What is t3 and t 4 ?
I was diagnosed with hyperthyroid about 4 years ago had the radio active pill, then went hypo, now on 125 mg of levothyrioxine everyday, most days tired fat and fed up with aches and pains.
My doctors tell me no to a higher amount of. Levothyrioxine as can bring on a heart attack?
Unfortunately, many GP's don't know how best to treat patients with thyroid gland problems. Does your GP prescribe enough meds to suppress your TSH or does he keep it 'within range'.
This is a link and read the first question
web.archive.org/web/2010122...
This is an excerpt:-
Nearly all thyroid cancer patients use TSH-suppressive dosages of thyroid hormone. Through meta-analyses of many studies, researchers looked at the heart condition of these patients—some of whom have suppressed their TSH levels with thyroid hormone for decades. The researchers found that the suppression has not compromised the health of the patients’ hearts.
Talking out of both sides of its collective mouth, the endocrinology specialty continues to treat thyroid cancer patients with TSH-suppressive dosages of thyroid hormone, while authoritatively warning hypothyroid patients and other doctors that TSH-suppressive doses are likely to cause arrhythmias and heart attacks. The specialty's self-contradicting inconsistency is so glaring that it unveils conflicts of interest that honorable people would be ashamed to be caught in.
Increased dose of T 3 - how long might it take to get used to this?
The T3-4-Hypo trial (Netherlands)
Confused by T numbers!
Tes t results
My 4 years old daughter have thyroid
