Guest guest Posted January 16, 2012 Report Share Posted January 16, 2012 Hi, I wrote before Xmas about thinking that my husband needed a higher dose of thyroxine because he is on Amiodarone and his thyroid function has been compromised and he seemed so tired and cold always. Well at the time his T4 was 20 (12-22) and his TSH was 2.14( 0.3-4.2). So I asked our GP to do all the blood tests (and she did them all too! I think we are lucky here in Brighton as the path labs always seem to do the requested tests). Well, we went to GP to get the results today and I am not surprised his 50mcg thyroxine doesn't seem to be working. Here are the results: FT4..18.2(12.22) FT3...3.2(3.1-6.8) TSH..3.21(0.3-4.2) B12...187(197-866) Serum Folate..4.7(4.6-18.7) Ferritin...21(30-400) Vit D..16(50-120) Serum Copper..12 (11-20) Serum Caeruloplasmin 194(220-400)....what's this? Zinc...13 (11-24) Magnesium is good. He has a prescription for Ferrous Fumerate (1 a day seems a bit mean to me) and some Vit D that I don't know how strong they are till I get them. GP wants to test his Intrinsic Factor before starting him on B12. So I'm not surprised he sleeps a lot and wears long s and a woolly hat in summer. I imagine that with his bloods he is not converting even 1mcg of thyroxine. Silly thing says he feels fine but I think he has forgotten what fine is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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