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ITT Improve Thyroid Treatment Campaign Statement based on ITT survey on NICE draft guideline

ITT Improve Thyroid Treatment Campaign recently led a survey on the NICE draft thyroid guideline. It received an amazing 2,000+ responses in only 10...

ITT Improve Thyroid Treatment Campaign recently led a survey on the NICE draft t...

•4 years ago

T3 Implant - Titan Pharma

Happy Friday :) I have found this online: https://www.titanpharm.com/pipeline/t3-implant Not sure how great this could be, but judging by description - I...

Happy Friday :) I have found this online: https://www.titanpharm.com/pipeline/t...

•4 years ago

Question re stopping T3.

Hi. Due to having high rT3, I decided to try T3 (taking 25ug daily). As I'm nearly out of T3 (until I order more), is it ok to stop taking T3 abruptly? Also,...

Hi. Due to having high rT3, I decided to try T3 (taking 25ug daily). As I'm near...

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•4 years ago

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Given up all hope of help now.

Just returned from doctors - after having to come off Sertraline, because of the enlarged pupil which I send a previous post about. The doctor we had faith in...

Just returned from doctors - after having to come off Sertraline, because of the...

•4 years ago

Not sure if under or over medicated...

Hi, Bit of background info about me, I'm 29, female, steady slim weight and was diagnosed with an underactive thyroid back in about 2009 when I was 19...

Hi, Bit of background info about me, I'm 29, female, steady slim weight and was ...

•4 years ago

Please help, new test results

I currently self medicate with half a 150mg Thyrogold capsule each morning, then take a selenium supplement, Better You vitamin D spray, and Holland and...

I currently self medicate with half a 150mg Thyrogold capsule each morning, then...

•4 years ago

Do you think I may need more b12 as well as iron plse? Have low ferritin 28, but MCH overange again?

Hi I wonder if anyone can offer advice please? I need to supplement iron (ferritin 28-had changed from fumerate to bisglycinate, had to stop taking for couple...

Hi I wonder if anyone can offer advice please? I need to supplement iron (ferrit...

•4 years ago

Frustrated and confused

Endo appointment yesterday. As usual it's not the same one as last time. Explain your history? Don't they have notes? I think you need to consider RAI or...

Endo appointment yesterday. As usual it's not the same one as last time. Explain...

•4 years ago

Blood test

Hi all I have my blood test at the hospital (every 6 months) in the next few weeks. My last results came back with over range T3 but a later private test came...

Hi all I have my blood test at the hospital (every 6 months) in the next few we...

•4 years ago

Anybody also experience crippling pain upon drinking a glass of water when waking... And furthermore

I don't know where to start... These are my observations, does anybody else experience similar and hope to combat it please?? This situation is ridiculous. It...

I don't know where to start... These are my observations, does anybody else expe...

•4 years ago

Going round in circles?

I saw my GP again today, having been told I was anaemic in August but having had no follow up from them. (See previous post:...

I saw my GP again today, having been told I was anaemic in August but having had...

•4 years ago

Levothyroxine combined with NDT?

Hi All With the difficulty obtaining T3, does anyone take small amounts of NDT in order to get T3 (eg: a half grain tablet cut into four, taking one quater am...

Hi All With the difficulty obtaining T3, does anyone take small amounts of NDT i...

•4 years ago

Understanding the test results?

Four nights in a row I have been able to get back to sleep. I wake up once to go to the loo, back to bed and snooze until 6-7am. It is so good to get my sleep...

Four nights in a row I have been able to get back to sleep. I wake up once to go...

•4 years ago

Side effects with levothyroxine

Hi I have been taking levothyroxine for several years I have always felt unwell since taking it, nausea pretty much daily and peripheral neuropathy, things Got...

Hi I have been taking levothyroxine for several years I have always felt unwell ...

•4 years ago

Composition of Adrenavive l

Adrenavive whole/cortex; is anyone able to give a breakdown of the composition of either of these? I.e., the quantities of each hormone in the 160mgs whole...

Adrenavive whole/cortex; is anyone able to give a breakdown of the composition o...

•4 years ago

Thyroid med increase and adrenal impact

Hi, 2 weeks ago I had an increase in my thyroid medications. I was on 5mcg T3 twice a day and 75mcg Levothyroxine. Increased to 5mcg T3 three times a day and...

Hi, 2 weeks ago I had an increase in my thyroid medications. I was on 5mcg T3 tw...

•4 years ago

My thyroid journey

Sorty this is a long post but feel at a bit of a crossroads. Can I take you back to my early thyroid days in the mid 1980’s. My husband was fed up with our...

Sorty this is a long post but feel at a bit of a crossroads. Can I take you back...

•4 years ago

Medication dose

I have been taking levothyroxine for a number of years. I have been on 150mcg for a few years now and having regular blood tests to check I am taking the...

I have been taking levothyroxine for a number of years. I have been on 150mcg fo...

•4 years ago

MAGNESIUM CITRATE 200mg

I have changed my GP and she is arranging more blood tests including B12 etc .. She also advised me to take Magnesium Citrate 200mg every day to help with...

I have changed my GP and she is arranging more blood tests including B12 etc .. ...

•4 years ago

Very high T3

I have been on 18.75 T3 & 100 thyroxine, my last bloods were T4 19 & T3 6.9 (top of range 6.2) but my Endo was happy for me to stay on dose as I felt well....

I have been on 18.75 T3 & 100 thyroxine, my last bloods were T4 19 & T3 6.9 (top...

•4 years ago

Dr Richard Pope - Yorkshire

Has anyone seen this Endo, I have an appt thru the NHS next week, I believe he also works privately, would be interested to hear from anyone who has seen him,...

Has anyone seen this Endo, I have an appt thru the NHS next week, I believe he a...

•4 years ago

Still up and down after 20 years

Hello there, I was diagnosed with Hypothyroidisum 20 years ago (Dad and Sister also). I'm 58 now and think I'm over the menopause. I've been treated for...

Hello there, I was diagnosed with Hypothyroidisum 20 years ago (Dad and Sister a...

•4 years ago

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