolina]

In France there’s only one brand available to all patients

This brand removed lactose filler and replaced it with mannitol…….and importantly

A) didn’t tell patients

B) offer an alternative

Yes many people react to mannitol.

U.K. government has issued guidelines in support of patients that if they need a particular brand then this should be specified on their prescriptions

[helvella Administrator Thyroid UK in reply to SlowDragon]

I'm not in France and have to go by the official documentation, and that shows three levothyroxine tablet products:

L-THYROXIN HENNING

LEVOTHYROX

THYROFIX

And two capsule products:

TCAPS

TSOLUDOSE

Approved levothyroxine products in France are all listed here:

base-donnees-publique.medic...

You need to type what you are searching for and the boxes at the bottom to say how exact your search is.

It works fine with a translating browser but you do have to use the French name for the active substance! Luckily, French for levothyroxine is lévothyroxine but the system does not need you to enter the accent.

Screenshot of France medicines search

[Regenallotment]

I’m definitely better off on separate supplements matched to what I’m short on depending on blood test results.

I like being a to take 2 a week of one thing and every day of another etc.

🌱

[wolthebuilder in reply to Regenallotment]

Thanks for info. And I think I agree with your strategy

[Bluesadawg]

Hiya, I take seperate suppliments (iron, all the b specrum, d3 with K2, magnesium, algal oil, biotin with selenium) & blood test results for vitamins & iron have come up normal for those since then. Plus it spreads the cost as they run out at different times

[wolthebuilder in reply to Bluesadawg]

Thanks for info. I’m going to do the same.

[Bluesadawg in reply to wolthebuilder]

We’re all different of course, but it worked for me on the nutrient level front

[Santolina]

I take Metavive 1 twice a day, under the tongue until it dissolves.